The paper analyses changes in poverty in Britain since 1997. A povertylevel of 60 percent of median equivalised income … Survey, on which government estimatesof Households Below Average Income are based. There was a smallreduction in poverty … poverty are likely to be small. In order to keep on tracktowards the goal of halving child poverty by 2010, further …

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using … comprehensive analysis of richness. -- Richness ; affluence ; poverty ; tax reform ; flat tax …