What Really Happened to Child Poverty in the UK under Labour's First Term
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9717033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mike Brewer (0000-0003-0759-0384, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Tom S Clark (0000-0002-3552-9161, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Tom Clark (0000-0001-6871-629X, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Alissa Goodman (Institute for Fiscal Studies) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 488 |
| Pages | F240-F257 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0297.00133 |
| OpenAlex | W1996446104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
Child poverty in Britain fell in Labour's first term, though by much less than micro-simulation exercises suggested. Nonetheless, the decline is statistically significant, and is greater if measured just in the last 6 months of 2000/1, rather than the whole year. The decline also proves robust to the choice of poverty line, although that which the Government has emphasised (60% of contemporary income) shows a somewhat bigger drop than any other than any other poverty line that is a fraction of median income. Among those who remain poor, the average shortfall in measured income below the poverty line has increased since 1996/7. Looking ahead, the methodology currently used in official poverty statistics may limit the potential to reduce child poverty significantly further
Child labour · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Physics · Poverty · Term (time · Work (physics · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2011 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |