What Really Happened to Child Poverty in the UK under Labour's First Term

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ID9717033
AutoresMike 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)
Año2003
Volumen113
Número488
PáginasF240-F257
Fecha de publicación2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-0297.00133
OpenAlexW1996446104
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas5

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