New Poverty and the Old Poor
Pensioners' Incomes in the European Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11201730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Laczko (Coventry (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 261-277 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x0000828x |
| OpenAlex | W2124577227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
As we approach 1992, it is likely that elderly people in Britain will increasingly compare themselves with elderly Europeans. In Britain, recent government statements suggest that, for most pensioners, old age is no longer associated with being poor. The purpose of this paper is to compare poverty among elderly people in Britain and other European Community countries. The paper draws upon data from an EC-sponsored study on ‘new poverty’ in the European Community. ‘New poverty’ is not a term commonly used in Britain to describe the changes in poverty that have occurred in the last decade. It is suggested that one of the reasons for this could be because poverty in Britain, more so than in many other EC countries, is still strongly associated with the ‘old poor’. The paper shows that elderly people in the UK are much more dependent on means-tested social assistance (income support) than elderly people in other EC countries
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Elderly people · European community · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Poor people · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |