Household spending in Britain : What can it teach us about poverty? Paperback / softback
by Mike Brewer, Alissa Goodman, Andrew Leicester
Paperback / softback
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Much of the recent policy debate surrounding poverty in Britain focuses on income as a measure of living standards.
In this report we consider one alternative to income for measuring poverty that has been largely overlooked in the mainstream poverty debate in the UK: namely household expenditure.
Economic theory suggests that household expenditure is an important measure of financial well-being.
Using 30 years of data from household surveys, this report shows the trends in poverty in Britain since the 1970s when household expenditure is used as a measure of financial well-being, rather than household income and investigates how using spending, rather than income, as a measure of well-being alters our view of who is poor.
It examines the spending levels of the lowest-income households and analyses whether low-income pensioners' spending on basic and non-basic items increased as a result of the large increases in entitlements to means-tested benefits since 1999. The research will be of interest to civil servant policy-makers, academics and researchers working on poverty issues, and other groups with an interest in anti-poverty policies.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages
- Publisher:Policy Press
- Publication Date:19/04/2006
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- ISBN:9781861348548
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages
- Publisher:Policy Press
- Publication Date:19/04/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781861348548
