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

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  • Mike Brewer
  • Tom Clark
  • Alissa Goodman

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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. Copyright 2003 Royal Economic Society.

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  • Mike Brewer & Tom Clark & Alissa Goodman, 2003. "What Really Happened to Child Poverty in the UK under Labour's First Term?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 113(488), pages 240-257, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:113:y:2003:i:488:p:f240-f257
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    1. Carlo J Morelli & Paul T. Seaman, 2010. "Devolution as a Policy Crucible: The Case of Universal Free School Meals," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(1), pages 139-161, January.
    2. Laura Blow & Ian Walker & Yu Zhu, 2012. "Who Benefits From Child Benefit?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 50(1), pages 153-170, January.
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    6. Carlo Morelli & Paul Seaman, 2005. "Devolution and Inequality: A sorry tale of ineffectual government and failure to create a community of equals?," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 181, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
    7. Carlo J. Morelli & Paul T. Seaman, 2006. "Still Hungry for Success? Targeting the poor and the case of Free School Meals," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 189, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
    8. Alvaro Angeriz & Shanti Chakravarty, 2005. "Changing Pattern of Poverty 1997-2004," HEW 0509005, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Carlo J Morelli & Paul T Seaman, 2005. "Universal versus Targeted Benefits: The Distributional Effects of Free School Meals," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 23(4), pages 583-598, August.
    10. John Hills & Jane Waldfogel, 2004. "A “third way” in welfare reform? Evidence from the United Kingdom," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 765-788.
    11. Stuart Adam & Mike Brewer & Andrew Shephard, 2006. "Financial work incentives in Britain: comparisons over time and between family types," IFS Working Papers W06/20, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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    13. Pamela Lenton & Paul Mosley, 2005. "Community development finance institutions and the ‘poverty trap’: social and fiscal impact," Working Papers 2005008, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2005.

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