Poverty

This Briefing Note provides an analysis of the characteristics of high-income individuals and how their incomes have evolved over time.

We investigated whether health potential (indicated by height) was realised among those experiencing financial disadvantage in later life.

It is possible to employ either income or expenditure as the base for personal taxation.

An Edepo working paper.

Recent falls in poverty amongst those aged 65 and over are unlikely to continue after 2007-08, even after the implementation of the proposals outlined in the Government's Pensions White Paper.

The author outlines defininitions and trends in child poverty.

This Briefing Note provides an update on trends in living standards, income inequality and poverty.

In this paper we look at the impact of resources on pupil outcomes by considering an English education policy initiative, Excellence in Cities.

In this paper, we analyse the consequences and determinants of cognitive and noncognitive (social) skills at age 11, using data for Great Britain from the National Child Development Survey (NCDS).