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22/08/2012
Welfare services ‘less effective’ than cash benefits in reducing inequality and poverty
Welfare services help to reduce inequality and poverty in European countries, according to a new study. But they are not as effective as cash benefits.
Researchers examined the impact of welfare services, such as education and healthcare, on inequality and poverty in 21 EU countries, by reference to a hypothetical situation in which no publicly provided services existed.
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22/08/2012
Inequality undermines social solidarity
People living in more unequal countries show less social solidarity towards others, a new study has suggested.
The study investigated the relationship between income inequality and solidarity (defined as a willingness to contribute to the welfare of other people) in 26 European countries, using data from the 1999 European Values Study.
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16/08/2012
Poverty in the United Kingdom
In Poverty in the United Kingdom (1979) Peter Townsend examined relative deprivation covering a wide range of aspects of living standards, both material and social. He found that there were levels of income below which consumption and participation fell well below what might be seen as normal or acceptable in an increasingly affluent society and argued that this group should be seen to be in poverty. By clicking on the libks below you can download this seminal book. We have provided the full book, 1,216 pages, as one PDF as well as individual chapters and appendices as separate PDFs for download.
Please cite ‘Townsend, P. (1979) Poverty in the United Kingdom, London, Allen Lane and Penguin Books’ if quoting from this book.
Poverty in the United Kingdom: whole book
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15/08/2012
Inequality ‘perpetuates itself’ through popular support
Inequality undermines social trust, which in turn weakens popular support for income redistribution, according to a new study.
The study looked at the relationship between economic inequality – at both individual and national level – and attitudes towards income inequality in 20 developed capitalist societies.
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13/08/2012
PSE: Northern Ireland bulletin, No. 2, December 2011
This bulletin reports on OECD measures of inequality, the rise in income poverty, the final report of the High Pay Commission, fuel poverty, the Family Resources Survey deprivation indicators for Northern Ireland, HM Revenue and Customs child poverty measure, and the Child Poverty Act.
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08/08/2012
Parental wealth key to children’s outcomes
Parental wealth is positively associated with a wide range of outcomes for children in early adulthood, according to a paper from the London School of Economics.
The study claims to provide the first UK estimates for the associations between parental wealth during adolescence and various children’s outcomes in early adulthood (at age 25), based on data from the British Household Panel Survey.
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07/08/2012
Material deprivation linked to economic stress
Basic deprivation is the key dimension associated with economic stress, according to a study funded by the European Commission.
Researchers examined the relationship between material deprivation and economic stress in European countries, using data from the 2009 European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Stress was measured by reference to how difficult households felt it was to make ends meet.
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06/08/2012
2011 England riots linked to inequality
Income inequality contributed to the outbreak of widespread social unrest in English cities in the summer of 2011, according to a new briefing paper.
The paper examines the issues raised in the government-commissioned Riots, Communities and Victims Panel report, and points out that all of them are powerfully affected by inequality.
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01/08/2012
Progress for the Poor by Lane Kenworthy
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 176 pp, ISBN 978-0-19-959152-7 (hbk)
Kenworthy examines the relationship between economic growth and changes in living standards among low-to-middle income households in 20 rich nations, including the UK and the USA, over the period from 1979 to 2005. He also examines how this relationship varies between countries, and what drives this variation.
Kenworthy argues that one of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off. He addresses a set of questions at the heart of political economy:
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30/07/2012
Inequality and support for redistribution in OECD countries
People in developed (OECD) countries are more likely to support redistribution measures if inequality is high, according to an academic study. But it goes on to suggest the link is not a simple one, and that certain ‘fundamental country characteristics’ may also play an important role.
The research looked at individuals’ perceptions of inequality, distributional norms and redistributive preferences, and how these relate to the effective level of inequality and redistribution.
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