The distribution of UK household expenditure, 1979-92

Article Abstract:

An examination of household expenditures as reflected in the Family Expenditure Surveys of 1979-92 revealed trends that differ markedly from changes in household incomes gleaned from earlier surveys. Though no single measure can be reflective of all the aspects of living standards, expenditure may be the most ideal since it factors in the possibility that households will smooth consumption when income is variable. The inequality in expenditure increased rapidly between the early 1980s and early 1990s, though not as much as income inequality.

Distribution (Economics)

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Income, expenditure and the living standards of UK households

Article Abstract:

The rapid growth in inequality of incomes in the UK offers proof of increasing permanent inequality and increasing short-term income risk. A comparison of cohorts has revealed that younger cohorts experience remarkably greater inequality than did older cohorts at the same age. Minimal changes and increases were also noted for measures of poverty based on incomes for younger cohorts, whereas measures based on expenditures have usually been on the decline in the 1980s.

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Low income dynamics in 1990s Britain

Article Abstract:

Data from a sample of British households from the 1990s was used to analyze low income dynamics. Information reveals a number of perpetually poor individuals and a significant movement in low income entrants and escapers over a period of time. Simulated income exit and re-entry rates indicate the importance of intermittent low income spells in accounting for the frequency of low income over a given period.

Income per Household, Poverty, Rollovers (Finance), Household surveys

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