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Changing fortunes : income mobility and poverty dynamics in Britain /

This book documents the patterns of income mobility and poverty dynamics in Britain and how they have changed over the last two decades. It draws attention to the relationships between changes in income and in other aspects of people's lives - not only in their jobs, earnings and benefits, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Stephen P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Economics and Finance module.
Subjects:
Income > Great Britain.
Income distribution > Great Britain.
Poverty > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1997-
Revenu > Grande-Bretagne.
Revenu > Répartition > Grande-Bretagne.
Pauvreté > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 1997-
Economic history
Income
Income distribution
Poverty
Great Britain
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
Since 1997
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book documents the patterns of income mobility and poverty dynamics in Britain and how they have changed over the last two decades. It draws attention to the relationships between changes in income and in other aspects of people's lives - not only in their jobs, earnings and benefits, but also in the households within which they live.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 409 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.
ISBN:9780191728457
0191728454