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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.

Changing patterns of UK poverty, 1997–2004

A. Angeriz and S. P. Chakravarty*

* Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge; and WELMERC, Swansea University and the Business School, University of Wales at Bangor, respectively. Helpful discussions with Philip Arestis, Vani Borooah, Chris Galbraith, David Hojman, Selwyn Williams, and constant advice and encouragement from Professor John Treble at Swansea are acknowledged. They are, however, not responsible for any remaining errors. The work was partially funded by a grant from HM Treasury and the National Assembly for Wales, under the Evidence-based Policy programme, to John Treble

Address for correspondence: S. P. Chakravarty WELMERC and The Business School, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UK; email: s.p.chakravarty{at}bangor.ac.uk

It has been noted that the failure to meet the target set by the government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty in Britain is partly due to the success of government policy in generating economic growth. Apart from ignoring the argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets also misses wider problems embedded in recent trends in the household income distribution. For example, inequality measures sensitive to the distribution of income amongst the poor suggest that the experience of those who remained poor may have worsened.

Key Words: Poverty trends • Poverty indices • TIP curves • FGT index

JEL classifications: D31, I32, I38

Manuscript received December 19, 2005; final version received April 30, 2007.


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