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Income, Deprivation and Poverty: A Longitudinal Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2010

RICHARD BERTHOUD  and
MARK BRYAN
RICHARD BERTHOUD*
Affiliation:
Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
MARK BRYAN
Affiliation:
Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
*
email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Indices of material deprivation are of increasing interest in Britain and the EU as potential markers of poverty, as an alternative, or complement, to measures of low income. This is the first panel regression analysis of the relationship between households' incomes and deprivation scores over time. We show a close underlying link (people with long-term low incomes report long-term deprivation), but only a weak dynamic link (people whose income increases do not always report a commensurate fall in deprivation). The implications for poverty measurement are important both to academic analysts and to policy-makers.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 135 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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