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This commentary analyses three seperate studies which attempt to assess the extent of poverty in the UK and asks why these studies produced apparently different results.

Authors

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson

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Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

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Steven Webb

Report details

DOI
10.1920/co.ifs.1991.0027
ISBN
978-1-873357-02-6
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Johnson, P and Webb, S. (1991). UK poverty statistics: a comparative study. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/uk-poverty-statistics-comparative-study (accessed: 23 April 2024).

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