These are some of key findings in Poverty and Inequality in Britain: 2005, an analysis by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies of the latest annual Households Below Average Income data released this morning by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Authors
Mike Brewer
Research Fellow University College London
Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.
Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Andrew is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority
Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.
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