{"product_id":"household-spending-in-britain-what-can-it-teach-us-about-poverty-9781861348548","title":"Household spending in Britain: What can it teach","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch of the recent policy debate surrounding poverty in Britain focuses on income as a measure of living standards. In this report we consider one alternative to income for measuring poverty that has been largely overlooked in the mainstream poverty debate in the UK: namely household expenditure.  Economic theory suggests that household expenditure is an important measure of financial well-being. Using 30 years of data from household surveys, this report shows the trends in poverty in Britain since the 1970s when household expenditure is used as a measure of financial well-being, rather than household income and investigates how using spending, rather than income, as a measure of well-being alters our view of who is poor. It examines the spending levels of the lowest-income households and analyses whether low-income pensioners' spending on basic and non-basic items increased as a result of the large increases in entitlements to means-tested benefits since 1999. The research will be of interest to civil servant policy-makers, academics and researchers working on poverty issues, and other groups with an interest in anti-poverty policies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Income and expenditure poverty compared; Income and expenditure behaviour of the same households; The effect of increased benefit entitlements on pensioner spending; Conclusions and policy implications","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043078537559,"sku":"9781861348548","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781861348548.jpg?v=1750956898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/household-spending-in-britain-what-can-it-teach-us-about-poverty-9781861348548","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}