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The Impact of Employment Changes on Poverty in 2020

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Date published
31 May 2012
Location
England
England
Scotland
Scotland
Cymru
Cymru
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
UK
UK
Related professional interest
Social work history, policies and reform
Publishers
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Rights
Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Keywords
poverty
income inequaity
employment

This project considers the impact of changes in the structure of employment and pay on income inequality and poverty. It combines employment projections with a tax and benefit model to simulate the distribution of household income, poverty and inequality.

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