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标题：Expenditure Patterns Post-Welfare Reform in the UK: Are low-income families starting to catch up?
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作者：Paul Gregg ; Jane Waldfogel ; Elizabeth Washbrook 等
期刊名称：Census Briefs: International Reports
出版年度：2005
卷号：2005
出版社：Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
摘要：In this paper we provide evidence on how the UK government’s welfare reforms since 1998 have affected the material well-being of children in low-income families. We examine changes in expenditure patterns and ownership of durable goods for low- and higher-income families between the pre-reform period (1995-1998) and the post-reform period (2000-2003), using data from the Family Expenditure Survey. The methodological approach is a difference-in-difference-in-difference analysis that exploits the fact that age variation in the reforms favoured low-income families over higher-income ones and families with children age under 11 over those with older children. We find that low-income families with children are catching up to more affluent families, in their expenditures and their possession of durable goods. Moreover, expenditures on child-related items are increasing faster than expenditures on other items.
关键词：child poverty; family expenditures; welfare reform; difference-in-difference