An assessment of Labours record on income inequality and poverty
An assessment of Labours record on income inequality and poverty
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DOI：
10.1093/oxrep/grt008
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Sibieta, Luke
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作者：
Joyce, Robert;Sibieta, Luke
我们记录了1997年至2010年工党执政期间平均收入，贫困和不平等的演变，并将这些趋势与近代历史上其他时期的趋势进行了比较。我们还将这些变化与工党提出的分配目标联系起来，我们认为，这些目标在收入分配的底层是明确的（在儿童贫困方面是绝对明确的），但在更普遍的不平等方面则不那么明确。因此，我们观察到儿童和贫困人口的大幅福尔斯下降以及整体收入不平等的加剧，这也许并不奇怪，后者主要是由最高收入的增长驱动的。我们还使用微观模拟技术来证明直接税收和福利改革在推动这一时期所观察到的变化方面的至关重要性。
We document the evolution of average incomes, poverty and inequality over the period of Labour government from 1997 to 2010, comparing these trends with those seen over other periods in recent history. We also relate these changes to Labours stated distributional objectives, which we argue were clear in relation to the bottom of the income distribution (and absolutely explicit in relation to child poverty), but much less clear in relation to inequality more generally. It is thus perhaps no surprise that we observe substantial falls in child and pensioner poverty alongside increases in overall income inequality, with the latter largely driven by growth in top incomes. We also use micro-simulation techniques to demonstrate the crucial importance of direct tax and benefit reforms in driving the changes observed over this period.