期刊名称：Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics / Department of Economic Studies, University of Dundee
印刷版ISSN：1473-236X
出版年度：2009
卷号：1
出版社：Dundee University
摘要：The Scottish National Party led Scottish Government has identified household poverty as
a key focus for its anti-poverty strategy. The government’s ‘Solidarity Target’ seeks to
both increase wealth and increase the share of total income gained by these three deciles.
The ability to demonstrate the advantages of policy divergence within Scotland, relative
to the other parts of the United Kingdom, is central to the Government’s aim of gaining
support for increased powers for the devolved government. This paper seeks to provide
evidence on one aspect of the government’s anti- poverty strategy; the degree to which
Scotland differs from the rest of the UK over levels of entrenched poverty. The paper
demonstrates that not only does Scotland have greater entrenched poverty but that the
changes in mobility since the 1990s have impacted on Scotland to a lesser degree than the
rest of the UK.
