出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
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 lowincome 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 differencein- 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 lowincome 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-indifference
