The paper makes an attempt to look into the question how competitive pressure would impact upon the income distribution and poverty of household groups through the change in productivity-efficiency in the economy using an input-output analysis in a general equilibrium framework. Three sources of growth are considered: efficient utilization of...
Most of the people take for granted being able to turn the lights on and keep their homes warm. But for some people, basic energy needs account for a disproportionate amount of their income. The aim of the paper is that as far as reasonably practicable no household should be...
The focus of this paper is to demonstrate the effects these schemes are having on fuel poverty, not just in terms of the number of households helped and the money spent on the schemes, but in terms of measured improvements. These include trying to assess the increase in energy efficiency...
The overall approach adopted by the Government and the Devolved Administrations has been, and continues to be, to tackle the root causes of fuel poverty by improving energy inefficient housing, reducing fuel bills and by tackling low incomes. This paper sets out the common policies that operate energy efficiency measures,...
This paper estimates effects of future growth in income on the poverty rates of the elderly. If real earnings and other income were to increase steadily at 1 percent per year, poverty among the elderly, 10.5 percent in 1997, would decrease to about 7.2 percent in 2020 and to 4.1...
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