Abstract Across Europe and North America, governments responded to the financial crisis of
2007-8 by taking on the debt of banks and insurance companies. Subsequent austerity …

This paper documents the potential and actual savings that consumers realize from four
particular types of purchasing behavior: purchasing on sale; buying in bulk (at a lower per …

In this Commentary, we assess the changes to average incomes, inequality and poverty that
have occurred under the first 10 years of the Labour government, with a particular focus on …

This paper studies the distributional consequences of a systematic variation in expenditure
shares and prices. Using European Union Household Budget Surveys and Harmonized …

The rapid rise in inflation in 2006-07 has attracted attention–once again–both to how
pensions systems should react to changes in prices, and to how they do so in practice …

The importance of economic well‐being is recognised in the recent UK Government policy.
Older people may be particularly vulnerable to economic fluctuations as they are reliant on …

Abstract Changes in relative prices of commodities consumed in different shares across
income groups can be expected to alter real income differentials between these groups …

The period 2021-2023 saw prices rising at historically high rates. Using household scanner
data for fast-moving consumer goods, we show that this was accompanied by historically …

" This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary exploration of a wide range of
topics within the social aspects of health, illness and healthcare. It explores and explains the …

Pension indexation should anchor the parameters of the pension system to one or more
economic and demographic variables to ensure that the system is implemented in a …