Assessing the distributional impact of reforms to disability benefits for older people in the UK: Implications of alternative measures of income and disability costs

Ageing and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-257

  Hancock, Ruth ^a   Pudney, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability benefit; disability costs; income measurement; older people; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; INCOME; WELFARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896441570     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X1200075X     Document Type: Article

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