Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Households

This short article analyses some of the key trends affecting the incomes of households in the middle of the income distribution. It studies the change in median household income between 1977 and 2010/11 and compares this with changes in GDP per person for both the UK and USA. The article then looks at how the characteristics of the middle fifth of households have changed over time and how the composition of their income has changed during the recent economic downturn and over the longer term.

This article looks at trends in retired households' income between 1977 and 2010/11. It examines changes in the income inequality and the composition of income of retired households and makes comparisons between the income of retired and non-retired households.

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK. The release shows where different types of households are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.

This supplementary material is intended to provide further analysis on The effects of taxes and benefits on household income and to illustrate how these data are derived. It follows a similar structure to the statistical bulletin and also provides details on the methodology, concepts, sources and information on their quality.

Effects of duties on alcohol and tobacco on equivalised household disposable income from 1995/96 to 2009/10.

The poorest fifth of households in the UK spent a higher proportion of their expenditure on goods and services that attracted Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2009/10 than in 1986. Poorer households in 1986 spent a smaller proportion of their expenditure, than poorer households in 2009/10, on discretionary items which attracted VAT. Finally, the data shows the poorest fifth of households in the UK pay more in VAT as a percentage of their disposable income than the richest fifth.

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK.

An analysis of how UK household indirect taxes can be both regressive and progressive depending on whether the distribution of households were ranked according to their disposable income, or their expenditure.

Uses household surveys to examine the impact of the recession on labour force participation and income

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK.

No. 8, August 2009

No. 1, January 2009

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No. 594, May 2003

No. 569, April 2001

No. 545, April 1999

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