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The Mirror:
Recession threat to families

29 October 2008

Recession could stop more families from working their way out of poverty, researchers have warned. Co-author Abigail McKnight, of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics (LSE) said the experience of past recessions would suggest the current financial crisis could hit wage mobility.

This article appeared in the Mirror on 29th October 2008.
Link to article.

Related Publications
Three background papers by Richard Dickens and Abigail McKnight, are published by the Centre for Economic Performance and the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
Link to these papers

Link to the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation: ‘The Changing Pattern of Earnings: Employees, Migrants and Low-Paid Families’ by Richard Dickens and Abigail McKnight

Related Links
Richard Dickens webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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