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Recession threat to families

29 October 2008

Recession could stop more families from working their way out of poverty, researchers have warned. But 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. "It is not necessarily that recession will lead to a fall, but we definitely are in danger of one," she said.

This interview was broadcast on Channel 4 News on the 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 at the London School of Economics. Link to papers
Link to report from 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