Topics
Household Income
The financial resources available to households to spend or save:
- Original income: Income from jobs, private pensions, interest from savings
- Gross income = original income + cash benefits
- Disposable income = gross income minus direct taxes
- Post-tax income = disposable income minus indirect taxes
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Drag on Incomes from Fiscal Drag equivalent to a 5% tax rise
8th October 2023
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What is real disposable income?
Topic Videos
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Is the UK government planning to raise the pension age (again)?
26th January 2023
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Disposable Incomes - The Big Squeeze Continues
9th January 2023
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Exploring the gap in regional household disposable income
13th October 2022
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Credit Squeeze - Mortgage Rates Rise as Lenders Return
4th October 2022
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Mortgage Rates Climbing - Impact on UK Economy
25th September 2022
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Are Indirect Taxes Regressive?
3rd August 2022
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Earned and Unearned Income
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Should rich pensioners be taxed more heavily?
16th February 2017
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What has happened to taxes over time?
5th March 2017
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Household debt: Workers borrowed more in 2020 to prop up incomes
21st January 2021
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Development Economics Essay Plan: Savings and Growth
Practice Exam Questions
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Intergenerational equity - older voters are richer than ever
9th December 2019
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Calculating Income Elasticity of Demand
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Indirect Taxes
Topic Videos
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Disposable Income - 'Higher or Lower' Activity
25th May 2018
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Income and Wealth (Quizlet Activity)
Quizzes & Activities
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The Gini Coefficient
Topic Videos
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Median Income and Relative Poverty
Study Notes
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State Pension Age of 68 is Brought Forward
20th July 2017