The cost of a child in 2018 by Donald Hirsch

“…Even families with two parents currently working full time on the ‘national living wage’ are 11% (£49 per week) short of the income the public defines as an acceptable, no-frills living standard. For lone parents, even a reasonably paid job (on median earnings) will leave them 15% (£56 per week) short of an adequate income because of the high cost of childcare. …”
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The transferability of the low-cost model to long-haul airline operations by Graham Francis, Nigel Dennis, Stephen Ison, Ian M. Humphreys

“…The paper seeks to quantify the potential cost differentials that might be achievable on a long-haul ‘no-frills’ service. The paper also speculates as to the development and sustainability of the low-cost long-haul operations.…”
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