Professor Stephen Jenkins
Professor of Economics
BA Otago, DPhil York (UK)
Contact details
Stephen
Jenkins
Institute for Social and Economic Research
Email:
Tel: 01206 873374
Fax: 01206 873151
Room: 2N2.5A.11
Curriculum vitae »
Research Interests
Research on applied micro-economics with particular reference to the distribution of income and its redistribution through taxation, social security and the labour market. Including inequality and poverty measurement; income mobility and poverty dynamics; modelling labour supply and social security benefit spell durations; survival analysis
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
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Distributionally-sensitive inequality indices and the GB2 income distribution
Stephen Jenkins
published in Review of Income and Wealth, edition: 2, vol:55, 392 - 399, 2009
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Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
Shuaizhang Feng
,
Stephen Jenkins
,
Richard Burkhauser
published in Review of Income and Wealth, edition: 1, vol:55, 166 - 185, 2009
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Estimating Low Pay Transition Probabilities Accounting for Endogenous Selection Mechanisms
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics), edition: 2, vol:57, 165 - 186, 2008
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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: how does England compare with other countries
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Micklewright
,
Sylke Schnepf
published in Oxford Review of Education, edition: 1, vol:34, 31 - 37, 2008
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The Feasibility of Linking Household Survey and Administrative Record Data: New Evidence for Britain
Stephen Jenkins
,
Peter Lynn
,
Annette Jäckle
,
Emanuela Sala
published in International Journal of Social Research Methodology, edition: 1, vol:11, 29 - 43, 2008
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Review of Applied Health Economics by Jones,Rice, Gago D'Uva and Balia
Stephen Jenkins
published in The Stata Journal, vol:8 (1), 2008
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The Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) and its Member Country Household Panel Studies
Stephen Jenkins
,
Dean Lillard
published in Schmollers Jahrbuch, edition: 4, vol:127, 627 - 654, 2007
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A Comparison of Current and Annual Measures of Income in the British Household Panel Survey
René Böheim
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Journal of Official Statistics, edition: 4, vol:22, 733 - 758, 2006
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The Effects of Dependent Interviewing on Responses to Questions on Income Sources
Peter Lynn
,
Annette Jäckle
,
Emanuela Sala
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Journal of Official Statistics, edition: 3, vol:22, 357 - 384, 2006
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Patterns of Consent: evidence from a general household survey
Stephen Jenkins
,
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Peter Lynn
,
Annette Jäckle
,
Emanuela Sala
published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), edition: 4, vol:169, 701 - 722, 2006
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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility
Stephen Jenkins
,
Philippe Van Kerm
published in Oxford Economic Papers, edition: 3, vol:58, 531 - 548, 2006
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Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Survey Data
Stephen Jenkins
,
Martin Biewen
published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, edition: 3, vol:68, 371 - 383, 2006
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Calculation of Multivariate Normal Probabilities by Simulation, with Applications to Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in The Stata Journal, edition: 2, vol:6, 156 - 189, 2006
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Variance Estimation for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices: the complex survey data case
Martin Biewen
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, edition: 3, vol:68, 371 - 383, 2006
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Accounting for Differences in Poverty Between the USA, Britain and Germany
Martin Biewen
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Empirical Economics, edition: 2, vol:30, 331 - 358, 2005
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Validating Survey Data: Experiences using Employer Records and Government Benefit (Transfer) Data in the UK
Annette Jäckle
,
Emanuela Sala
,
Peter Lynn
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association, vol:2004, 4802 - 4809, 2005
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Accounting for Income Distribution Trends: a density function decomposition approach
Stephen Jenkins
,
Philippe Van Kerm
published in Journal of Economic Inequality, edition: 1, vol:3, 43 - 61, 2005
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Modelling Low Income Transitions
Stephen Jenkins
,
Lorenzo Cappellari
published in Journal of Applied Econometrics, edition: 5, vol:19, 593 - 610, 2004
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Disability and Disadvantage: selection, onset and duration effects
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Rigg
published in Journal of Social Policy, edition: 3, vol:33, 2004
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The Relationship Between Unemployment Benefits and Re-Employment Probabilities: evidence from Spain
Stephen Jenkins
,
Carlos Garcia-Serrano
published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, edition: 2, vol:66, 239 - 260, 2004
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The Dynamics of Child Poverty: Britain and Germany compared
Stephen Jenkins
,
Gert Wagner
,
Christian Schluter
published in Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol:34, 337 - 353, 2003
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Multivariate Probit Analysis using Simulated Maximum Likelihood
Stephen Jenkins
published in The Stata Journal, edition: 3, vol:3, 1 - 17, 2003
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Why are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective
Stephen Jenkins
,
Christian Schluter
published in Journal of Human Resources, edition: 2, vol:XXXVIII, 441 - 465, 2003
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To What Extent are we Equalizing Opportunities for Income Acquisition Among Citizens?
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Roemer
,
Rolf Aaberge
,
Ugo Colombino
,
Johan Fritzell
,
Ive Marx
,
Marianne Page
,
Evert Pommer
,
Javier Ruiz-Castillo
,
Maria Jesus San Segundo
,
Torben Tranaes
,
Gert Wagner
,
Ignacio Zubiri
published in Journal of Public Economics, edition: 3-4, vol:87, 539 - 566, 2003
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To What Extent do Fiscal Regimes Equalise Opportunities for Income Acquisition Among Citizens?
John Roemer
,
Rolf Aaberge
,
Ugo Colombino
,
Johan Fritzell
,
Stephen Jenkins
,
Ive Marx
,
Marianne Page
,
Evert Pommer
,
Javier Ruiz-Castillo
,
Maria Jesus San Segundo
,
Torben Tranaes
,
Gert Wagner
,
Ignacio Zubiri
published in Journal of Public Economics, edition: 3-4, vol:87, 539 - 565, 2003
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Income Inequality and Self-Rated Health in Britain
Scott Weich
,
Glyn Lewis
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, edition: 6, vol:56, 436 - 441, 2002
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Retirement and the Economic Well-being of the Elderly: a British perspective
Elena Bardasi
,
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Rigg
published in Ageing and Society, edition: 2, vol:22, 131 - 159, 2002
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Who Stays Poor? Who Becomes Poor? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in The Economic Journal, edition: 478, vol:112, 60 - 67, 2002
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Review: The Gender Division of Welfare. The Impact of the British and German Welfare States, by Mary Daly
Stephen Jenkins
published in British Journal of Sociology, edition: 2, vol:55, 354 - 355, 2001
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Child Care Costs and Lone Mothers' Employment Rates: UK evidence
Stephen Jenkins
,
Elizabeth Symons
published in The Manchester School, edition: 2, vol:69, 121 - 147, 2001
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Income Inequality and the Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in Britain
Scott Weich
,
Glyn Lewis
,
Stephen Jenkins
published in British Journal of Psychiatry, edition: 3, vol:178, 222 - 227, 2001
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Review of "Meritocracy and Economic Inequality" edited by K. Arrow, S. Bowles and S. Durlauf
Stephen Jenkins
published in The Economic Journal, edition: 469, vol:111, 125 - 127, 2001
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Modelling Household Income Dynamics
Stephen Jenkins
published in Journal of Population Economics, edition: 4, vol:13, 529 - 567, 2000
Non-Refereed Journal Articles
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Work History and Low Income in Later Life
Stephen Jenkins
,
Elena Bardasi
published in Insurance Trends, 3 - 12, 2002
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Children in Poverty - a British-German comparison for the 1990s
Stephen Jenkins
,
Christian Schluter
,
Gert Wagner
published in Economic Bulletin, edition: 3, vol:39, 95 - 98, 2002
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Einskommenarmut von Kindern - Ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich für die 90er Jahre
Stephen Jenkins
,
Gert Wagner
,
Christian Schluter
published in DIW-Wochenberichte, edition: 69, vol:5/2002, 77 - 80, 2002
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A Third of All Britons Have Experienced Poverty
Stephen Jenkins
published in Parliamentary Brief, edition: 1, vol:7, 2000
Book Chapters
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Marital splits and income changes over the longer term
Stephen Jenkins
in Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch Changing Relationships , Routledge, chapter 13, 217-236, 2009
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Transitions Between Low Pay and Unemployment
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Solomon Polachek , Konstantinos Tatsiramos Research in Labor Economics , Elsevier Science BV, chapter 8, 57-79, 2008
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Summarising Multiple Deprivation Indicators
Lorenzo Cappellari
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Stephen Jenkins , John Micklewright Inequality and Poverty Re-examined , Oxford University Press, chapter 8, 166-184, 2007
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New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Micklewright
in Stephen Jenkins , John Micklewright Inequality and Poverty Re-examined , Oxford University Press, chapter 1, 3-33, 2007
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Late Careers and Career Exits in Britain
Katrin Golsch
,
David Haardt
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Hans-Peter Blossfeld , Dirk Hofäcker , Sandra Buchholz Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society , Routledge, chapter 8, 183-209, 2006
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Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Co-Ordination
Stephen Jenkins
,
Lars Osberg
in G Pfann , Daniel Hamermesh The Economics of Time Use: Contributions to Economic Analysis (CEA) No. 271 , Elsevier Science BV, chapter Part I, Chapter 5, 113-145, 2004
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Modelling Household Income Dynamics
Stephen Jenkins
in Klaus Zimmermann , Michael Vogler Family, Household and Work , Springer Verlag, 95-133, 2003
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Estimating Welfare Indices: household weights and sample design
Frank Cowell
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Y Amiel , J Bishop Inequality, Welfare and Poverty: theory and measurement, Volume 9 , Elsevier Science Limited, chapter 8, 147-172, 2003
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Who is Most Likely to be Poor in Germany?
Martin Biewen
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Irene Becker , Gabriele Rolf-Engel , Notburga Ott Soziale Sicherung in einer dynamischen Gesellschaft. Festschrift für Richard Hauser zum 65. Geburtstag , Campus-Verlag, 440-462, 2001
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Beyond the Snapshot: a dynamic view of child poverty
John Micklewright
,
Bruce Bradbury
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Bruce Bradbury , John Micklewright , Stephen Jenkins The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries , Cambridge University Press, chapter 1, 1-23, 2001
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The Dynamics of Child Poverty: conceptual and measurement issues
Stephen Jenkins
,
Bruce Bradbury
,
John Micklewright
in Bruce Bradbury , John Micklewright , Stephen Jenkins The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries , Cambridge University Press, chapter 2, 27-61, 2001
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The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Seven Industrialised Nations
Bruce Bradbury
,
John Micklewright
,
Stephen Jenkins
in Bruce Bradbury , John Micklewright , Stephen Jenkins The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries , Cambridge University Press, chapter 4, 92-132, 2001
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Poverty Amongst British Children: chronic or transitory?
Stephen Jenkins
,
Martha Hill
in Bruce Bradbury , John Micklewright , Stephen Jenkins The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries , Cambridge University Press, chapter 7, 174-195, 2001
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The Dynamics of Household Incomes
Stephen Jenkins
in Richard Berthoud , Jonathan Gershuny Seven Years in the Lives of British Families: evidence on the dynamics of social change from the British Household Panel Survey , The Policy Press, chapter 5, 107-132, 2000
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Low Income Dynamics in 1990s Britain
Stephen Jenkins
in David Rose Researching Social and Economic Change , Routledge, chapter 10, 188-209, 2000
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Trends in the UK Income Distribution
Stephen Jenkins
in Irene Becker The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective , Springer Verlag, chapter 6, 129-157, 2000
Authored Books
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Marco Francesconi
,
Stephen Jenkins
,
Thomas Siedler
The Impact of Family Structure During Childhood on Later-life Attainment, Anglo-German Foundation , ISBN: 1-900834-56-1 2005
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Mark Taylor
,
Richard Berthoud
,
Stephen Jenkins
Low Income and Multiple Disadvantage, 1991-2001: analysis of the British Household Panel Survey, Social Exclusion Unit (Office of Deputy Prime Minister) , ISBN: 1 85112 731 3 2004
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Stephen Jenkins
,
Elena Bardasi
Income in Later Life: work history matters, The Policy Press , ISBN: 1861344015 2002
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Stephen Jenkins
,
John Rigg
The Dynamics of Poverty in Britain, Department for Work and Pensions , ISBN: 1841234176 2001
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Stephen Jenkins
,
Christian Schluter
,
Gert Wagner
Child Poverty in Britain and Germany, Anglo-German Foundation , ISBN: 19000834294 2001
Edited Books
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Stephen Jenkins
,
John Micklewright
Inequality and Poverty Re-examined, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780199218110 , 2007
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Bruce Bradbury
,
John Micklewright
,
Stephen Jenkins
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0-52100-492-6, 2001
Iser working papers
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WP2009-30
Spaghetti Unravelled: A Model-Based Description of Differences in Income-Age Trajectories
- Stephen Jenkins
2009
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WP2009-29
The dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Lorenzo Cappellari
2009
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WP2009-27
Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA:
Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data
- Richard Burkhauser
,
- Shuaizhang Feng
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Jeff Larrimore
2009
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WP2009-25
The effect of lone motherhood on the smoking behaviour of young adults
- Marco Francesconi
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Thomas Siedler
,
2009
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WP2009-04
Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach
- Stephen Jenkins
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- Richard Burkhauser
,
- Shuaizhang Feng
,
- Jeff Larrimore
2009
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WP2008-34
The dynamics of social assistance receipt:
measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain
- Lorenzo Cappellari
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2008
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WP2008-25
Estimating Trends in US Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey:
The Importance of Controlling for Censoring
- Richard Burkhauser
,
- Shuaizhang Feng
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Jeff Larrimore
,
2008
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WP2008-07
Marital splits and income changes over the longer term
- Stephen Jenkins
2008
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WP2007-14
Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
- Shuaizhang Feng
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Richard Burkhauser
2007
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WP2007-12
Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
- Stephen Jenkins
2007
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WP2007-11
New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- John Micklewright
2007
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WP2006-40
Summarising Multiple Deprivation Indicators
- Lorenzo Cappellari
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2006
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WP2006-16
Calculation of Multivariate Normal Probabilities by Simulation, with Applications to Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation
- Lorenzo Cappellari
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2006
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WP2006-02
Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: how does England compare with other countries
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- John Micklewright
,
- Sylke Schnepf
,
2006
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WP2005-22
Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: evidence for Germany
- Marco Francesconi
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Thomas Siedler
2005
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WP2005-05
Methods for Summarizing and Comparing Wealth Distributions
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Markus Jäntti
2005
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WP2004-28
The Impact of Interviewing Method On Measurement Error in Panel Survey Measures of Benefit Receipt: evidence from a validation study
- Peter Lynn
,
- Annette Jäckle
,
- Emanuela Sala
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2004
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WP2004-29
The Gender Gap in Private Pensions
- Elena Bardasi
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2004
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WP2004-27
Patterns of Consent: evidence from a general household survey
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Lorenzo Cappellari
,
- Peter Lynn
,
- Annette Jäckle
,
- Emanuela Sala
2004
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WP2004-23
Linking Household Survey and Administrative Record Data: what should the matching variables be?
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Peter Lynn
,
- Annette Jäckle
,
- Emanuela Sala
2004
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WP2004-16
The Effects of Dependent Interviewing on Responses to Questions on Income Sources
- Peter Lynn
,
- Annette Jäckle
,
- Emanuela Sala
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2004
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WP2004-14
Validation of Survey Data on Income and Employment: The ISMIE Experience
- Annette Jäckle
,
- Emanuela Sala
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Peter Lynn
2004
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WP2004-08
Modelling Low Pay Transition Probabilities, Accounting for Panel Attrition, Non-Response and Initial Conditions
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Lorenzo Cappellari
2004
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WP2004-05
Accounting for Income Distribution Trends: a density function decomposition approach
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Philippe Van Kerm
2004
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WP2003-27
Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Philippe Van Kerm
,
2003
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WP2003-19
Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Co-Ordination
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Lars Osberg
,
2003
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WP2003-18
Disability and Disadvantage: selection, onset and duration effects
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- John Rigg
2003
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WP2003-11
Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Survey Data
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Martin Biewen
,
2003
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WP2002-20
The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: evidence from Germany
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Christian Schluter
,
2002
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WP2002-14
Accounting for Poverty Differences Between the United States, Great Britain and Germany
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Martin Biewen
2002
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WP2002-08
Modelling Low Income Transitions
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Lorenzo Cappellari
,
2002
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WP2001-17
Examining the Impact of Macro-Economic Conditions on Income Inequality
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Markus Jäntti
,
2001
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WP2001-16
Why are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Christian Schluter
2001
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WP2000-39
Child Poverty Dynamics in Seven Nations
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Bruce Bradbury
,
- John Micklewright
2000
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WP2000-36
Disability, Work and Income: a British perspective
- Elena Bardasi
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- John Rigg
2000
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WP2000-33
Retirement and the Economic Well-being of the Elderly: a British perspective
- Elena Bardasi
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- John Rigg
2000
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WP2000-23
Estimating Welfare Indices: household weights and sample design
- Frank Cowell
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2000
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WP2000-19
To What Extent do Fiscal Regimes Equalise Opportunities for Income Acquisition Among Citizens?
- John Roemer
,
- Rolf Aaberge
,
- Ugo Colombino
,
- Johan Fritzell
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Ive Marx
,
- Marianne Page
,
- Evert Pommer
,
- Javier Ruiz-Castillo
,
- Maria Jesus San Segundo
,
- Torben Tranaes
,
- Gert Wagner
,
- Ignacio Zubiri
2000
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WP2000-18
The Distribution of Income by Sectors of the Population
- Stephen Jenkins
2000
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WP2000-17
Re-employment Probabilities for Spanish Men: what roles does the unemployment benefit system play
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Carlos Garcia-Serrano
2000
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WP2000-16
Do Current Income and Annual Income Measures Provide Different Pictures of Britain's Income Distribution
- René Böheim
,
- Stephen Jenkins
2000
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WP2000-15
Measuring Income Risk
- Simon Burgess
,
- Karen Gardiner
,
- Stephen Jenkins
,
- Carol Propper
2000
Datasets
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Horacio Levy
,
Stephen Jenkins
Derived net curent and annual income variables to accompany BHPS waves 1-16, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Colchester: University of Essex , United Kingdom
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Horacio Levy
,
Francesca Zantomio
,
Holly Sutherland
,
Stephen Jenkins
Derived net curent and annual income variables to accompany BHPS waves 1-14, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Colchester: University of Essex , United Kingdom
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Stephen Jenkins
,
Peter Lynn
Improving Survey Measurement of Income and Employment (ISMIE), 2001-2003, UK Data Archive, Colchester: University of Essex , United Kingdom
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Elena Bardasi
,
Stephen Jenkins
,
John Rigg
British Household Panel Survey; Derived Current and Annual Net Household Income Variables, Waves 1-12, 1991-2003, UK Data Archive, Colchester: University of Essex , United Kingdom
Research Students
Stata materials