Professor Mike Brewer Professor of Economics, University of Essex
- mbrewer@essex.ac.uk
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- 01206 873374
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- 2N2.5A.11
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- https://mikebrewereconomics.com/
Research Interests
- labour economics, and especially evaluating the impact of labour market or welfare interventions
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inequality, poverty and measuring household living standards
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microsimulation and labour supply modelling, especially of families with children
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dynamics of family formation, and impacts of parental separation
Mike’s main research interests are in how welfare benefits, labour market programmes, childcare provision and the tax system affects decisions made by households. He is also interested in poverty and inequality, and ways of measuring household living standards. He has been a long-time proponent of a simpler and more integrated welfare system, and his work on an integrated benefit system has been acknowledged as having informed current government policy.
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Publications
Displaying all 2 publications
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Household income volatility in the UK, 2009-2017
Silvia Avram, Mike Brewer, Paul Fisher, et al.
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Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 9: results from methodological experiments
Michaela Benzeval, Annamaria Bianchi, Mike Brewer, et al.
Media
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Unemployment rate: how many people are out of work?
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Inequality in the OECD is at a record high – and society is suffering as a result
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The rich v the rest: a rare peep at the finances of Britain’s 0.01%
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Five reasons inequality is among the most pressing issues of our times
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Almost two million adults will be £1,000 a year worse off under Universal Credit
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Universal credit to see 1.9 million people lose more than £1,000 per year, IFS finds
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Millions of claimants ‘will be poorer under universal credit’
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Almost 2m people will lose £1,000 a year with universal credit – study
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Universal Credit set to leave 1.9million people worse off by £1,000 a year
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Childcare: do UK parents pay the most in the world?
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Six-week wait for universal credit set to be reduced
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Why are more men filing for divorce than ever before?
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30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly
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30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly
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The role of the UK tax system in an anti-poverty strategy: new ISER report commissioned by JRF