[…] minimal loss of lifetime earnings and no loss of pension income. This paper uses data from the British General Household Surveys from 1994-1996 to examine how the impact of childrearing on women’s full and part time employment, earnings and private pension coverage varies according to educational level. Less than half of women with dependent […]

[…] is examined. Controversies surrounding CFS/ME and institutional responses to the condition are summarized. The history and purposes of DLA are outlined, and research evaluating its administration and impact is reviewed. Quantitative data from the DSS are combined with qualitative data obtained from interviews with claimants and non-claimants of DLA with CFS/ME and with benefits […]

[…] in setting minimum standards. This paper explores the implications of a European Minimum Pension. A prototype Europe-wide tax benefit microsimulation model is used to examine the distributional impact of the reform, asking how far such a policy is ‘targeted’ on the poorest pensioners. We conclude that the formulation of policy for the protection of […]

Theoretical paper on the combined impact of hiring and firing costs on employment and unemployment outcomes, with heterogeneous workers

[…] may reduce either or both components of non-response bias. In this article we examine data from a number of UK surveys on extended field efforts and the impact that they appear to have upon non-response bias and its components. Some consistent patterns are found. We also explore the sensitivity of such analyses to the […]

This paper studies the changing distribution of social capital and its impact on class formation in England and Wales from a ‘class structural’ perspective. It compares data from the Social Mobility Inquiry (1972) and the British Household Panel Survey (1992 and 1998) to show a distinct change in the class profiling of membership in […]