[…] groups: ethnic concentration. According to theories of neighbourhood effects, neighbourhoods are spaces of interaction, as well as of transmission of beliefs and ways of doing. These might impact individuals, with a more or less coercive effect (Galster, 2012). Using data from the II Wave of the United Kingdom Housing Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) in combination […]

[…] negatively affected even before the actual financial distress is reported. These findings call for policy attention as they indicate that adaptive defence is not likely to work in the face of prolonged negative stimuli of financial distress. Detrimental impact of long-standing financial distress on mental health could be even higher than it is generally estimated.

[…] transport mode used but the consequences of commuting for overall life satisfaction and other measures of subjective wellbeing (SWB) are unclear. According to economic theory, the adverse impact of long commutes should be compensated for by the benefits they bring. The paper begins by examining the association using a six wave panel data set […]

[…] the same reform points at an even higher response, once adjustment to new rules has taken place. The purpose of the second chapter is to evaluate the impact of the Pension Credit introduction on pensioner’s take-up levels and in particular to investigate whether there is a role for complementary policies besides entitlement increase in […]

[…] lies in its high level of disaggregation and the close connection between microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms which makes it a very suitable model to analyse the redistributive impact of policies. EDGE-M3 features eighty generations and seven earnings-ability types of individuals. To facilitate a realistic dynamic population structure EDGE-M3 includes Eurostat’s demographic projections. In terms […]