[…] ‘neighbourhood’? Can you forecast the characteristics of various types of neighbourhood in the future? Are there certain areas that are friendlier than others? What will be the impact of economic globalisation on demand for housing? And what will this all mean for housing associations in the years up to 2010? This book starts to […]

This paper examines the conversion from PAPI to CAPI of the British Household Panel Survey at Wave 9 (1999). The paper describes the procedures adopted by the BHPS and examines the impact of the introduction of CAPI on key variables within the data.

Since 1997 there have been major changes in policy and administration, directly affecting the lives of millions of people and raising important issues of equity and social justice. This excellent introductory text provides students across a range of disciplines with an up-to-date critical analysis of these changes and their impact.

[…] employees receiving no wage changes is different across countries, with Germany and Ireland ranking at the top and the bottom respectively. At the same time, nominal wage cuts are not rare. We therefore consider the impact of the bargaining structure and institutions in the European labor markets on the extent of nominal wage flexibility observed.

[…] well as population ageing. Policies to enhance skills could thus be an important part of the OECD Jobs Strategy. Still, little is known about the labour market impact of adult learning. Do policies that enhance workers’ skills help improve the overall employment situation? To what extent do workers who receive training enjoy better job […]

[…] current issues in social policy – life satisfaction and trust in others. These issues link into a number of debates, particularly how we measure the progress and impact of policy in a more rounded way and how we can reverse the apparent decline in feelings of community cohesion and citizenship.The analysis uses data from […]