[…] the relative role of income transfers from the state in determining the magnitude and direction of change in child poverty rates, holding other demographic and labour market factors constant. As such the paper offers a cross-country overview of child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe.

[…] comprehensive childcare provision and generous family support systems, the opposite is true. Leaving home is always related to a higher risk of poverty and deprivation, but the impact is far stronger in Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands (where young people leave home early, and to live alone) than in Southern countries (where they tend […]

This paper focusses on the insurance role of religion in buffering the well-being impact of stressful life events, and the ensuing economic and social implications. Using two large-scale European data sets, we show that the religious enjoy higher levels of life satisfaction, and that religion does insure against some adverse life events. All denominations […]

[…] of latent classes of users of health care. In Chapter 2, using English data taken from the British Household Panel Survey for the period 1991-2001, a positive impact of income on access to and utilisation of primary care is found, especially amongst those with lower levels of utilisation. Chapter 3 proposes a new model […]

In Study 1, data from the first eleven waves (1991-2001) of the British Household Panel Survey were used to explore the impact of poor self-rated health on subsequent employment status for men and women from different social classes. In Studies 3 and 4, two linked longitudinal registers, containing diagnostic and social data on the […]

[…] decision to migrate is based on the expected benefits of moving relative to the costs. However for couple households the migration decision is complicated by its potential impact on the employment, earnings, and well-being of both spouses. In particular, dual-earner families, which are more and more prevalent, may face a situation where one spouse […]