[…] ability have found conflicting results: in most cases, they have found a strong positive paternal effect but a negligible maternal effect. In this paper, I evaluate the impact on the robustness of the estimates of the characteristics of the samples commonly used in this strand of research: samples of small size, with low variability […]

In this Report, we examine the impact of the abolition of the 10 pence rate of income tax, considering separately the effects of initial implementation and the effects in the light of the changes to personal allowances announced on 13 May 2008. We consider future policy options relating to the personal tax system and […]

[…] dependent interviewing questions and of their effects. The framework facilitates the comparison of different designs and provides a guide for designing new questions. Second, I test the impact on the efficiency of data collection and respondent burden and show that different designs can have opposing effects. Third, I test the effects of dependent interviewing […]

[…] words, to what extent do the fertility decisions of successfully integrated individuals differ from those who are poorly integrated into the labour force? To account for the impact of cross-national differences in institutional settings, I contrast the continental conservative German welfare state with the liberal market economy of the UK. To account for gender-specific […]

[…] should be included in the over-sample. In this paper we draw on a wide ranging review of the literature, the results from an intensive consultation exercise, the impact of current policy concerns and priorities, existing practice and development work already carried out for Understanding Society and in its Innovation Panel to establish the precise […]

[…] prices have no effect on family stability, while unanticipated decreases are destabilizing, this paper implies that policy-makers can reduce the risk of family breakdown by easing the impact of unexpected decreases in house prices. Well-designed policies that support families with low income and high debt (e.g., mortgage interest deductibility) may be the key to […]

[…] labour supply increases by approximately 47,000 full-time equivalents. However, the effect is limited because, compared to a static scenario, the cost recovery only allows the revenue-neutral flat tax to decrease from 38.5% to 37%. Furthermore, there is little or no impact of these employment effects on the strongly regressive nature of a flat tax reform.