The second output from this research project is a briefing paper investigating how job and financial insecurity is related to mental distress amongst employees across the UK, and the impact the UK government’s furlough scheme has had on this.

[…] encouraging picture of more solid relationships and financial support arrangements weathering the early storm. However, this sits alongside concerning reports of deterioration among those with poorer relationships prior to the pandemic. If this pattern persists, the pandemic has the potential to have an impact on the well-being and longer-term outcomes of children from separated families.

[…] and health domains. While this contributes to explaining heterogeneity in investments, we find no significant differences in preferences for child developmental outcomes. The findings from simulating the impact of various policies on investments highlight the relevance of interventions designed to reduce perinatal fatigue alongside interventions that increase perceived returns to investments in children. Chapter […]

This paper focuses on the possibilities and functionalities offered by the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK – UKMOD to simulate and analyse the distributional impact of three examples of Basic Income schemes. We show how to build in functionalities to ensure fiscal neutrality and we aim to highlight some of the trade-offs that […]

[…] of vulnerable people during lockdown evaluates how effectively government identified and met the needs of people identified as vulnerable to covid-19 in the lockdown, including variations in impact or outcomes for diverse populations. The Committee will question senior officials at DHSC, Defra, and MHCLG on how well government identified vulnerable people, how government protected […]

This paper focuses on the possibilities and functionalities offered by the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK – UKMOD to simulate and analyse the distributional impact of three examples of Basic Income schemes. We show how to build in functionalities to ensure fiscal neutrality and we aim to highlight some of the trade-offs that […]