In the last decade, the UK has experienced strong employment growth but also an increase in atypical non-standard forms of employment, such as zero-hours contracts, on-call and agency work, and the gig economy. These types of employment have in common the fact that workers are not guaranteed a minimum level of work and pay or […]

[…] we show that fathers and mothers that were already disadvantaged were more likely to have suffered negative earnings and employment shocks. These shocks had an immediate intergenerational impact: Children whose fathers reported an earnings drop to zero are significantly less likely to have received additional paid learning resources compared to similar children whose fathers […]

[…] of furniture has increased by 21%, it has never been more important to provide tenants with a place to call home. The report sets out the positive impact that increased furniture provision can have on tenants’ lives; what furniture support is currently available for tenants living in furniture poverty; and what barriers are in […]

This paper makes use of tax–benefit microsimulation techniques to quantify the distributional effects of COVID-19 in Ecuador and the role of tax–benefit policies in mitigating the immediate impact of the economic shocks. Our results show a dramatic increase in income poverty and inequality between December 2019 and June 2020. The poverty rate, measured with […]