[…] the most recent projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the Government’s stated policy choices, and combine that with official survey data to assess the impact on households’ living standards through to 2024-25. Since the crisis hit, the Government support schemes have prevented an unprecedented collapse in GDP from turning into a […]

[…] I find that governments within the United Kingdom redistribute more to electorally important groups after changes in power, and that this multidimensional redistribution also has a significant impact on income inequality. The multidimensional perspective analysed here also explains patterns of redistribution that the standard unidimensional income perspective, which analyses transfers solely between rich and […]

[…] Household Longitudinal Study, is a world-leading longitudinal survey of continuity and change in UK life. In April, we began a regular new survey to look at the impact of coronavirus on the UK population. The NHS defines people as clinically extremely vulnerable if they are undergoing treatment such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy for various […]

Religion has a significant effect on how Europeans feel about the European Union (EU) and has had an important impact on how people voted in the UK’s ‘Brexit referendum’. This book provides a clear and accessible quantitative study of how religion affects Euroscepticism and political behaviour. It examines how religion has affected support for […]

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 […]