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Benefit sanctions in the UK: employment and mental health effects

This paper examines the impact of the employment benefit sanctions in the UK on employment and mental health outcomes. We estimate dynamic panel models utilising the Understanding Society dataset matched to DWP data on sanctions at job centre level. We exploit sharp changes in the prevalence of sanctions over time and regional heterogeneity to […]

Do grandparents matter? Three-generational social mobility in Britain

[…] and grandchildren’s class attainment exists independent of parental effects. In structural equation modelling with grandchildren’s education and class, we find grandparental class has a direct and significant impact on grandchildren’s education. For grandsons, such impact accounts for a substantial part of grandparental effects; maternal grandparents continue to have small but significant explanatory power on […]

Using Understanding Society to gain a fuller picture on the wellbeing impacts of commuting

A clear picture has not emerged from previous studies on the impact of different commuting behaviours on subjective wellbeing. Results differ according to the specific aspect of subjective wellbeing under consideration. Understanding Society offers an excellent opportunity to get a better understanding of the relationship between commuting and subjective wellbeing, as it obtains measures […]

A longitudinal analysis of family forms, ethnicity and life chances

[…] addition, the association between the differences observed and subsequent life chances is explored. We consider the interaction between ethnicity and childbearing context in predicting later outcomes for mothers, and show that once controlling for the impact of ethnicity, single mothers from African and African-Caribbean groups are relatively less disadvantaged than single mothers from white groups.

Essays on the causes and consequences of inequalities in health -PhD Thesis-

[…] one. Chapter three focuses on the contribution of lifestyle to inequalities in self-assessed health. Using panel data from the British Health and Lifestyle Survey, it considers the impact of education and socio-economic status on self-assessed health and also considers how these impacts are reduced after accounting for lifestyle factors. This chapter also examines the […]

The economic effects of employment-conditional income support schemes for the low-paid: an illustration from a CGE model applied to four OECD countries

[…] increase the employment prospects of the low-skilled as well as to support their living standard. In this paper a simple CGE model is developed to simulate the impact of the introduction of an employmentconditional scheme in four OECD countries. The simulated policy package is graduated on gross earnings with both “phase-in” and “phase-out” regions. […]

My home was my castle: evictions and repossessions in Britain

[…] problems in the past has a particularly strong influence on the current financial situation and on the risk of eviction. The regional unemployment rate has an important impact on both the probability of having difficulties meeting housing costs and of eviction, highlighting the importance of the general economic climate in determining unsustainable housing commitments. […]

The Impact of Tax-Benefit Systems on Low-Income Households in the Benelux Countries. A Simulation Approach Using Synthetic Datasets.

[…] which household characteristics determine taxes and benefits in each country. Hypothetical calculations such as those presented here do not exploit the ability of EUROMOD to determine the impact of social and fiscal policies on actual populations. Nevertheless, they can be a valuable contribution to understanding tax-benefit systems since they allow us to separate the […]