In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children’s cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the endogeneity of birth weight we propose an eliminant estimator, which exploits the availability of multiple outcomes for the same individual at the same point […]
[…] objectively and reasonably justified. We looked at financial advice for pensioners and for those planning for their retirement. We believe that better advice could have a considerable impact on the lives of individual pensioners and would impact on pensioner poverty overall. Money Guidance and the proposed ‘one-stop shop’ (as proposed in the Building a […]
This report summarises analysis of the impact of life events on financial capability. The project focuses on the characteristics of individuals and the households in which they live that determine their ability to manage and take control of their finances (their ‘financial capability’). In this work we use data from the British Household Panel […]
[…] children, while usually only gross child/family benefits are considered. We use EUROMOD, the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model, to quantify the support for children and analyse its impact on household incomes and child poverty for 19 countries. We find that the conventional approach underestimates on average the total amount of support for children by […]
[…] children, while usually only gross child/family benefits are considered. We use EUROMOD, the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model, to quantify the support for children and analyse its impact on household incomes and child poverty for 19 countries. We find that the conventional approach underestimates on average the total amount of support for children by […]
Much has been written about the impact of over-education on wages using cross-sectional data, although there have been few studies that analyse the returns to over-education in a dynamic setting. This paper adds to the existing literature by using panel data to investigate the impact and permanence of over-education wage penalties, whilst controlling for […]
[…] occupational groups and so a transition from full to part time employment may reduce the wage. Using the British Household Panel Survey this study investigates the wage impact of switching from full to part time employment. Furthermore, mother-specific wage impacts of re-entering employment after childbirth via part time employment are analysed. A mother of […]
[…] poverty in Great Britain. It is now understood that poverty is not a once in a lifetime experience. Once poor, it is likely that a person will suffer poverty repeatedly throughout their life. Therefore, a deeper understanding of this recurrence is required if policy is to have a significant impact on poverty reduction. The report:
[…] that do not) and the analysis conducted models a couple’s labour market participation decisions rather than their hours of work. After testing for income pooling and the impact of distribution factors, a further variable, the wife’s mother-in-law work status when the male spouse was aged 14, is introduced into the model. This is done […]
[…] much greater than in the UK, where cohabitation is more common and since a longer time. While in the UK cohabitation does not seem to have an impact on frequency of contacts, in Italy, cohabitation only increases the (marginal) proportion of those who do not visit and lowers slightly that of those who visit […]