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Working Papers

2023

1. Welfare reform: Employment, mental health and intrahousehold insurance
   CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities

2022

2. Universal Credit: Welfare Reform and Mental Health
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2022)

2021

3. Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (35)
   Also in EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2020) View citations (15)
   Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis Working Paper Series, Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2020)
   See also Journal Article Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes?, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2021) View citations (49) (2021)

2020

4. Does more free childcare help parents work more?
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Does more free childcare help parents work more?, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (7) (2022)

2019

5. Top incomes in the UK: analysis of the 2015-16 Survey of Personal Incomes
   ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research
6. What Do We Really Know about the Employment Effects of the UK's National Minimum Wage?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2019) View citations (5)

2018

7. The return to work and how it is taxed: a dynamic perspective
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies

2017

8. Lone parents, time-limited in-work credits and the dynamics of work and welfare
   ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)

2016

9. Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (36)
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2016) View citations (27)
   See also Journal Article Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2016) View citations (39) (2016)
10. Can't Work or Won't Work: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Work Search Requirements for Single Parents
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Can't work or won't work: Quasi-experimental evidence on work search requirements for single parents, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (12) (2018)
11. Free Childcare and Parents' Labour Supply: Is More Better?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2015

12. Credit crunched: single parents, Universal Credit and the struggle to make work pay
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (7)
13. The National Minimum Wage and its interaction with the tax and benefits system: a focus on Universal Credit
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (12)

2014

14. Partnership dissolution: how does it affect income, employment and well-being?
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (16)

2013

15. How taxes and welfare distort work incentives: static lifecycle and dynamic perspectives
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
16. Inference with Difference-in-Differences Revisited
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (49)
    See also Journal Article Inference with Difference-in-Differences Revisited, Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter (2018) View citations (32) (2018)
17. Why are households that report the lowest incomes so well-off
    Economics Discussion Papers, University of Essex, Department of Economics View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Why are Households that Report the Lowest Incomes So Well‐off?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) View citations (29) (2017)

2012

18. Accounting for changes in income inequality: decomposition analyses for Great Britain, 1968-2009
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (14)
19. Lifetime inequality and redistribution
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (8)
20. Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (61)
21. The impact of a time-limited, targeted in-work benefit in the medium-term: an evaluation of In Work Credit
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2011)
22. Why did Britain’s households get richer? Decomposing UK household income growth between 1968 and 2008–09
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (4)
23. Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (23)

2010

24. An anatomy of economic inequality in the UK: report of the National Equality Panel
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (64)
25. Child poverty in the UK since 1998-99: lessons from the past decade
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
26. Starting School And Leaving Welfare: The Impact of Public Education on Lone Parents' Welfare Receipt
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations (10)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2010) View citations (10)

2009

27. How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (9)

2008

28. Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (8)
    Also in The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2007) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2012) View citations (41) (2012)
29. Welfare reform in the UK: 1997–2007
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (3)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2007) View citations (5)

2007

30. Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labor Supply Adjustment, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2008) View citations (89) (2008)

2006

31. Financial work incentives in Britain: comparisons over time and between family types
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (15)

2005

32. Job changes, hours changes and labour market flexibility: panel data evidence for Britain
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
33. Job changes, hours changes and the path of labour supply adjustment
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (5)

2002

34. Eradicating Child Poverty in Britain: Welfare Reform and Children Since 1997
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (3)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2001) View citations (4)
35. Five years of social security reforms in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (10)
36. The impact on incentives of five years of social security reform in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
37. Understanding the relative generosity of government financial support for families with children
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)

2000

38. Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (13)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Does more free childcare help parents work more?
   Labour Economics, 2022, 74, (C) View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Does more free childcare help parents work more?, IFS Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
2. Household Earnings and Income Volatility in the UK, 2009–2017
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2022, 20, (2), 345-369 View citations (2)

2021

3. Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes?
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2021, 19, (3), 433-458 View citations (49)
   See also Working Paper Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (35) (2021)

2020

4. A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit
   Economics Letters, 2020, 192, (C) View citations (1)
5. The initial impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on household incomes
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36, (Supplement_1), S187-S199 View citations (38)

2019

6. In‐Work Credits in the UK and the US
   Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40, (4), 519-560 View citations (4)
7. The curious incidence of rent subsidies: Evidence of heterogeneity from administrative data
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 114, (C) View citations (9)

2018

8. Can't work or won't work: Quasi-experimental evidence on work search requirements for single parents
   Labour Economics, 2018, 51, (C), 63-85 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Can't Work or Won't Work: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Work Search Requirements for Single Parents, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (8) (2016)
9. How Taxes and Welfare Benefits Affect Work Incentives
   Fiscal Studies, 2018, 39, (1), 5-38 View citations (2)
10. Inference with Difference-in-Differences Revisited
    Journal of Econometric Methods, 2018, 7, (1), 16 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Inference with Difference-in-Differences Revisited, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (49) (2013)

2017

11. Universal Pre-School and Labor Supply of Mothers
    ifo DICE Report, 2017, 15, (02), 08-12 View citations (2)
12. Why are Households that Report the Lowest Incomes So Well‐off?
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (605), F24-F49 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Why are households that report the lowest incomes so well-off, Economics Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (12) (2013)

2016

13. Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78, (3), 289-322 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008, Post-Print (2016) View citations (36) (2016)

2013

14. The Short‐ and Medium‐Term Impacts of the Recession on the UK Income Distribution
    Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34, (2), 179-201 View citations (20)

2012

15. Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK
    Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25, (1), 245-266 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK, IFS Working Papers (2008) View citations (8) (2008)
16. Universal Credit: A Preliminary Analysis of Its Impact on Incomes and Work Incentives
    Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33, (1), 39-71 View citations (23)

2011

17. Reviews: Reconstructing Kobe: The Geography of Crisis and Opportunity, Britain's War on Poverty
    Environment and Planning A, 2011, 43, (4), 981-983

2009

18. Feature: In-work Benefit Reform in a Cross-National Perspective - Introduction
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (535), F1-F14 View citations (36)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (535), F1-F14 (2009) View citations (3)
19. Optimal Income Taxation of Lone Mothers: An Empirical Comparison of the UK and Germany
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (535), F101-F121 View citations (67)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (535), F101-F121 (2009) View citations (94)

2008

20. Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labor Supply Adjustment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26, (3), 421-453 View citations (89)
    See also Working Paper Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (1) (2007)

2006

21. Did working families' tax credit work? The impact of in-work support on labour supply in Great Britain
    Labour Economics, 2006, 13, (6), 699-720 View citations (207)

2003

22. What Really Happened to Child Poverty in the UK under Labour's First Term?
    Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (488), F240-F257 View citations (15)

2002

23. Social security in the UK under New Labour: what did the Third Way mean for welfare reform?
    Fiscal Studies, 2002, 23, (4), 505-537 View citations (8)

2001

24. Comparing in-work benefits and the reward to work for families with children in the US and the UK
    Fiscal Studies, 2001, 22, (1), 41-77 View citations (42)