Staff Biography


	Dr Abigail MCKNIGHT Associate Director and Associate Professorial Research Fellow, CASE
	Email: abigail.mcknight@lse.ac.uk STICERD , 32L 3.29 A Publications on LSE Research Online
Biography: Abigail McKnight is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow and Associate Director of Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE where she has worked since 1999. Her research interests include inequality, poverty, wealth, social mobility and employment policy. Research Interests: Multi-dimensional inequality Low wage employment and labour market inequality The distribution of wealth and asset-based welfare Inequality, its causes and consequences Social mobility (especially downward mobility) Economics of education Current Research Projects: Understanding the Links between Inequality and Poverty Development of a multi-dimensional Inequality Framework and Toolkit Financial resilience of households in Europe Understanding the role of capital income and capital gains in shaping UK inequality Selected Publications: (with R V Reeves), 'Glass floors and slow growth: A recipe for deepening inequality and hampering social mobility', LSE British Politics and Policy Blog/Brookings Institute Social Mobility memos (2017) (with F Cowell and E Karagiannaki), 'Accounting for cross country differences in wealth inequality', Review of Income and Wealth, doi:10.1111/roiw.12278 (2017) (with M Duque and M Rucci) 'Double Trouble: A review of the relationship between UK poverty and economic inequality', Oxfam GB (2017) 'Employment policy since the crisis', in R Lupton, J Hills, K Stewart, T Burchardt and P Vizard (eds), Social Policy in a Cold Climate: Policies and their consequences since the crisis, Bristol: Policy Press (2016) (with K Stewart, SM Himmelweit and M Palillo), 'Low pay and in-work poverty: Preventative measures and preventative approaches', Evidence Review prepared for DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. ISBN: 978-92-79-58432-9 doi:10.2767/43829 (2016) (with M Duque and M Rucci), 'Creating more equal societies - What works?', Evidence Review prepared for DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. ISBN 978-92-79-58430-5 doi:10.2767/459956 (2016) (with L Gardiner), 'Paying up: Who's been getting pay rises, who hasn't and will that change?', in G Kelly and C D'Arcy (eds), Securing a Pay Rise: The path back to shared wage growth, London: Resolution Foundation (2015) 'Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the glass floor;, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission Research Report (2015) Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries' Experiences(co-edited with B Nolan, W Salverda, D Checchi, I Marx, IG Toth and HG van de Werfhorst), Oxford University Press (2014) Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives(co-edited with W Salverda, B Nolan, D Checchi, I Marx, IG Toth and HG van de Werfhorst), Oxford University Press (2014) Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation and Policy(with J Hills, F Bastagli, F Cowell, H Glennerster and E Karagiannaki), Oxford University Press (2013) (with J Goldthorpe) The economic basis of social class, in S Morgan, D Grusky and G Fields (eds.) Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of research from sociology to economics, Stanford University Press (2005) Higher education outcomes, graduate employment and university performance indicators(with M Bratti, R Naylor and J Smith), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 167(3): 475-496 (2004) Earnings Inequality and Earnings Mobility, 1977-1997: The impact of mobility on long term inequality, Employment Relations Research Series No.8, Department of Trade and Industry (2000) Graduate employability: Policy and performance in higher education in the UK(with J. Smith and R. Naylor) Economic Journal, 110 (2000) STICERD/CASE Publications: CASE Annual Report 2017 Kerris Cooper, Abigail McKnight, May 2018 Paper No' CASEreport 117: Full paper Paper copy now out of print. A fresh look at an old question: is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty? Abigail McKnight, July 2015 Paper No' CASE/191: Read Abstract \| Full paper The Coalition's Record on Employment: Policy, Spending and Outcomes 2010-2015 Abigail McKnight, March 2015 Paper No' CASE/187: Read Abstract \| Full paper The Coalition's Record on Employment: Policy, Spending and Outcomes 2010-2015 Abigail McKnight, January 2015 Paper No' SPCCWP15: Read Abstract \| Paper 1 \| Paper 2 The Coalition's Social Policy Record: Policy Spending and Outcomes 2010-2015 Tania Burchardt, Amanda Fitzgerald, John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Abigail McKnight, Polina Obolenskaya, Kitty Stewart, Stephanie Thomson, Rebecca Tunstall, Polly Vizard, January 2015 Paper No' SPCCRR04: Read Abstract \| Paper 1 \| Paper 2 Disabled People's Financial Histories: Uncovering the disability wealth-penalty Abigail McKnight, April 2014 Paper No' CASE/181: Read Abstract \| Full paper Wealth distribution, accumulation and policy Francesca Bastagli, Frank A Cowell, Howard Glennerster, John Hills, Eleni Karagiannaki, Abigail McKnight, May 2013 Paper No' CASEbrief 33: Full paper Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality Frank A Cowell, Eleni Karagiannaki, Abigail McKnight, March 2013 Paper No' CASE/168: Read Abstract \| Full paper Mapping and measuring the distribution of household wealth: A cross-country analysis Frank A Cowell, Eleni Karagiannaki, Abigail McKnight, November 2012 Paper No' CASE/165: Read Abstract \| Full paper Estimates of the asset-effect: The search for a causal effect of assets on adult health and employment outcomes Abigail McKnight, June 2011 Paper No' CASE/149: Read Abstract \| Full paper The changing pattern of earnings: employees, migrants and low-paid families Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP272: Read Abstract \| Full paper The Impact of Policy Change on Job Retention and Advancement Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CEPOP23: Read Abstract \| Full paper Assimilation of Migrants into the British Labour Market Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CEPOP22: Read Abstract \| Full paper Changes in Earnings Inequality and Mobility in Great Britain 1978/9-2005/6 Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CEPOP21: Read Abstract \| Full paper The Impact of Policy Change on Job Retention and Advancement Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CASE/134: Read Abstract \| Full paper Assimilation of Migrants into the British Labour Market Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CASE/133: Read Abstract \| Full paper Changes in earnings inequality and mobility in Great Britain 1978/9-2005/6 Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, October 2008 Paper No' CASE/132: Read Abstract \| Full paper Tracking Income: How working families' incomes vary through the year John Hills, Abigail McKnight, Rachel Smithies, March 2006 Paper No' CASEreport 32: Full paper The Economic Basis of Social Class John H Goldthorpe, Abigail McKnight, February 2004 Paper No' CASE 080: Read Abstract \| Full paper Sheer Class? The Extent and Sources of Variation in the UK Graduate Earnings Premium Abigail McKnight, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith, March 2002 Paper No' CASE 054: Read Abstract \| Full paper Other Professional Activities: Technical Panel Member The Intergenerational Commission