rlab  case  cep  fmg  sticerd   contact us  directions  IT support  rlab data    about   research programmes   publications   events and calendar    current events :     - seminars     - special events     - public lectures     - conferences    past events :     - seminars     - special events     - public lectures     - conferences   staff directory   support and services   news and visitors 07 - Mar - 2012 Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities Steve Gibbons (CEP, SERC & LSE) [downlaod pdf] 29 - Feb - 2012 Do universal benefits have a future? Malcolm Torry (Citizen's Income Trust and LSE) [downlaod pdf] 08 - Feb - 2012 Does income inequality cause health and social problems? Karen Rowlingson (University of Birmingham) [downlaod pdf] 25 - Jan - 2012 Estimating the impact of marriage on child development Claire Crawford joint with Ellen Greaves (IFS) [downlaod pdf] 07 - Dec - 2011 The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income Stephen Jenkins (Social Policy, LSE) 16 - Nov - 2011 Schools and area partnerships: New forms of governance to tackle educational disadvantage Alan Dyson joint with Kirstin Kerr (Manchester) 02 - Nov - 2011 Poverty and the two concepts of relative deprivation: Implications for poverty measurement in the EU Tony Fahey (University College Dublin and CASE visitor) [downlaod pdf] 19 - Oct - 2011 Family Policies across the OECD: How does the UK compare? Carmen Huerta (OECD) [downlaod pdf] 18 - May - 2011 Trends in the employment of disabled people in Britain Richard Berthoud (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex) 11 - May - 2011 Educational Inequality: How does the UK compare with other countries? Results from PISA Maciej Jakubowski (OECD) [downlaod pdf] 16 - Mar - 2011 How will the Coalition's Social Policies Affect London? A joint event with LSE London and the Greater London Authority Various Speakers  [downlaod pdf] 02 - Mar - 2011 Poverty Projections 2010-2013 and the Longer-term Impact of Universal Credit Mike Brewer joint with Robert Joyce (Institute for Fiscal Studies) [downlaod pdf] [downlaod pdf 2] 09 - Feb - 2011 Housing and Planning Policy: Making Housing Affordable Christine Whitehead (London School of Economics) [downlaod pdf] 26 - Jan - 2011 The Distributional Impacts of the 2010 Spending Review Tim Horton joint with Howard Reed (Landman Economics) (Fabian Society) [downlaod pdf] 08 - Dec - 2010 Climate Mitigation Programmes: Some implications for social policies Ian Gough (CASE, London School of Economics) [downlaod pdf] 24 - Nov - 2010 The Big Society: What does it mean for neighbourhood governance? Liz Richardson joint with Catherine Durose (De Montfort University) (University of Manchester) [downlaod pdf] 17 - Nov - 2010 Injustice Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield) [downlaod pdf] 27 - Oct - 2010 Where to go? Restricting low income households access to the private rented sector Steve Wilcox (University of York) 23 - Jun - 2010 CASE Special Event: UK launch of Jane Waldfogel's new book, 'Britain's War on Poverty' Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University) 26 - May - 2010 Social exclusion among families with children: Evidence from the Families and Children Study Paul Oroyemi joint with Tim Crosier (Social Exclusion Task Force) and Matt Barnes (National Centre for Social Research) (Social Exclusion Task Force, Cabinet Office) 12 - May - 2010 The state of happiness: Can public policy shape people's well-being and resilience? Geoff Mulgan (The Young Foundation) 24 - Feb - 2010 Twenty-five years and three recessions: How much difference have they made to claimant rates in high-unemployment neighbourhoods? Rebecca Tunstall joint with Alex Fenton (University of Cambridge) (University of York) 03 - Feb - 2010 A test for racial discrimination in recruitment practice in British cities Martin Wood joint with Jon Hales (National Centre for Social Research) 27 - Jan - 2010 Launch of the report of the National Equality Panel 'An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK' John Hills joint with Stephen Jenkins (University of Essex and member of National Equality Panel) (CASE, LSE) 02 - Dec - 2009 Test scores, subjective assessment and stereotyping of ethnic minorities Simon Burgess joint with Ellen Greaves (Bristol University) 25 - Nov - 2009 Should economic and social rights be included in a Bill of Rights? An analysis of public views using a general population survey Polly Vizard (CASE) 28 - Oct - 2009 Charitable bequests and wealth at death in the UK John Mickelwright (Institute of Education) 07 - Oct - 2009 Reducing health inequalities: Areas, benefits and social exclusion (based on the Marmot Review) David Piachaud joint with Howard Glennerster and Anne Power (Social Policy and CASE, LSE) 24 - Jun - 2009 Growing Up in Social Housing: A profile of four generations 1946 to the present day Ruth Lupton joint with Becky Tunstall (CASE) 20 - May - 2009 The Spirit Level: Why more equal societies almost always do better. Richard Wilkinson (University of Nottingham) 18 - Mar - 2009 Social class and educational inequality: what should schools do? Ruth Lupton (CASE) 11 - Mar - 2009 When you are born matters: The impact of date of birth on educational outcomes in England Lorraine Dearden (Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute of Education) 25 - Feb - 2009 Towards a More Equal Society? Poverty, Inequality and Policy since 1997 (Book Launch; booking essential) John Hills joint with Tom Sefton and Kitty Stewart (CASE, LSE) 21 - Jan - 2009 Climate Change and Social Policy Ian Gough (CASE, London School of Economics) 26 - Nov - 2008 Time Poverty and Income Poverty Tania Burchardt (CASE, London School of Economics) 19 - Nov - 2008 Unjust Rewards: Inequality and the Rich Polly Toynbee joint with Discussants: Jesse Norman, Policy Exchange and John Hills, London School of Economics (The Guardian) 08 - Oct - 2008 Transmitting Deprivation: Media, Poverty and Public Opinion in the UK Stephen Sinclair (Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University) 21 - May - 2008 Would increasing social mobility be effective in reducing health inequality? Melanie Bartley (University College London) 12 - Mar - 2008 DIY community action: neighbourhood problems and community self-help Liz Richardson (University of Manchester) 05 - Mar - 2008 Welfare reform in the United States: Implications for British social policy James Midgley (University of California, Berkeley) 27 - Feb - 2008 The American Election and the State of the American Economy (booking essential - contact a.tamas@lse.ac.uk) Bruce Katz (Brookings Institution) 23 - Jan - 2008 How unequal are we? Stein Ringen (Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford) 05 - Dec - 2007 Mixed communities and concentrated poverty Paul Cheshire joint with Ruth Lupton (Institute of Education) and Becky Tunstall (London School of Economics) (SERC & LSE) 22 - Nov - 2007 City Survivors: Bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (presentation and book launch) Anne Power (CASE / LSE) [downlaod pdf] 31 - Oct - 2007 What future for western welfare states? Followed by book launch of Making Social Policy Work Howard Glennerster (London School of Economics) 17 - Oct - 2007 Would increasing social mobility be effective in reducing health inequality? CANCELLED Melanie Bartley (University College London) Would increasing social mobility be effective in reducing health inequality? 09 - May - 2007 Poverty, maternal depression, family status and children's cognitive and behavioural development Kathleen Kiernan (University of York and CASE) 14 - Mar - 2007 Launch of 'Jigsaw Cities' (Booking essential) Anne Power (CASE / LSE) 21 - Feb - 2007 Social capital and social trust of faith/ethnic communities in England and Wales (2001-2005) Yaojun Li (University of Birmingham) 21 - Feb - 2007 Ethnic penalties and their components: What role does discrimination play? CANCELLED Anthony Heath (University of Oxford) Ethnic penalties and their components: What role does discrimination play? 24 - Jan - 2007 Digitally excluded in the e-society: Results from a project in south London Mike Cushman (London School of Economics) 06 - Dec - 2006 Equality: From theory to action John Baker (Equality Studies Centre, University College, Dublin) 15 - Nov - 2006 Work-life balance in a low income neighbourhood Hartley Dean joint with Alice Coulter (CASE) (LSE) 18 - Oct - 2006 Low achievement in English schools - A fresh look Robert Cassen joint with Geeta Kingdon (University of Oxford) (CASE, LSE) 13 - Sep - 2006 Neighbourhood Poverty during Childhood and Fertility, Education and Earnings Outcomes George C Galster (Clarence Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs, Wayne State University) [downlaod pdf] 28 - Jun - 2006 Using social experiments to evaluate welfare to work programmes in Britain: Recent experience in Department for Work and Pensions Stephen Morris (Princeton University) 26 - Apr - 2006 Moving out of poverty - Experimentally? A report on current findings John Goering (Baruch College, City University of New York) [downlaod pdf] 08 - Mar - 2006 Does the notion of 'resilience' really differ from the longer-established concepts of 'risk' and 'protective influences'? Michael Rutter (Institute of Psychiatry and King's College) 01 - Feb - 2006 Why social justice matters CANCELLED Brian Barry (LSE and Columbia University) Why social justice matters 18 - Jan - 2006 The 'Respect' agenda and informal social control: Evidence on the ground Jacqueline Barnes joint with Liz Richardson (CASE) (Birkbeck College, London) [downlaod pdf] [downlaod pdf 2] 09 - Nov - 2005 Inequality, social corrosion and health Richard Wilkinson (University of Nottingham) 02 - Nov - 2005 Social segregation in schools: An international comparison John Mickelwright (Institute of Education) 19 - Oct - 2005 Turning the tide? 25 years on 20 unpopular council estates Rebecca Tunstall joint with Alice Coulter (University of York) 08 - Jun - 2005 Inheritance in Britain: Survey data on expectations, experiences and attitudes to bequeathing Karen Rowlingson (University of Birmingham) 25 - May - 2005 Conceptualising poverty Ruth Lister (Loughborough University) 18 - May - 2005 The impact of choice on educational outcomes: Sorting by ability across English secondary schools Simon Burgess (Bristol University and CASE) 16 - Mar - 2005 Ethnicity as social capital? Explaining the differential educational achievements of young British Pakistani men and women Tariq Modood (University of Bristol) [downlaod pdf] 23 - Feb - 2005 What new structures can effectively deliver community engagement and better services? Jacqueline Barnes joint with Phil Swann (Tavistock Institute) (Birkbeck College, London) 26 - Jan - 2005 "The future's changed": The local impact of housing, environment and regeneration policy since 1997 Caroline Paskell joint with Anne Power (CASE) (CASE) 12 - Jan - 2005 Launch of the new CASE book "A more equal society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion" John Hills joint with Kitty Stewart (CASE), with responses from Fran Bennett (Oxford) and Polly Toynbee (The Guardian) (CASE, LSE) 08 - Dec - 2004 What's been happening to British cities?: Population change, ethnicity, and concentrated poverty 1991-2001 - evidence from the Census. Anne Power joint with Ruth Lupton (CASE / LSE) 17 - Nov - 2004 The Dynamics of material deprivation Richard Berthoud (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex) [downlaod pdf] 27 - Oct - 2004 The Affluence Epidemic and the geography and dynamics of neighbourhood poverty in England and Wales 1990-2001 Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield) [downlaod pdf] 12 - May - 2004 The Early Years: Getting it Right? Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University) 28 - Apr - 2004 The Wage Trajectories of Poor Workers Peter Gottschalk (Boston College) 10 - Dec - 2003 The Poverty Chalenge in Northern Ireland: Results from the first ever income survey. Mike Tomlinson (Queen's University, Belfast) 26 - Nov - 2003 How do family income and parental education influence early child development? Paul Gregg (University of Bristol and CEP) 29 - Oct - 2003 Can communities help re-shape neighbourhood level public services? David Wilkinson (Independent researcher and author) 08 - Oct - 2003 From Knave to Knight, From Pawn to Queen: motivation, agency and public policy. Julian Le Grand (LSE) 18 - Jun - 2003 Community-led or market-driven? Tensions in housing strategies in the New Deal for Communities programme. Ian Cole (Sheffield Hallam University) 04 - Jun - 2003 Is poverty a denial of human rights? Has Sen resolved the debate? Polly Vizard (CASE) 11 - Dec - 2002 Antisocial Working Hours, Wages and Low Pay. Susan Harkness (University of Bristol) 27 - Nov - 2002 Migration, Mobility and Membership: the Boundaries of Equality and Justice. Bill Jordan (University of Exeter) 13 - Nov - 2002 The education outcomes of children who have been taken into care. Sarah Cheesbrough (Social Exclusion Unit) 30 - Oct - 2002 Evaluating Welfare Reform in the U.S. Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University) 16 - Oct - 2002 Employment in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for the Family. Harriet Presser (University of Maryland) 20 - Mar - 2002 Asset-based Welfare - Just a Passing Fad? Will Paxton joint with Sue Regan (IPPR) (IPPR) 27 - Feb - 2002 Social Capital, Human Capital and Social Exclusion David Piachaud (Social Policy and CASE, LSE) 06 - Feb - 2002 Inner City Collapse and Metropolitan Sprawl: the American experience of urban regeneration. Bruce Katz (Brookings Institution) 12 - Dec - 2001 Social Exclusion in EU Member-States: a comparison of two alternative approaches Conchita D'Ambrosio (Bocconi University, Milan) 14 - Nov - 2001 Divorce and cohabitation issues across nations and generations Kathleen Kiernan (University of York and CASE) 24 - Oct - 2001 A theory of exclusion: poverty, discrimination and cultural paradigms Sally Witcher (University of Edinburgh.) 10 - Oct - 2001 Indicators for the EU Social Agenda Tony Atkinson (Nuffield College, Oxford)   copyright © STICERD 2005 - 2007 LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE   e-mail: sticerd@lse.ac.uk