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SPDO Knowledge Exchange Brief

Geographical inequalities in England on the eve of the pandemic

Polina Obolenskaya

This briefing forms part of the Nuffield Foundation funded research programme, Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes in a Changing Britain (SPDO), which examines social policies and social inequalities between the ...Read more...

CASEbrief

Little fish, big streams: How do early in-class maths ‘ability’-groups and early teacher judgements relate to primary school children’s later maths self-concept?

Tammy Campbell

This paper summarises research examining predictors of primary school children’s maths self-concept at age 11. It finds that the in-class ‘ability’ group children were placed in four years earlier, at age seven, strongly...Read more...

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper

The Ruling Parties’ Record on Homelessness and Complex Needs (May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020)

Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Glen Bramley

This paper provides a comparative analysis of homelessness policy goals, expenditure and outcomes across Great Britain in the post-2015 period, setting these developments in their longer-term perspective. In England, a r...Read more...

CASEpaper

The birthweight effects of universal child benefits in pregnancy: quasi-experimental evidence from England and Wales

Mary Reader

Over a decade ago, in April 2009, the UK Labour government introduced the Health in Pregnancy Grant (HPG), a cash transfer of the equivalent of child benefit over the third trimester (£190) as a lump sum to all pregnant ...Read more...

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper

The Conservative Goverments’ Record on Social Security: Policies, Spending and Outcomes, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020

Kerris Cooper and John Hills

This paper uses the Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes framework to evaluate how social security policies evolved, how public spending changed, the effects of these on the generosity of the system, and evidence ...Read more...

STICERD news

The careers and time use of mothers and fathers - Research by Oriana Bandiera and Camille Landais

New research on the gender pay gap has been published as part of the ongoing IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The research has been conducted by STICERD Professors Oriana Bandier... Read more...

CASE News

SPDO research finds child poverty is on the rise

Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader wrote an article on the Independent about their newly published research, The Conservative Governments' Record on Early Childhood from May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020: Policies, Spending and O... Read more...

CASE News

SPDO research finds child poverty is on the rise

Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader wrote an article on the Independent about their newly published research, The Conservative Governments' Record on Early Childhood from May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020: Policies, Spending and O... Read more...

CASE News

John Hills

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our friend and colleague Professor Sir John Hills. John joined the LSE in 1986 and played a significant role in STICERD's Welfare State Programme before co-founding ... Read more...

CASE News

LSE iQ podcast with Kitty Stewart on child poverty

Dr Kitty Stewart talked to Joanne Bale on the LSE iQ podcast about her recent Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes in a Changing Britain research on child poverty. The discussion aims at answering the question 'Ho... Read more...