Research Interests:
- The economics and finance of health education and long term care and other aspects of social welfare
- The allocation of resources between areas
- The history of social policy
- The comparative study of social policy especially in respect to the United States
Selected Publications:
- Understanding the Cost of Welfare (Third edition),Bristol: Policy Press (2017)
- The Coalition and Society (III): Health and long-term care, The Coalition Effect (eds) A Seldon and M Finn, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015
- Wealth in the UK: Distribution, accumulation and policy,J Hills et al, Oxford: Oxford University Press, paper edition 2015 (Chapters 7-9 on 'Wealth and Policy' with J Hills)
- Why was a wealth tax for the UK abandoned? Lessons for the policy process and tackling wealth inequality, Journal of Social Policy, 41:2, April 2012
- British Social Policy 1945 to the Present. 3rd edition, Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 2007.
- 'A capital start but how far do we go?' (with A McKnight) in W Paxton and S White (eds), The Citizen's Stake: Exploring the future of universal asset policies. Policy Press, 2006.
- One hundred years of poverty and policy
with J Hills, D Piachaud and J Webb. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2004.
- 'US Poverty Studies and Poverty Measurement: The past twenty-five years'
Social Service Review Fall 2001 (75th Anniversary Issue) University of Chicago Press
- Paying for Health, Education and Housing: How does the centre pull the purse strings? with J Hills and T Travers. Oxford University Press, 2000.
- The State of Welfare: The economics of social spending (co-editor), Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Implementing GP Fundholding: Wild card or winning hand? Open University Press, Buckingham, 1994.
STICERD/CASE Publications:
- The post war welfare state: stages and disputes
Howard Glennerster,
August 2020
Paper No' SPDORN03:
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- Richard Titmuss: Forty years on
Howard Glennerster,
February 2014
Paper No' CASE/180:
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- Wealth distribution, accumulation and policy
Francesca Bastagli,
Frank A Cowell,
Howard Glennerster,
John Hills,
Eleni Karagiannaki,
Abigail McKnight,
May 2013
Paper No' CASEbrief 33:
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- A Wealth Tax Abandoned: The role of the UK Treasury 1974-6
Howard Glennerster,
June 2011
Paper No' CASE/147:
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- Reducing the Risks to Health: The role of social protection Report of the Social Protection Task Group for the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010
Howard Glennerster,
June 2009
Paper No' CASE/139:
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- Tibor Barna: The redistributive impact of taxes and social policies in the UK: 1937-2005
Howard Glennerster,
December 2006
Paper No' CASE/115:
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- United Kingdom Education 1997-2001
Howard Glennerster,
November 2001
Paper No' CASE 050:
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- US Poverty Studies and Poverty Measurement: The past 25 years
Howard Glennerster,
October 2000
Paper No' CASE 042:
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- The Elderley: A Burden on the Economy?
Howard Glennerster,
June 1999
Paper No' CEPCP071:
- Poverty, Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood: Studying the area bases of social exclusion
Howard Glennerster,
Ruth Lupton,
Philip Noden,
Anne Power,
March 1999
Paper No' CASE 022:
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- Caring for the Very Old: Public and Private Solutions
Howard Glennerster,
October 1996
Paper No' WSP 126:
- Alternatives to Fundholding. Now published in International Journal of Health Services, 28(1),(1988),pp.47-66
Virginia Bovell,
Anna Cohen,
Howard Glennerster,
July 1996
Paper No' WSP 123:
- Investing in Skill: Expected Returns to Vocational Studies (Revised version published in Education Economics, vol.3, 1995)
Robert J Bennett,
Howard Glennerster,
Douglas Nevison,
January 1995
Paper No' WSP 083:
- Squaring the Circle: The Inconsistencies and Constraints of Beveridge's Plan. (Revised version published in Beveridge and Social Secutiry: An international retrospective, J Hills, J Ditch and H Glennerster (eds.) , 1994. Clarendon Press).
Martin Evans,
Howard Glennerster,
January 1994
Paper No' WSP 086:
- The English and Swedish Health Care ReformsManos Matsaganis (International Journal of Health Services, 24(2), 1994)
Howard Glennerster,
January 1994
Paper No' WSP 079:
- Paying for Welfare: Issues for the Nineties (Ch.1 in The Costs of Welfare, R Page and N Deakin (eds) 1993, Avebury)
Howard Glennerster,
January 1993
Paper No' WSP 082:
- Investing in Skill: To stay on or not to stay on? (Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 8(2), 1992)
Robert J Bennett,
Howard Glennerster,
Douglas Nevison,
1992
Paper No' WSP 074:
- Reform and the National Health Service (publd.:'Improving the National Health Service', in Resourcing the National Health ServiceEvidence to the Social Services Committee, House of Commons, Session 1987-88, HMSO, HC264-IV)
Nicholas Barr,
Howard Glennerster,
Julian Le Grand,
1988
Paper No' WSP 032:
Paper copy now out of print.
- Investigating Welfare: Final Report of the ESRC Welfare Research Programme
Howard Glennerster,
John Hills,
Julian Le Grand,
Paper No' WSP 092:
- How Much Do We Care? A Comment on the Government's Community Care Proposals (Social Policy and Administration, 24:2, 93-103, Aug 1990)
Maria Evandrou,
Jane Falkingham,
Howard Glennerster,
Paper No' WSP 046:
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- Research Directions on the Future of the Welfare State: a View from Social Administration
Howard Glennerster,
Paper No' WSP 004:
Paper copy now out of print.
- The Development of Quasi-markets in Welfare Provision. Now published in International Journal of Health Services 25 (2), 1995
Howard Glennerster,
Julian Le Grand,
Paper No' WSP 102:
- Working for Patients? The Right Approach? (Social Policy and Administration, 23:2, Aug 1989)
Nicholas Barr,
Howard Glennerster,
Julian Le Grand,
Paper No' WSP 040:
- A New Era for Social Policy: A New Enlightenment or a New Leviathan? (Journal of Social Policy, 20:3, 389-414, July 1991)
Howard Glennerster,
Anne Power,
Tony Travers,
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Honours and Titles:
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Academician Social Sciences section of the Learned Societies
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