Publications

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Mapping Under-Occupation in London

Ellie Benton

This research aims to act as a preliminary piece of work that sets out an up-to-date picture of under-occupation in London, identifying which geographic areas, tenures, household types and ethnic groups are most likely t...Read more...

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A decade on: Walking the sharp edge of the UK’s social security system

Amanda Light and Ruth Patrick

The UK’s social security landscape and public services infrastructure have been transformed since the Conservatives took office in 2010, initially as part of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The collision of auste...Read more...

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Social Class and Social Mobility Differences in Intergenerational Exchanges of Practical and Financial Support in the UK

Eleni Karagiannaki, Tania Burchardt and Xingna Zhang

How do patterns of intergenerational support vary across social class groups and by upwards or downwards social mobility? Are the patterns observed consistent with reciprocity, altruism, status reproduction or something ...Read more...

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Annual Report 2023

The 2023 CASE Annual Report includes an overview of our Centre’s work, updates from our staff, PhDs, visitors and associates, and summaries of publications and events from last year. It includes a set of articles showcas...Read more...

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Capped and trapped (in the UK's housing market): how the benefit cap makes it almost impossible to find affordable housing

Mark Fransham, Kate Andersen, Ruth Patrick, Aaron Reeves and Kitty Stewart

The benefit cap places an upper limit on the total amount a family can receive in financial support from the government in a given year. Many of those subject to the cap live in high rent properties and one stated goal f...Read more...

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An impossible move? Households' experiences of trying to escape the Benefit Cap

Ruth Patrick, Kate Andersen, Kitty Stewart, Aaron Reeves and Mark Fransham

Recent governments have increasingly used their power to attempt to alter the behaviour of people in receipt of social security benefits. This can be seen in the case of the Benefit Cap, a policy introduced with a specif...Read more...

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Tackling London’s Household Debts Problem

Eleni Karagiannaki

Using data from wave 13 of the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society) and StepChange clients’ database this report provides evidence on the prevalence and the nature of household over-indebtedness in Lo...Read more...

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The Value of Local: An evaluation of the neighbourhood management approach of EastendHomes

Laura Lane

The LSE Housing and Communities team at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) was commissioned in 2019 to carry out an evaluation of the neighbourhood management approach of EastendHomes. This report ...Read more...

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On Our Side: Improving services for young people experiencing homelessness

Ellie Benton, Laura Lane and Ruby Russell

Estimates suggest that almost half of all young people experiencing homelessness do not contact their local authority, or face barriers in doing so. And only 38% of those who do get a positive outcome. In the autumn of 2...Read more...

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Fair decarbonisation of housing in the UK: A sufficiency approach

Ian Gough, Stefan Horn, Charlotte Rogers and Rebecca Tunstall

This paper addresses a neglected aspect of the UK housing crisis: how to rapidly but fairly decarbonise the housing stock to meet tough net zero targets while meeting housing needs of the entire population. To do so the ...Read more...

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Creating a 21st Century Estate: The experiences of Lancaster West Estate residents. First Stage Report

LSE Housing and Communities

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, a commitment was made by all levels of government for Lancaster West Estate, where the Tower stands, to become a “model 21st century social housing estate”, through a resident-led re...Read more...

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Inclusive data: better data and evidence to understand the lives, circumstances and needs of children and young people from the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities

Chelsie Dolling, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard

This research report provides open access to the findings of the project `Testing and demonstrating the value of the Growing Up in England (GUiE) dataset: Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children case study?. The research was ...Read more...

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Inequalities in provision for primary children with special educational needs and / or disabilities (SEND) by local area deprivation

Tammy Campbell

This paper explores how area deprivation-level is related to primary school children’s chances of: a) being allocated statutory support for special educational needs and / or disabilities (SEND) through an Education, Hea...Read more...

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Independent Review of Krakow Metropolitan Area 2030 Strategy

Bert Provan, Aleksandra Jadach-Sepiolo, Neil Lee, Max Herbertson and Kath Scanlon

This report was commissioned by the European Investment Bank to provide a review of the Krakow Metropolitan Area (KMA) Strategy 2030. The objectives were to review: How the strategic objectives in the KMA 2030 strate...Read more...

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The Social and Economic Value of Wheelchair User Homes

Bert Provan and Laura Lane

People who use wheelchairs can benefit in many ways from living in homes which are designed to meet their needs. They can enjoy a much greater independence and ability to do everyday tasks such as showering, cooking, usi...Read more...

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Change, stagnation, and polarisation in UK job quality, 2012-2021: Evidence from a new Quality of Work index

Thomas Stephens

This paper presents results from a new synthetic index of multi-dimensional Quality of Work (QoW) for the UK, using data from five waves of Understanding Society (Waves 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) covering the years 2012-2013 to...Read more...

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper

Trends in Adolescent Disadvantage: Policy and Outcomes for Young People under Labour, the Coalition, and the Conservatives (1997 to 2019)

Moira Wallace

Over the last two decades, England has seen two enormous waves of change in the government’s approach to children and young people. The first wave of change was conducted by the 1997-2010 Labour government and involved s...Read more...

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Making Work Pay? The labour market effects of capping child benefits in larger families

Mary Reader, Kate Andersen, Ruth Patrick, Aaron Reeves and Kitty Stewart

Child benefits are typically paid on a per-child basis, without restrictions on family size. In this paper we generate unique evidence on the effects of capping child benefits by family size by examining the introduction...Read more...

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The Conservative Governments' Record on Health from May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020: Policies, Spending and Outcomes

Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya, Jarrod Hughes, Kritty Treebhoohun and Iona Wainwright

This research report examines developments in the progress that was made in promoting good physical and mental health and longevity, and reducing mortality and morbidity inequalities, over the five-year period between Ma...Read more...

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The Conservative Governments’ Record on Higher Education: Policy, Spending and Outcomes, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020

Abigail McKnight and Polina Obolenskaya

In this paper we evaluate the distributional impact of higher education policy in the period since the Conservative government took office in 2015 up until the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. We do this by fo...Read more...

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The sins of the parents: Conceptualising adult-oriented reforms to family policy

Kitty Stewart, Ruth Patrick and Aaron Reeves

A core element of a welfare state is the support that is provided to families with children, in recognition of the additional needs that dependent children create. Variation in the design, generosity and implementation o...Read more...

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CASE Annual Report 2022

We are delighted to share with you our annual report for 2022 which this year is a bumper edition. In September we celebrated our 25th birthday with a special event to mark the occasion and this year’s annual report is ...Read more...

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper

Going backwards? The slowdown, stalling and reversal of progress in reducing child poverty in Britain during the second decade of the 21st century, and the groups of children that were affected.

Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Kritty Treebhoohun

This paper has been written as part of the Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes (SPDO) research programme and provides an in-depth assessment of the slowdown, stalling and reversal of progress in reducing child po...Read more...

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Community Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

The cost-of-living crisis is affecting households across the UK, many of whom are increasingly struggling to meet day-to-day costs, including energy, food, transport, and other essentials. With limited state support to a...Read more...

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper

Public and private welfare activity in England, 1979 to 2019 (Revised version June 2024).

Mary Reader and Tania Burchardt

(REVISED VERSION, published in June 2024) This paper offers an empirical account of the changing landscape of private and public welfare activity in England over the forty years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. It forms a...Read more...