Latest CASE Briefs

Employment Pathways and Wage Progression for Mothers in Low-Skilled Work: Evidence from Three British Datasets

Francesca Bastagli, Kitty Stewart

CASEbrief 30. December 2011.

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief30.pdf

Teenage Housing Tenure and Neighbourhoods and the Links with Adult Outcomes: Evidence from the 1970 Cohort Study

Andrew Jenkins, Dylan Kneale, Ruth Lupton, Rebecca Tunstall

CASEbrief 29. January 2011.

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief29.pdf

What do the public think about economic and social rights

Polly Vizard

CASEbrief 28. May 2010.

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief28.pdf

A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway: Executive Summary

CASEbrief 27. May 2004.
This CASEbrief is an executive summary of A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway - a 3 volume report by LSE Housing and Enterprise LSE Cities (Anne Power, Liz Richardson, Kelly Seshimo, Kathryn Firth, with Philipp Rode, Christine Whitehead and Tony Travers). The report makes recommendations on how to sustainably develop the London Thames Gateway area. The report can be downloaded from http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/LSEhousing/research/UrbanNeighbourhoods/HousingGrowth.asp

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief27.pdf

Inequality and the State

CASEbrief 26. October 2004.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from 'Inequality and the State' by John Hills, published by Oxford University Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief26.pdf

Poverty Street: The dynamics of neighbourhood decline and renewal

CASEbrief 25. November 2003.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from 'Poverty Street: The dynamics of neighbourhood decline and renewal' by Ruth Lupton, published by Policy Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief25.pdf

East-Enders: Family and community in East London

CASEbrief 24. June 2003.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from 'East Enders: Family and community in East London' by Katharine Mumford and Anne Power, published by Policy Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief24.pdf

Understanding Social Exclusion

CASEbrief 23. June 2002.
This CASEbrief summarises 'Understanding Social Exclusion' edited by John Hills, Julian Le Grand and David Piachaud, published by Oxford University Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief23.pdf

Constraint and opportunity: Identifying voluntary non-employment

CASEbrief 22. April 2002.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 40, Constraint and opportunity: Identifying voluntary non-employment by Tania Burchardt and Julian Le Grand, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper55.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief22.pdf

Talking to Families in Leeds and Sheffield

CASEbrief 21. November 2001.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEreport 18, Talking to Families in Leeds and Sheffield: A report on the first stage of the research, by Helen Bowman, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport18.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief21.pdf

Welfare to Work and the Organisation of Opportunity: Lessons from Abroad

CASEbrief 20. May 2001.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEreport 15, Welfare To Work and the Organisation of Opportunity: Lessons From Abroad by Martin Evans, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport15.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief20.pdf

Talking to Families in East London

CASEbrief 19. January 2001.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEreport 09, Talking to Families in East London: A report on the first stage of the research, by Katharine Mumford, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport9.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief19.pdf

Sprouting Seeds - Outcomesd from a community-based employment programme

CASEbrief 18. January 2001.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEreport07, Sprouting Seeds - Outcomes from a community-based employment programme, by Helen Evans, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport7.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief18.pdf

Funding Systems for Doctors, Schools and Social Landlords

CASEbrief 17. August 2000.
This CASEbrief summarises 'Paying for Health, Education and Housing: How does the centre pull the purse strings? by Howard Glennerster, John Hills and Tony Travers, with Ross Hendry, published by the Oxford University Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief17.pdf

Measuring Income Risk

CASEbrief 16. June 2000.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 40, Measuring Income Risk by Simon Burgess, Karen Gardiner, Stephen Jenkins and Carol Propper, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper40.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief16.pdf

How Effective is the British Government's Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?

CASEbrief 15. March 2000.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 38, How Effective is the British Government's Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?, by David Piachaud and Holly Sutherland, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper38.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief15.pdf

Social Security, Redistribution and Public Opinion

CASEbrief 14. December 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises 'Social security, selective universalism and patchwork redistribution' by John Hills and Orsolya Lelkes in British Social Attitudes, the 16th Report: Who shares New Labour values? edited by R. Jowell, J. Curtice, A. Park and K. Thomson, and published by Ashgate Publishing Co., 1999

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief14.pdf

The Family Gap in Pay

CASEbrief 13. November 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 30, The Family Gap in Pay: Evidence from seven industrialised countries by Susan Harkness and Jane Waldfogel, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper30.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief13.pdf

Schools, Education and Social Exclusion

CASEbrief 12. November 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 29, Schools, Education and Social Exclusion by Jo Sparkes, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper29.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief12.pdf

Area-based Initiatives: The rationale and options for area targeting

CASEbrief 11. May 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 25, Area-based Initiatives: The rationale and options for area targeting, by Gillian R Smith, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper25.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief11.pdf

The Pensions Green Paper.

CASEbrief 10. April 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises the responses to the Pensions Green Paper - A new contract for welfare: partnership in pensions - made by members of CASE in CASEpaper 23, Tightropes and Tripwires: New Labour's proposals and means-testing in old age by Katherine Rake, Jane Falkingham and Martin Evans, and CASEpaper 24, Partnership in Pensions? Responses to the Pensions Green Paper, by Phil Agulnik, Nicholas Barr, Jane Falkingham, and Katherine Rake which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper23.pdf andhttp://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper24.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/casebrief10.pdf

The Decline of Employment Among Older People in Britain

CASEbrief 09. February 1999.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 19, The Decline of Employment Among Older People in Britain, by Nigel Campbell, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper19.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/casebrief9.pdf

Childhood experiences and the risks of social exclusion in adulthood

CASEbrief 08. November 1998.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 15, Intergenerational and Life-Course Transmission of Social Exclusion: Influences of Childhood Poverty, Family Disruption, and Contact with the Police by John Hobcraft, which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/paper15.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/casebrief8.pdf

Social Welfare in East Asia: Low Public Spending but Low Income Inequality?

CASEbrief 07. July 1998.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 10, East Asian Social Welfare: A Comparative Analysis Including Private Welfare, by Didier Jacobs. which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/paper10.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/Casebrief7.pdf

Who are the divorced, and who divorces?

CASEbrief 06. June 1998.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 07, The Divorced and Who Divorces? by Kathleen Kiernan and Ganka Mueller which can be downloaded at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper7.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/casebrief6.pdf

The State of Welfare

CASEbrief 05. April 1998.
This CASEbrief summarises findings from The State of Welfare: The economics of social spending (second edition), ed. H. Glennerster and J. Hills, published by Oxford University Press

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief5.PDF

Tax Relief and Partnership Pensions

CASEbrief 04. February 1998.
CASEbrief04 is a detailed summary of CASEpaper 05, Tax Relief and Partnership Pensions, by Julian Le Grand and Phil Agulnik, which can be downloaded free from the STICERD website at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper5.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief4.PDF

Exclusion, Employment and Opportunity

CASEbrief 03. February 1998.
CASEbrief03 is a detailed summary of a collection of papers published as CASEpaper 04, Exclusion, Employment and Opportunity, edited by Tony Atkinson and John Hills, which can be downloaded free from the STICERD website at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper4.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief3.PDF

Maternity Leave Policies and Women's Employment after Childbirth

CASEbrief 02. January 1998.
CASEbrief02 is a detailed summary of CASEpaper 03, Maternity Leave Policies and Women's Employment after Childbirth: Evidence from the United States, Britain, and Japan, by Jane Waldfogel, Yoshio Higuchi, and Masahiro Abe, which can be downloaded free from the STICERD website at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper3.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/CASEbrief2.pdf

Boundaries between Public and Private Welfare

CASEbrief 01. November 1997.
CASEbrief01 is a detailed summary of CASEpaper 02, Boundaries between Public and Private Welfare: a typology and map of services, by Tania Burchardt, which can be downloaded free from the STICERD website at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper2.pdf

Full article: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cb/Casebrief1.pdf