Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at London School of Economics and Political Science
The spread of Disability Living Allowance examines the spread of Disability Living Allowance across a group of low income households in an industrial town in North West England from the introduction of the new benefits in 1992 until the Spring of 1996. Access the abstract and details of the article on the Disability and Society journal … More The spread of Disability Living Allowance
Ten year transitions in children’s experience of living in a workless household: variations by ethnic group uses the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study to explore differences in risks of worklessness over time, among ethnic groups within a single cohort of children who are observed at two time points, 10 years apart. Download the article … More Children living in a workless household
Measuring ethnicity: challenges and opportunities for survey research explores the rationale for and limitations of measuring a complex and multi-dimensional concept like ethnicity with a simple, uni-dimensional question. The research proposes that operationalising ethnicity as multi-dimensional requires multiple questions to capture the complexity of the concept. Access the abstract and details of the article from the Ethnic and … More Measuring ethnicity: challenges and opportunities for survey research
Lone mothers, ethnicity and welfare dynamics analyses the chances of leaving means-tested benefit for a set of lone mothers in a single town, exploring whether there is variation by ethnic group. Access the abstract and details of the article from the Journal of Social Policy website Photo credit: Dani Alvarez
Ethnicity and family: Relationships within and between ethnic groups: An analysis using the Labour Force Survey is a report outlining the ethnic composition of families in Britain using the Labour Force Survey household data. It explores whether adults from different ethnic groups are living with someone from the same ethnic group (co-ethnic or ‘same race’ partnerships) or are … More Ethnicity and family
Decomposing pay gaps across the wage distribution: investigating inequalities of ethno-religious groups and disabled people is an ISER Working Paper. The paper provides a contemporary account of inequalities in pay of disabled people and those from selected minority ethno-religious groups. It investigates whether pay gaps are a consequence of individual earning potential as represented, for example, by … More Decomposing pay gaps across the wage distribution
Design of the Understanding Society ethnic minority boost sample is an Understanding Society Working Paper. The paper paper describes the special measures taken to boost the sample of members of five key minority ethnic groups in Great Britain. Download the Working Paper from the Understanding Society website
Lucinda Platt 