Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at London School of Economics and Political Science
Does judicial review influence the quality of Local Authority Services? is an ISER Working Paper. The paper raises some of the key issues that emerged from a study of the impact of judicial review litigation on the quality of local government services in England and Wales. Download the Working Paper from the ISER website
Long-term health conditions and Disability Living Allowance: exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access makes use of the Labour Force Survey data combined with detailed new qualitative work to examine patterns of receipt and issues of access to DLA across four ethnic groups. Access the article on the Sociology of Health and Illness website
Making education count: the effects of ethnicity and qualifications on intergenerational social class mobility uses the ONS Longitudinal Study to examine the role of social class and ethnic group background in determining individuals’ social class destinations. It explores the extent to which these background factors are mediated by educational achievement, and the role of educational qualifications in … More Making education count
Long-term ill health, poverty and ethnicity presents findings from a detailed new investigation into the experiences of individuals living with long-term ill-health and their families. New in-depth qualitative material is combined with secondary analyses of national datasets to examine the ways in which long-term ill-health impacts upon different dimensions of poverty. The book explores the links between long-term … More Long-term ill health, poverty and ethnicity
Poverty rates vary dramatically across the UK’s ethnic groups – an issue of concern both for poverty-reduction policies and for social justice. Poverty and ethnicity in the UK provides a comprehensive account of these variations and explores the reasons why they occur. Drawing on a wealth of research conducted since 1991, and with a particular … More Poverty and ethnicity in the UK
Child poverty, employment and ethnicity in the UK: the role and limitations of policy discusses the intersection between child poverty and ethnic minority unemployment policy by illustrating the extent of child poverty as ethnically differentiated and exploring the ways in which it is related to aspects of employment. The article goes on to consider the policy implications for … More Child poverty, employment and ethnicity
Pay gaps: the position of ethnic minority men and women compares the average hourly earnings for full-time and part-time employees by ethnic group and gender, and summarises the extent of the pay gaps suffered by women from different ethnic groups and minority group men relative to the pay of white British men. It explores the gaps … More Pay gaps: the position of ethnic minority men and women
Lucinda Platt 