the feasibility of working from home and in the ability to smooth consumption under temporary income shocks. …

. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class are contrasted with a self-perceived social status measure … incomes. Mismatches arise because self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal …

and overall income available to households within thedisplaced area. This information is used to produce a …

In this paper we examine the concept of "vulnerability" (Townsend 1994) within thecontext of income mobility of the … have the greatest impact on consumption, incomparison to shocks to the income stream. Quantile-specific estimates … income stream. The estimates are foundto be robust to household composition and year-specific shocks.[...] …

ofincreasing the employment of parents. We find that at its maximum,increasing paid work could roughly double the reduction in … childpoverty achieved by tax and benefit policies alone - a combined decreaseof 1.85 million children in poverty. However, a more …

neighbourhoods have multiple problems - unemployment three times the nationalaverage; Income Support claims twice as high; health and …

Gateway, London’s major growth area.Nearly half the families are lone parents and half are from an ethnic minoritybackground … havevery little control, and parents are upset by difficult housing andenvironmental conditions that they feel powerless to …

, and who feltunder both time and income pressure. These interviews gave the researcher someinsight into the nature of the … disposable income actually available toindividuals and families, and a simulation of other time-income combinationspotentially …