The Scottish National Party led Scottish Government has identified household poverty as a key focus for its anti-poverty strategy. The government's "Solidarity Target" seeks to both increase wealth and increase the share of total income gained by these three deciles. The ability to demonstrate...

The revival of support for a living wage has reopened a long-run debate over the extent to which active regulation of labour markets may be necessary to attain desired outcomes. Market failure is suggested to result in lower wages and remuneration for low skilled workers than might otherwise be...

This paper analyses the decisions made by ministers of the Church of Scotland regarding whether to leave and join the Free Church, or remain within the establishment, at the time of the 1843 Disruption. Using a newly constructed dataset drawn from a range of hitherto unconnected sources, it...