In this paper we examine the concept of "vulnerability" (Townsend 1994) within thecontext of income mobility of the poor. We test for the dynamics of vulnerablehouseholds in the UK using Waves 1 - 12 of the British Household Panel Survey andfind that, of three different types of risks that we...

It is widely agreed that the early years are a particularly important time forefforts to increase social mobility, because a good deal of inequality is alreadyapparent by the time children start school, and because children’s developmentmay be less amenable to change after they enter school....

This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where thefather is non-resident have an award or agreement for child support in place. Datafrom the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether mothershave an award or order but the type of award they...

Parental divorce has been an increasing experience amongst thegenerations of children born since the 1970s in European countries. Thisstudy analyses data on the partnership and parenthood behaviour ofthose children who experienced parental separation during childhoodfor nine Western European...

We exploit a universe dataset of state school students in England with linkedtest score records to document the evolution of attainment through school fordifferent ethnic groups. The analysis yields a number of striking findings. First,we show that, controlling for personal characteristics, all...