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CASE Annual Report 2009

Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

[...]Our research on seven ‘weak marketcities’ in five European countriessupported by the Joseph RowntreeFoundation was completed and theresulting book, Phoenix Cities by AnnePower, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler,will be published in March 2010.However, we were delighted that...

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Informal Employment in Countries in Transition:A conceptual framework

Bernabè, Sabine - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

In the past few years the informal sector in countries in transition hasincreasingly become the focus of research, public policy and the media.The term ‘informal sector’ has been used to describe an extremely widespectrum of activities, which do not necessarily have much in common,such as...

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Why rising tides don’t lift all boats: An explanation ofthe relationship between poverty and unemploymentin Britain

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

This paper is motivated by the lack of any obvious relationship betweenaggregate poverty and unemployment in Great … Britain. We derive aframework based on individuals’ risks of unemployment and poverty,and how these vary over the economic … cycle. Analysing the BritishHousehold Panel Survey for 1991-96, we are able to square the microevidence — that unemployment …

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A Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan

Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

independence and the cessation of the civilwar. The picture that emerges is of a population facing severe economic,physical and … psycho-social stress.Over 95 percent of the population are living below the minimumconsumption basket, four out of five are …

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Include Me Out? The New Politics of Place and Poverty

Kleinman, Mark - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

explained in part by theopenness of the London economy and the lack of basic skills of asubstantial minority of the population …

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PLACES APART?

Lupton, Ruth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

‘Places Apart?’ is the first report of CASE’s study of disadvantaged areas. The study aims to establishand explain the current direction of change in the poorest areas in the country, where social exclusionis concentrated. Are such areas recovering or getting worse ? And how are they...

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How Effective is the British Government’s Attempt toReduce Child Poverty?

Piachaud, David; Sutherland, Holly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

The new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of childpoverty one of its central objectives. This paper describes the specificinitiatives involved in Labour’s approach and weighs them up in termsof their potential impact. After setting out the extent of the problem ofchild...

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Poverty, Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood:Studying the area bases of social exclusion

Glennerster, Howard; Lupton, Ruth; Noden, Philip; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

Area-based polices have become a significant part of the new LabourGovernment’s approach to tackling social exclusion. This paper reviewsthe long-running debate about whether area-based policies can make asignificant impact on poverty and social exclusion. There is a strongtradition of...

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When Work Disappears: New Implications for Race andUrban Poverty in the Global Economy

Wilson, William J. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

This paper discusses the impact of growing joblessness and dwindling workopportunities on inner-city areas in America. The lack of low-skilled manualwork in the inner city is linked to poverty, crime, family dissolution and thesocial life of neighbourhoods. The paper discusses this impact at...

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Helter Skelter: Families, disabled children and the benefit system

Preston, Gabrielle - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

Families with disabled children are susceptible to poverty because low incomeis compounded by high costs. Combing caring with employment is extremelydifficult, so families are heavily reliant upon benefits. But do disability benefitsprovide financial security for families who are susceptible to...

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