The European Community Household Panel survey (ECHP) is an important new innovation in the European statistical system. The paper argues that, in order to best realise the ECHPs potential, its unit record (micro) data should be made freely available to suitably registered non-commercial users....

We investigate the nature of child poverty in Britain, adding a longitudinal perspective to cross-sectional pictures such as provided by previous research. Using panel data from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyse poverty over a six year interval (1991-6). We provide information about...

The paper documents the changes of job, employer and occupations in the year prior to the Wave 1 interview of the BHPS, and describes how these changes relate to various individual and job related characteristics.

The report examines the dynamics of lone mothers income packages. It complements analysis of the dynamics of private income sources, namely maintenance income (child support from the non-resident father) and labour earnings, with analysis of the receipt of cash social security benefits, namely...

Using new data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) 19911995, we document patterns of career mobility and investigate various factors affecting the probabilities of male and female workers promotions, quits and layoffs. We find that internal promotions account for almost two-fifths of...