This paper sets out to explore the use of panel data through an examination of a topic which is particularly suited to analysis with panel data; that of labour mobility. Labour mobility is the transition from one employment state to another over time. In this paper we will be mainly concerned...

This paper proposes, using kernal density estimation methods, to investigate the shrinking middle class hypothesis. The approach reveals striking new evidence of changes in the concentration of middle incomes in the U.K. during the 1980's. Breakdowns by family economic status demonstrate that a...

The paper compares human and computer coding of an open-ended survey question about respondents' visions of the future. A recently developed computer program is employed that can be customized to fit specific code categories. Overall, the results using the computer are promising enough to...

Income based measures are inadequate for studying poverty as a state of hardship in living conditions. Nevertheless, research on poverty dynamics seems to remain based on income alone. Moreover, spells usually replace individuals or households as units of analysis leading to a concentration on...

This paper uses the retrospective work history data from the British Household Panel Survey to examine patterns of job mobility and job tenure for men and women over the twentieth century. British men and women hold an average of five jobs over their lifetimes, and half of all lifetime job...

The paper gives a brief overview of the British Household Panel Study and some key aspects of its design. A short discussion of some of the analytic advantages of panel data is complemented by three examples of research issues where panel data can assist in the understanding of micro-social...

The focus of this article is on the gender and dynamic dimensions of poverty in (West) Germany and Great Britain, using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Study. Taking time into consideration seems to be an appropriate way of tackling the...

This paper uses a new source of data to study the dramatic increase in cohabiting unions in Great Britain. It analyses, in turn, entry to first partnership, the stability of cohabiting unions and repartnering after cohabitation dissolution. In excess of 70% of first partnerships are now...

The life histories collected in the second wave of the BHPS are used to study the changing importance of cohabitation without legal marriage and childbearing within such unions in Britain, comparing the experiences of two broad cohorts of women: those born during 1950- 62 and those born after...

The estimation of econometric latent variable models of health has been hampered by the impracticability of existing 'Feasible' Generalised Least Squares methods for data of mixed scale types. This paper proposes a new FGLS estimator that can be implemented with smaller samples, enables more...