A selection of relevant JRF Findings. For more summaries
of JRF work,
visit the Findings section of our website.
measuring poverty – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| D42 | Recent
changes in the distribution of the social wage This research looked at how the benefits of welfare spending are shared out and examined the distributional impact of recent spending increases. |
December 2002 |
| 930 | Poverty
and social exclusion in Britain This national survey employs a variety of measures in addition to income to explore the extent of poverty and social exclusion. |
September 2000 |
| D48 | Monitoring
poverty and social exclusion in Britain This report summarises new work from the New Policy Institute, which has constructed the first set of indicators to present a wide view of poverty and social exclusion in Britain. |
December 1998 |
| 748 | The
cost of childhood disability This study brought together parents of severely disabled children to establish what they felt to be the minimum essential costs of bringing up their child. The resulting budget standards estimated costs at least three times more than the amount required to bring up a child without a disability, established in a study using similar methodology. |
July 1998 |
| SP109 | A
new way of measuring relative financial needs This experimental study compares what income different households need in order to achieve the same overall score on a standard of living index based on measures of consumption and participation. |
December 1996 |
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income and wealth – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 368 | Income
and wealth: the latest evidence This review of newly available data and recent research finds that, despite some narrowing of the gap between richest and poorest in the mid-1990s, income inequality was still greater than at any time since the late 1940s. |
March 1998 |
| SPR3 SUM |
Income
and wealth: Report of the JRF Inquiry Group The report on a series of research projects to examine different aspects of the rise in inequalities of income and wealth, and their implications, with recommendations for policy changes. |
February 1995 |
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tax credits – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 543 | Tax
credits and how to respond to income changes This review compares the new UK tax credits with their counterparts in Australia and Canada, highlighting the lessons from international experience. |
May 2003 |
| 462 | Reforming
Housing Benefit for private tenants and tax credit recipients This study explores the options for reforms to restructure and simplify the current Housing Benefit scheme. |
April 2002 |
| N31 | The
Employment Tax Credit and the future of in-work support This analysis examines the place of in-work supplements in tackling poverty and promoting opportunity for employment. |
November 2001 |
| 278 | The
Working Families Tax Credit: Options and evaluation This review – drawing on specially-commissioned research from Australia, Canada and the US – shows that tax credits could bring either benefits or disadvantages to families, depending on the detail of their design, how much money is spent on them and how they influence the behaviour of working and non-working parents. |
March 1998 |
| 148 | Why
special tax credits for low-income working families are being abandonded
in Canada This study contributes to the current UK debate on in-work benefits - in particular the integration of taxes and benefits - by exploring the Canadian experience and its lessons for the UK. |
January 1998 |
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combating poverty and social exclusion – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 043 | Progress
on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 This study gives the most detailed analysis to date of the government’s progress on its targets for reducing poverty. |
October 2003 |
| D33 | Monitoring
poverty and social exclusion 2003 This summarises the sixth annual report of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Great Britain, focusing particularly on regional variations. |
December 2003 |
| D32 | Monitoring
poverty and social exclusion 2002 This summarises the fifth annual report of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Great Britain. |
December 2002 |
| D22 | Monitoring
poverty and social exclusion in Scotland (2002) Using the latest available data, this report presents a selection of indicators, maps and commentary on the extent of social exclusion in Scotland. |
December 2002 |
| 930 | Poverty
and social exclusion in Britain This national survey employs a variety of measures in addition to income to explore the extent of poverty and social exclusion. |
September 2000 |
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lone parents – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 4 | Private
lives and public responses: lone parenthood and future policy This summary draws on a large body of research supported by the JRF and others, and on the conclusions of a policy seminar, to provide a guide for policy-makers to the debates surrounding policy towards lone parents. |
August 1997 |
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children – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 389 | Child
poverty and its consequences This analysis concludes that economic disadvantages in childhood can lead to both economic and social difficulties in adulthood and feed through into the next generation. |
March 1999 |
| 043 | Progress
on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 This study gives the most detailed analysis to date of the government’s progress on its targets for reducing poverty. |
October 2003 |
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people from minority ethnic communities – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 988 | Ethnic
minorities in the inner city This analysis explores where concentrations of people from different ethnic minority groups are likely to occur. The researcher concludes that significant variations between minorities justify a separate focus on the different minority ethnic groups in terms of both deprivation and population concentration as these two characteristics do not always go hand-in-hand. |
September 1998 |
| 249 | Ethnic
groups and low income distribution This study of people in receipt of housing benefit and/or council tax benefit in Birmingham shows there is great diversity in the experience of those on low income according to their ethnic group. |
February 1999 |
| N48 | The
incomes of ethnic minorities Some minority groups have prospered in Britain, but others remain severely disadvantaged. Until recently there has been no reliable information on the total incomes available to minority households. Richard Berthoud, of the University of Essex, has been analysing the Family Resources Survey. He shows that there is wide diversity between minority groups. |
November 1998 |
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disabled people – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N23 | Social
exclusion and the onset of disability This study examines who is most at risk of becoming disabled, how it affects their income and the impact on the rest of the family. |
November 2003 |
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rural communities – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 760 | Exclusive
countryside? Social inclusion and regeneration in rural areas This draws together findings from the Foundation’s Action in Rural Areas programme, which has explored issues of social inclusion and regeneration in a wide variety of rural areas throughout Britain. |
July 2000 |
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reducing poverty – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 043 | Progress
on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 This study gives the most detailed analysis to date of the government’s progress on its targets for reducing poverty. |
October 2003 |
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neigbourhoods – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N120 | The
reality of social exclusion on housing estates This study investigates the reality of social exclusion on housing estates in three diverse settings and concludes that these communities are ‘in the balance’, with many residents still waiting to see significant signs of improvement. |
November 2000 |
| 020 | Challenging
images: housing estates, stigma and regeneration Despite large sums being spent on their regeneration, unpopular estates may remain stigmatised as ‘problem areas’; this study explores how regeneration initiatives can address such image problems. |
October 2000 |
| 519 | The
problem of low housing demand in inner city areas This detailed study finds that the low demand for housing in some inner city areas is more to do with severe poverty and joblessness than the quality of housing. |
May 1999 |
| H198 | Residents'
views of housing association estates This study looks at how residents viewed their estates. |
November 1996 |
| H151 | Progress
and polarisation on twenty council estates A long-term study of twenty of the most unpopular council estates in the country concludes that they were restored from extreme social, physical and management problems through continuous, locally-based, intensive, hands-on management and tenant involvement. |
July 1995 |
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managing it – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 033 | Assessing
financial products for people on the margins of financial services
This project gives the views of potential users of a range of bill payment, savings and financial advice services for those on very low incomes. |
October 2003 |
| 570 | Planning
for the future: the difficulties people face Through in-depth interviews, this study explores people’s ability to plan ahead financially and concludes that current policy does not take sufficient account of the constraints which many people face. |
May 2000 |
| 079 | Family
finances in the electronic economy This study examines how technological changes in banking may affect how families manage their finances. |
October 1999 |
| 369 | Understanding
and combating financial exclusion This study finds that 1.5 million households lack even the most basic of financial products, such as a current account and home contents insurance, with a further 4.4 million on the margins of financial services provision. |
March 1999 |
| 348 | Access
to home contents insurance for low-income households This national survey found that 20 per cent of households are without home contents insurance; about half those interviewed had let policies lapse due to financial difficulties, the remainder were mainly people on the margins of financial services generally. |
March 1998 |
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educational achievement – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 563 | Socio-economic
disadvantage and experience in higher education Following on from an earlier study on access to higher and further education, this study looks at how coming from a disadvantaged background affects young people’s experience of higher and further education. |
May 2003 |
| 792 | The
youth divide: Diverging paths to adulthood Drawing on 26 projects, this review reveals how young people are becoming ever more sharply divided as they make the move into independent adulthood. |
July 2002 |
| N110 | Socio-economic
disadvantage and access to higher education This work, carried out in Scotland, details the barriers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds face to participating in higher education. |
November 2000 |
| 810 | Attitudes
to adult education in disadvantaged areas This study suggests that policies aimed at encouraging people in disadvantaged areas to progress through education and training may not take sufficient account of the particular barriers they may face in taking up opportunities. |
August 2000 |
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health, even in death – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 363 | Tackling
health inequalities since the Acheson Inquiry This study investigates the impact on policy-making of the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (the ‘Acheson Inquiry’). |
March 2003 |
| N11 | The
impact of housing conditions on excess winter deaths Looking at England, this study examines the part poorly insulated and difficult-to-heat housing might play in the large ‘excess’ of winter deaths in Britain. |
November 2001 |
| 980 | Reducing
health inequalities in Britain This study examines the effect redistribution of wealth, full employment and the eradication of child poverty might have on reducing premature deaths. |
September 2000 |
| SP126 | Changing
mortality ratios in local areas of Britain 1950s to 1990s This study, by Daniel Dorling at Bristol University, is the most detailed analysis to date of mortality trends by area in Britain. It shows that although absolute mortality rates for all groups in society have fallen steadily since the 1950s, the gap between people living in different areas has widened, particularly since the 1980s. |
August 1997 |
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reducing relative poverty – a selection of JRF reports |
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| N/A | Tackling
disadvantage: A 20-year enterprise A concise review of how poverty could be substantially reduced in Britain over the next two decades, Tackling disadvantage is the outcome of consultation with a wide range of policy experts. |
February 2003 |
| N/A | Overcoming
disadvantage: An agenda for the next 20 years |
February 2004 |
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families – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 923 | Families
and work in the twenty-first century This Foundations draws together the findings from the JRF research programme on how work is affecting family life. |
September 2003 |
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disadvantage – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| D21 | Lessons
for employment policy This overview of projects from the JRF’s Work and Opportunity and Area Regeneration programmes draws out the common threads relevant to employment policy. |
December 2001 |
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flexible working – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 929 | The
costs and benefits of ´non-standard´ employment This analysis found that, on balance, employment flexibility had some costs for employers, but these were outweighed by the benefits. |
September 1999 |
| 849 | Job
insecurity and work intensification This survey found that job insecurity has spread throughout the 1990s, particularly amongst professional workers; at the same time, work has become more intense. |
August 1999 |
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new skills and new attitudes – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N33 | Organisations,
careers and caring This study of the banking, supermarket and local government sectors assesses the relationship between family-friendly employment policies and career development. |
November 2003 |
| 783 | Nurses
over 50: options, decisions and outcomes This study examines the options open to and decisions made by nurses over 50 and the results in terms of their movement in and out of the NHS. |
July 2003 |
| 613 | Young
people, employability and the induction process This research examines the early experiences of young people in their first jobs, from the point of view of both the young people themselves and their employers. |
June 2003 |
| 343 | The
role of flexible employment for older workers Using national survey data, this research examines the characteristics and experiences of those leaving permanent jobs to take up temporary, part-time or self-employment before retiring fully. |
March 2003 |
| 821 | Providing
training and support for lone parents: evaluation of the SPAN Study
Centre This study evaluates a pilot scheme addressing the training and support needs of unemployed lone parents, setting it in the broader context of services for this group. |
August 2001 |
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young men's attitudes – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 932 | A
school-based programme to prepare underachieving young men for work Targeting 14- and 15-year-old young men in school, this practical project aimed to preapare them for the workplace. |
September 2002 |
| 441 | Young
men on the margins of work This summary brings together a number of projects about young men and work. |
April 2001 |
| 069 | Young
men’s experience of the labour market This research suggests that the nature of young men’s ‘underachievement’ in the labour market is complex, and possibly less severe than some people may have feared although some groups are particularly vulnerable. |
October 1999 |
| 559 | Young
mens attitudes to gender and work This study talked to young men aged 18-20 about their preparation for and experience of the workplace and their attitudes and beliefs about ‘women’s work’ and ‘men’s work’. |
June 1999 |
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the digital age – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 933 | Information
technology and job-seeking in rural areas This study, based in Scotland, looks at what role information and communications technologies might play in helping unemployed people in rural areas find work. |
September 2003 |
| 992 | Making
the Internet work for residents and their landlords This exploratory study finds that progress in this area is slow and offers some insights and ways forward. |
September 2002 |
| 452 | Social
tenants’ access to homeworking opportunities This study concludes that social housing tenants risk being excluded from employment opportunities available to home-owners. |
April 2002 |
| 342 | Social
care, social housing and electronic service delivery This study indicates mixed progress in development and uncertainty about electronic service delivery among service users and frontline staff. |
March 2002 |
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