CASE Annual Report 2008

The last year has seen a transition inCASE’s activities, with the completionof our long-term programme for theEconomic and Social Research Council(ESRC) in January, results from whichwere brought together in a conferenceto celebrate the Centre’s tenthanniversary in January, with presentationson each of the main strands of ourwork during that time, and responsesfrom a panel including both academicsand policy-makers. At the same time,during the year we started major newprojects on wealth distribution, on theimpacts of government policies oninequality since 1997, and on aspectsof equality measurement. At the end ofthe year, the Centre was asked by theGovernment Equalities Office to establishand chair the National Equality Panel.[...]