Very little information exists about households’ longer-term movements betweentenures. Some cross-section datasets include information on length of stay in anyresidence but we have no systematic study of movement over time. This study usesthe British Household Panel Study to examine movements...

This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamicsbenefits from taking a life cycle perspective. A person’s age and familycircumstances – the factors that shape their life cycle – affect the likelihood ofexperiencing key life events, such as partnership formation,...

This paper examines the distribution of the “social wage” benefits inkind from welfare services, including the National Health Service, stateeducation, social housing, and personal social services. The currentGovernment has put a strong emphasis on improving public servicesand has begun to...