Publication
Decoupling of Wage Growth and Productivity Growth? Myth and Reality
Date: 16 February 2012
Author: Professor John Van Reenen
A closer look at the decoupling of wage growth and productivity growth: Pessoa and Van Reenen distinguish between 'gross' and 'net' decoupling and examine the trends of both in the US and the UK.
The price of motherhood: women and part-time work
Date: 9 February 2012
Author: Vidhya Alakeson
British women are paying a shockingly high price for motherhood as they are forced into lower-skilled, part-time work after having children, according to the findings of our new survey with Netmums.
Squeezed Britain
Date: 26 January 2012
Author: Matthew Whittaker
Squeezed Britain reveals what life is really like for families who are in work but on a low to middle income. Facing a new tax credits squeeze on top of a continued fall in real wages and a growing chance of a lifetime in renting, this group's household finances are increasingly precarious.
The Essential Guide to Squeezed Britain
Date: 23 January 2012
Author: Matthew Whittaker
Squeezed Britain reveals what life is really like for families who are in work but on a low to middle income. Facing a new tax credits squeeze on top of a continued fall in real wages and a growing chance of a lifetime in renting, this group's household finances are increasingly precarious.
Priced Out
Date: 27 December 2011
Author: Donald Hirsch
The great majority of households in Britain are currently experiencing a fall in the buying power of their incomes. Put simply, inflation is running around 5%, and few households have seen their incomes rise by this amount in the past year. But for those people lucky enough to have jobs, is this causing a fundamental reduction in living standards, or is it just a matter of making relatively small adjustments in our lifestyles?
2012 Personal Allowance Tax Changes
Date: 27 December 2011
Author: Matthew Whittaker
The income tax personal allowance is set to increase to £8,105 in April 2012, rather than the £7,900 it would have been if increased in line with September’s RPI. But small changes across tax credits mean losses for many low to middle income households.
Read our analysis of the changes to the personal allowance and tax credits due in April 2012.
On your marks: Measuring the school readiness of children in low-to-middle income families
Date: 14 December 2011
Author: Professor Jane Waldfogel & Elizabeth Washbrook
The extent to which children start school ready and able to learn can have a long-term impact on their likelihood of success in education and employment. It is well known that children from the poorest backgrounds are already falling behind their more affluent peers at the start of school. But little is known about the school readiness of children from low to middle income families.
The Missing Million: The potential for female employment to raise living standards in low to middle income Britain
Date: 10 December 2011
Author: James Plunkett
Raising female employment to the levels of better-performing countries presents a rare opportunity to boost living standards in the years ahead
Renting in the dark
Date: 8 December 2011
Author: Louisa Darian
Tenants are being let down by an unregulated lettings market, with significant upfront costs, variable fees and a lack of transparency around charges.
Unlike estate agents, letting agents are unregulated and under no compulsion to hold membership of an ombudsman service, leaving dissatisfied tenants with no access to redress.
Why did Britain’s households get richer? Decomposing UK household income growth between 1968 and 2008–09?
Date: 6 December 2011
Author: Mike Brewer & Liam Wren-Lewis
Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis for the Resolution Foundation Commission on Living Standards.
Average UK household income has almost doubled in real terms over the past forty years. This report asks ‘From where has the growth in household income come?’
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