The University of Strathclyde
At the end of the parliamentary year, we would normally have received a progress report form the Scottish Government on their efforts to tackle child poverty and how they are making progress towards the statutory child poverty targets. The report has been postponed indefinitely, but this doesn’t mean that work …
Poverty in Scotland: A discussion with JRF on progress pre, during and post Covid-19 Read More »
Mairi Spowage is joined by colleague Emma Congreve from the Fraser of Allander Institute and Dr Jonathan Norris from the Department of Economics at Strathclyde to discuss the release of two new economic perspective articles on Friday 29 June. Issues around poverty and the poverty related attainment gap were core …
The report, co-authored by researchers from the Fraser of Allander Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University and IPPR Scotland, looks at the costs and benefits of implementing a citizen’s basic income (CBI) in Scotland and the channels through which it may impact upon the economy. The modelling we were asked to carry …
The CoVid-19 pandemic has awoken many to the role that key workers play in our society. But who exactly are they, and what do we know about them? This short article provides a summary of analysis carried out using pre-crisis Labour Force Survey data to help give us a basic …
7 key things about key workers in Scotland and what it tells us Read More »
On Tuesday we saw a glimpse of the impact of the initial shutdown on the labour market and claims to Universal Credit. Because of the nature of the shutdown, it is affecting some sectors more than others and indeed leading to increased demand in some.
However, understanding what is happening across Scotland as soon as possible is important as it may give important insight into where particular support needs are, hence these figures are worthy of analysis even if the data can’t be fully explained. This article looks at the changes in the number of people on in Scottish Local Authorities on Universal Credit between March and April 2020 using data released by the DWP.
This morning the ONS released the latest data from the Labour Force Survey. This is the main source for high quality data about what is happening in the labour market in the UK, and the regions and nations. Today’s data cover the period up to the end of March, and …
As policies start to diverge north and south of the border, debate regarding the role of different governments in providing financial support to individuals and households may also start to gather pace. There have already been calls to find ways to get more money out to children living in families …
Getting money to families in financial hardship – what can Scotland do? Read More »
There is a great interest in data that can provide timely information on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy and ultimately the living standards and wellbeing of the population. One of the challenges is that, unlike many of the health measures that can be used to track …
Emerging indicators of impacts of Covid-19 on the economy and households in Scotland Read More »
We have recently started a new year-long project to examine how patterns of weekly hours worked have been changing in recent decades, examine what factors help explain those trends, and to consider implications for poverty, inequality – and policy. Whilst the distribution of hourly pay receives a lot of attention …
Changes in working hours, causes and implications – an introduction to our new project Read More »
The construction industry has been disrupted enormously over the course of the Coronavirus pandemic, not least because that vast majority of the workforce is not able to work from home. Whilst the official UK Government advice is for sites to continue to operate if work can be carried out at …