John Hills

Biographic Data

ID259541
NAMEJohn Hills
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEHills
SIGNATUREHILLS J
AFFILIATIONSLondon School of Economics and Political Science
ORCID0000-0002-6852-8261
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS40
TOTAL CITATIONS78
AUTHOR COUNT31
EDITOR COUNT9
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1923
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX6

  • A Duoethnographic Study of Power and Privilege in the Psychotherapeutic Space

    Open AccessJohn Hills, Fevronia Christodoulidi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023References: 32

    We are three psychotherapists, also trainers at different universities in the United Kingdom, who came together to explore the application of duoethnography as a research method in the context of counselling and psychotherapy. The focus of our dialogues was on privilege and power as experienced between client and therapist in the therapeutic relationship, mirroring the social worlds we each come from and return to. The article presented here is w…

  • Decent Incomes for All

    Bea Cantillon, Tim Goedemé et al.BOOKDecent Incomes for All2019

    This book aims to shed new light on recent poverty trends in the European Union, responses by European welfare states, and how progress can be made to realize a decent income for all. The text analyzes the effect of social and fiscal policies before, during, and after the recent economic crisis and studies the impact of alternative policy packages on poverty and inequality. Furthermore, the discussion elaborates on how social investment and local…

  • Were We Really All in it Together? The Distributional Effects of the 2010–15 UK Coalition Government's Tax‐benefit Policy Changes

    Open AccessPaola De Agostini, Paola Agostini et al.ARTICLESocial Policy and Administration2018Cited by: 6References: 8

    This article examines the distributional impacts of changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK general elections of May 2010 and May 2015. The changes did not have a common effect on all household incomes; nor did the direct tax‐benefit changes contribute to deficit reduction. Effectively, reductions in benefits and tax credits financed part of the direct taxes cuts, but the overall net fiscal cost increased pressu…

  • Poverty, inequality and redistribution

    Open AccessTom Sefton, John Hills et al.CHAPTERTowards a More Equal Society?2017

  • Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

    Open AccessRolf Aaberge, François Bourguignon et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2017

  • Tony Atkinson and his Legacy

    Open AccessRolf Aaberge, François Bourguignon et al.ARTICLEReview of Income and Wealth2017

    Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub‐field labelling of his interests and expertise, and he made contributions right across economics. His death on 1 January 2017 deprived the world of both an intellectual giant and a deeply com…

  • Social Policy in a Cold Climate

    Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt et al.BOOKSocial Policy in a Cold Climate2016

  • Social Policy in a Cold Climate

    Open AccessRuth Lupton, Tania Burchardt et al.BOOKSocial Policy in a Cold Climate2016

    Introduction ~ Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard Part One: Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes ~ John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland Young children ~ Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya Schools ~ Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya Further and higher education and skills ~ Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson Employment policy since the crisis ~ Abigai…

  • The changing architecture of the UK welfare state

    John HillsARTICLEOxford Review of Economic Policy2011

    This article looks at the way in which the role of the state has evolved within different aspects of welfare activity (broadly defined) in the United Kingdom since 1979 and forward to the possible impacts of the plans of the Coalition government that took office in 2010 for changing that role through reform and fiscal retrenchment. Even as governments restrained the growth of public social spending, total public and private activity grew by more …

  • Poverty, inequality and redistribution

    Open AccessTom Sefton, John Hills et al.OTHERTowards a More Equal Society?2009

    Introduction The previous Conservative government presided over a period of sharply rising income inequality: between 1979 and 1996-97, the median income of the richest tenth increased by more than 60% in real terms, but that of the poorest tenth rose by just 11% (or fell by 13% if incomes are measured after housing costs). Ultimately, many people's judgement of New Labour will rest on whether it has made progress towards reversing this trend tow…

  • Towards a more equal society?

    Open AccessJohn Hills, Tom Sefton et al.BOOKTowards a More Equal Society?2009

  • Towards a more equal society?Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997

    John Hills, Tom Sefton et al.BOOKTowards a More Equal Society?2009

    When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after 10 years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. This volume provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies.

  • Failing to keep up? The long-term effects of current benefit and tax uprating policies

    Holly Sutherland, Ruth Hancock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty and Social…2009

    The ways benefits, tax credits and income tax and National Insurance contribution thresholds are uprated each year have major long-term consequences for the relative living standards of different groups. Continuing current practice for 20 years, other things staying the same, could result in substantial increases in poverty, including a near doubling of the child poverty rate, alongside a substantial gain to the public finances. At the same time,…

  • Keeping up or Falling behind? The Impact of Benefit and Tax Uprating on Incomes and Poverty

    Open AccessHolly Sutherland, Ruth Hancock et al.ARTICLEFiscal Studies2008

    Each year, the government decides how much to raise benefits and tax allowances. In the UK, the basis for these upratings is rarely debated, yet has major long‐term consequences for the relative living standards of different groups as well as for the public finances. This paper considers the medium‐term implications of present uprating policies, which vary across parameters of the tax–benefit system. Continuing these policies for 20 years, other …

  • A more equal society?

    Open AccessJohn Hills, Kitty StewartBOOKMore Equal Society?2005

  • Elections to the European Parliament, June 2004

    Open AccessMaura Adshead, John Hills et al.ARTICLEElectoral Studies2005Cited by: 3

  • Inequality and the State

    John HillsBOOKInequality and the state2004

    Describes and analyses one of the biggest social changes in Britain since the Second World War: the dramatic widening of the income distribution since the end of the 1970s, the growth of poverty, and the factors that have driven them. Examines how government intervention through social spending and the taxes that pay for it affect this distribution, and why they take the forms they do. Each part of the discussion is set in the context of public a…

  • A “third way” in welfare reform? Evidence from the United Kingdom

    Open AccessJohn Hills, Jane WaldfogelARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…2004Cited by: 9References: 5

    U.S. welfare reforms, whether promoting work first or human capital development, have had in common an emphasis on employment as the key to improving the life chances of children living in single‐mother families. We describe in this article a different type of reform—a “third way” in welfare reform. The welfare reforms carried out in the United Kingdom since the “New Labour” government of Tony Blair was elected in 1997 have included promotion of …

  • Heading for Retirement? National Insurance, State Pensions, and the Future of the Contributory Principle in the UK

    Open AccessJohn HillsARTICLEJournal of Social Policy2004Cited by: 4

    This article discusses the implications of the decline of National Insurance in Britain, witnessed by its declining share of social security spending and steady dilution of the 'contributory principle' on which it was originally based. This decline is not accidental: under governments of the Left, arguments for inclusion have predominated, non-contributory benefits expanded and contribution conditions softened; under those of the Right, limited r…

  • Following or Leading Public Opinion? Social Security Policy and Public Attitudes Since 1997

    Open AccessJohn HillsARTICLEFiscal Studies2002

    This paper examines New Labour's social security and related policies since 1997 in the light of evidence on public attitudes. The list of measures where policies have been in or have come into line with public attitudes is much longer than the list of measures where policies have been out of line with public attitudes or appear to have led them. One interpretation is that policy has been led by opinion surveys and focus groups, with opportunitie…

  • Understanding social exclusion

    Phil Agulnik, Brian Barry et al.BOOKUnderstanding social exclusion2002

    This text explores the issue of social exclusion, considering its measurement, main determinants, and ways in which it may be reduced. The editors show how a focus on the topic may alter the relevant policy questions by fostering debate in government

  • The role of redistribution in social policy

    John HillsCHAPTERWelfare and wellbeing2001

    This chapter picks up and develops some of the ideas in ‘The social division of welfare’, particularly the arbitrariness of what was seen as a ‘social service’ because it involved public spending, as distinct from other forms of fiscal and occupational welfare. It notes that Titmuss rejects this view of social policy as consisting of public spending in specified areas as both inadequate, because of what it omits, and misleading in implying that w…

  • Inclusion or Exclusion? The Role of Housing Subsidies and Benefits

    Open AccessJohn HillsARTICLEUrban Studies2001Cited by: 5References: 6

    This paper explores the reasons why the UK has ended up with such an extensive system of intervention in the housing market, particularly through providing subsidised council and housing association housing, and through Housing Benefit. The most important justification which remains valid is to enable those who would not otherwise be able to do so to afford to live in housing of acceptable quality, and to do so while avoiding the area polarisatio…

  • Policy Implications of New Data on Income Mobility

    Open AccessKaren Gardiner, John HillsARTICLEThe Economic Journal1999Cited by: 10References: 1

    The existence of income mobility may moderate concerns about growing inequalities, especially if income mobility has increased. However, the evidence for rising mobility is equivocal, and its extent is not enough to offset the growth of cross‐sectional inequality. There is a case for greater concern for, and different policies towards, those persistently or recurrently poor than those only temporarily poor, but the data analysed here suggest that…

  • From Public to Private

    Tania Burchardt, John HillsARTICLEHousing Studies1998Cited by: 4

    This paper examines the possible impact of further moves from public to private provision of mortgage payment insurance in Great Britain. The administrative costs of the two systems are compared, and distributional differences between tax and premium funding are evaluated, using national survey data. The constraints under which insurers must operate mean that private mortgage payment insurance is found to be limited in coverage, expensive for mor…