Tom Sefton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4193089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Sefton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Sefton |
| SIGNATURE | SEFTON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Poverty, inequality and redistribution
Questions
Reducing poverty is important for those affected, for society and the economy. Poverty remains entrenched in the UK, despite considerable research efforts to understand its causes and possible solutions. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge, ran a democratic, transparent, consensual exercise involving 45 participants from government, non-governmental organisations, academia and rese…
The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany
Using data from several large-scale longitudinal surveys, this article investigates the relationship between the work histories and personal incomes (from both public and private sources) of older women in the UK, US and West Germany. By comparing three countries with different welfare regimes and pension systems, we seek to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the life course, pension system and women’s incomes in later life. T…
Family Ties
This article examines the relationship between the family and work histories of older women and their personal incomes in later life, using retrospective data from the first 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey. The association between women's family histories and their incomes later in life are relatively weak, explaining only a small proportion of the overall variation in older women's incomes. Divorce, early widowhood and re-marriage…
Towards a More Equal Society?
Children, Politics and Communication questions many of the conventional ways in which children are perceived. It is about how they communicate and engage, how they organise themselves and their lives, and how they deal with conflict in their relationships and the world around them.
Towards a more equal society?
Poverty, inequality and redistribution
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?
Towards a more equal society?Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997
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.
Distributive and Redistributive Policy
This article explains distributive and redistributive policy, focusing on social and welfare policies. The alternative forms of redistribution and the other aims of redistribution are examined in the first half of the article. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the various approaches to redistributive policy. The next part is devoted to looking at the effectiveness of redistributive policy.
Income Dynamics and the Life Cycle
This article argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life-cycle perspective. A person's age and family circumstances - the factors that shape their life cycle - affect the likelihood of experiencing key life events, such as partnership formation, having children, or retirement; this in turn affects their probability of experiencing rising, falling, or other income trajectories. Using ten waves of the Br…
Inequality and redistribution under New Labour
While Tony Blair has stated that income redistribution is not an explicit aim of his government, many of the changes it has made to the tax and benefit system have been redistributive. The experience to date highlights the challenge New Labour faces if it is to make further progress in reducing poverty and inequality. All the resources they have directed at low-income households since 1997 – and these have been considerable – have just about redu…
Assessing small community groups
Many community groups in the UK do micro-project work to help families and young people in low-income neighbourhoods. This paper establishes a common set of criteria for assessing the effectiveness of small community groups and uses these as basis for developing an evaluation tool for community groups and those working with them. It draws on the literature to identify those factors that are seen to be important to the functioning of community gro…
Economic Evaluation in the Social Welfare Field
This article argues that economists have a potentially valuable contribution to make to evaluation in the social welfare field, provided they are willing to embrace a more flexible and eclectic approach to economic evaluation. It contrasts the perspectives of mainstream economists and other evaluators working in this field, which often appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. This may explain why the role of economists often seems to be mar…
Poverty in Britain
The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany
Using data from several large-scale longitudinal surveys, this article investigates the relationship between the work histories and personal incomes (from both public and private sources) of older women in the UK, US and West Germany. By comparing three countries with different welfare regimes and pension systems, we seek to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the life course, pension system and women’s incomes in later life. T…
Income Dynamics and the Life Cycle
This article argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life-cycle perspective. A person's age and family circumstances - the factors that shape their life cycle - affect the likelihood of experiencing key life events, such as partnership formation, having children, or retirement; this in turn affects their probability of experiencing rising, falling, or other income trajectories. Using ten waves of the Br…
Family Ties
This article examines the relationship between the family and work histories of older women and their personal incomes in later life, using retrospective data from the first 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey. The association between women's family histories and their incomes later in life are relatively weak, explaining only a small proportion of the overall variation in older women's incomes. Divorce, early widowhood and re-marriage…
Questions
Reducing poverty is important for those affected, for society and the economy. Poverty remains entrenched in the UK, despite considerable research efforts to understand its causes and possible solutions. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge, ran a democratic, transparent, consensual exercise involving 45 participants from government, non-governmental organisations, academia and rese…
Economic Evaluation in the Social Welfare Field
This article argues that economists have a potentially valuable contribution to make to evaluation in the social welfare field, provided they are willing to embrace a more flexible and eclectic approach to economic evaluation. It contrasts the perspectives of mainstream economists and other evaluators working in this field, which often appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. This may explain why the role of economists often seems to be mar…
Economic Evaluation in the Social Welfare Field
This article argues that economists have a potentially valuable contribution to make to evaluation in the social welfare field, provided they are willing to embrace a more flexible and eclectic approach to economic evaluation. It contrasts the perspectives of mainstream economists and other evaluators working in this field, which often appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. This may explain why the role of economists often seems to be mar…
Inequality and redistribution under New Labour
While Tony Blair has stated that income redistribution is not an explicit aim of his government, many of the changes it has made to the tax and benefit system have been redistributive. The experience to date highlights the challenge New Labour faces if it is to make further progress in reducing poverty and inequality. All the resources they have directed at low-income households since 1997 – and these have been considerable – have just about redu…
Assessing small community groups
Many community groups in the UK do micro-project work to help families and young people in low-income neighbourhoods. This paper establishes a common set of criteria for assessing the effectiveness of small community groups and uses these as basis for developing an evaluation tool for community groups and those working with them. It draws on the literature to identify those factors that are seen to be important to the functioning of community gro…
Income Dynamics and the Life Cycle
This article argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life-cycle perspective. A person's age and family circumstances - the factors that shape their life cycle - affect the likelihood of experiencing key life events, such as partnership formation, having children, or retirement; this in turn affects their probability of experiencing rising, falling, or other income trajectories. Using ten waves of the Br…
Towards a More Equal Society?
Children, Politics and Communication questions many of the conventional ways in which children are perceived. It is about how they communicate and engage, how they organise themselves and their lives, and how they deal with conflict in their relationships and the world around them.
Towards a more equal society?
Poverty, inequality and redistribution
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?
Towards a more equal society?Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997
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.
Distributive and Redistributive Policy
This article explains distributive and redistributive policy, focusing on social and welfare policies. The alternative forms of redistribution and the other aims of redistribution are examined in the first half of the article. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the various approaches to redistributive policy. The next part is devoted to looking at the effectiveness of redistributive policy.
The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany
Using data from several large-scale longitudinal surveys, this article investigates the relationship between the work histories and personal incomes (from both public and private sources) of older women in the UK, US and West Germany. By comparing three countries with different welfare regimes and pension systems, we seek to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the life course, pension system and women’s incomes in later life. T…
Family Ties
This article examines the relationship between the family and work histories of older women and their personal incomes in later life, using retrospective data from the first 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey. The association between women's family histories and their incomes later in life are relatively weak, explaining only a small proportion of the overall variation in older women's incomes. Divorce, early widowhood and re-marriage…
Questions
Reducing poverty is important for those affected, for society and the economy. Poverty remains entrenched in the UK, despite considerable research efforts to understand its causes and possible solutions. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge, ran a democratic, transparent, consensual exercise involving 45 participants from government, non-governmental organisations, academia and rese…
Poverty, inequality and redistribution
Poverty in Britain
Political science (13 works) · Economics (11 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Poverty (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Inequality (5 works) · Law (5 works)