Professor Alissa Goodman

This reports looks at pilots for reforms to incapacity benefit.

Much of the recent policy debate surrounding poverty in Britain focuses on income as a measure of living standards. In this report we consider one alternative to income for measuring poverty that has been largely overlooked in the mainstream poverty debate in the UK: namely household expenditure.

This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain, based on the latest official government statistics.

This report presents the final stage of the Employer Training Pilots impact study.

We evaluate the effects of undergoing any early education (before the compulsory starting age of 5) and of pre-school on a cohort of British children born in 1958.

This document reviews a number of empirical methodologies available to answering policy questions about the relationship between income and child outcomes.

We evaluate the effects of undergoing any early schooling (before the compulsory starting age of 5) and of pre-school on a cohort of British children born in 1958.

This Election Briefing Note compares Labour's proposed reforms to the system of higher education (HE) finance in England and the alternative proposals outlined by the Conservative Party in September 20042 and the Liberal Democrats in January and March 2005.

This Election Briefing Note assesses the main parties' manifesto claims about living standards, poverty and taxation.

In this Election Briefing Note, we assess what has happened to living standards under Labour, setting out how average incomes, income inequality and poverty have changed since 1996-97. We compare these changes with what happened under previous governments, and highlight where there have been differences between Labour's first and second terms.

This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain for 2005.

This commentary compares the university funding of Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. These policies have important implications for students, graduates, universities and taxpayers.