Research in Public Policy issue 7

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On 2 December 2008, Professor Paul Gregg of CMPO delivered his independent report on welfare reform –Realising potential – to the Department forWork and Pensions (DWP).The report sets out his vision for a single personalised conditionality and support regime, where virtually everyone claiming benefits and not in work should be looking for or engaging in activity to help them move towards employment. This issue of Research in Public Policy features five articles exploring the impact of past welfare reforms in the UK and elsewhere – and fresh ideas for future reform.

• 'Family Income and Children’s Readiness for School' - Elizabeth Washbrook and Jane Waldfogel (Podcast)
• 'Welfare reform: the impact on partnership formation' - Dan Anderberg
• 'Welfare reform: the impact on fertility' - Sarah Smith (Podcast)
• 'Child poverty, childcare provision and parental employment' - Declan Gaffney
• 'Poverty in the US and the UK: relative measurement and relative achievement' - Rebecca Shwalb and Michael Wiseman
• 'Contracting out welfare-to-work' - Dan Finn
• 'Left-handedness and cognitive development' - Carol Propper (See Working Paper 08/198) (Podcast)
• 'Explaining the glass ceiling' - Silvia Sonderegger (See Working Paper 07/183)
• 'Girl power' - Steven Proud (See Working Paper 08/186)

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