2007
- Experiences of Poverty and Educational Disadvantage
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Explores childrens experiences of poverty and educational disadvantage and their attitudes to education.
Author: D. Hirsch
2011
- Impact of Anti-Crisis Austerity Measures on Homeless Services Across the EU
Commissioned by: FEANTSA
Examines the impact of austerity in the housing sector across EU member states.
Author: FEANTSA
Read here - The gender impact of the cuts: a TUC cuts briefing
Commissioned by: TUC
Explores the gender impact of cuts to jobs, services and welfare.
Author: TUC
Read here - Single mothers: singled out – the impact of 2010-15 tax and benefit changes on women and men
Commissioned by: Fawcett Society
An assessment of the cumulative impact on single mothers of 2010-15 tax and benefit reforms.
Author: Fawcett Society
Read here - The Northern Ireland Economy: Women on the Edge?
Commissioned by: WRDA
Analyses the impact of the financial crisis on women, including lone parents, migrant women, young women and older women, with a particular focus given to pensions, welfare reform, debt and credit, housing, and energy debt. Includes a summary of policy recommendations for each government department.
Author: Bronagh Hinds
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2012
- An insight into the impact of the cuts on some of the most vulnerable in Camden
Commissioned by: Young Foundation
Considers the impact of austerity cuts on some of the most vulnerable in Camden.
Author: M. Aylott et. al.
Read here - The Impact of Tax and Benefit Reforms to be Introduced between 2010–11 and 2014–15 in Northern Ireland: IFS Briefing Note 114
Commissioned by: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Examines the projected cumulative impact of tax and benefit reforms on Northern Ireland households.
Author: J. Browne
Read here - Poverty and inequality in 2020: impact of changes in the structure of employment
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowantree Foundation
Reviews ‘the impact of changes in the structure of employment and pay on income inequality and poverty’.
Author: M. Brewer et. al.
Read here - The Impact of Austerity on Women: Policy Briefing
Commissioned by: Fawcett Society
Examines a range of quantitative and qualitative data and analysis on the impact of UK austerity measures on women.
Author: Fawcett Society
Read here - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland 2012
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Examines in detail what has happened in Northern Ireland since the recession in terms of poverty and social exclusion.
Author: T. MacInnes et al. (New Policy Institute)
Read here
2013
- The Impact of Welfare Reform on Northern Ireland
Commissioned by: NICVA
Outlines the anticipated impact of proposed welfare reforms on the Northern Ireland economy.
Author: Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill
Read here - Welfare Reform: Implications and Options for Northern Ireland
Commissioned by: University of Ulster
Explores the impact of welfare reform on Northern Ireland, including on pre-existing poverty.
Author: G. Horgan
Read here - Women at the cutting edge: why public sector spending cuts in Liverpool are a gender equality issue
Commissioned by: Liverpool John Moores University
Considers the cumulative impact of spending cuts and other austerity initiatives on vulnerable groups of women in Liverpool.
Author: L. James, J. Patinotis
Read here - Austerity and inequality: exploring the impact of cuts in the UK by gender and age
Commissioned by: Research on Ageing and Social Policy
Explores the impact of austerity-driven cuts on different population cohorts.
Author: J. Ginn
Read here - Poverty and problematic debt: what can housing providers do?
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowantree Foundation
Explores how the social housing sector might ‘address poverty and help prevent tenants from moving into problematic debt and rent arrears’, in the context of welfare reform and wider austerity.
Author: G. Whitfield
Read here - Oxfam Briefing Paper Summary: The True Cost of Austerity and Inequality in Europe
Commissioned by: Oxfam
Examines the impact of austerity on inequality across Europe.
Author: Oxfam
Read here - Child and Working-Age Poverty in Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2020 IFS Report R78
Commissioned by: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Presents projections of relative and absolute income poverty among children and working-age adults in every year to 2016- 17, and in 2020-21. The aim is to estimate the implications for household incomes and hence, income poverty of what is known about tax and benefit policy and current forecasts for the macroeconomy.
Author: J. Browne, A. Hood and R. Joyce
Read here - Anti-Poverty Strategies for the UK: A Review of Devolved Approaches to Child Poverty
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Provides an overview of devolved strategies to tackle child poverty in the UK; builds on earlier work by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation assessing the impact of devolution for low-income people and places; and, looks at what more can be done within existing powers to tackle child poverty.
Author: J. McCormick
Read here - Poverty in Northern Ireland: 2013/14
Commissioned by: DSD
Contains headline poverty figures drawn from the latest Households Below Average Income datasets.
Author: DSD/ NISRA
Read here - The links between housing and poverty: an evidence review
Commissioned by: JRF
Explores the relationship between housing and poverty in the United Kingdom
Author: R. Tunstall et al.
Read here - Poverty and Ethnicity in Northern Ireland: An Evidence Review
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Provides an overview of the research evidence on the relationship between poverty and ethnicity in Northern Ireland.
Author: A. Wallace, R. McAreavey and K. Atkin
Read here
2014
- Paying the Price: the Long Road to Recovery: Executive Summary
Commissioned by: Gingerbread
Summarises research on the impact of austerity on lone parents’ everyday lives.
Author: Rabindrakumar, S
Read here - ‘Multiple cuts for the poorest families’
Commissioned by: Oxfam
Examines how the poorest families in the United Kingdom have been affected by benefit cuts.
Author: H. Aldridge and T. McInnes
Read here - ‘Monitoring the impact of recent measures affecting housing benefit and local housing allowances in the private rented sector in NI’
Commissioned by: Sheffield Hallam University
Assesses the effects on the private rented sector in Northern Ireland of recent austerity-driven government reform of housing benefit and local housing allowances.
Author: C. Beatty et al.
Read here - The Impact of Welfare Reform on Social Landlords and Tenants
Commissioned by: JRF
Explores the effects of cuts in welfare expenditure on social landlords and tenants.
Author: Power, A. et al.
Read here - ‘Life on a low income in austere times’
Commissioned by: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
Assesses the impact of austerity on low income households in the United Kingdom.
Author: S. Pemberton et al.
Read here - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland 2014
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Provides the latest data on poverty in Northern Ireland, focusing on associations between poverty, work, disability and age.
Author: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Read here - Poverty Through a Gender Lens: Evidence and Policy Review on Gender and Poverty
Commissioned by: University of Oxford, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Identifies and analyses evidence on the links between gender and poverty and examines the impact of these links on policy approaches.
Author: F. Bennett and M. Daly
Read here - Future of the UK labour market
Commissioned by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Examines the findings of a number of projects examining the associations between jobs, skills and poverty, with a view to identifying sustainable solutions to in-work poverty and worklessness.
Author: K. Schmuecker
Read here - Child poverty and social exclusion: final report of 2012 PSE study
Commissioned by: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
Analyses data on child poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom, presenting a child poverty measurement
Author: G. Main and J. Bradshaw
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2015
- ‘An assessment of the potential compensation provided by the new ‘national living wage’ for the personal tax and benefit measure
Commissioned by: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Examines the impact on household income distribution in the United Kingdom of recent tax, tax credit and benefit reform.
Author: W. Elming et al.
Read here - A widening gap: women and welfare reform
Commissioned by: Engender et al.
Examines the cumulative impact of welfare changes on women in Scotland.
Author: Engender
Read here - ‘Financial difficulty and mental wellbeing in an age of austerity: the experience in deprived communities’
Commissioned by: Social Policy and Society
Presents findings on the impact of the United Kingdom recession on suicide rates
Author: A. Curl and A. Kearns
Read here
2016
- Women at the Cutting Edge: The Impact of Spending Cuts on Women’s Community & Voluntary Organisations in Northern Ireland
Commissioned by: WRDA
This research documents how far the cuts have threatened the women’s sector and the vital services provided by it.
Author: WRDA
Read here
2020
Making Ends Meet: Women’s Perspectives on Access to Lending
Commissioned by: WSN
This paper examines the research on current debt levels and the different types of borrowing available with a focus on problem debt and high cost lending especially for those on low incomes. The overall aim of this research project is to explore the perspectives of women living and working in disadvantaged and rural areas of Northern Ireland on why they need to borrow money, where they go get this money and their experiences of using different forms of lending, particularly the more expensiveforms of credit.
Author: Siobhán Harding
WPG and WBG Joint Briefing to Department for Communities
This briefing urges the DfC to take action on a number of gender focused issues in relation to Covid-19
