Changing Scotland: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861345933 ISBN 13: 9781861345936

Publisher: Policy Press, 2005

Synopsis

Changing Scotland uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey to improve our knowledge and understanding of the impact of devolution on the lives of people in Scotland. It is the first time that BHPS data has been used in this way.The book provides a detailed examination of social, economic, demographic and political differences, especially those involving dynamic behaviour such as residential mobility, unemployment duration, job mobility, income inequality, poverty, health and deprivation, national identity, family structure and other aspects of individual's lives as they change over time. This data provides a 'baseline' for policy formulation and for analysing the impact of subsequent differential developments arising out of devolution.The book is also an invaluable resource for establishing pre-existing differences between England and Scotland and evaluating the impact of policy initiatives by the Scottish Executive.

About this title

About the Author:

John F. Ermisch, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex and Robert E. Wright, Department of Economics, University of Stirling

Review:

This book is an extremely timely and effective demonstration of how 'evidence-based' research can inform policy formulation and evaluation in a devolved Scotland. The comparative studies of this important book provide a high quality benchmark against which subsequent contributions to policy analysis in Scotland will be measured. Peter McGregor, Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde

Changing Scotland will not itself resolve arguments of Scottish identity and distinctiveness; no single book will. However, it is a further welcome contribution to the the growing body of systematic evidence which is replacing supposition, assertion and polemic in this debate. Journal of Social Policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1861345933
• ISBN 13: 9781861345936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Ermisch John F., Wright Robert E.