Women and low pay
A number of reports have revealed a gender disparity in pay rates. The Fawcett society published The changing labour market 2: women, low pay and gender equality in the emerging recovery – which included an analysis of employment data and a survey of over 1,000 working women. it revealed more women workers than men were on […]
The Independent Commission on Fees Report 2014
http://www.independentcommissionfees.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ICoF-Report-Aug-2014.pdf Report with analysis of trends in higher education applications, admissions, and enrolments with break down by socio economic background. Also information on gender gap in applications, applications by mature students and for part time study. It includes analysis of the impact of fees on applications and admissions. UCAS also provides official data on applications. The […]
Income and Equality
The Work Foundation Launch Low Pay Project The site offers online recent papers and low pay data. Also on this topic, The Office for National Statistics has long-term wage data. The Low Pay Commission features reports on the National Minimum wage. Living Wage Commission reported recently on the problems of those surviving on low pay. Joseph Rowntree […]
Social Entrepreneurship
A new standard to measure social impact is now available from the EU. Other good resources include: The Global Social Entrepreneurs Network UK Government website publications/data on social investment policy Looking for definitions, case studies and research? Try CASE (Duke University); Skoll Centre (Oxford University) and Stanford University Social Innovation Review. Further your studies with a free […]
EU data
EU Open Data Portal The EU Open Data Portal Expansion site provides free access to datasets from more EU institutions. These include Eurofund survey on European working conditions in Europe. Don’t forget other EU data can be found on Eurostat.
Cities
Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide. It includes quantitative data on population and affordability as well as qualitative findings on what city dwellers want. Other useful city data sources include: For the UK – try data and reports from the Centre for Cities. Their […]
Paternity Leave
Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave? Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave. On this topic: The UK government website has official rules on the procedure and allowances. Department for Business and Skills also has some interesting research on employer perceptions […]
Latest Living Wage Commission report released
The main Commission website has background on its aims and accounts from members of the public about experiences of life on low pay. Another good site is the Living Wage Foundation which has further readings and a list of employers that have signed up Details of employers in London is on the GLA website
Gender GEDI Index
2014 Gender-GEDI Index Executive Report The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute has produced a 30-country analysis of the conditions that foster high-potential female entrepreneurship. The Site also provides free access to the 2013 report. Topics covered include access to business finance, perceptions of women executives, professional social media platforms. Methodology is explained in the report. […]
Well-being of the aged
The Global Agewatch Index From HelpAge International ranks nations worldwide on their environment for older persons. Factors considered include: income, health, employment and education, and enabling environment. The website enables the full report to be downloaded or cross national comparisons made. A full methodology is provided. Another useful source on this topic is the Active Ageing […]
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