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Seminar Proceedings

Statistics and Research Branch and Social Security Research Group (School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queens University Belfast), hold joint seminars as part of an ongoing research partnership.
The proceedings of these seminars can be accessed from the links below:
 

Seminar 1 'Measuring Social Exclusion & Poverty'

Seminar1 Section1 (PDF 125KB)
Measuring Poverty and Social Exclusion: Researching a wide Audience
Catherine Howarth (New Policy Institute)
Seminar1 Section2 (PDF 486KB)
Social Class, Social Exclusion and Cumulative Disadvantage: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland
Brian Nolan & Chris Whelan (Economic & Social Research Institute)
Seminar1 Section3 (PDF 105KB)
The Case for Poverty Surveys
Peter Townsend (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research)
Seminar1 Section4 (PDF 125KB)
Measuring Multiple Deprivation at the Small Area Level - beyond the Census of Population
Mike Noble (University of Oxford)
Seminar1 Section5 (PDF 166KB)
Targeting Social Need, Social Exclusion and Social Security Statistics,
Mike Tomlinson (Queen's University of Belfast)
Seminar1 Section6 (PDF 66KB)
List of Participants.
 

Seminar 2 'Joblessness and Poverty'

Seminar2 Section1 (PDF 190KB)
Editor's Introduction & 'Men & Women's Incomes, Joblessness and Benefit Receipt: An analysis of the 1994 NI LFS'.
Seminar2 Section2 (PDF 173KB)
Unemployed Claimants: Recent Trends.
Seminar2 Section3 (PDF 172KB)
The British Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey.
Seminar2 Section4 (PDF 183KB)
The Disabled Jobless and the Receipt of Incapacity Benefit in Northern Ireland.
Seminar2 Section5 (PDF 39KB)
List of Participants.
 

Seminar 3 'Poverty and Social Security: Comparing North and South'

Seminar3 Section1 (PDF 109KB)
Editor's Introduction & Social Security in Ireland, North & South
Seminar3 Section2 (PDF 88KB)
The Disabled, Jobless & Social Security in Ireland, North & South
Seminar3 Section3 (91KB)
Unemployment & Inactivity, Comparing Ireland, North & South
Seminar3 Section4 (PDF 88KB)
Pro-Employment Policies & Child Income Poverty
Seminar3 Section5 (PDF 9KB)
List of Participants.
 

Seminar 4 'Edging Poverty Out: Anti-Poverty Strategies in Ireland North & South'

Seminar4 Section1 (PDF 59KB)
Editor's Introduction & The Republic of Irelands National Anti-poverty Strategy
Seminar4 Section2 (PDF 97KB)
The Working Poor in Northern Ireland: What can analysis of administrative (WFTC) statistics tell us?
Seminar4 Section3 (PDF 79KB)
The Take-up of Income Support in Northern Ireland in 1999-2000
Seminar4 Section4 (PDF 123KB)
What's the use of the Noble Index? Theories, methods and applications
Seminar4 Section5 (PDF 168KB)
Does two and two make one? A cross border analysis of benefit entitlements in Ireland, North and South
Seminar4 Section6 (PDF 223KB)
NIAPN presentation: Poverty and Powerlessness
Seminar4 Section7 (PDF 69KB)
Developing an Anti-Poverty strategy for Northern Ireland, NTSN and beyond.
Seminar4 Section8 (PDF 8KB)
Annex 1 - List of Participants
 
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