Changing Scotland

John F. Ermisch FBA is Professor of Economics in the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex. Robert E. Wright is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Stirling.

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.

Introduction ~ John F. Ermisch and Robert E. Wright; Part One: Families and households: Teenagers' relationships with peers and parents ~ Lynn Jamieson and John McKendrick; Comparison of living arrangements ~ John F. Ermisch; Youth transitions ~ Vernon Gayle; Residential mobility ~ Harminder Battu, Vania Gerova and Euan Phimister; How Scots live: housing and housing policy ~ Jeanette Findlay and Cecilia McIntyre; Part Two: Inequalities: Health and deprivation ~ Anne Ludbrook, Vania Gerova and Ioannis Theodossiou; Trends in absolute poverty ~ Vernon Gayle, Gregor Jack and Robert E. Wright; Income inequality ~ David Bell and Gregor Jack; The structure of gender differentials ~ Kostas Mavromaras and Ioannis Theodossiou; Part Three: Labour market issues: Distribution of structure of pay ~ Bob Elliott, Vania Gerova and Euan Phimister; Earnings returns to further education ~ Anne Gasteen, John Houston and Carolyn Davidson; Low pay, higher pay and job satisfaction ~ Rannia Leontaridi and Peter Sloane; Labour market behaviour of older workers ~ Mark Taylor and John Rigg; Part Four: Social and political behaviour: What makes Scotland want something different? ~ John Curtis; Smart, successful Scotland? National identity, class, employment and enterprise ~ Alex Christie, Nicola McEwan and James Mitchell; Decline of religion ~ Nicole Bourque, Vernon Gayle and Robert Wright; Volunteering and organisational participation ~ Jeanette Findlay and Patricia Findlay.