Research output per year
Research output per year
MA(Kent), PhD(Kent)
BS8 1TZ
I have extensively theorised and empirically examined the socio-economic behaviours of poor households and migrant and left-behind populations, using qualitative or quantitative methods or both.
I am interested in understanding how households respond to poverty within the spheres of income generation, intra-household income or resource allocation (financial management & control), consumption and investment. I am also interested in exploring how micro and macro factors (e.g. individual and household characteristics, local and national labour market conditions and welfare policies) shape household responses, the composition of their resources portfolios (e.g. social, economic and cultural capital) and the outcomes for poverty from a multi-dimensional perspective. A particular area of interest hence concerns poverty measurement, and the methods used to combine its ‘objective’ and subjective dimensions. Another relates to the policy aspects of poverty reduction.
More recently, I have developed an interest in exploring the dis/benefits of international migration for migrants and their descendants. From a multi-site and intergenerational perspective that involves comparing migrants with their counterparts who returned to or never left their origin country, I have quantitatively examined migration-related effects on poverty, wealth, gender inequality, employment, occupational attainment, housing tenure and life satisfaction.
I am in the process of extending my poverty expertise to include its intersections with climate change and environmental sustainability.
Current and recent research
Past research
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review