Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Susan's current research focuses on the following areas:
- family change and its implications for welfare policy
- parenthood and earnings penalties
- gender pay gaps
- mother's employment
- income inequality and poverty
- single parent families and repartnering
- intra-household inequality
- child outcomes
- minimum wages
- Universal Credit
- family policy
- childcare
External positions
Grant Assessment Panel C member, Economic and Social Research Council
2020 → …
Visting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Scientific Advisory Board member and Social Policy Topic Champion, Understanding Society, University of Essex
Research Groups and Themes
- SPS Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice
Keywords
- Employment
- Poverty and Inequality
- Minimum wages
- Welfare State
- Universal Credit
- gender equality
- welfare policy
- Family Policy
- family change
- mental health
- child outcomes
- childcare
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gender and Parenthood Differences in Job Mobility and Pay Progression in the UK
Avram, S., Harkness, S. E. & Popova, D., 10 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Forces. 103, 2, p. 429-448 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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The accumulation of economic disadvantage: The Influence of Childbirth and Divorce on the Income and Poverty Risk of Single Mothers
Harkness, S. E., 5 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Demography. 59, 4, p. 1377-1402 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open AccessFile11 Citations (Scopus)157 Downloads (Pure) -
Single mothers’ income in twelve rich nations: differences in disadvantage across the distribution
Harkness, S. E., 1 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open AccessFile58 Downloads (Pure)
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Family change, wellbeing and social policy (funded by the Nuffield Foundation)
Harkness, S. E. (Principal Investigator)
7/10/24 → 8/10/27
Project: Research
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ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoc, 2019-2024)
Harkness, S. E. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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EQUALLIVES: EQUALLIVES: Inequality, early adult life courses and economic outcomes at mid-life in comparative context (NORFACE funded project under the “Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course” (DIAL) work programme).
Harkness, S. E. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/18 → 1/04/21
Project: Research