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  • Fraser Focus on low-income households: Cost of living
    2026/10/05

    Participants:

    Ben Cooper - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Chirsty McFadyen - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Hannah Randolph - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Abigail Davis - Co-Director, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University

    Juliet Stone - Associate Director & Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University

    Russell Gunson - Head of Programmes and Practice, Robertson Trust

    Time stamps:

    (00:15) Introductions

    (01:26) How economists think about the cost of living

    (07:57) The Minimum Income Standard (MIS)

    (12:58) Building the MIS from interview data

    (18:09) The MIS and disability

    (24:54) How MIS relates to inflation measures

    (30:49) What policy can do to reduce the cost of living

    (38:23) More on policy; targeted vs universal approaches

    (40:57) The Minimum Income Guarantee

    (48:34) Cost of living vs income as drivers of poverty

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    1 時間
  • Fraser Focus on low-income households: Introduction
    2026/09/28

    Participants:

    Ben Cooper - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Chirsty McFadyen - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Hannah Randolph - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

    Time stamps:

    (0:10) Host intros

    (0:30) Drivers of low income

    (2:30) Topics in the series

    (3:40) What we're most looking forward to

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    5 分
  • Understanding local labour markets across Scotland
    2026/06/02

    Participants

    Dr Hannah Randolph (Economist, FAI)

    Prof Mairi Spowage (Director, FAI)

    Jack Evans (Senior Policy Advisor, JRF)

    Time stamps

    (0:22) Who wants to work across Scotland

    (3:24) Child poverty and supporting parents into work

    (8:09) Why focus on "people who want to work"?

    (13:29) How we talk about labour market status

    (19:26) Surveys and other sources of labour market information

    (26:55) What's next?

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    29 分
  • Study shows post-release supervision reduces reoffending in short and long run
    2026/05/27

    00:00:08 – 00:00:35
    Introduction to podcast, guests, and research topic (community supervision & re-offending).

    00:00:35 – 00:01:24
    Overview of pressures on the criminal justice system: court backlogs and causes.

    00:01:24 – 00:02:20
    Prison overcrowding explained and current capacity issues.

    00:02:20 – 00:03:14
    Early release schemes and their limited long-term impact on prison population.

    00:03:14 – 00:04:00
    Future outlook and policy pressure (Institute for Government concerns).

    00:03:36 – 00:04:27
    New sentencing bill: shift toward community supervision and reduced prison time.

    00:04:27 – 00:05:22
    Lack of evidence on effectiveness of community supervision and motivation for study.

    00:05:22 – 00:06:28
    Data challenges and introduction to MoJ “Data First” initiative and linked datasets.

    00:06:28 – 00:07:02
    Scale and capability of the linked offender dataset.

    00:07:02 – 00:08:25
    Why older data is used and need for causal evidence (bias in simple comparisons).

    00:08:25 – 00:10:20
    Explanation of natural experiments vs randomized experiments.

    00:10:20 – 00:11:13
    Introduction to the 2015 Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA).

    00:11:13 – 00:13:02
    Natural experiment setup: cutoff date creates comparable supervised vs unsupervised groups.

    00:13:02 – 00:14:21
    Method: comparing re-offending outcomes across groups using linked data.

    00:14:21 – 00:15:46
    What community supervision involves (probation, restrictions, rehabilitation focus).

    00:16:02 – 00:17:09
    Main findings: supervision reduces re-offending (short-term impact).

    00:17:09 – 00:17:30
    Long-term effects: persistent reduction in re-offending even after supervision ends.

    00:17:30 – 00:18:44
    Who benefits most: stronger effects for first-time prisoners.

    00:18:44 – 00:19:27
    Why effects fade over time and importance of supervision duration.

    00:19:27 – 00:21:00
    Effects for repeat/prolific offenders and role of recall to prison (incapacitation effect).

    00:21:00 – 00:22:18
    Behavioural mechanisms and role of recall threat.

    00:22:18 – 00:23:34
    Context: high baseline re-offending rates; supervision helps but isn’t a silver bullet.

    00:23:34 – 00:25:37
    Policy implications: supervision vs prison and impact on overcrowding.

    00:25:37 – 00:26:05
    Long-term benefits via preventing repeat offending among first-timers.

    00:26:05 – 00:27:37
    Where to find research outputs (ADR UK, blog, dashboard).

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    29 分
  • 2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 17: The aftermath of the elections
    2026/05/15
    In the final episode of our election analysis series, Mairi Spowage and João Sousa of the Fraser of Allander Institute and Ed Poole and Guto Ifan of the Wales Governance Centre come together to discuss what the results of the elections in Wales and Scotland mean for governing arrangements, and what the next steps are in the Senedd and Scottish Parliament sessions. **This work is supported by the Nuffield Foundation. The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance social well-being. It funds and undertakes rigorous research, encourages innovation and supports the use of sound evidence to inform social and economic policy, and improve people’s lives. The Nuffield Foundation is the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. Find out more at: nuffieldfoundation.org. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation.**
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    29 分
  • 2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 16: The fiscal outlook for Wales (Welsh episode)
    2026/05/05
    **Please note that this recording is in Welsh - check out our other podcast episodes and our websites for analysis in English.** This is a recording of the event held by the Wales Governance Centre in Bangor on 21 April, discussing the main talking points in the Senedd election. **This work is supported by the Nuffield Foundation. The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance social well-being. It funds and undertakes rigorous research, encourages innovation and supports the use of sound evidence to inform social and economic policy, and improve people’s lives. The Nuffield Foundation is the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. Find out more at: nuffieldfoundation.org. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation.**
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    49 分
  • 2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 15: The Welsh manifestos
    2026/05/05

    Timestamps:

    (0:05) Introductions

    (1:14) Income tax proposals

    (6:21) Land transaction tax

    (9:12) Spending proposals on childcare

    (12:36) Costings of proposals

    (18:00) Crown Estate devolution

    (21:43) Social security devolution

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    27 分
  • 2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 14: Round-up of the week
    2026/05/01

    Timestamps:

    (0:05) Introductions

    (1:18) Rows about costings publications in Wales

    (6:06) Costings publications in Scotland

    (9:56) The effect of List PR on the manifesto contents

    (14:30) Current vs capital block grants

    (16:52) What we can expect in the coming week

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    22 分