Ashwin Kumar
@KumarAshwin
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Director of Research & Policy @IPPR and Professor of Social Policy @MMUPERU. Economist: incomes, poverty, the labour market & microsimulation modelling
Joined August 2009
@Dr_KatyJones and I have a new book out today: Idleness. We have far too many people stuck in low-paid work with little chance of progression. Why is this and what can we do about it? 📚 #idleness /2.
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We are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality jobs, with barely any training and little chance of getting on. Bold thinking is required to reverse...
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RT @Henry_J_Parkes: 1/ Partnering with @changing_r /w support from @CPAGUK, our new report considers priorities for change for the upcomin….
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Any credible child poverty strategy must act directly to put more money into parents’ pockets. This starts with the removal of the two-child limit and bene
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RT @Samfr: Estimated bill on that will be around £100 million, which would build around 15 new primary schools.
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RT @carsjung: Reporting about gilt market vibes suggests that there has been an inflation/interest rate surprise in yesterday's budget. Lik….
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Important point from @carsjung: estimates of growth effects of public investment from @OBR_UK don't include second-order effects such as increased business confidence or labour supply that general equilibrium modelling might show and so are likely to be on the low side.
The @OBR_UK today projected only modest GDP growth effects of higher public investment. They're still projecting much lower GDP returns than standard approaches from the literature (see Ramey 2020), because they're not modelling general equilbirum effects. Could be 2x higher.
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It's impossible for tax-raising measures to be completely pain-free, but there are a collection of measures that focus on the better off and the main revenue-raising measure - employers NI contributions - raises money in proportion to earnings so more comes from the highest-paid.
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The budget is a welcome reversal of approach - public investment does matter and it's worth tax rises to get public services out of crisis mode.
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RT @carsjung: Really great that @RachelReevesMP has resolved to target net financial liabilities in her fiscal rules, as recommeded by us.….
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Interested in incomes, poverty, social security and tax? @MMUPERU at @ManMetUni is recruiting a Research Associate to maintain and develop a tax-benefit microsimulation model used by several major think-tanks:
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All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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RT @MaxCRoser: The World Bank's data portal for poverty, inequality, and growth data has gotten much better!. Their replacement for the old….
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RT @Prog_Change: Thank you to @LabourGrowth Group for hosting a discussion on #SafeSickPay today. Great contributions from @YuanfenYang, @….
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RT @carsjung: NEW: the UK has had the lowest investment in the G7 in 24 out of the last 30 years. Public investment - eg core infrastructur….
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RT @LiamThorpECHO: Charlotte Hennessy’s dad Jimmy was killed at Hillsborough when she was just six-years-old. She says today’s announcement….
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Charlotte Hennessy was just six years old when her dad Jimmy was killed at Hillsborough
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RT @Henry_J_Parkes: 1/7 Following over a decade of languishing living standards and rising food bank use, government plans for a new child….
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Following over a decade of languishing living standards and growing food bank use this is very welcome news at a critical time for the country. But what do
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RT @IPPR: Yes, the NHS has been beaten by austerity, the pandemic and misguided reform. But the fundamental model is not the problem. A mov….
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On @GBNEWS tonight with @Jacob_Rees_Mogg discussing how inadequate spending - particularly 2011-18, lack of capital investment and insufficient focus on primary care & prevention have led to current problems in the NHS.
'Because the NHS was suffering in terms of shortages of day to day running costs, we weren't spending money on the technology we need in hospitals'. Professor Ashwin Kumar says a funding squeeze in the early years of the Conservative government left the NHS struggling later.
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RT @sappholives83: 🧵 (long). Amber Nicole Thurman is dead. Amber was the mother of a 6 yr old boy who took legally obtained abortion pills….
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RT @StrongerInNos: @jdportes @nicolawoolcock Terrible article. That ‘would have been 16.2%’ needs to be followed by an *if* without which i….
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RT @EmploymtStudies: A result of 2 years of consultation & evidence-gathering on employment support, the report sets out proposals for once….
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RT @EmploymtStudies: IES & @finan_fairness have launched the final report for the Commission on the Future of Employment Support at a Westm….
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