Dr Susan Harkness
Profile
Qualifications
- PhD in Economics, University College London
- MA in Development Economics, University of Sussex
- BA in Economics, Queens’ College, Cambridge
Research interests
- Women’s employment and earnings
- Lone parent employment and well-being and welfare reform
- Gender pay gap
- Maternal pay
- Child poverty
- Unpaid work
- Irregular work patterns and pay
Teaching
Undergraduate
- SP20006: Social Justice, social policy and the state
- SP30013: Social Security Policy and Welfare Reform
Postgraduate
Publications
Book Sections
Harkness, S., 2011. The future for low-income families and social cohesion. In: The future of families to 2030. Paris, France: OECD, pp. 57-117.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2009. Employment, worklessness and unemployment. In: Uberoi, V., Coutts, A., McLean, I. and Halpern, D., eds. Options for a New Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 72-87.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2009. The Future of Employment Policy. In: McLean, I., Halpern, D., Uberoi, V. and Coutts, A., eds. Options for Britain II. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Harkness, S., 2008. The household division of labour: changes in families' allocation of paid and unpaid work. In: Scott, J., Dex, S. and Joshi, H., eds. Women and Employment. Edward Elgar, pp. 234-267.
Harkness, S., 2006. Social and Political Indicators of Human Well-being. In: McGillivray, M., ed. Human Well-Being: Concept and Measurement. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 88-112. (Studies in Development Economics and Policy)
Harkness, S., 2006. Lone parents cycling in and out of work and benefits. In: Staying on, stepping up. One Parent Families, pp. 8-10.
Harkness, S., 2003. The Household Division of Labour: Changes in Families' Allocation of Paid and Unpaid Work 1992-2002. In: Dickens, R., Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J., eds. The Labour Market under Labour: State of Working Britain II. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 20.
Harkness, S. and Gregg, P., 2003. Welfare Reform and the Employment of Lone Parents. In: Dickens, R., Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J., eds. The Labour Market Under New Labour: The State of Working Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 18.
Articles
Harkness, S. and Evans, M., 2011. The employment effects of recession on couples in the UK: women's and household employment prospects and partners’ job loss. Journal of Social Policy, 40 (4), pp. 675-693.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2010. The impact of the tax and benefit system on second earners. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 18 (1), pp. 35-51.
Gregg, P., Harkness, S. and Smith, S., 2009. Welfare reform and lone parents in the UK. The Economic Journal, 119 (535), F38-F65.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2008. Elderly people in Vietnam: Social Protection, Informal Support and Poverty. Benefits, 16 (3), pp. 245-253.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2008. Social Protection in Vietnam and Obstacles to Progressivity. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 2 (1), pp. 30-52.
Harkness, S. and Waldfogel, J., 2003. The Family Gap in Pay: Evidence from Seven Industrialized Countries. Research in Labor Economics, 22, 369--414.
Reports/Papers
Harkness, S., 2010. The contribution of Women's Employment and Earnings to Household Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis. Working Paper. Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Survey Working Paper Series.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2009. A review of the impact of the current UK tax and benefit system upon secondary household earners. Working Paper. Manchester: Equalities and Human Rights Commission, UK.
Gregg, P., Harkness, S. and Smith, S., 2007. Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK. Working Paper. Bristol: Research in Public Policy, CMPO.
Harkness, S., Gregg, P. and Macmillan, L., 2006. Welfare to work policies and child poverty: A review of issues relating to the labour market and economy. Other. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2004. Lone parents cycling in and out of work and benefits. Research Report No 217. Working Paper. DWP Research Report.
Conference or Workshop Items
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2009. The Effect of Recession in the UK on Family Employment. In: Association for Public Policy and Administration, 2009-11-05 - 2009-11-07, Washington DC.
Evans, M. and Harkness, S., 2008. The risk of ill-health and disability in Vietnam: how households and social protection programmes respond. In: Fifth International Social Security conference, 2008-06-13 - 2008-06-14, Stockholm.
