Social Sciences: Social Statistics & Demography

Jane Falkingham

Primary position:
Professor of Demography and International Social Policy
Other positions:
Head of Academic Unit of Social Sciences, Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change

Background

My research interests are in:

  • population ageing and social security, in particular the design of pension systems and their impact upon resources in later life
  • the redistributive effect of the welfare state, in particular how it varies both across the life-cycle for an individual and also between cohorts with changes in the life course
  • the impact of economic transition on living standards within the countries of the former Soviet Union, particularly Central Asia and especially Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
  • the relationship between poverty and health in low income settings, with a particular focus on the slums of Nairobi and Accra
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"Demographic change and its consequences for the distribution of social and economic welfare is a consistent theme throughout all my research."

Publications

The University of Southampton's electronic library (e-prints)

Article

Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) Pathways into living alone in mid-life: diversity and policy implications. Advances in Life Course Research, 18, (3), 161-174. (doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2013.02.001).
Stone, Juliet, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) The transition to living alone and psychological distress in later life. Age and Ageing (doi:10.1093/ageing/aft006).
Vlachantoni, Athina, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Robards, James (2013) Informal care, health and mortality. Maturitas, 74, (2), 114-118. (doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.10.013).
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) Onwards or homewards? Complex graduate migration pathways, wellbeing and the ‘parental safety net'. Population, Space and Place (In Press).
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) The timing of parental divorce and filial obligations to care for ageing parents. Families Relationships and Societies (In Press).
Gething, P.W., Amoako Johnson, F., Frempong-Ainguah, F, Nyarko, P., Baschieri, A., Aboagye, P., Falkingham, J., Matthews, Z. and Atkinson, P.M. (2012) Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood. BMC Public Health, 12, (991), [13pp]. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-991).
Robards, James, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2012) Marital status, health and mortality. Maturitas, 73, (4), 295-299. (doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.08.007).
Nyirenda, Makandwe, Chatterji, Somnath, Falkingham, Jane, Mutevedzi, Portia, Hosegood, Victoria, Evandrou, Maria, Kowal, Paul and Newell, Marie-Louise (2012) An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health, 12, (1), 259. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-259).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Falkingham, Jane, Madise, Nyovani and Evandrou, Maria (2012) Concern about HIV and AIDS among older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Risk Analysis (doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01765.x).
Bennett, Rachel, Clifford, David and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Household members' migration and the education of children ‘left behind’: empirical findings from Tajikistan and reflections for research practice. Population, Space and Place (doi:10.1002/psp.1698).
Vlachantoni, Athina, Shaw, Richard, Willis, Rosalind, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Luff, Rebekah (2011) Measuring unmet need for social care amongst older people. Population Trends, 145, (1), Autumn Issue, 60-76. (doi:10.1057/pt.2011.17).
Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2011) The changing demography of mid-life, from the 1980s to the 2000s. Population Trends, 145, (1), Autumn Issue, 16-34. (doi:10.1057/pt.2011.15). (PMID:21987011).
Stone, Juliet, Berrington, Ann and Falkingham, Jane (2011) The changing determinants of UK young adults’ living arrangements. Demographic Research, 25, (20), 629-666. (doi:10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.20).
Falkingham, Jane, Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria and Evandrou, Maria (2011) Outward migration from large cities: are older migrants in Nairobi ‘returning’? Population, Space and Place (doi:10.1002/psp.678).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Madise, Nyovani, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2011) Gender differentials on the health consequences of care-giving to people with AIDS-related illness among older informal carers in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya. AIDS Care, 1-9. (doi:10.1080/09540121.2011.569698).
Sefton, Tom, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2011) The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany. Journal of European Social Policy, 21, (1), 20-36. (doi:10.1177/0958928710380475).
Falkingham, Jane C., Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Ezeh, Alex and Evandrou, Maria (2011) Does socioeconomic inequality in health persist among older people living in resource-poor urban slums? Journal of Urban Health (doi:10.1007/s11524-011-9559-4).
Sefton, Tom, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2011) Family Ties: Women's Work and Family Histories and their Association with Incomes in Later Life in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 40, (1), Spring Issue, 41-69. (doi:10.1017/S0047279410000255 ).
Stone, J., Berrington, A. and Falkingham, Jane (2011) Uncertainty and exploration: living arrangements when becoming an adult in the UK. Pre-print (Submitted).
Faye, Ousmane, Baschieri, Angela, Falkingham, Jane and Muindia , Kanyiva (2011) Hunger and food insecurity in Nairobi’s slums. Journal of Urban Health (doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9521-x).
Falkingham, Jane, Akkazieva, Baktygul and Baschieri, Angela (2010) Trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-2007. Health Policy and Planning (doi:10.1093/heapol/czq011).
Clifford, David, Falkingham, Jane and Hinde, Andrew (2010) Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in post-Soviet Tajikistan. European Journal of Population, 26, (3), 325-350. (doi:10.1007/s10680-010-9206-x).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2009) Staying in school: assessing the role of access, availability, and economic opportunities - the case of Tajikistan. Population, Space and Place, 15, (3), 205-224. (doi:10.1002/psp.512).
Falkingham, Jane and Baschieri, Angela (2009) Gender and poverty. How misleading is the unitary model of household resources? An illustration from Tajikistan. Global Social Policy, 9, (1), 43-62. (doi:10.1177/1468018108100397).
Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria, Falkingham, Jane, Madise, Nyovani J. and Evandrou, Maria (2009) Socioeconomic differentials between HIV caregivers and noncaregivers: is there a selection effect? A case of older people living in Nairobi City. Research on Ageing, 32, (1), 67-96. (doi:10.1177/0164027509348116).
Green, Marcus, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2009) Older international migrants: who migrates to England and Wales in later life? Population Trends, 137, (1), 33-40. (doi:10.1057/pt.2009.32). (PMID:19835113).
Green, M., Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J.C. (2009) Older international migrants: who migrates to to England and Wales in later life? Population Trends, (137), Autumn Issue, 33-40.
Berrington, Ann, Stone, Juliet and Falkingham, Jane (2009) The changing living arrangements of young adults in the UK. Population Trends, 138, (1), Winter Issue, 27-37. (doi:10.1057/pt.2009.45). (PMID:20120249).
Kyobutungi, Catherine, Ezeh, Alex C., Zulu, Eliya and Falkingham, Jane (2009) HIV/AIDS and the health of older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 9, (153), 1-9. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-153).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2009) Spatially disaggregated estimates of poverty in Azerbaijan: asset indices versus imputed welfare. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 34, (2-3), 87-104. (doi:10.3233/JEM-2009-0321).
Puri, Mahesh, Hortsman, Ronald, Matthews, Zoë, Falkingham, Jane, Padmadas, Sabu and Devkota, Sekhar (2008) Examining out-of-pocket expenditures on reproductive and sexual health among the urban population of Nepal. Population Review, 47, (2), 50-66. (doi:10.1353/prv.0.0006)).
Falkingham, Jane (2007) The impact of maternal health on poverty. id21 Insights Health, (11), 4-4.
Gereltuya, Altankhuyagiin, Falkingham, Jane and Brown, James John (2007) Determinants of current contraceptive use and method choice in Mongolia. Journal of Biosocial Science, 39, (6), 801-817. (doi:10.1017/S0021932007002003).
Falkingham, Jane ESRC (2007) People of Britain opinion. Living longer: More time to work, rest and play? Britain Today: the State of the Nation 2007, p.98.
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2006) Formalizing informal payment: the progress of health reform in Kyrgyzstan. (In special issue: Social Policy in Central Asia). Central Asian Survey, 25, (4), 441-460. (doi:10.1080/02634930701210435).
Falkingham, J. and Grundy, E. (2006) Healthy, wealthy and old? Nursing Older People, 8, (9), 12-16.
Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. (2006) Formalizing informal payments: the progress of health reform in Kyrgyzstan. Central Asian Survey, 25, (4), 1-20.
Falkingham, Jane (2005) The end of the rollercoaster? Growth, inequality and poverty in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Social Policy & Administration, 39, (4), 340-360. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00444.x).
Falkingham, J. (2004) Poverty, out of pocket payments and access to health care: evidence from Tajikistan. Social Science & Medicine, 58, (2), 247-258. (doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00008-X).
Falkingham, Jane (2003) Inequality and changes in women's use of maternal health-care services in Tajikstan. Studies in Family Planning, 34, (1), 32-43. (doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2003.00032.x).
Balabanova, Dina C., Falkingham, Jane and McKee, Martin (2003) Winners and losers: the expansion of health insurance coverage in Russia in the 1990s. American Journal of Public Health, 1293, (12), 2124-2130.
Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. (2002) Smoking behaviour and socio-economic status: a cohort analysis, 1974-1998. Health Statistics Quarterly, (14), 30-39.
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Rake, Katherine and Scott, Anne (2001) The dynamics of living arrangements in later life: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Population Trends, 105, 37-44.
Falkingham, Jane and Gjonca, Arjan (2001) Fertility transition in communist Albania 1950-1990. Population Studies, 55, (3), 309-318. (doi:10.1080/00324720127699).
Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. (2001) What future for the baby boomers in retirement? Insurance Trends, 31, 1-14.
Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2000) Looking back to look forward: lessons from four birth cohorts for ageing in the 21st Century. Population Trends, 99, 27-36.
Falkingham, Jane (2000) The human cost of transition: a brief review of recent health trends in Central Asia. Eurohealth, 6, (2), 43-47.
Falkingham, Jane (2000) From security to uncertainty: The impact of economic change on child welfare in Central Asia. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Innocenti Working Papers, (76)
Rake, Katherine, Falkingham, Jane and Evans, Martin (2000) British pension policy in the 21st Century: a partnership in pensions or a marriage to the means test? Social Policy & Administration, 34, (3), 296-317. (doi:10.1111/1467-9515.00192).
Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. (1999) "Partnership in Pensions": delivering a secure retirement for women? Benefits, 26, 11-16.
Falkingham, J. (1999) Measuring household welfare: problems and pitfalls with household surveys in Central Asia. MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, 9, (4), 379-393.
Rake, Katherine and Falkingham, Jane (1998) Orphans of the welfare state: does it make sense to reduce widows' benefits? New Economy, 5, (4), 230-232.
Falkingham, Jane (1998) Income in later life. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 8, (1), 81-88. (doi:10.1017/S0959259898008107).
Falkingham, J. (1998) Barriers to Access? The growth of private payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan. Eurohealth, 4, (6), 68-71.
Gjonca, Arjan, Wilson, Chris and Falkingham, Jane (1997) Paradoxes of health transition in Europe's poorest country: Albania 1950-90. Population and Development Review, 23, (3), 585-609.

Book

Falkingham, Jane and Namazie, Ceema (2002) Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor, London, UK, Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 71pp.
McKee, M., Healy, J. and Falkingham, J. (2002) Health Care in Central Asia, Buckingham, UK, Open University Press, 222pp. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series).
Falkingham, J., Klugman, J., Marnie, S. and Micklewright, J. (1997) Household welfare in Central Asia, Basingstoke, UK, Macmillan Press
Falkingham, Jane and Hills, John (1995) The dynamic of welfare: the welfare state and the life cycle, UK, Prentice Hall, 256pp.
Baldwin, Sally and Falkingham, Jane (1994) Social security and social change, UK, Prentice Hall, 504pp.
Johnson, Paul A. and Falkingham, Jane (1992) Ageing and economic welfare, London, UK, Sage, 224pp.

Book Section

Vlachantoni, Athina and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Gender and old-age pension protection in Asia. In, Social Protection for Older Persons: Social Pensions in Asia. Mandaluyong, PH, Asian Development Bank, 120-136.
Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2012) Social protection for older people in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. In, Social Protection for Older Persons: Social Pensions in Asia. Mandaluyong, PH, Asian Development Bank, 246-278.
Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2012) Demography. In, Alcock, Pete, May, Margaret and Wright, Sharon (eds.) The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 4th edition. Chichester, GB, Wiley, 145-152.
Noble, Jason, Silverman, Eric, Bijak, Jakub, Rossiter, Stuart, Evandrou, Maria, Bullock, Seth, Vlachantoni, Athina and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Linked lives: the utility of an agent-based approach to modelling partnership and household formation in the context of social care. In, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2012 (WSC2012). Berlin, DE, WSC.
Falkingham, Jane and McGowan, Teresa (2011) Improving the teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists. In, Payne, Geoff and Williams, Malcolm (eds.) Teaching Quantitative Methods: Getting the Basics Right. London, GB, SAGE.
Falkingham, Jane and Baschieri, Angela (2010) Gender, poverty and transition in central Asia. In, Chant, Sylvia (ed.) International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar.
Falkingham, Jane, Evandrou, Maria and Vlachantoni, Athina (2010) Gender, poverty and pensions in the UK. In, Chant, Sylvia (ed.) International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 232-237.
Falkingham, J., Baschieri, A., Evandrou, M. and Grant, G. (2010) Left behind in transition? The well-being of older people in Tajikistan. In, Collett, J., Frank, J., Johns, E., Marin, B. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds.) Reinventing Retirement: Reshaping Health and Financial Security for the EU27 and Eastern Europe. Reinventing Retirement: Reshaping Health & Financial Security for the EU 27 and Eastern Europe Aldershot, UK, Ashgate.
Channon, A.R., Matthews, Z. and Falkingham, J. (2010) Sexual and reproductive health and poverty. In, Malarcher, Shawn (ed.) Social Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health: Informing Future Research and Programme Implementation. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organisation, 73-92.
Zaidi, A., Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., Johnson, P. and Scott, A. (2009) Employment transitions and earnings dynamics in the SAGE model. In, Zaidi, Ashgar, Harding, Anne and Williamson, Paul (eds.) New Frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling. Aldershot, UK, Ashgate, 351-379.
Falkingham, J. and Baschieri, A. (2009) Gender and poverty: how misleading is the unitary model of household resources? In, Yeates, Nicola and Holden, Chris (eds.) The Global Social Policy Reader. Bristol, UK, The Policy Press, 123-128.
Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2009) Pensions and income security in later life. In, Hills, John, Sefton, Tom and Stewart, Kitty (eds.) Towards a More Equal Society? Poverty, Inequality and Policy since 1997. Bristol, UK, Policy Press, 157-177. (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy).
Rake, K., Falkingham, J. and Zaidi, A. (2008) Income mobility in old age. In, Zaidi, Asghar (ed.) Well-Being of Older People in Ageing Societies. Aldershot, UK, Ashgate, 151-194. (Public Policy and Social Welfare).
McKee, Martin and Falkingham, Jane (2008) The changing face of transitional societies. In, Coker, Richard, Atun, Rifat and McKee, Martin (eds.) Health Systems and the Challenge of Communicable Diseases: Experiences from Europe and Latin America. Maidenhead, UK, Open University Press, 21-46.
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2008) Tajikistan. In, Epstein, Irving and Pattnaik, Jyotsna (eds.) The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children’s Issues Worldwide: Asia and Oceania. Westport, USA, Greenwood Press, 465-486. (doi:10.1336/0313336148).
Channon, A.R., Matthews, Z. and Falkingham, J., World Health Organization (2008) Poverty and sexual and reproductive health: evidence of the relationship. In, Social Determinants: Creating an Environment For Sexual and Reproductive Health. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organisation. (In Press).
Zaidi, Asghar, Rake, Katherine and Falkingham, Jane (2007) Welfare indicators of income experience during old age - evidence from the UK. In, Marin, Bernd and Zaidi, Asghar (eds.) Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Progress and Policies. Aldershot, UK, Ashgate Publishing, 163-202.
Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2007) Demographic change, health and health-risk behaviour across cohorts in Britain: implications for policy modelling. In, Gupta, Anil and Harding, Ann (eds.) Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care. Kidlington, Oxford, Emerald, 59-80. (International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics 16).
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Johnson, Paul, Scott, Anne and Zaidi, Ashgar (2007) The SAGE model: dynamic microsimulation population model for Britain. In, Gupta, Anil and Harding, Ann (eds.) Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care. Kidlington, UK, Elsevier, 443-446. (International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics 16).
Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2006) Will the baby-boomers be better off than their parents in retirement? In, Vincent, John A., Phillipson, Chris R. and Downs, Murna (eds.) The Futures of Old Age. London, Sage Publications, 90-102.
Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. (2005) A secure retirement for all? Older People and New Labour. In, Hills, J. and Stewart, K. (eds.) New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion. Bristol, Policy Press, 167-188.
Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. (2004) Demographic Change in Europe: implications for family support for older people. In, Kreager, P. and Schroeder-Butterfill, E. (eds.) Ageing Without Children: European and Asian Perspectives on Elderly Access to Support Networks. Oxford, UK, Berhahn Books. (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality, 6).
Falkingham, J. (2004) Inequality and poverty in the CIS-7 countries, 1989-2002. In, Shiells, Clinton R. and Sattar, Sarosh (eds.) The Low Income Countires of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Progress and Challenges in Transition. Washington DC, USA, The International Monetary Fund.
Falkingham, Jane and Rake, Katherine (2003) Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society. In, Bochel, Catherine, Ellison, Nick and Powell, Martin (eds.) Social Policy Review 15. Bristol, UK, The Policy Press, 197-216.
Falkingham, Jane, Rake, Katherine and Paxton, Will (2002) Modelling pension choices for the 21st century. In, Brooks, Richard, Regan, Sue and Robinson, Peter (eds.) A New Contract for Retirement: Modeling Policy Options to 2050. London, UK, Institute for Public Policy Research, 35-64.
Falkingham, J. (2001) Poverty in Central Asia. In, Central Asia 2010: Prospects for Human Development. Almaty, Kazakhstan, United Nations Development Programme Kazakhstan, 66-78.
Falkingham, J. (2001) From security to uncertainty: the impact of economic change on child welfare in central Asia. In, Vleminckx, Koen and Smeeding, Timothy M. (eds.) Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations. Bristol, UK, The Policy Press, 227-254.
Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. (2001) Modelling the gender impact of the British pension reforms. In, Ginn, J., Street, D. and Arber, S. (eds.) Women, Work and Pensions: International Issues and Prospects. Buckingham, UK, Open University Press, 67-85.
Falkingham, J. (2000) Income, poverty and well-being in central Asia. In, Hutton, Sandra and Redmond, Gerry (eds.) Poverty in Transition. London, UK, Routledge, 70-90. (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition).
Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (1998) The personal social services. In, Glennerster, Howard and Hills, John (eds.) The State of Welfare: The Economics of Social Spending. Oxford, UK, Oxford Uuniversity Press.

Conference or Workshop Item

Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) The complex processes of post-student migration and the 'parental safety net'. In, New Agendas on Youth and Young Adulthood: Youth Studies Conference, Glasgow, GB, 08 - 10 Apr 2013.
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2013) The migration pathways of UK graduates. Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) Migration Breakfast Briefing, London, GB, 08 Mar 2013.
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) The complex processes of post-HE migration and the 'parental safety net'. In, Young Adults’ Housing and Independent Living: New Insights, London, GB, 23 Nov 2013.
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) A lifecourse perspective on experiences of parental marital disruption and changing family relations through the use of life narrative and life history calendar methods. In, Annual meeting of the British Society for Population Studies, Nottingham, GB, 10 - 12 Sep 2012.
Sage, Joanna, Falkingham, Jane and Evandrou, Maria (2012) The patterns and processes of post-student migration in the UK. In, 2nd International Conference on Geographies of Education, Loughborough, GB, 10 - 11 Sep 2012.
Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Living alone in mid-life: diversity and change. In, British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) Annual Conference, Nottingham, GB, 10 - 12 Sep 2012.
Vlachantoni, Athina, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Pensions among older people from ethnic minorities: patterns and prospects. In, BSG2012: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Keele, UK, 11 - 13 Jul 2012.
Sage, Joanna, Falkingham, Jane and Evandrou, Maria (2012) The complex processes of post-student migration and returning to the parental home. In, Innovative Perspectives on Population Mobility Conference, St. Andrews, United Kingdon, 02 - 03 Jul 2012.
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Maslovskaya, Olga and Vlachantoni, Athina (2012) Transitions into sheltered accommodation and residential care in later life: evidence from the British household panel survey (1991-2008). In, European Association of Population Studies: Gender, Policies and Population, Stockholm, SE, 13 - 16 Jun 2012.
Falkingham, Jane, Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann and Evandrou, Maria (2012) The demography of living alone in mid-life: a typology of solo-living in the United Kingdom. In, European Population Conference, Stockholm, SE, 13 - 16 Jun 2012. 18pp.
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) The effects of parental marital disruption on the obligations of mid-life adult children to care. In, European Population Conference, Stockholm, SE, 13 - 16 Jun 2012.
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) The effects of post-retirement marital disruption on intergenerational exchanges, and the obligations of mid-life adult children to care. At Population Association of America Annual Conference, San Francisco, US, 03 - 05 May 2012.
Sage, Joanna, Falkingham, Jane and Evandrou, Maria (2012) The complex processes of post-student migration and returning to the parental home. Research Seminar, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, GB,
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) A lifecourse perspective on parental marital disruption and the obligations mid-life ‘adult children’ feel to care for their parents. In, Third Biennial British-Irish Population Conference, Belfast, GB, 18 - 19 Apr 2012.
Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2011) The changing demography of mid-life, from the 1980s to the 2000s. In, BSPS Conference 2011, York, GB, 07 - 09 Sep 2011.
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Maslovskaya, Olga and Vlachantoni, Athina (2011) Transitions into residential care in later life: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey, 1991-2009. In, British Society of Population Studies, York, GB, 07 - 09 Sep 2011.
Shaw, Richard, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2011) The determinants of receipt of social care: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. In, British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, 05 - 07 Jul 2011.
Vlachantoni, Athina, Shaw, Richard, Willis, Rosalind, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Luff, Rebekah (2011) Investigating unmet need for social care amongst older people. In, British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, 05 - 07 Jul 2011.
Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. (2006) Non-income dimensions of child poverty in the CIS and South Eastern Europe. In, European governments who signed up to the ‘World Fit for Children’, Florence, Italy, 15 Nov 2006. Florence, Italy, United Nations Children’s Fund.

Monograph

Berrington, Ann, Stone, Juliet and Falkingham, Jane (2013) The impact of parental characteristics and contextual effects on returns to the parental home in Britain. , Centre for Population Change, Economic & Social Research Council, 22pp. (CPC Working Papers, 29).
Shaw, Richard J., Vlachantoni, Athina, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) Disablement in later life: moving beyond health determinants? Southampton, GB, University of Southampton (Care Life Cycle Discussion Papers, 1).
Sage, Joanna, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2012) The complex migration pathways of UK graduates. Southampton, GB, ESRC Centre for Population Change, 4pp. (Centre for Population Change Briefing Papers, 9).
Gething, Peter W., Amoako Johnson, Fiifi, Frempong-Ainguah, Faustina, Nyakro, Philomena, Baschieri, Angela, Aboagye, Patrick, Falkingham, Jane, Matthews, Zoe and Atkinson, Peter M. (2012) Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood. Southampton, GB, ESRC Centre for Population Change, 34pp. (Centre for Population Change Working Paper, 21).
Gething, Peter W., Amoako Johnson, Fiifi, Frempong-Ainguah, Faustina, Nyarko, Philomena, Baschieri, Angela, Aboagye, Patrick, Falkingham, Jane, Matthews, Zoe and Atkinson, P.M. ESRC Centre for Population Change (2012) Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood. Southampton, GB, University of Southampton (Submitted)
Demey, Dieter, Berrington, Ann, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and McGowan, Teresa (2011) How has mid-life changed in Britain since the 1980s? Southampton, GB, ESRC Research Centre for Population Change (CPC), 4pp. (CPC Briefing Paper, 2).
Vlachantoni, Athina, Shaw, Richard, Willis, Rosalind, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Luff, Rebekah (2011) Measuring unmet need for social care among older people. Southampton, GB, ESRC Centre for Population Change, 4pp. (Centre for Population Change Briefing Paper, 3).
Vlachantoni, Athina and Falkingham, Jane (2011) Exploring gender and pensions in Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam. Southampton, GB, University of Southampton, 43pp. (Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Papers 1101).
Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina (2010) Pensions and social protection in central Asia and south Caucasus: developments in the post-Soviet era. Southampton, GB, University of Southampton (Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Papers 1002).
Falkingham, Jane, Evandrou, Maria, McGowan, Teresa, Bell, D and Bowes, A (2010) Demographic issues, projections and trends: older people with high support needs in the UK. Southampton, GB, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF Programme Paper: a Better Life).
Berrington, Ann, Stone, Juliet and Falkingham, Jane (2010) How far have transitions to adulthood changed in the last decade? Evidence from the United Kingdom Labour Force Survey. , UK, ESRC Centre for Population Change (ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper, 5).
Sefton, Tom, Falkingham, Jane and Evandrou, Maria (2009) The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, 27pp. (Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper, (0706) ).
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Sefton, Tom (2009) Women’s family histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany. London, UK, London School of Economics, 34pp. (Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, (138) ).
Sefton, Tom, Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane (2008) Family ties: women’s work and family histories and their association with incomes in later life in the UK. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, 56pp. (Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper, (0705) ).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2007) Child Poverty in Tajikistan. , United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 120pp.
Falkingham, Jane, Akkazieva, Baktygul and Baschieri, Angela (2007) Health, health seeking behaviour and out of pocket expenditures in Kyrgyzstan, 2007. Bishek, Kyrgystan, WHO/Kyrgystan Health Policy Analysis Unit, 83pp. (World Health Organization/Centre for Health Systems Development Policy Research Paper, (46) ).
Falkingham, Jane and Klytchnikova, Irina (2006) The Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan: an update 1999 to 2003. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 48pp. (S3RI Methodology Working Papers, (A06/02) ).
Falkingham, Jane and Grundy, Emily (2006) Demographic aspects of population ageing. London, UK, ESRC (ESRC Seminar series: Mapping the Public Policy Landscape).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2006) Staying in school: assessing the role of access, availability and cost. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 27pp. (S3RI Applications & Policy Working Papers, (A07/02) ).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2005) Developing a poverty map of Tajikistan: a technical note. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 47pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A05/11) ).
Falkingham, Jane, Baschieri, Angela, Hornby, Duncan and Hutton, Craig (2005) Creating a poverty map for Azerbaijan. Washington, US, The World Bank, 72pp. (Policy, Research Working Paper, WPS 3793).
Falkingham, Jane and Baschieri, Angela (2005) Gender and poverty: how we can be misled by the unitary model of household resources – the case of Tajikistan. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 21pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/21) ).
Baschieri, Angela, Falkingham, Jane and Grant, Gail (2005) Are the poor missing out in the achievement of the MDGs? Report to Reaching the Very Poorest Team. London, GB, Department for International Development
Falkingham, Jane and Baschieri, Angela (2004) Gender differentials in Tajikistan: a gendered analysis of the 2003 Tajikistan Living Standards Measurement Survey. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 57pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/20) ).
Falkingham, Jane and Ibragimova, Shamsia (2004) Children in transition: child poverty in The Kyrgyz Republic. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 31pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A04/19) ).
Baschieri, Angela and Falkingham, Jane (2004) Creating a poverty map for Azerbaijan. Southampton, GB, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 49pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A04/12).
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Johnson, Paul, Scott, Anne and Zaidi, Asghar (2003) Simplicity, Security and Choice: a response to the Green Paper on Pensions by the ESRC-SAGE Research Group. London, UK, London School of Economics (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (13) ).
Falkingham, Jane (2003) Poverty and access to maternal health care in Tajikistan. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 31pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/09) ).
Falkingham, Jane (2003) Inequality and poverty in the CIS-7, 1989-2002. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 53pp. (S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, (A03/02) ).
Scott, Anne, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Rake, Katherine (2001) Going Into residential care: evidence from the BHPS 1991-1998. , London School of Economics, 22pp. (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (5) ).
Zaidi, Asghar, Rake, Katherine and Falkingham, Jane (2001) Income mobility in later life. London, UK, London School of Economics, 24pp. (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (3) ).
Falkingham, Jane and Rake, Katherine (2001) British pension reform and the pension credit: a response to the pension credit consultation document. London, UK, London School of Economics, 6pp. (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (6) ).
Falkingham, Jane (2001) Health, health seeking behaviour and out of pocket expenditures in Kyrgyzstan 2001. London, GB, Department for International Development
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Johnson, Paul and Rake, Katherine (2001) SAGE: simulating social policy in an ageing society. London, UK, London School of Economics, 23pp. (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (1) ).
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Rake, Katherine and Scott, Anne (2001) The dynamics of living arrangements in later life: preliminary findings. London, UK, London School of Economics, 15pp. (ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Papers, (4) ).
Falkingham, Jane (2000) A profile of poverty in Tajikistan. , London School of Economics, 61pp. (ESRC Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, (39) ).
Falkingham, Jane (2000) Women and gender relations in Tajikistan. Manila, The Philippines, Asian Development Bank
Evans, Martin, Rake, Katherine and Falkingham, Jane (1999) Tightropes and tripwires: New Labour's proposals and means-testing in old age. London, UK, London School of Economics, 25pp. (CASE Papers, (23) ).
Agulnik, Phil, Bar, Nicholas, Falkingham, Jane and Rake, Katherine (1999) Partnership in pensions: responses to the pensions Green Paper. London, UK, London School of Economics, 67pp. (CASE Papers, (24) ).
Falkingham, Jane (1999) Welfare in transition: trends in poverty and well-being in Central Asia. London, UK, London School of Economics, 54pp. (CASE Papers, (20) ).
 

Research

Research Interests

My continuing research interests can be broadly divided into four areas, with demographic change and its consequences for the distribution of social and economic welfare and its distribution being a consistent theme throughout.

  • population ageing and social security, in particular the design of pension systems and their impact upon resources in later life
  • the redistributive effect of the welfare state, in particular how it varies both across the life-cycle for an individual and also between cohorts with changes in the life course
  • the impact of economic transition on living standards within the countries of the former Soviet Union, particularly Central Asia and especially Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
  • the relationship between poverty and health in low income settings, with a particular focus on the slums of Nairobi and Accra
Currently funded research projects:
  • ESRC Centre for Population Change, Director
  • DfID-ESRC joint scheme 'Left behind in transition: the welfare of older people in Central Asia and the Caucasus' with Professor Maria Evandrou, Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton
  • DfID-ESRC joint scheme 'Mapping maternal mortality in Ghana' with Professor Zoe Matthews, Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty & Policy, University of Southampton
  • DfID-ESRC joint scheme 'Demographic and poverty dynamics in an African population with high AIDs mortality and implications for social policy' with Professor Ian Timaeus (LSHTM) and Professor Julian May (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Wellcome Trust Urbanisation, 'Poverty and health dynamics in sub-saharan Africa' with Dr Eliya Zulu, Dr Nyovani Madaise, Dr Alex Ezeh (Africa Population & Health Research Centre  and Professor John Cleland (LSHTM)
Recent projects include:
  • World Bank/DFID project: 'Poverty mapping in Tajikistan'
  • ESRC: SAGE Research Group, Simulating Social Policy for an Ageing Society
  • Harding A, Kelly S, Falkingham J, Evandrou M, ARC Linkage Grant LP0562493, 2005–2008: 'Assessing the social and fiscal policy implications of an ageing population', ($480,000 from Australian Research Council

Responsibilities

Head of Social Sciences

Contact

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Social Sciences
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