Professor Jane Falkingham

Jane Falkingham

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change, Professor of Demography & International Social Policy
Telephone: (023) 8059 3192
Email: J.C.Falkingham@soton.ac.uk

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.

Research projects

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 Prof Maria Evandrou, Centre for Research on Ageing, Southampton University.
  • DfID-ESRC Joint Scheme Mapping maternal mortality in Ghana with Prof Zoe Matthews, Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty & Policy, Southampton University.
  • DfID-ESRC Joint Scheme Demographic and poverty dynamics in an African population with high AIDs mortality and implications for social policy with Prof Ian Timaeus (LSHTM) and Prof 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 on 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).

    Roles

    Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences.

    Selected publications

    Books
     Falkingham, J. 2000 Women and Gender Relations in Tajikistan. Manila: Asian Development Bank.
     Johnson, P. and Falkingham, J. 1992 Ageing and Economic Welfare. London: Sage., (ISBN: 0-8039-8248-8)
    Edited books and volumes
     McKee, M. Healy, J. and Falkingham, J. (eds) 2002 Health Care in Central Asia. Buckingham: Open University Press., (ISBN: 0-335-20926-2)
     J. Falkingham, J. Klugman, S. Marnie and J. Micklewright (eds) 1997 Household Welfare in Central Asia. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press., (ISBN: 0-333-67433-2)
     Falkingham, J. and Hills, J. (eds) 1995 The Dynamic of Welfare: The welfare state and the life cycle. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf., (ISBN: 0-13-342841-9)
     Baldwin, S. and Falkingham, J. (eds) 1994 Social Security and Social Change. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf., (ISBN: 0-7450-1524-7)
    Chapters in books
     Falkingham, J. and Baschieri, A. 2010 Gender, Poverty and Transition in Central Asia. In Chant, S. (eds), International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
     Falkingham, J. Evandrou, M. and Vlachantoni, A. 2010 Gender, Poverty and Pensions in the UK. In Chant, S. (eds), International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
     Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2009 Pensions and income security in later life. In Hills, J. Sefton, T. and Stewart, K. (eds), Towards a More Equal Society? Poverty, Inequality and Policy since 1997 (pp. 157-177). Bristol: Policy Press., (ISBN: 978-1-84742-201-9)
     Falkingham, J and McGowan, T 2009 Improving the Teaching of Quantitative Methods to Undergraduate Social Scientists: understanding and overcoming the barriers Teaching Quantitative Methods: Counting on the Social Sciences. Sage.
     Falkingham, J. and Baschieri, A. 2009 Gender and Poverty: How Misleading is the Unitary Model of Household Resources? In Yeates, N. and Holden, C. (eds), The Global Social Policy Reader (pp. 123-128). Bristol: The Policy Press., (ISBN: 9781847423771)
     Falkingham, J. Baschieri, A. Evandrou, M. and Grant, G. 2009 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. Aldershot: Ashgate.
     Zaidi, A. Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. Johnson, P. and Scott, A. 2009 Employment Transitions and Earnings Dynamics in the SAGE Model. In Zaidi, A. Harding, A. and Williamson, P. (eds), New Frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling (pp. 351-379). Aldershot: Ashgate., (ISBN: 978-0-7546-7647-8)
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2008 Tajikistan. In Epstein, I. and Pattnaik, J. (eds), Children’s Issues Worldwide: Asia and Oceania (pp. 465-486). Westport CT: Greenwood Press., (ISBN: 978-0-313-33614-0)
     McKee, M. and Falkingham, J. 2008 The changing face of transitional societies. In Coker, R. Atun, R. and McKee M. (eds), Health Systems and the Challenge of Communicable Diseases: Experiences from Europe and Latin America (pp. 21-46). Maidenhead: Open University Press., (ISBN: 978-033523366-3)
     Rake, K. Falkingham, J. and Zaidi, A. 2008 Income Mobility in Old Age. In Zaidi, A. (eds), Well-being of older People in Ageing Societies (pp. 151-194). Aldershot: Ashgate.
     Zaidi, A. Rake, K. Falkingham, J. and Gustafsson, B. 2008 Welfare indicators of income experience during old age - evidence from the UK. In Marin, B. and Zaidi, A. (eds), Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Progress and Policies (pp. 243-264). Aldershot: Ashgate., (ISBN: 978-0-7546-73613)
     Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2007 Demographic Change, Health and Health-Risk Behaviour across cohorts in Britain: Implications for Policy Modelling. In Gupta, A. and Harding, A. (eds), Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care (pp. 59-80). nternational Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, 16, Elsevier., (ISBN: 978-0-444-53005-9)
     Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. Johnson, P. Scott, A. and Zaidi, A. 2007 The SAGE Model: A Dynamic Microsimulation Population Model for Britain. In Gupta, A. and Harding, A. (eds), Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care (pp. 443-446). International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, 16, Elsevier., (ISBN: 978-0-444-53005-9)
     Evandrou M. and Falkingham J. 2006 'Will the Baby-boomers be better off than their parents in retirement?' In Vincent, JA, Phillipson, C & Downs, M (eds), The Futures of Old Age (pp. 90-102). London: Sage Publications., (ISBN: 10 1-4129-0107-3)
     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 (pp. 167-188). Bristol: Policy Press., (ISBN: 1-86134-577-1)
     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), Elderly Without Children. Oxford: Berhahn Books., (ISBN: 1-57181-614-3)
     Falkingham, J. 2004 Inequality and Poverty in the CIS7, 1989-2002 The Low Income Countires of the CIS: Progress and Challenges in Transition. Washington DC, USA: The International Monetary Fund/The World Bank., (ISBN: 1-58906-321-X)
     Falkingham, J and Rake, K 2003 Pensions Choices for the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of an Ageing Society. In Bochel, C, Ellison, N. and Powell, M. (eds), Social Policy Review (15pp. 197-216). Bristol: The Policy Press., (ISBN: 1-86134-469-4)
     Falkingham, J. Rake, K. and Paxton, W. 2002 Modelling Pension Choices for the 21st Century. In Brooks, R. Regan S. and Robinson, P. (eds), A new contract for retirement: modeling policy options to 2050 (pp. 35-64). London: IPPR., (ISBN: 1-86030-193-2)
     Falkingham, J. 2001 From Security to Uncertainty: the impact of economic change on child welfare in Central Asia. In K. Vleminckx and T.M. Smeeding (eds), Child Well-being in Modern Nations (pp. 227-254). Bristol: The Policy Press.
     Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. 2001 Modelling the Gender Impact of the British Pension Reforms. In J. Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber (eds), Women, Work and Pensions (pp. 67-85). Buckingham: Open University Press., (ISBN: 0-335-20594-1)
     Falkingham, J. 2000 Income, Poverty and well-being in Central Asia. In S. Hutton and G. Redmond (eds), Poverty in Transition (pp. 70-90). London: Routledge.
     Falkingham, J. 1999 Poverty in Central Asia Central Asia 2010: Prospects for Human Development (pp. 66-78). New York: UNDP The Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS.
     Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 1998 The personal social services. In H. Glennerster and J. Hills (eds), The State of Welfare. Oxford: Oxford Uuniversity Press., (ISBN: 0-19-877591-1), 2nd edition
    Articles in journals
     Clifford, D., Falkingham, J. and Hinde, A. 2010 Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in post-Soviet Tajikistan. European Journal of Population, 26, (ISSN: 0168-6577), Published on-line
     Chepngeno-Langat, G. Falkingham, J., Madise, N., and Evandrou, M. 2010 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.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. Akkazieva, B. and Baschieri, A. 2010 Trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-2007. Health Policy and Planning  On-line article, Published on-line first. Open Access.
     Sefton, T. Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2010 Family Ties: Women's Work and Family Histories and their Association with Incomes in Later Life in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, Published online 12 April 2010 doi:10.1017/S0047279410000255  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2009 Staying in School: Assessing the Role of Access, Availability and Economic Opportunities: The Case of Tajikistan. Population Space and Place, 15, 205-224.  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2009 Spatially Disaggregated Estimates of Poverty in Azerbaijan: Asset Indices Versus Imputed Welfare. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 34(2/3), 87-104.  On-line article, (ISSN: 0747-9662/09)
     Berrington, A. Stone, J. and Falkingham, J. 2009 The changing living arrangements of young adults in the UK. Population Trends, 138, 27-37.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Baschieri, A. 2009 Gender and Poverty: How Misleading is the Unitary Model of Household Resources? An Illustration from Tajikistan. Global Social Policy, Vol 9(1), 43-62.  On-line article
     Green, M. Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2009 Older International Migrants: who migrates to England and Wales in later life? Population Trends, 137, 33-40.  On-line article, (ISSN: 0307–4463)
     Kyobutungi, C. Ezeh, A. Zulu, E. and Falkingham, J. 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  On-line article
     Puri, M., Hortsman, R., Matthews, Z., Falkingham J., Padmadas, S.S., and Devkota, S. 2008 Examining out-of-pocket expenditures on reproductive and sexual health among the urban population of Nepal. Population Review , 47(2), 50-66.  On-line article
     Altankhuyagiin G, Falkingham, J. and Brown, J. 2007 Determinants of Current Contraceptive Use and Method Choice in Mongolia. Journal of Bio-social Science, Vol 39(6), 801-817.  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham J. 2006 Formalizing informal payment: the progress of health reform in Kyrgyzstan. Central Asian Survey, 25(4), 441-460.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Grundy, E. 2006 Healthy, wealthy and old? Nurs Older People, 8(9), 12-4, 16-8.
     Falkingham, J. 2005 The End of the Rollercoaster? Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Social Policy & Administration, 39(4), 340-360.  On-line article, (ISSN: 0144-5596)
     Falkingham, J. 2004 Poverty, out of pocket payments and access to health care: evidence from Tajikstan. Social Science and Medicine, 58, 247-258.  On-line article
     Balabanova, D. Falkingham, J. and McKee, M. 2003 Winners and losers: the expansion of health insurance coverage in Russia in the 1990s. American Journal of Public Health, 12(3), 2124-2130.
     Falkingham, J. 2003 Inequality in Utilisation of Maternal Health Care in Tajikstan. Studies in Family Planning, 34(1), 32-43.  On-line article
     Evandrou M. and Falkingham, J. 2002 Smoking behaviour and socio-economic status: a cohort analysis, 1974-1998. Health Statistics Quarterly, 14, 30-39.  On-line article, (ISSN: 1465-1645)
     Evandrou M, Falkingham J, Rake K and Scott A 2001 The dynamics of living arrangements in later life: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Population Trends, 105, 37-44.
     Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2001 What future for the baby boomers in retirement? Insurance Trends, 31, 1-14.
     Falkingham, J. and Gjonca, A. 2001 Fertility Transition in Communist Albania 1950-1990. Population Studies, 55, 309-318.
     Evandrou M and Falkingham J 2000 Looking back to look forward: lessons from four birth cohorts for ageing in the 21st Century. Population Trends, 99, 27-36.
     Falkingham, J. 2000 The human cost of transition: a brief review of recent health trends in Central Asia. Eurohealth, Volume 6 number 2
     Falkingham, J. 2000 Children in Transition: from security to uncertainty? UNICEF Innocenti Working Paper, No. 76
     Rake, K. Falkingham, J. and Evans, M. 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.
     Falkingham, J. 1999 Measuring household welfare: problems and pitfalls with household surveys in Central Asia. MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, Vol 9 no 4, 379-393., (ISSN: 1120-7388)
     Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. 1999 Partnership in Pensions: delivering a secure retirement for women? Benefits, September/October, 10-12.
     Falkingham, J. 1998 Income in later life. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, Vol.8, 81-88.
     Falkingham, J. 1998 Barriers to Access? The growth of private payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan. Eurohealth, Volume 4 number 6, 68-71.
     Rake, K. and Falkingham, J. 1998 Orphans of the welfare state: does it make sense to reduce widows' benefits? New Economy, Vol 5. Issue 4
     Gjonca, A. Wilson, C. and Falkingham, J. 1997 Paradoxes of Health transition in Europe's Poorest Country: Albania 1950-1990. Population and Development Review, Vol 23 no 3
    Working papers
     Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. and Sefton, T. 2009 Women’s family histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany. Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper No.0707/ Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper 138. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Sefton, T. Falkingham, J. and Evandrou, M. 2009 The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany. Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper No.0706/ Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper 137. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Sefton, T. Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2008 Family ties: Women’s work and family histories and their association with incomes in later life in the UK. Centre for Research on Ageing Discussion Paper No.0705/ Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper 135. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2007 Staying in school: assessing the role of access, availability and cost. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. Akkazieva, B. and Baschieri, A. 2007 Health, Health Seeking Behaviour and Out Of Pocket Expenditures In Kyrgyzstan, 2007. WHO/Centre for Health Systems Development Policy Research Paper 46  On-line article
     Falkingham, Jane and Klytchnikova, Irina 2006 The Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan: an update 1999 to 2003. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham. J. 2005 Developing a Poverty map for Tajikistan: A Technical Note. A05/11 S3RI Working Paper Series  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. Falkingham, J. Hornby, D. and Hutton, C. 2005 Creating a Poverty Map for Azerbaijan. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper , No. 3793  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Baschieri, A. 2005 Gender and Poverty: How we can be misled by the unitary model of household resources - the case of Tajikstan. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A04/19. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2004 Creating a Poverty Map for Azerbaijan. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A04/12. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Ibragimova, S. 2004 Children in Transition: Child Poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A04/19. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
     Falkingham, Jane and Baschieri, Angela 2004 Gender differentials in Tajikistan: a gendered analysis of the 2003 Tajikistan Living Standards Measurement Survey.  On-line article
     Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. Johnson, P. Scott, A. and Zaidi, A. 2003 Simplicity, Security and Choice: A response to the Green Paper on Pensions by the ESRC-SAGE Research Group. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, 13. London: London School of Economics.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. 2003 Poverty and Access to Maternal Health Care in Tajikstan. S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A03/09. Southampton: Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute.  On-line article
     Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. Rake, K. and Scott, A. February 2001 The Dynamics of Living Arrangements in Later Life: preliminary findings. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 4  On-line article
     Zaidi, A. Rake, K. and Falkingham, J. February 2001 Income Mobility in Later Life. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 3  On-line article
     Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. Johnson, P. and Rake, K. 2001 SAGE: Simulating Social Policy in an AGEing Society. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 1  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. 2001 British Pension Reform and the Pension Credit: A Response to the Pension Credit Consultation Document. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 6  On-line article
     Scott, A. Evandrou, M. Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. 2001 Going Into Residential Care: evidence from the BHPS 1991-1998. ESRC SAGE Research Group Discussion Paper, No. 5  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. 2000 A Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan. ESRC Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, No. 39. London School of Economics.
     Falkingham, J. 1999 Welfare in Transition: Trends in poverty and Well-being in Central. ESRC Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, No. 20. London School of Economics.
     Falkingham, J. and Rake, K. 1999 Partnership in Pensions: Responses to the Pensions Green Paper. Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, No. 24. London School of Economics.
     Rake, K. Falkingham, J. and Evans, M. 1999 Tightropes and Tripwires: New Labour's proposals and means-testing in Old Age. Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion Discussion Paper, No. 23. London School of Economics.
    Reports
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2007 Child Poverty in Tajikistan. Report to UNICEF country office, Dushanbe, tajikistan  On-line article
     Jane Falkingham and Emily Grundy 2006 Demographic aspects of population ageing. Report to ESRC Seminar series: mapping the public policy landscape. ESRC.  On-line abstract  On-line article
     Baschieri, A. and Falkingham, J. 2005 Non-income dimensions of child poverty in the CIS and South Eastern Europe. Report to UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Florence: UNICEF.
     Baschieri, A. Falkingham, J. and Grant, G. 2005 Are the Poor Missing out in the Achievement of the MDGs? Report to 'Reaching the Very Poorest Team', Policy Division, DFID
     Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J. 2004 Cigarette smoking and drinking behaviour in Northern Ireland 1986-2002: A cohort analysis. Report to Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland.  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. and Namazie, C. 2002 Identifying the poor: A critical review of alternative approaches. Report to DFID Health Systems Resource Centre  On-line article
     Falkingham, J. 2001 "Health, health seeking behaviour and out of pocket expenditures in Kyrgyzstan 2001" In The Final Report of the Kyrgyz Household Health Finance Survey. Report to Ministry of Health Kyrgyzstan and Health & Population Division, Central Asia. DFID.