Paul is Professor of Economic and Social Policy, and Director of the Centre for Analysis and Social Policy at the University of Bath.
He is currently a member of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) Commission on Youth Employment; the Advisory Group for National Evaluation of Sure Start; the Governing Board of the New Birth Cohort; and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies - Birth Cohort Studies Scientific Committee.
He was seconded to the Department for Work and Pensions from 2008 to 2009 to author the report: ‘Realising Potential: A Vision for Personalised Conditionality and Support’.
He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, HM Treasury, from 1997 to 2006 where he acted as a technical adviser to officials developing policies to reduce unemployment, welfare reliance and child poverty.
...understand why the number of older apprenticeship starts is declining, if the trend likely to continue and whether we should be worried. First, the Commission identifies two possible explanations: changes...
...The change has been driven by three things, two of which are good news: A big decrease in the proportion of children living in workless households: from 20% in 1996...