Journal Articles
Hirsch, D (2020)
After a decade of austerity, Does the UK have an income safety net worth its name?, pp.211-226.
Hill, K,
Hirsch, D, Davis, A (2020)
The role of social support networks in helping low income families through uncertain times,
Social Policy and Society, 20(1), pp.17-32, ISSN: 1474-7464. DOI:
10.1017/S1474746420000184.
Hirsch, D, Concialdi, P, Math, A, Padley, M, Pereira, E, Pereirinha, J, Thornton, R (2020)
The Minimum Income Standard and equivalisation: reassessing relative costs of singles and couples and of adults and children,
Journal of Social Policy, 50(1), pp.148-167, ISSN: 0047-2794. DOI:
10.1017/S0047279419001004.
Hirsch, D, Stone, J, Padley, M, Valadez-Martinez, L (2019) The low income gap: a new indicator based on a minimum income standard,
Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, ISSN: 0303-8300.
Hirsch, D (2018)
Ruth Patrick (2017) For whose benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform, Bristol: Policy Press, £24.99, pp. 272, pbk [book review],
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY, 47(3), pp.649-650, ISSN: 0047-2794. DOI:
10.1017/S0047279418000156.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2017)
The minimum income standard as a benchmark of a 'participatory social minimum',
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 26(1), pp.19-34, ISSN: 1759-8273. DOI:
10.1332/175982717X15087736009278.
Hirsch, D (2017)
Contemporary UK wage floors and the calculation of a living wage,
Employee Relations, ISSN: 0142-5455. DOI:
10.1108/ER-03-2017-0048.
Hirsch, D (2017)
The ‘living wage’ and low income: Can adequate pay contribute to adequate family living standards?,
Critical Social Policy, 38(2), pp.367-386, ISSN: 0261-0183. DOI:
10.1177/0261018317729469.
Hirsch, D and Hill, K (2016)
The additional cost of disability: a new measure and its application to sensory impairment,
Disability & Society, 31(7), pp.897-913, ISSN: 0968-7599. DOI:
10.1080/09687599.2016.1221334.
Davis, AAI,
Hirsch, D, Iwanaga, R, Iwata, M, Shigekawa, J, Uzuki, Y, Yamada, A (2013)
Comparing the Minimum Income Standard in the UK and
Japan: Methodology and Outcome,
Social Policy and Society, DOI: 10.1017/S147474641300033X, pp.1-13, DOI:
10.1017/S147474641300033X.
Hirsch, DB (Accepted for publication) Paying for Children: The State's Changing Role and Income Adequacy, Journal of Social Policy, 42(3), pp.495-512, ISSN: 0047-2794. DOI: 10.1017/S0047279413000238.
Smith, N,
Hirsch, D, Davis, AAI (2012)
Accessibility and capability: the minimum transport needs and costs of rural households,
Journal of Transport Geography, 21, pp.93-101.
Hirsch, DB (2012) ŤBenefit uprating: A return to human decency?
Poverty, 141(Spring 2012), pp.6-9.
Davey, C and
Hirsch, D (2011)
Childcare in Universal Credit: will work pay for single parents?,
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19(3), pp.289-294, ISSN: 1759-8273. DOI:
10.1332/175982711x597026.
Reports
Davis, A, Stone, J, Blackwell, C, Padley, M, Shepherd, C,
Hirsch, D (2022)
A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2022,ISBN: 9781915305046.
Hirsch, D (2022)
More affordable justice: Proposals to reform the legal aid means tests and implications for living standards,ISBN: 9780946831586.
Stone, J and
Hirsch, D (2022)
Poverty at the end of life in the UK.
Hirsch, D (2022)
The cost of a child in Scotland 2022.
Hill, K, Webber, R,
Hirsch, D (2021)
Staying home and getting on: Tackling the challenges facing low to middle income families where young adults live with their parents, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Shepherd, C (2021)
A minimum income standard for the UK in 2021, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ISBN: 9781911581925.
Hill, K,
Hirsch, D, Stone, J, Webber, R (2020)
Home Truths: Young adults living with their parents in low to middle income families, Standard Life Foundation.
Hirsch, D and Stone, J (2020)
Local indicators of child poverty after housing costs, 2018/19. Summary of estimates of child poverty after housing costs in local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, 2014/15 – 2018/19, End Child Poverty.
Hirsch, D and Stone, J (2020)
The cost of pensioner poverty and the non-take-up of Pension Credit, Independent Age.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Shepherd, C (2020)
A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2020,ISBN: 9781911581819.
Davis, A, Hecht, K, Burchardt, T, Gough, I,
Hirsch, D, Rowlingson, K, Summers, K (2020)
Living on different incomes in London: can public consensus identify a 'riches line'?.
Hirsch, D (2019)
The cost of a child in 2019.
Hirsch, D (2019)
A minimum income standard for the United Kingdom in 2019, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hill, K and
Hirsch, D (2019)
Family sharing – a minimum income standard for people in their 20s living with parents,ISBN: 9780946831555.
Stone, J, Padley, M,
Hirsch, D (2019)
Households below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008/09 to 2016/17,ISBN: 9781911581529.
Hirsch, D and Stone, J (2019)
Lone parents under pressure,ISBN: 9780946831548.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Shepherd, C (2018)
A Minimum Income Standard for the UK 2008-2018: continuity and change,ISBN: 9781911581437.
Hirsch, D (2018)
The affordability of legal proceedings for those excluded from eligibility for criminal legal aid.
Hirsch, D (2018)
The cost of a child in 2018.
Hill, K, Shepherd, C,
Hirsch, D (2018)
Experiences of living with visual impairment: matching income with needs,ISBN: 9780946831531.
Hirsch, D (2018)
Priced out of justice? Means testing legal aid and making ends meet.
Hill, K, Horsley, N,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2017)
Sight loss and Minimum Income Standards: the additional costs of severity and age,ISBN: 9780946831494.
Padley, M, Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Horsley, N, Valadez, L (2017)
A Minimum Income Standard for London 2016/17.
Padley, M,
Hirsch, D, Valadez, L (2017)
Households below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008/09 to 2014/15,ISBN: 9781910783900.
Padley, M and
Hirsch, D (2017)
A Minimum Income Standard for the UK in 2017,ISBN: 9781911581093.
Hirsch, D, Valadez, L, Gardiner, L (2017)
Consuming forces: generational living standards measured through household consumption.
Padley, M, Valadez, L,
Hirsch, D (2017)
Households below a Minimum Income Standard: 2009/09 to 2015/16,ISBN: 9781911581185.
Padley, M and
Hirsch, D (2016)
Households below a minimum income standard: 2008/09 to 2013/14,ISBN: 9781910783405.
Hill, K, Marshall, L,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2016)
Sight loss and minimum living standards: the additional costs of living for people of working age who are severely sight impaired and for people of pension age with acquired sight impairment,ISBN: 978-0946831-47-0.
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Valadez, L (2016)
A poverty indicator based on a minimum income standard,ISBN: 978-0946831-48-7.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Hill, K, Padley, M (2016)
A Minimum Income Standard for the UK in 2016,ISBN: 9781910783665.
Hill, K, Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Marshall, L (2016)
Falling short: the experiences of families living below the minimum income standard,ISBN: 9781910783658.
Hirsch, D (2016)
London weighting and London costs - a fresh approach?.
Bramley, G,
Hirsch, D, Littlewood, M, Watkins, D (2016)
Counting the cost of UK poverty,ISBN: 9781910783702.
Valadez, L and
Hirsch, D (2016)
Compilation of child poverty local indicators, update to December 2015.
Padley, M, Valadez, L,
Hirsch, D (2015)
Households below a minimum income standard: 2008/09 to 2012/13,ISBN: 9781909586710.
Hill, K, Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Smith, N (2015)
Disability and minimum living standards: the additional costs of living for people who are sight impaired and people who are deaf.
Hirsch, D (2015)
Paying the price - childcare in universal credit and implications for single parents.
Padley, M, Hill, K,
Hirsch, D (2015)
Minimum budgets for single people sharing accommodation,ISBN: 978-0946831-42-5.
Valadez, L, Padley, M, Marshall, L,
Hirsch, D, Davis, A (2015)
A Minimum Income Standard for London.
Diffley, M, McLean, C, Ozgul, I, Hockaday, C,
Hirsch, D, Valadez, L (2015)
Wider payment of the Living Wage in Scotland: issues for consideration,ISBN: 9781785442629.
Hirsch, D and Valadez, L (2015)
How much does the official measure of child poverty under-estimate its extent by failing to take account of childcare costs?,ISBN: 9780946831432.
Hirsch, D (2015)
A minimum income standard for the UK in 2015,ISBN: 9781909586970.
Hirsch, D (2015)
Will the 2015 summer budget improve living standards in 2020?,ISBN: 9781910783115.
Hirsch, D (2015)
The cost of a child in 2015.
Hirsch, D (2015)
Children in London: the extra cost.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Marshall, L (2015)
How much is enough? Reaching social consensus on minimum household needs,ISBN: 9780946831463.
Valadez, LJ,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2014)
Local Child Poverty Indicators, Child Poverty Action Group.
Valadez, LJ,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2014)
Making Ends Meet in Leicester, Leicester City Council.
Padley, M and
Hirsch, D (2014)
Households below a minimum income standard: 2008/9 to 2011/12,ISBN: 9781909586147.
Davis, A,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2014)
A Minimum Income Standard for the UK in 2014, pp.3-52, ISBN: 978-1-90958-633-8.
Hirsch, D and Valadez, L (2014)
Wages, taxes and top-ups: the changing role of the state in helping working families ends meet,ISBN: 978-1-909586-34-5.
Hirsch, D, Padley, M, Valadez, L (2014)
Making ends meet in Leicester.
Hirsch, D (2014)
The cost of a child in 2014.
Gugushvili, D and
Hirsch, D (2014)
Means-testing or Universalism: what strategies best address poverty?,ISBN: 9780946831401.
Hirsch, D and Valadez, L (2014)
Child Poverty Map of the UK 2014.
Valadez, L and
Hirsch, D (2014)
Comparative analysis of Minimum Income Standards: Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Hirsch, D, Bryan, A, Davis, A, Smith, N, Ellen, J, Padley, M (2013)
A minimum income standard for remote and rural Scotland.
Padley, M and
Hirsch, D (2013)
The child poverty map of the UK 2013, End Child Poverty.
Hartfree, YF,
Hirsch, D, Sutton, L (2013)
Minimum income standards and older pensioners’ needs, pp.1-34, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Padley, M, Bevan, M,
Hirsch, D, Tunstall, R (2013)
Minimum acceptable place standards.
Hirsch, D (2013)
The cost of a child in 2013.
Hirsch, D and Hartfree, Y (2013)
Does universal credit enable households to reach a minimum income standard?.
Hirsch, D (2013)
A minimum income standard for the UK in 2013,ISBN: 978185935-9839.
Hirsch, D (2013)
Addressing the poverty premium: approaches to regulation,ISBN: 978-1-907125-75-1.
Hirsch, D (2013)
An estimate of the cost of child poverty in 2013.
Hirsch, DB, Sutton, E, Beckhelling, J (2012)
The cost of a child in the twenty-first century, Child Poverty Action Group and Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Davis, AAI,
Hirsch, D, Smith, ND, Beckhelling, J, Padley, M (2012)
A minimum income standard for the UK in 2012: keeping up in hard times, pp.3-51, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ISBN: 978-1-85935-928-0.
Davis, AAI,
Hirsch, D, Smith, N, Beckhelling, J, Padley, M (2012)
Minimum living standards in hard times: what people think, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hirsch, DB (2012)
Does the tax and benefit system create a couple penalty?, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hirsch, DB (2012)
Struggling to make ends meet. Single parents and income adequacy under universal credit, Gingerbread.
Perren, K, Roberts, S, Stafford, B,
Hirsch, D (2012)
Evaluation of the implementation of the Equality Act 2010: report 1 - organisational approaches to equality,ISBN: 978-1-78246-022-0.
Perren, K, Roberts, S, Stafford, B,
Hirsch, D (2012)
Evaluation of the implementation of the Equality Act 2010: report 2 - awareness and impact of the Equality Act,ISBN: 978-1-78246-023-7.
Perren, K, Roberts, S, Stafford, B,
Hirsch, D, Padley, M (2012)
Evaluation of the implementation of the Equality Act 2010: report 3 - disputes and challenges,ISBN: 978-1-78246-024-4.
Hirsch, D and Beckhelling, J (2012)
Child poverty map of the UK [January 2012].
Hirsch, DB, Preston, I, White, V (2011)
Understanding Fuel Expenditure: Fuel Poverty and Spending on Fuel, Consumer Focus.
Hirsch, DB (2011)
A minimum income standard for the UK in 2011, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hirsch, DB (2011)
Chidcare support and the hours trap, Resolution Foundation.
Hirsch, D, Plunkett, J, Beckhelling, J (2011)
Priced Out: The new inflation and its impact on living standards, Resolution Foundation.
Hirsch, DB, Perren, K, Phung, V (2011)
Globalisation and influences on the cost of a minimum living standard in the UK, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hill, K, Sutton, L,
Hirsch, D (2011)
Living on a low income in later life,ISBN: 978-0-9568731-2-5.
