Name

Bradshaw, Jonathan

Affiliation

Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Universityof York, UK
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/

Position

Professor of Social Policy

Emailjrb1@york.ac.uk

Work Address

Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Universityof York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK

Research Fields
AcademicActivities

Publications

Social policy, comparative social policy, social security, family policy,
child poverty and well-being
Professor of Social Policy
Associate Director of the Social Policy Research Unit
Director Family Budget Unit
Member of the Research Committee of the International Social Security
Association (ISSA)
Hon. Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences
Chair, Management Committee York Welfare Benefits Unit
Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jrb1/
2005
Bradshaw, J. Finch, N, and Miles JNV (2005) Deprivation and variations in teenage
conceptions and abortions in England, J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2005: 31(1) 15-19.
Bradshaw, J. , Finch, N. and Mayhew, E. (2005) Financial Incentives and Mothers’
Employment: A Comparative Perspective, in Saunders, P. (ed) Welfare to Work inPractice: Social Security and Participation in Economic and Social Life,International Studies in Social Security, Volume 10, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E. (eds) (2005) The Well-being of Children in the UnitedKingdom, London: Save the Children
Bradshaw. J and Emese, E. (2005) Introduction in Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E.
(eds) (2005) The Well-being of Children in the United Kingdom, London: Save
the Children.
Bradshaw, J. (2005) Child Poverty and Deprivation in Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E.
(eds) (2005) The Well-being of Children in the United Kingdom, London: Savethe ChildrenBeresford, B., Sloper, T. and Bradshaw, J. (2005) Physical health in Bradshaw, J.
and Mayhew, E. (eds) (2005) The Well-being of Children in the United Kingdom,London: Save the Children.
Bradshaw, J. (2005) Conclusion in Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E. (eds) (2005) The
Well-being of Children in the United Kingdom, London: Save the Children.
Bradshaw, J. (2005) The use of indicators of child well-being in the United
Kingdom and the European Union in Ben-Arieh, A. & Goerge, R.M Indicators ofchildren's well being: understanding their role, usage and policy influence
Springer: Dordrecht, Netherlands 63-82.
Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E. (2005) Is child poverty higher in Wales, Wales Journalof Law and Policy, 4, 1, 112-121.
Bradshaw, J. (2005) Child Poverty in Larger Families, in Preston, G. (ed) At Greatest
Risk: the Children Most Likely to be Poor, London: Child Poverty Action Group.
Mayhew, E. and Bradshaw, J. (2005) Mothers, babies and the risks of poverty,Poverty, 121, 13-16.
Bradshaw, J. Mayhew, E, Dex, S., Joshi, H. and Ward, K. (2005) Socioeconomic
3origins of parents and child poverty, in Dex, S. and Joshi, H. (eds) Children of the
21st Century: from birth to nine months, Bristol: Policy Press. pp 71-108.
2006
Bradshaw, J. and Hatland, A. (2006) (eds) Social policy, family change andemployment in comparative perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E. (2006) Family Benefit Packages in Bradshaw, J. andHatland, A. (2006) (eds) Social policy, family change and employment incomparative perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Ritakallio, V-M. and Bradshaw, J. (2006) Family Poverty in the European Union, inBradshaw, J. and Hatland, A. (2006) (eds) Social policy, family change andemployment in comparative perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bradshaw, J. (2006) Child Benefit packages in fifteen countries in Lewis, J.
Children, Changing Families and Welfare States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bradshaw, J. and Finch, N. (2006) Can Policy Influence Fertility? In Emanuel, H.
(ed) Ageing and the Labour market :Issues and Solutions, International Studies in
Social Security – Volume 12, Antwerp: Intersentia/FISS, 151-168.
Bradshaw, J. (2006) A review of the comparative evidence on child poverty,
Background Paper for the JRF Report What will it take to end child poverty in
the UK? http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/9781859354902.pdf
Bradshaw, J (2006) How has the child poverty rate and composition changed?
Background Paper for the JRF Report What will it take to end child poverty in
the UK?
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=807
Bradshaw, J., Finch, N., Mayhew, M., Ritakallio, V-M, and Skinner, C. (2006) Childpoverty in large families, Policy Press/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/9781861348777.pdf
Bradshaw, J. (2006) Teenage births. Background Paper for the JRF Report What
will it take to end child poverty in the UK?
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/9781859355046.pdf
Bradshaw, J. (2006) Child Support. Background Paper for the JRF Report What
will it take to end child poverty in the UK?
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/9781859355039.pdf
Heikkila, M., Moisio, P., Ritakallio, V-M., Bradshaw, J., Kuivalainen, S., Hellsten,
K. and Kajoja, J. (2006) Poverty policies, structures and outcomes in the EU 25,
Report to the Fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion,
Helsinki: Stakes
http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/eng/subjt/inter/eu2006/round/round1.htx.i1153.pdf
Bradshaw, J. (2006) A rights based multi-dimensional understanding of childwell-being in the EU, Tools for measuring the well-being of children,
Proceedings of the seminar held in Rome March 20 2006, MedChild Paper no. 4,41-58.
Bradshaw, J. (2006) Child support and child Poverty, Benefits: The Journal ofPoverty and Social Justice, October, 14, 3, 199-208
Bradshaw, J. (2006) Child benefit packages in 15 countries in 2004, in Lewis, J. (ed)Children, changing families and the welfare state, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. pp
69-89.
Huby, M. and Bradshaw, J. (2006) A review of environmental dimension of children
and young people’s wellbeing (Vol 1), University of Yorkwww.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/edu_cayp.html.
Bradshaw, J. and Bennett, F., UK: Trends, Recent Developments, Active Inclusionand Minimum Resources (First Semester Report, 2006), European Commission(DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) (web publicationonly)(2006)
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_inclusion/docs/experts_reports/uk_
2006_en.pdf
Bradshaw, J. and Bennett, F. (with Maynard, M.), UK: 'Feeding in and Feeding out',

4and Integrating Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities: A study of national policies(Second Semester Report 2006), European Commission (DG Employment,Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) (web publication only) (2006)
http://www.peer-review-social-inclusion.net/policy-assessment-activities/reports/
second-semester-2006/second-semester-reports-2006/united-kingdom_2_06
2007
Bradshaw, J. (2007) Child Benefit Packages in 22 Countries in Wintersberger, H. ,Alanen, L., Olk, T. and Qvortrup, J. (eds) Childhood, Generational Order andthe Welfare State: Exploring Children's Social and Economic Welfare. Vol. 1 of
COST A19: Children's Welfare. University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense.
Bradshaw, J. (2007) Some problems in the international comparison of child income
poverty in Wintersberger, H. , Alanen, L., Olk, T. and Qvortrup, J. (eds)Childhood, Generational Order and the Welfare State: Exploring Children'sSocial and Economic Welfare. Vol. 1 of COST A19: Children's Welfare.
University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense.
Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) An index of child well-being
in the European Union 25, Journal of Social Indicators Research, 80, 133-177.
http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/f3642p2x00hn5h01/fulltext.pdf
Bradshaw, J. Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) Comparing Child Well-being
in OECD Countries: Concepts and Methods, IWP 2006-03. Florence:UNICEF.
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/iwp2006_03_eng.pdf
Skinner, C., Bradshaw, J. and Davidson, J. (2007) Child support policy: aninternational perspective, Department for Work and Pensions Research Report405, Leeds: Corporate Document Services.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep405.pdf
Bradshaw, J. and Richardson, D. (2007) Spatial Variations in the Take-up of
Means-tested Benefits www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1510779
Bradshaw, J. Richardson, D. and Ritakallio, V-M. (2007) Child poverty and childwell-being in Europe, Journal of Children’s Services, 2, 1, 18-36.
Bradshaw, J. and Bennett, F., UK: Tackling Child Poverty and Promoting the Social
Inclusion of Children: A study of national policies, European Commission (DG
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) (web publication only)(2007)
http://www.peer-review-social-inclusion.net/policy-assessment-activities/reports/
first-semester-2007/first-semester-reports-2007/united-kingdom_1_07
Bradshaw, J. (2007) What do we know about child well-being? In ESRC Seminarseries: Mapping the public policy landscape: Well-being of children and young
people, ESRC: Swindon.
Ward, K. Sullivan, A. and Bradshaw, J. (2007) Income and Poverty, in Hansen, Kand Joshi, H. (2007) Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey: A user’s guide toinitial findings, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education,
University of London.
Bradshaw, J. (2007) Investing in Children in Willow, C. (ed) Advancing
Opportunity: children, human rights and social justice, London: The Smith
Institute.
Bradshaw, J. (2007) UK policy: A success story? Paediatr Child Health, 12, 8,
681-685.

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