Prof Ruth Hancock
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Professor-Economics of Health & Welfare |
R dot Hancock at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: 1107/3602 |
Medical School 2.20 |
Academic Background
My research interests are in the economic, health and social policy implications of individual and population ageing with a particular focus on financial provision for later life and provision for long-term care needs.
Career summary
My academic career builds on 10 years as a government economist in the (then) Department of Health and Social Security and a period in economic consultancy. Academic career history:
April 1996 – Sep. 1998 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Gerontology, King’s College London
Oct 1998 – May 2004 Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director, then Director and from April 2003, Professor of Economic and Social Gerontology, Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, Dept of Health Sciences, University of Leicester
June 2004 – Dec 2007 Professor of non-clinical Gerontology, Dept of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex (from April 2005 this included being Director of the East of England Research Design and Support Unit)
Jan 2008 – date Professor of the Economics of Health and Welfare, Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
Further details can be found on the Health Economics Group website
Key Research Interests
My research interests are in the economic, health and social policy implications of individual and population ageing with a particular focus on financial provision for later life and provision for long-term care needs. These interests are pursued mainly through the analysis of large-scale household survey data and the use of micro simulation techniques to model policy reform options. I have developed and maintain a dynamic microsimulation model of long-term care.
Further details can be found on the Health Economics Group website
Selected publications
Hancock, R, Malley, J, Wittenberg, R, Morciano, M, Pickard, L, King, D and Comas-Herrera, A (2012) The role of care home fees in the public costs and distributional effects of potential reforms to care home funding for older people in England. Health Economics Policy and Law. (In Press)
Malley, J, Hancock, R, Murphy, M, Adams, J, Wittenberg, R, Comas-Herrera, A, Curry, C, King, D, James, S, Morciano, M and Pickard, L (2011) The effect of lengthening Life Expectancy on future pension and Long-Term Care expenditure in England, 2007 to 2032. Health Statistics Quarterly. p. 52. ISSN 1465-1645
Zantomio, F, Pudney, S and Hancock, R (2010) Estimating the impact of a policy reform on benefit take-up: the 2001 extension to the Minimum Income Guarantee for pensioners. Economica, 77 (306). pp. 234-254.
Berthoud, R, Blekesaune, M and Hancock, R (2009) Ageing, income and living standards: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Ageing & Society, 29 (7). pp. 1105-1122.
DelBono, E, Sala, E and Hancock, R (2009) Older carers in the UK: are there really gender differences? New analysis of the Individual Sample of Anonymised Records from the 2001 UK Census. Health Soc Care Community, 17 (3). pp. 267-273.
Article
Martin, A, Jones, A, Mugford, M, Shemilt, I, Hancock, R and Wittenberg, R (2012) Methods used to identify and measure resource use in economic evaluations: a systematic review of questionnaires for older people. Health Economics, 21 (8). pp. 1017-1022. ISSN 10579230
Hancock, R, Malley, J, Wittenberg, R, Morciano, M, Pickard, L, King, D and Comas-Herrera, A (2012) The role of care home fees in the public costs and distributional effects of potential reforms to care home funding for older people in England. Health Economics Policy and Law. pp. 1-27.
Hancock, R, Morciano, M and Pudney, S (2012) Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance claimants in the older population: is there a difference in their economic circumstances? Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 20 (2). pp. 191-206. ISSN 17598273
Hancock, R and Pudney, S (2012) Assessing the distributional impact of reforms to disability benefits for older people in the UK: implications of alternative measures of income and disability costs. Ageing and Society. pp. 1-26.
Malley, J, Hancock, R, Murphy, M, Adams, J, Wittenberg, R, Comas-Herrera, A, Curry, C, King, D, James, S, Morciano, M and Pickard, L (2011) The effect of lengthening Life Expectancy on future pension and Long-Term Care expenditure in England, 2007 to 2032. Health Statistics Quarterly. p. 52. ISSN 1465-1645
Suhrcke, M, Fumagalli, E and Hancock, R (2011) Is there a wealth dividend of aging societies? Public Health Reviews, 32 (2). pp. 377-400.
Zantomio, F, Pudney, S and Hancock, R (2010) Estimating the impact of a policy reform on benefit take-up: the 2001 extension to the Minimum Income Guarantee for pensioners. Economica, 77 (306). pp. 234-254.
Berthoud, R, Blekesaune, M and Hancock, R (2009) Ageing, income and living standards: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Ageing & Society, 29 (7). pp. 1105-1122.
DelBono, E, Sala, E and Hancock, R (2009) Older carers in the UK: are there really gender differences? New analysis of the Individual Sample of Anonymised Records from the 2001 UK Census. Health Soc Care Community, 17 (3). pp. 267-273.
Sutherland, H, Hancock, R, Hills, J and Zantomio, F (2009) Failing to keep up? The long-term effects of current benefit and tax uprating policies. Benefits, 17 (1). pp. 47-56. ISSN 0962 7898
Sutherland, H, Hancock, R, Hills, J and Zantomio, F (2008) Keeping up or Falling behind ? The Impact of Benefit and Tax Uprating on Incomes and Poverty. Fiscal Studies, 29 (4). pp. 467-498.
Hancock, R, Wittenberg, R, Comas-Herrera, A, Pickhard, L, Juarez-Garcia, A, Malley, J and King, D (2007) Winners and losers: assessing the distributional effects of long-term care funding regimes. Social Policy and Society, 6 (3). pp. 375-395.
Pudney, S, Hernandez, M and Hancock, R (2007) The welfare cost of means-testing: pensioner participation in Income Support. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 22. pp. 581-598.
Matthews, R, Jagger, C and Hancock, R (2006) Does socio-economic advantage lead to a longer, healthier old age? Social Science and Medicine, 62 (5). p. 2489.
Pudney, S, Hancock, R and Sutherland, H (2006) Simulating the reform of means-tested benefits with endogenous take-up and claim costs. Oxford Bulletin of Economics, 68 (2). pp. 135-166.
Book Section
Craig, R, Darton, R, Hancock, R, Henderson, C and Morciano, M (2012) Social Care. In: Health Survey for England - 2011, Health, social care and lifestyles. NHS.
Berthoud, R and Hancock, R (2008) Disability benefits and paying for care. In: Advancing Opportunity: older people and social care. London: The Smith Institute. ISBN 1905370318
Hancock, R Ageing Populations and Health. In: Guide to a Healthy Planet. University of Essex.
Wittenberg, R., Hancock, R., Comas-Herrera, A., King, D., Malley, J., Pickard, L., Juarez-Garcia, A. and Darton, R PSSRU Long-term Care Finance Model and CARESIM: Two Linked UK Models of Long-Term Care for Older People. In: Modelling our Future: Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 9780444530059
Monograph
Wittenberg, R, Hu, B, Hancock, R, Morciano, M, Comas-Herrera, A, Malley, J and King, D (2011) Projections of Demand for and Costs of Social Care for Older People in England, 2010 to 2030, under Current and Alternative Funding Systems. Working Paper. PSSRU, PSSRU Discussion Paper n. 2811.
Hancock, R, Morciano, M and Pudney, S (2010) Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance claimants in the older population:Is there a difference in their economic circumstances? Working Paper. Essex University, Colchester.
Balarajan, Meera, Gray, Michele, Blake, Margaret, Green, Sophie, Darton, Robin, Fernandez, Jose-Luis, Hancock, Ruth, Henderson, Cate, Kearns, Dan, King, Derek, Malley, Julliette, Martin, Adam, Morciano, Marcello, Pickard, Linda and Wittenberg, Raphael (2009) Developing social care questions: findings from qualitative research with service providers ad service users. Research Report. NatCen, London.
Balarajan, Meera, Gray, Michele, Blake, Margaret, Green, Sophie, Darton, Robin, Fernandez, Jose-Luis, Hancock, Ruth, Henderson, Cate, Kearns, Dan, King, Derek, Malley, Julliette, Martin, Adam, Morciano, Marcello, Pickard, Linda and Wittenberg, Raphael (2009) Cognitive testing of social care questions for people aged 65 and over. Research Report. NatCen, London.
Sutherland, H, Hancock, R, Hills, J, Zantomio, F and Evans, M-J (2008) The impact of benefit and tax uprating on incomes and poverty. York: Joseph Rowtree Foundation. Research Report. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Middleton, S, Hancock, R, Kellard, K, Beckhelling, J, Phung, V-H and Perren, K (2007) Measuring Resources in Later Life: a review of the data. York: Joseph Rowtree Foundation. Research Report. UNSPECIFIED.
Berthoud, R, Blekesaune, M and Hancock, R (2006) Are Poor Pensioners Deprived?. Department for Work and Pensions Report no. 364. Research Report. UNSPECIFIED.
Other
Hancock, Ruth, Malley, Juliette, King, Derek, Pickard, Linda, Comas-Herrera, Adelina and Morciano, Marcello (2010) Memorandum by the MAP2030 Research Group (SC 55) in House of Commons Health Committee Social Care Third Report of Session 2009–10 Volume II Oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office, House of Commons, UK Parliament.
Pudney, Stephen, Zantomio, Francesca, Hancock, Ruth and Morciano, Marcello (2010) Memorandum by the Universities of Essex and East Anglia (SC52) in House of Commons Health Committee Social Care Third Report of Session 2009–10 Volume II Oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office, House of Commons, UK Parliament.
Suhrcke, Marc, Fumagalli, Elena and Hancock, Ruth (2010) Is there a wealth dividend of aging societies. Public Health Reviews.
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- Governor, Pensions Policy Institute
- Member of the Advisory Group for the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- Specialist Advisor, various inquiries, Work and Pensions Select Committee
Administrative Posts/Responsibilities
- Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
