Matthew Tinsley

  • Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow
  • matthew.tinsley@policyexchange.org.uk
  • 0207 340 2650
Matthew Tinsley

Biography

Matthew joined Policy Exchange in September 2011 as a Research Fellow in the Economics & Social Policy Unit. Matthew’s research interests include labour market topics such as unemployment and welfare as well as wider economic issues.

Prior to joining Policy Exchange Matthew gained a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bristol with a focus on the labour market, policy analysis and econometrics.

Related Publications

  • Outcomes, Not Just Incomes: Improving Britain’s understanding and measurement of child poverty

    08 February 2013

    Outcomes, Not Just Incomes says that nearly one in five children (2.3 million) across the UK are living materially deprived lives and are not included in the government’s headline measure of relative income poverty. This is despite £170 billion of expenditure between 2003 and 2010. The report identifies a number of problems with the existing measure of child poverty and recommends a new Child Poverty Bill that would measure social poverty as well as household income.

  • Too Much to Lose: Understanding and Supporting Britain’s Older Workers

    20 June 2012

    Too Much to Lose finds that the valuable contribution that older workers - who at 8.3 million make up a quarter of the workforce - make to the economy is often ignored. The report makes recommendations for better helping unemployed older workers back to work, and to support individuals’ opportunities later in life.

Related News

  • Matthew Tinsley on You and Yours

    10 July 2012

    Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow Matthew Tinsley appears on You and Yours arguing that older workers should receive more recognition in the UK economy, citing Policy Exchange report Too Much to Lose.

  • Skills of older workers 'vitally important to businesses'

    20 June 2012

    ITV News quotes Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow Matthew Tinsley, author of Too Much to Lose, calling for recognition of the vital role older workers play in the UK economy and the need for greater support to help older jobseekers back to work.

  • Unemployment falls for third month in a row

    20 June 2012

    Channel 4 News reports on research from Policy Exchange publication Too Much to Lose which found that older workers are still more heavily discriminated against when applying for jobs. Report author Matthew Tinsley stresses the importance of the skills and experience older workers offer employers and calls for greater support for helping unemployed older jobseekers back to work.

  • Long-term unemployment is 'hidden crisis' of slow recovery, warns IPPR

    20 June 2012

    The Guardian covers Too Much to Lose, Policy Exchange's latest report looking at the struggle older workers face finding jobs. Report author Matthew Tinsley is quoted criticising the focus on younger workers at the expense of the old, who make up a quarter of the UK workforce, and calls for greater levels of support to help unemployed older workers back into the labour market.

  • Rampant age discrimination sees older workers rejected from jobs

    20 June 2012

    The Daily Telegraph reports the findings from original research for Policy Exchange report Too Much to Lose that older jobseekers have to overcome a huge bias in favour of younger people when applying for jobs. They quote report author Matthew Tinsley stressing the importance of older workers to the UK economy.

  • Matthew Tinsley on BBC Radio Newcastle

    20 June 2012

    Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow Matthew Tinsley is interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle about Policy Exchange's latest report Too Much to Lose. He shows how older workers face significant discrimination in job applications processes and criticises the focus of government aid on younger workers, arguing it should be targeted at those with the highest barriers to work, regardless of age.

  • Matthew Tinsley on BBC Radio 5 Live

    20 June 2012

    Matthew Tinsley, Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow and author of Too Much to Lose, goes over the report's findings on BBC Radio 5 Live. He revealed that older workers are more unlikely than any other age group to find reemployment in the first 12 months after becoming unemployed.

  • Matthew Tinsley on BBC Radio Wales

    23 January 2012

    Matthew Tinsley, Economics Research Fellow at Policy Exchange, is interviewed on BBC Radio Wales on benefit caps. He points out the fairness deficit in the current uncapped system.

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