Research and analysis

Identity and the economy

Report examining what happens to people's identities when the economy is suffering or flourishing.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 21 January 2013

Documents

What happens to people's identities when the economy is suffering or flourishing? (DR11)

Ref: BIS/13/513

PDF, 486 KB, 29 pages

Details

This report looks at the relationship between changes in the economy and people’s sense of identity, and how identity affects social and economic behaviour.

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on the future of identity in the UK.

Published 21 January 2013