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JESS SeminarPresented by: Peter Lynn (ISER)
Large Seminar Room 2N2.4.16 Institute for Social & Economic Research
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Better Late or Never? Parents' Union Dissolution and Children's Educational Achievement.
Monday SeminarPresented by: Wendy Sigle-Rushton (LSE)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: John Hills (LSE)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: Frank Kalter (University of Mannheim)
Bargaining or gender roles? Results from a factorial survey design to study career decisions in academia
Monday SeminarPresented by: Katrin Auspurg (Konstanz)
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JESS SeminarPresented by: Jonathan Shaw (Institute for Fiscal Studies, IFS)
Large Seminar Room 2N2.4.16 Institute for Social & Economic Research
Bad neighbours: Measuring tolerance using the European Values Study
JESS SeminarPresented by: David Voas (ISER)
Large Seminar Room 2N2.4.16 Institute for Social & Economic Research
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JESS SeminarPresented by: Klaus Grünberger (Dept of Economics, University of Rome ”Tor Vergata”)
Large Seminar Room 2N2.4.16 Institute for Social & Economic Research
CANCELLED The effect of EMA on staying on rates
Monday SeminarPresented by: Martyn Andrews (Manchester)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: Erdal Tekin (Georgia State)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: Erik Plug (Amsterdam)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
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Monday SeminarPresented by: Andrea Ichino (Bologna)
23 January 2012
ISER sponsors longitudinal journal
ISER sponsors Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Journal and announces that Amanda Sacker will join the editorial committee.
18 January 2012
NEW studentships available for 2012
Join world-class research Institute – innovative and supportive study environment – APPLY by FEB 29
12 January 2012
Helen Fitzgerald
ISER Director pays tribute to Helen Fitzgerald “a wonderfully supportive colleague”.
19 December 2011
New EUROMOD version released
18 country version of tax-benefit micro-simulation model for the EU now released
13 December 2011
New pensions research published
Research looks at the savings decisions over more than 25,000 workers
05 December 2011
Austerity measures research published
New EUROMOD research on the effect of austerity measures in six EU countries published today
05 December 2011
Longitudinal design subject of Paris presentation
Peter Lynn presents special seminar at French National Institute for Demographic Studies.
02 December 2011
A new picture of ethnic Britain
Understanding Society, set to uncover a wealth of information about our ethnic make-up
23 November 2011
Understanding Society - a step closer
Momentous step as full Wave 1 data from Understanding Society is made available to researchers.
21 November 2011
Leaving work for health reasons as damaging as unemployment
More than 1 in 4 people who leave work for health reasons fall into poverty and 15% of spouses leave work within 1 year – according to new research commissioned for ISER by insurers Unum.
31 October 2011
Festival of Social Science
ISER Director Heather Laurie kicks off a week of special social science broadcasting on BBC Essex
27 October 2011
New recession research
Project investigates the behaviour of individuals and households in response to economic recession
11 October 2011
Universal Credit not enough to prevent a decade of rising poverty
Report says coalition government’s tax and benefit changes will increase absolute and relative poverty
10 October 2011
Government urged to consider breastfeeding as social mobility measure
Research indicates that the length of time a child is breastfeed has a positive and measurable impact on its health, cognition and behaviour
28 September 2011
David Voas joins ISER
Leading quantitative sociologist David Voas joins ISER research team.
21 September 2011
New education project for ISER
New research will contribute to the discussion on using resources to improve educational attainment and children’s life chances.
15 September 2011
New Innovation Panel data offers exciting research opportunities
Data from Understanding Society Innovation Panel now available to download
13 September 2011
Changing fortunes
Stephen Jenkins explores the movement in and out of poverty of people living in Britain – book launch
12 September 2011
The ‘Great Recession’ will have long-term effects on people’s incomes finds new study
Ordinary households have yet to feel the worst effects of the recession
05 September 2011
Unemployed and employed workers not in direct competition for jobs
New research shows that employed and unemployed jobseekers are not in direct competition with one another for the same jobs.
21 August 2011
Greek financial crisis has alarming effect on poverty levels
Research says policies to reduce Greece’s deficit must be redesigned and that fighting tax evasion must be a priority.
12 August 2011
Early intervention and social mobility: Are pro-breastfeeding policies worth it?
ISER holds special policy discussion on breastfeeding
26 July 2011
Money management skills more important than income in determining psychological health says new research
Money management skills could reduce stress-related illnesses and have lasting benefits for individuals and the wider economy.
25 July 2011
A trio of Doctors
Three students are awarded their doctorates at ISER’s graduation ceremony.
19 July 2011
How to survey hard-to-reach populations
Workshop explores the use of social networks to find, survey, obtain and use quantitative data that is representative of hard-to-reach populations.
11 July 2011
Resilience amongst the long term ill
Long term illness and stress getting you down? Apparently not
04 July 2011
Survey success - what makes a good interviewer?
Personality, skills, attitude – what attributes help make an interviewer successful at persuading respondents to take part in surveys like Understanding Society.
27 June 2011
Bedtimes and Pensions: Conference showcases wealth of longitudinal research
First Understanding Society/BHPS Conference takes place this week
25 June 2011
It’s not about the money: slap and shout at your kids and they are more likely to bully each other
50% of children experience bullying in the home.
Bullying at home unrelated to family income or class
16 June 2011
New joint ESRC/ONS funded studentship
Exciting new fully-funded studentship to undertake a PhD based on a topic relevant to the ONS’ Beyond 2011 programme.
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