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Professor John Ermisch

Professor of Economics
FBA, BS Wisconsin, MA PhD Kansas

John Ermisch

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John Ermisch
Institute for Social and Economic Research
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Tel: 01206 872335
Fax: 01206 873151
Room: 2N2.5B.06

Curriculum vitae ».pdf

Research Interests

Research on the economics of the family; including intergenerational transfers, the economics of household formation and housing economics. Directs and undertakes research on interactions between demographic and economic behaviour

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Measuring People's Trust
      John Ermisch , Heather Laurie , S.C. Noah Uhrig , Thomas Siedler , Diego Gambetta

    published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), edition: part 4 (2009), vol:172, 749 - 769, 2009
  2. Friendship ties and geographical mobility: Evidence from Great Britain
      John Ermisch , Michèle Belot

    published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), vol:172, 427 - 443, 2009
  3. The rising share of non-marital births: is it only compositional effects?
      John Ermisch

    published in Demography, edition: 1, vol:46, 193 - 202, 2009
  4. Origins of Social Immobility and Inequality: Parenting and Early Child Development
      John Ermisch

    published in National Institute Economic Review, vol:205, 62 - 72, 2008
  5. Child support and non-resident fathers' contact with their children
      John Ermisch

    published in Journal of Population Economics, vol:21, 821 - 853, 2008
  6. Intra-household Allocation of Resources: Inferences from Non-resident Fathers’ Child Support Payments
      John Ermisch , chiara pronzato(Duplicate)

    published in The Economic Journal, vol:118, 347 - 362, 2008
  7. Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: changes across cohorts in Britain
      John Ermisch , Cheti Nicoletti

    published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &, vol:7, 1 - 37, 2007
  8. Intergenerational Mobility and Marital Sorting
      John Ermisch , Thomas Siedler , Marco Francesconi

    published in The Economic Journal, edition: 513, vol:116, 659 - 679, 2006
  9. Early Motherhood and Later Partnerships
      John Ermisch , David Pevalin

    published in Journal of Population Economics, vol:18, 469 - 489, 2005
  10. Early Childbearing and Housing Choices
      David Pevalin , John Ermisch

    published in Journal of Housing Economics, edition: 1, vol:13, 170 - 364, 2004
  11. Cohabiting Unions, Repartnering and Mental Health
      David Pevalin , John Ermisch

    published in Psychological Medicine, edition: 8, vol:34, 1553 - 1559, 2004
  12. Parental Partnership and Joblessness in Childhood and their Influence on Young People's Outcomes
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi , David Pevalin

    published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), edition: 1, vol:167, 69 - 101, 2004
  13. Family Structure and Children's Achievements
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    published in Journal of Population Economics, edition: 2, vol:14, 249 - 270, 2001
  14. Family Matters: impacts of family background on educational attainments
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    published in Economica, edition: 270, vol:68, 137 - 156, 2001
  15. Educational Choice, Families and Young People's Earnings
      Marco Francesconi , John Ermisch

    published in Journal of Human Resources, edition: 1, vol:35, 2000
  16. The Increasing Complexity of Family Relationships: lifetime experience of single motherhood and stepfamilies in Great Britain
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    published in European Journal of Population, edition: 3, vol:16, 235 - 249, 2000
  17. Cohabitation in Great Britain: not for long, but here to stay
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), edition: 2, vol:163, 153 - 171, 2000

Book Chapters

  1. Introduction
      Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch

    in Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch Changing Relationships , Routledge, 3-28, 2009
  2. Living apart together
      John Ermisch , Thomas Siedler

    in Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch Changing Relationships , Routledge, chapter 2, 29-44, 2009
  3. Young-child parent relationships
      John Ermisch

    in Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch Changing Relationships , Routledge, chapter 7, 111-126, 2009
  4. Adult child-parent relationships
      John Ermisch

    in Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch Changing Relationships , Routledge, chapter 8, 127-146, 2009
  5. An Economic History of Bastardy in England and Wales
      John Ermisch

    in J Rosenbloom Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting , Routledge, 2008
  6. An economic history of bastardy in England and Wales
      John Ermisch

    in J Rosenbloom Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting , Routledge, chapter 2, 2008
  7. family economics
      John Ermisch

    in Steven Durlauf , Lawrence Blume The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics , Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
  8. The new dynamics of family formation and the explosion of childbearing outside marriage
      John Ermisch

    in Jacqueline Scott , Shirley Dex , Heather Joshi Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges , Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 7, 2008
  9. Demography's British History and its Relation to Sociology
      John Ermisch

    in Anthony Halsey , W Runciman British Sociology Seen from Without and Within , Oxford University Press, chapter 7, 94-104, 2006
  10. Comparison of Living Arrangements
      John Ermisch

    in John Ermisch , Robert Wright Changing Scotland: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey , The Policy Press, 2005
  11. The Puzzling Rise in Childbearing Outside Marriage
      John Ermisch

    in Anthony Heath , Duncan Gallie , John Ermisch Understanding Social Change , Oxford University Press, 2005
  12. Intergenerational Mobility in Britain: new evidence from the BHPS
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    in Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe , Cambridge University Press, chapter 7, 147-190, 2004
  13. Family Structure and Children's Achievements
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    in Klaus Zimmermann , Michael Vogler Family, Household and Work , Springer Verlag, 151-172, 2003
  14. Family Theory, Economic Theory of Childbearing
      John Ermisch

    in Paul Baltes , Neil Smelser International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences , Elsevier Science Limited, chapter 3.3.95, 5368-5383, 2001
  15. Cohabitation and Childbearing Outside Marriage in Britain
      John Ermisch

    in Barbara Wolfe , Lawrence Wu Out of Wedlock: causes and consequences of nonmarital fertility , Russell Sage Foundation Publications, chapter 4, 143-172, 2001
  16. Patterns of Household and Family Formation
      John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi

    in Richard Berthoud , Jonathan Gershuny Seven Years in the Lives of British Families: evidence on the dynamics of social change from the British Household Panel Survey , The Policy Press, chapter 2, 21-44, 2000
  17. Using Panel Data to Analyse Household and Family Dynamics
      John Ermisch

    in David Rose Researching Social and Economic Change , Routledge, chapter 12, 230-249, 2000

Authored Books

    1. John Ermisch
    An Economic Analysis of the Family, Princeton University Press , ISBN: 0-691-09667-8 2003
    2. John Ermisch , Marco Francesconi , David Pevalin
    Outcomes for Children of Poverty, Department for Work and Pensions , ISBN: 1841234184 2001

Edited Books

    1. Malcolm Brynin , John Ermisch
    Changing Relationships, Routledge, ISBN: 0-414-96523-3, 2009
    2. John Ermisch , Robert Wright
    Changing Scotland: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey, The Policy Press, ISBN: 1861345933, 2005
    3. Anthony Heath , Duncan Gallie , John Ermisch
    Understanding Social Change, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0-19-726314-3, 2005

Iser working papers

  1. WP2009-16 Birth Weight and the Dynamics of Early Cognitive and Behavioural Development
    1. Emilia Del Bono
      2. ,
    2. John Ermisch
    2009
  2. WP2008-38 Population Ageing: Crisis or Opportunity?
    1. John Ermisch
    2008
  3. WP2008-37 Do Strong Family Ties Inhibit Trust?
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Diego Gambetta
    2008
  4. WP2008-27 Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight
    1. Emilia Del Bono
      2. ,
    2. John Ermisch
      3. ,
    3. Marco Francesconi
    2008
  5. WP2007-32 Measuring People's Trust
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Heather Laurie
      3. ,
    3. S.C. Noah Uhrig
      4. ,
    4. Thomas Siedler
      5. ,
    5. Diego Gambetta
    2008
  6. WP2006-57 Intra-household Allocation of Resources: Inferences from Non-resident Fathers' Child Support Payments
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. chiara pronzato(Duplicate)
      3. ,
    2006
  7. WP2006-34 People's Trust: the design of a survey-based experiment
    1. Diego Gambetta
      2. ,
    2. John Ermisch
    2006
  8. WP2006-33 Friendship Ties and Geographical Mobility: evidence from the BHPS
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Michèle Belot
    2006
  9. WP2006-15 An Economic History of Bastardy in England and Wales
    1. John Ermisch
    2006
  10. WP2006-14 Child Support and Non-resident Fathers' Contact with their Children
    1. John Ermisch
    2006
  11. WP2006-13 Fairness in the Family: Implications for Parent-Adult Child Interactions
    1. John Ermisch
    2006
  12. WP2005-19 Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: changes across cohorts in Britain
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Cheti Nicoletti
    2006
  13. WP2004-02 Parent and Adult-child Interactions: empirical evidence from Britain
    1. John Ermisch
    2004
  14. WP2003-32 Does A 'Teen Birth' Have Longer-Term Impacts on the Mother? Suggestive evidence from the British Household Panel Study
    1. John Ermisch
    2003
  15. WP2003-30 Who Has a Child as a Teenager?
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. David Pevalin
    2003
  16. WP2003-28 Does A 'Teen-Birth' Have Longer-Term Impacts On The Mother: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
    1. David Pevalin
      2. ,
    2. John Ermisch
    2003
  17. WP2002-30 Single Mothers
    1. Ken Burdett
      2. ,
    2. John Ermisch
    2002
  18. WP2002-21 The Effect of Parents' Employment on Children's Educational Attainment
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Marco Francesconi
      3. ,
    2002
  19. WP2002-19 Trying Again: repartnering after dissolution of a union
    1. John Ermisch
    2002
  20. WP2002-12 Childhood Parental Behaviour and Young People's Outcomes
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Marco Francesconi
      3. ,
    3. David Pevalin
    2002
  21. WP2002-06 Intergenerational Mobility and Assortative Mating in Britain
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Marco Francesconi
    2002
  22. WP2000-31 The Effect of Parents' Employment on Children's Educational Attainment
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Marco Francesconi
      3. ,
    2000
  23. WP2000-27 Personal Relationships and Marriage Expectations: evidence from the 1998 British Household Panel Study
    1. John Ermisch
    2000
  24. WP2000-26 Employment Opportunities and Pre-Marital Births in Britain
    1. John Ermisch
    2000
  25. WP2000-21 Becoming a Homeowner in Britain in the 1990s
    1. John Ermisch
      2. ,
    2. Brendan Halpin
    2000
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