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Migration challenges in the UK at the dawn of Brexit
New ISER research on university staff and Brexit to be presented at Centre for Migration Studies’ annual workshop on 26 September
How difficult childhoods could lead to premature ageing
New study using biomarkers and socio-economic data, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggests that the ageing process may be affected by circumstances in our youth
Understanding Society Conference: Combining Biological and Social Data
Showcasing current and ongoing work based on biomarker, genetics and epigenetics data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Panel Study, in London on 6 December
The costs of reducing child poverty by increasing Child Tax Credit
New calculations by Professor Holly Sutherland and Iva Tasseva using EUROMOD, the microsimulation model developed at Essex
Challenging poverty in developing countries - the impact of our innovation in microsimulation in Mozambique
New spin-off models based on EUROMOD, our tax-benefit microsimulation model developed at Essex, are informing effective policies to combat poverty in developing countries
Female employment and child inequality: New briefing for All Party Parliamentary Group
New briefing by Professor of Public Policy, Susan Harkness, shows that changes in female employment have helped to mitigate the trend of rising income inequality, but in families where the mother is the sole breadwinner the risk of poverty is high
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Understanding Society
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Understanding data linkage consent in longitudinal surveys
Annette Jäckle, Kelsey Beninger, Jonathan Burton, et al.
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Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 10: results from methodological experiments
Tarek Al Baghal, Caroline Bryson, Hayley Fisher, et al.
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Adaptive push-to-web: experiments in a household panel study
EUROMOD
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Piecemeal modelling of the effects of joint direct and indirect tax reforms
Bart Capéau, André Decoster, Sebastiaan Maes, et al.
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To what extent do welfare states compensate for the cost of children? A hypothetical household approach to policy evaluations
Tess Penne, Tine Hufkens, Tim Goedemé, et al.
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Comparing redistributive efficiency of tax-benefit systems in Europe
