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The impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
New briefing published by United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) on using microsimulation to test policies to reduce poverty in six African nations, based on ISER research
Professor Mike Brewer's new book What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Inequality?
Professor Mike Brewer discusses “What We Know” about economic inequalities in the UK, presenting new analysis of the top 1% and 0.1% in the UK, and summarising the causes and consequences of high levels of inequality
Professor Sonia Bhalotra wins The Conversation Prize for her article on price of gold and link to baby girl death rates
‘When gold prices go up, so does the cost of a dowry – and baby girl survival rates in India fall’ wins prize presented as the most downloaded social science article
ISER research informs new European Commission policy briefs on fairness
Comparative research uses our tax-benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD, to look at social mobility, regional and inter-generational inequalities
ISER experts advise on designing policies to tackle poverty and inequality in Colombia
ISER’s experts in microsimulation have been working alongside Colombian academics and policymakers
The negative impact of positive Ofsted ratings
GCSE results suffer as parents back off from supporting their children, according to new analysis by ISER with a research team from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, University of Sussex, UCL and Bristol
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Household Income Volatility in the UK, 2009-2017
Silvia Avram, Mike Brewer, Paul Fisher, et al.
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Understanding Society and its income data
Paul Fisher, Laura Fumagalli, Nick Buck, et al.
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Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 11: Results from Methodological Experiments
Jonathan Burton, Roxanne Connelly, Mick P. Couper, et al.
EUROMOD
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Recent changes in housing policies and their distributional impact across Europe
Francesco Figari, Katarina Hollan, Manos Matsaganis, et al.
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The probability of poverty for mothers after childbirth and divorce in Europe: the role of social stratification and tax-benefit policies
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Second earners and in-work poverty in the EU
