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We maintain a database of publications which use BHPS data (journal articles, book chapters, books, conference papers/proceedings, official publications, working papers, dissertations) and it is important that we keep it up to date.

If you have any recent publications which use the BHPS, and which are not already included in the database, please contact the publications@understandingsociety.ac.uk.

Displaying Publications 1 - 30 of 149 in total

  1. Will a shrink make you richer? Gender differences in the effects of psychotherapy on labour efficiency

    Guido Cozzi, Silvia Galli, and Noemi Mantovan

    1. Psychology
    2. Economics
    3. Wages And Earnings
    4. Well Being

  2. Curb your enthusiasm: optimistic entrepreneurs earn less

    Christopher Dawson, David de Meza, Andrew Henley, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Management: Business
    3. Labour Market
    4. Organizations And Firms
    5. Wages And Earnings

  3. Vocation, mental illness and the absenteeism decision

    Ourega-Zoé Ejebu and Diane Skåtun

    1. Psychology
    2. Labour Market
    3. Well Being
    4. Health

  4. Smile or die: can subjective well-being increase survival in the face of substantive health impairments?

    Martin Binder and Guido Buenstorf

    1. Psychology
    2. Well Being
    3. Health

  5. The Big Five personality traits and partisanship in England

    Toke Aidt and Christopher Rauh

    1. Politics
    2. Public Opinion
    3. Psychology
    4. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
    5. Life Course Analysis

  6. The good childhood report 2018

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    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Well Being

  7. Place and preference effects on the association between mental health and internal migration within Great Britain

    Sam Wilding, David Martin, and Graham Moon

    1. Area Effects
    2. Psychology
    3. Geography
    4. Demography
    5. Migration
    6. Well Being
    7. Health

  8. Factors affecting psychological well-being: evidence from two nationally representative surveys

    G. Oskrochi, Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, and Y. Oskrochi

    1. Psychology
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Finance

  9. Work and volunteering: longitudinal relationships between work‐related experiences and volunteering behaviour

    Daniela Lup and E. Booth Jonathan

    1. Psychology
    2. Sociology Of Labour
    3. Labour Market
    4. Social Capital

  10. Local-level immigration and life satisfaction: the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales

    Artjoms Ivlevs and Michail Veliziotis

    1. Public Opinion
    2. Area Effects
    3. Psychology
    4. Geography
    5. Demography
    6. Migration
    7. Well Being
    8. Social Attitudes
    9. Race Relations

  11. The origins of happiness: the science of well-being over the life course

    Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Public Policy
    3. Well Being
    4. Life Course Analysis

  12. Core political values and the long-term shaping of partisanship in the British electorate

    Geoffrey Evans and Anja Neundorf

    1. Politics
    2. Psychology
    3. Elections. Electoral Behaviour

  13. Home-ownership as a social norm and positional good: subjective wellbeing evidence from panel data

    Chris Foye, David Clapham, and Tommaso Gabrieli

    1. Psychology
    2. Well Being
    3. Housing Market

  14. Understanding variations in children’s subjective well-being: a longitudinal analysis -PhD thesis-

    Gwyther Rees

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Child Development
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Life Course Analysis

  15. Economic shocks on subjective well-being: re-assessing the determinants of life-satisfaction after the 2008 financial crisis

    Aurelie Charles, Dongxu Wu, and Zhongmin Wu

    1. Social Groups
    2. Psychology
    3. Economics
    4. Well Being
    5. Finance
    6. Social Psychology

  16. When the pound in people’s pocket matters: how changes to personal financial circumstances affect party choice

    James Tilley, Anja Neundorf, and Sara B. Hobolt

    1. Politics
    2. Public Opinion
    3. Psychology
    4. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
    5. Households
    6. Economics
    7. Government
    8. Income Dynamics
    9. Finance
    10. Economic Policy

  17. Social mobility and the well-being of individuals

    Tak Wing Chan

    1. Psychology
    2. Social Exclusion
    3. Social Inclusion
    4. Well Being
    5. Social Capital
    6. Sociology
    7. Social Stratification
    8. Social Mobility

  18. Linking residential relocation desires and behaviour with life domain satisfaction

    Beata Nowok, Allan Findlay, and David McCollum

    1. Area Effects
    2. Psychology
    3. Migration
    4. Well Being
    5. Housing Market

  19. Children’s well-being and social relationships, UK: 2018

    Edward Pyle and Charlotte Hassell

    1. Psychology
    2. Social Change
    3. Young People
    4. Child Development
    5. Well Being
    6. Social Policy
    7. Sociology Of Households

  20. The power of personality at work: core self-evaluations and earnings in the United Kingdom

    Mark Williams and Elliroma Gardiner

    1. Psychology
    2. Human Capital
    3. Sociology Of Labour
    4. Management: Business
    5. Organizations And Firms
    6. Wages And Earnings

  21. Financial strain in the United Kingdom

    Declan French

    1. Psychology
    2. Economics
    3. Income Dynamics
    4. Household Economics
    5. Debt: Indebtedness
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Economic Policy

  22. Do environmental concerns affect commuting choices?: hybrid choice modelling with household survey data

    Jennifer Roberts, Gurleen Popli, and Rosemary J. Harris

    1. Environmental Sociology
    2. Psychology
    3. Transport
    4. Commuting
    5. Social Psychology

  23. Motherhood, employment, and the dynamics of women’s gender attitudes

    Muzhi Zhou

    1. Psychology
    2. Labour Market
    3. Childbearing: Fertility
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Social Attitudes
    6. Sociology Of Households
    7. Caregiving

  24. Social participation and self-rated psychological health: a longitudinal study on BHPS

    Damiano Fiorillo, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, and Nunzia Nappo

    1. Psychology
    2. Well Being
    3. Social Capital
    4. Health
    5. Social Behaviour

  25. Education, income and happiness: panel evidence for the UK

    Felix FitzRoy and Michael Nolan

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Economics
    4. Income Dynamics
    5. Well Being
    6. Life Course Analysis
    7. Higher Education

  26. The Big Five personality traits and partisanship in England

    Toke Aidt and Christopher Rauh

    1. Politics
    2. Public Opinion
    3. Psychology
    4. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
    5. Life Course Analysis

  27. The role of personality traits in green decision-making

    Ante Busic-Sontic, Natalia V. Czap, and Franz Fuerst

    1. Environmental Sociology
    2. Psychology
    3. Households
    4. Housing Market
    5. Sociology Of Households

  28. The relationship between engagement in sport or physical activity and subjective wellbeing among young, healthy adults: secondary analysis

    Paul Dolan and Stefano Testoni

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Sport

  29. Socio-economic gaps in university enrollment: the role of perceived pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns

    Teodora Boneva and Christopher Rauh

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Economics
    4. Social Stratification
    5. Higher Education

  30. Time trends in mental well-being: the polarisation of young people’s psychological distress

    Andy Ross, Yvonne Kelly, and Amanda Sacker

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Well Being

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