Survey Measurement of Health: Implications for Social Science Research
Online training on the role of survey measurement in advancing social science research, for understanding health inequalities, guiding policy, and tracking interventions
Schooling, Skills and Sanctions: Exploring our new evidence on how school policies work with policy experts
Our MiSoC roundtable discussion event with policy experts in child development, school behaviour interventions and young offending
Apply now for new Policy Fellowships to research policy questions alongside MiSoC experts
Policy areas include obesity and nutrition, remote work, new skills and changing nature of jobs, immigration, ethnic minorities and access to family justice, wage inequality, benefits and taxes.
The ‘daughter penalty’ leaves mothers with first born daughters 30 per cent less pay than mothers with first born sons
New study used a decade of data from Understanding Society to track the earnings and behaviours of mothers following the birth of their first child
‘Shocking’ proportion of children in special schools not taking up their free school meals
Children attending special schools – who are already more likely than their peers to grow up in poverty and qualify for free school meals – are far less likely to access school food due to “unmet dietary and eating needs"
Understanding why fathers do not take up Shared Parental Leave
Our new evidence on parents' attitudes and beliefs about shared parental leave to Women & Equalities Committee's Equality at Work : Paternity and Shared Parental Leave inquiry
Extending Free School Meals: our evidence on the positive impact on children’s health and educational outcomes
Our recent study finds free school meal provision improves reading scores and reduces obesity more than any other public health initiative
