ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
In new work funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Mike Brewer, Professor of Economics at ISER and Director of the ESRC- funded Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, together with Jonathan Cribb from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, come to a positive conclusion on the advantages of time-limited in-work benefits
In a blog for CLOSER, Annette Jäckle explores the benefits of mixed mode data collection for longitudinal studies in addressing the triple challenges of falling response rates, increasing fieldwork costs, and a squeeze on the budgets available for long-term surveys.
Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates how the introduction of ultrasound technology in India has affected how many girls are born there, and their subsequent quality of life
Dr Alita Nandi draws out the findings from the What Works Wellbeing’s latest analysis on the wellbeing benefits of job-related training
Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the impact of low-cost community-based intervention on maternal depression
Dr H. Xavier Jara with Professor Erik Schokkaert from the University of Leuven investigates the importance of taking into consideration a broader range of wellbeing indicators to assess the potential effect of policy reforms
Dr Gundi Knies looks at the impact of family incomes in a new blog for What Works Wellbeing
Being underweight may be an overlooked but crucial factor linking unemployment and poor health in the UK says Dr Amanda Hughes
Dr Alita Nandi and Dr Renee Luthra investigate how ethnic and and racial harassment could affect the victims’ mental health
Our recent research looked at efforts to improve water quality in Mexico in the 1990s and we found this had a very significant impact on mortality rates among children.
Studies of income-related inequalities in obesity have traditionally focused on BMI. But are there better measures? Apostolos Davillas on why BMI is a noisy measure which does not distinguish between fat and lean body mass.
Mike Brewer explores whether the government’s programme of free, part-time, childcare or early education for 3 and 4 year olds helps parents to undertake paid work