- Sonia Bhalotra
Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the impact of low-cost community-based intervention on maternal depression
Blog
ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
The effect of policy reforms on wellbeing
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
What makes children happy?
- Gundi Knies
Dr Gundi Knies looks at the impact of family incomes in a new blog for What Works Wellbeing
The prevalence of painfully thin in the unemployed
Being underweight may be an overlooked but crucial factor linking unemployment and poor health in the UK says Dr Amanda Hughes
How ethnic and racial harassment damages mental health
- Renee Luthra
- Alita Nandi
Dr Alita Nandi and Dr Renee Luthra investigate how ethnic and and racial harassment could affect the victims’ mental health
On UNICEF World Water Day – new research on clean water and mortality rates
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.
The burden of obesity: better ways of measuring
- Apostolos Davillas
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.
Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?
- Mike Brewer
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
Nowcasting: an up-to-date assessment of poverty trends in the EU countries
- Katrin Gasior
- Olga Rastrigina
Nowcasting provides more timely statistics on poverty
Does women’s education reduce rates of death in childbirth?
- Sonia Bhalotra
Maternal mortality rates need to be reduced by two-thirds over the next 15 years to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. New research by Professor Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex) and Professor Damian Clarke (University of Santiago de Chile) shows that a focus on girls’ education may be one means of meeting this objective.
EUROMOD at 20 – reflecting on past success and the challenges of the future
Professor Holly Sutherland reflects on how an academic innovation has grown to become an essential policy tool for Europe and beyond.
The benefits of time spent with children
Professor Emilia Del Bono, together with Marco Francesconi (University of Essex), Yvonne Kelly and Amanda Sacker (both of UCL) explore whether more time with mothers may be better for children’s development