Being underweight may be an overlooked but crucial factor linking unemployment and poor health in the UK says Dr Amanda Hughes
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ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
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
Are female politicians better at managing economic policies?
Professor Sonia Bhalotra on her new research on women in government in India.
Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment
Researchers Cara Booker from the University of Essex and Amanda Sacker at the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL used the long-running British Household Panel Survey to examine the psychological well-being of people who have repeatedly lost their jobs.
Outsourcing of cognitive tasks to blame for polarized labor market, not technology
- Andrea Salvatori
The new IZA discussion paper by Guido Matias Cortes and Andrea Salvatori is the first to look at job polarization in Great Britain using workplace level data rather than individual or industry level data.