- Mike Brewer
Professor Mike Brewer unpicks the citing of his research in Adam Perkins’ book
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ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
On youth and happiness in a rapidly changing world
- Gundi Knies
- Cara Booker
ISER’s research into the wellbeing of children and young people is having a positive impact on the policy agenda as thinktanks, third sector and industry absorb the findings
Do ethnic minority candidates mobilise ethnic minority voters? Mostly not.
- Nicole Martin
Dr Nicole Martin argues that the idea that ethnic minority candidates mobilise ethnic minority voters in great number isn’t necessarily borne out by the evidence.
Living with hate and harassment
- Renee Luthra
- Michaela Benzeval
- Alita Nandi
- Shamit Saggar
ISER researchers are beginning a new ESRC Secondary Data Initiative study into the prevalence and persistence of ethnic and racial harassment and its impact on health using longitudinal analysis
Where does the money go?
- Thomas Crossley
Dr Annette Jäckle, Professor Thomas Crossley and an international interdisciplinary team are working on a new ESRC/NCRM research project to develop new ways of collecting information on household finances
Losing benefits hurts more than paying taxes: implications for policy making
By framing policy differently, it may be possible to alter the design of welfare benefits so as to encourage people to take up work without necessarily cutting financial support
Counting the wages of sin: Illicit drug markets and the National Accounts
- Stephen Pudney
National statistical agencies within the EU are now required to include illicit economic activity in the National Accounts. But is this a good idea? Professor Stephen Pudney summarises the conclusions of an ISER review of the methodology used by the UK Office for National Statistics for measuring the contribution of illegal drugs markets to GDP.
New ways of measuring poverty
- Mike Brewer
Measuring poverty to understand how policies could best combat inequality will remain a priority for policy makers and poverty campaigners.
Professor Mike Brewer describes ISER’s innovative approaches to analysing poverty data
Society and health are intricately related
Professor Michaela Benzeval and Professor Meena Kumari on new data to predict the health needs of the future
Don’t blame the robots
- Andrea Salvatori
Dr Andrea Salvatori’s blog for The Conversation on his research into the decline of middle-earning jobs and how the UK is different to the USA.
Universal benefits?
Dr Birgitta Rabe investigates the effects of early education on childhood development and women’s career choices?
Role model effects? Women’s political participation in India
- Irma Clots-Figueras
- Lakshmi Iyer
Professor Bhalotra from ISER, Irma Clots-Figueras of Carlos III Madrid and Lakshmi Iyer of Harvard Business School have analyzed role model effects in Indian politics, focusing on competitive elections to state legislative assemblies