Blog

ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.

Don’t blame the robots
  1. 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?
  1. Birgitta Rabe

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
  1. Irma Clots-Figueras
  2. 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

Saturday jobs and the damage to grades
  1. Angus Holford

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills report Death of the Saturday Job picks up on a growing trend away from part-time work as school children compete for the few part-time jobs and many decide to concentrate on school work. A study by Dr Angus Holford found that part-time employment is having an impact on some children – but not all.

Job loss solution
  1. Simonetta Longhi
  2. Mark Bryan

Mark Bryan and Simonetta Longhi investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment of the spouse who lost their job

A Leap Of Faith
  1. David Voas

Professor David Voas on Islam’s growing popularity and global population

Leading survey innovation
  1. Tarek Al Baghal

The Understanding Society survey includes what is known as an ‘Innovation Panel’ sample (IP) – a testing bed for survey methods. Dr Tarek Al Baghal describes the experiments conducted in 2014 and how these could help design and improve survey methods in the future.