Past events
Making the UK a good place to work – and the launch of Understanding Society’s Insights 2017
Presented by: Event Chair: Vicky Pryce, economist, author and commentator Insights 2017: David Walker, Chair, Understanding Society Governing Board Headline findings on low pay and work theme: Professor Susan Harkness, Director, Understanding Society Policy Unit Is low pay a spring board to higher earnings? Conor D’Arcy, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Resolution Foundation How can we improve low pay and insecure work in the UK? Panel and delegate discussion: Jane Gratton, Head of Business Environment and Skills, British Chambers of Commerce Paul Gregg, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, and Director of the Centre for Analysis and Social Policy, University of Bath Matthew Oakley, Social Metrics Commission and Director of WPI Economics Steve Turner, Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union
Venue: Church House Westminster Deans Yard London SW1P 3NZ
JESS Seminar: Public Child Care Expansion and Mother’s Labour Supply- Evidence from Norway
Presented by: Astrid Kunze, Norwegian School of Economics and IZA
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Modern motherhood – new evidence for better policies
Presented by: Professor Sonia Bhalotra, Professor Emilia Del Bono and Dr Birgitta Rabe
Venue: Council Chamber, Broadway House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ
What works for work incentives: moving off benefits
Venue: Broadway House, Tothill Street, London
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Participation in passive mobile data collection
Presented by: Florian Keusch, University of Mannheim
Venue: 2N2.4.16
What makes children unhappy? New research findings
Presented by: Dr Gundi Knies, Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex Dr Gill Main, University of Leeds Larissa Pople, The Children’s Society
Venue: Westminster Suite, Broadway House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ
JESS Seminar: The Sooner the Better? Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden
Presented by: Therese Nilsson, Stockholm (visiting Sonia Bhalotra)
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Explaining international differences in interspousal health correlations
Presented by: James Banks, University of Manchester
Venue: 2N2.4.16
JESS Seminar: Subjective Expectations on Labour Market Outcomes and Human Capital Accumulation in the UK
Presented by: Joshua Fullard, ISER
Venue: 2N2.5B.24 - ISER Boardroom. Note change of venue!
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Women’s labor market participation across ethnic groups: The role of household conditions, gender attitudes, and religiosity in different national contexts
Presented by: Yassine Khoudja, Utrecht University
Extra JESS Seminar: Relational Proximity, Uncertainty, and Efficiency
Presented by: Ernesto Reuben, NYU Abu Dhabi (work with Manuel Muñoz-Herrera)
Venue: 2N2.5B.24: ISER Boardroom (subject to change)
JESS Seminar: The short- and long-term effects of student absence: evidence from Sweden
Presented by: Sarah Cattan, UCL and IFS (visiting Sonia Bhalotra).
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Ethnic minorities and the British political system: new research on engagement and representation
Presented by: Dr Nicole Martin (University of Essex) - Ethnic Minority Voters in 2015: A Breakthrough for the Conservative Party? Dr Maria Sobolewska (University of Manchester) – Which ethnic minority candidates represent the views of ethnic minority constituents, and why? Dr Rebecca McKee (University of Manchester) - How MPs respond to their ethnic minority constituents. Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the UK Parliament
Venue: Council Chamber, Broadway House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Individual Consumption in Collective Households: Identification Using Panel Data with an Application to PROGRESA
Presented by: Christine Valente, University of Bristol
Venue: 2N2.4.16
JESS Seminar: Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India
Presented by: Sofia Amaral, ISER
Venue: 2N2.5B.24 - ISER boardroom.
Monday Afternoon Seminar: The Effects of the 1930s HOLC “Redlining” Maps
Presented by: Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Venue: 2N2.4.16
MiSoC Workshop: Emerging Questions in Migration Studies
Presented by: Neema Begum - Bristol, James Laurence – Manchester, David Bartram – Leicester, Silvia Galandini – Manchester, David Voas – IoE, Merlin Schaeffer – Cologne, Germany, Sarah Carol – Cologne, Germany, Hector Cebolla Boado – Madrid, Spain,
Venue: University of Essex
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Bribes vs. Taxes: Market Structure and Incentives
Presented by: Giacomo De Giorgi, GSEM, University of Geneva
Venue: ISER Large Seminar Room, 2N2 4.16
JESS Seminar: The Impact of Public Policies on the Relationship between Fertility, Female Labour Supply and Childcare (Cancelled)
Presented by: Panayiota Lyssiotou, University of Cyprus (EUROMOD visitor)
Venue: 2N2.5B.24, ISER Boardroom
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Foreign Direct Investment and Agency of Women
Presented by: Sheetal Sekhri, University of Virginia
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Seminar room