Past events
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
JESS Seminar: Assets at marriage and domestic violence
Presented by: Seetha Menon, European University Institute (MiSoC visiting fellow)
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017
Presented by: Professor Sir Richard Blundell & Professor Hilary Graham as keynote speakers.
Venue: University of Essex