Events archive

Past events

17 Oct 2016

Against the odds? Explaining the mismatch between educational attainment and labour market position of the second generation minority ethnic members in the UK

Presented by: Yaojun Li, University of Manchester Yaojun.Li@manchester.ac.uk

Venue: Large Seminar Room, 2N2.4.16

12 Oct 2016

JESS Seminar CANCELLED: Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequality and allostatic load

Presented by: Natasha Crawford, ISER

Venue: 2N2.4.16, Large Seminar Room

10 Oct 2016

Monday Seminar: Do consumers respond to nutritional labels? Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Presented by: Stephanie von Hinke, University of Bristol

Venue: Large seminar room 2N2.4.16

23 Sep 2016

Health and Gender: Global and Economic Perspectives 23-24 September

Presented by: Gabriella Conti (UCL), Marianne Bitler (UC Davis), Sonya Krutikova (IFS), Sonia Bhalotra (Essex), Paul Hunt (Essex - Law and Human Rights), Damian Clarke (Santiago, Chile), Libertad Gonzales (UPF Barcelona), Arthi Vellore (Essex), Hanna Muhlrad (Stockholm), Mircea Trandafir (University of Southern Denmark), Casper Hansen (Copenhagen), Alison Andrew (IFS), Farah Said (Lahore School of Economics)

Venue: Large Seminar Room, SSRC Building (ISER) The University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ

5 Sep 2016

EUROMOD 20th Anniversary Conference

Presented by: There will be keynote presentations from people with strong associations, past or present, with EUROMOD-related research including Tony Atkinson, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Holly Sutherland. There will also be a panel session on policy uses of EUROMOD. And a party!

Venue: Essex Business School, University of Essex

11 Jul 2016

Attendance Allowance – the evidence and the options for local government

Presented by: * Neil Coyle MP, Work and Pensions Committee * Professor Ruth Hancock, University of East Anglia * Professor Stephen Pudney, University of Essex * James Lloyd, Director, Strategic Society Centre * Simon Bottery, Director of Policy and External Relations, Independent Age

Venue: Houses of Parliament

23 Jun 2016

Child Poverty and Social Mobility: Lessons for Research and Policy

Presented by: Marianne Bruins, University of Oxford: TANF, Childcare and Child Welfare in Sole Parent Families; Rod Hick, University of Cardiff: The rise of in-work poverty in the UK, Cara Booker, University of Essex, Birgitta Rabe, University of Essex: The impact of part-time vs. full-time child care on mothers' labour supply: evidence from England (with Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan and Claire Crawford), Almudena Sevilla, Queen Mary University of London, Abigail McKnight, London School of Economics

Venue: ISER

15 Jun 2016