- Amy Clair
MiSoC’s Amy Clair writes for the International Public Policy Observatory looking at which housing inequalities have been amplified by COVID-19
Blog
ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
MiSoC Workshop on Women in the Labour Market (15-16 April 2021)
MiSoC student Liza Benny writes a blog detailing the sucessful workshop on ‘Women in the Labour Market’
How have school closures affected children’s mental health?
Birgitta Rabe, Laura Fumagalli and co-authors write for the Economics Observatory on the negative impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people
Update: How is the response to coronavirus affecting gender equality?
- Susan Harkness
Susan Harkness provides an update on her blog for the ESRC’s Economics Observatory, on how mothers have been hit harder by widening inequalities in employment since the first Covid-19 lockdown.
Are UK immigrants selected on education, skills, health and social networks?
- Renee Luthra
Professor Renee Luthra writes for LSE
The gig is up! Do workers really ‘choose’ unstable jobs?
Writing for the Institute for the Future of Work, Dr Silvia Avram shares the results of a new experimental study aimed at examining workers’ reactions to uncertainty about work availability and pay.
A Level Economics is a gateway to the economics profession
In a blog for the Institute for Fiscal Studies, MiSoC student Sonkurt Sen with IFS co-authors Arun Advani and Ross Warwick explore the effect of A level choices on improving diversity among economists
Mandatory remote teaching could reduce inequality during the pandemic – but delivering it will be difficult
- Ayse Guveli
Asye Guveli writes for The Conversation
Better housing is crucial for our health and the Covid-19 recovery
Dr Amy Clair’s work with Adam Tinson for the Health Foundation thinktank shows housing problems are likely a significant component of the ‘syndemic’ that has led to greater risks of Covid-19 infection and serious complications for certain social groups
Will support for low-income families during school holidays improve children’s lives?
MiSoC’s Birgitta Rabe & co-authors write for the ESRC’s Economics Observatory on their research into the impact of extending free school meals for means-tested families into the school holidays.
A shadow pandemic of domestic violence: The potential role of job loss and unemployment benefits
- Sonia Bhalotra
In a blog for Vox EU, MiSoC’s Sonia Bhalotra explains how her research using data from Brazil shows that job loss contributes to the global surge in domestic violence witnessed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the mechanisms behind that.