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MiSoC Mini-Workshop on Family and Education Economics
Bringing together academics working on a range of policy research from school absences, parents in digital space, household expenditure on food to the impact of breakfast clubs
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Automation will continue to displace workers – but they won’t easily fill healthcare and education shortages
New MiSoC Explainer looks at what will happen as automation reshapes the labour market and this impacts on jobs and wages
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Survey Futures Workshop: : Within-household selection methods for surveys without field interviewers in the UK
Presented by: Peter Lynn, Nathan Reece, Nhlanhla Ndebele
Venue: Online
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2nd Winter Microsimulation Workshop: Modelling behaviour in dynamic microsimulation models
Venue: Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena, 100, 10153 Torino, Italy
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Insights 2026: Policy conference on children and young people’s futures: London, 26 February
Showcasing the latest policy -relevant research using Understanding Society data following the lives of children and young people, within a family context, since 2009
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Ethnic minority and immigrant pupils in Secondary Schools: What makes a difference to integration and reducing stereotyping
London event discussing our latest research with expert practitioners, policy advisors and other leading academics in the field
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Parental Separation during Childhood and Its Impact on Intergenerational Co-residence, Geographic Proximity, and Nature of Communication between Aging Parents and Adult Children: Evidence from a novel dataset on caregiving.
Due to increasing divorce rates, a substantial portion of middle-aged adults experienced parental separation during childhood or adolescence. Parental separation tends to weaken relationships and reduce contact between children and their non-resident parents. Subsequently, these disruptions may affect the contact and support adult children provide to their older parents. Using...
Presented by: Kate H. Choi (Western University)
Venue: Online