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Dr Alita Nandi Senior Research Fellow & Associate Director for Understanding Society, University of Essex

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Research Interests

I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). I conduct empirical research primarily in the areas of ethnicity and gender, specifically investigating differences in subjective wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction, mental health) as well as economic wellbeing (e.g., income, wages). My other research activities are (i) in the formation, measurement and impact of identity on life outcomes, (ii) causes and consequences of harassment and discrimination, (iii) in measurement of institutional characteristics in developing countries and exploring their effects.

I am the Associate Director (Outreach) for Understanding Society and have contributed to its questionnaire design, particularly to the measurement of ethnic identity and identity across other dimensions and data management activities including partnership history datasets.

Research projects:

Understanding Society

What Works Wellbeing: Work, Learning and Wellbeing

The prevalence and persistence of ethnic and racial harassment and its impact on health: A longitudinal analysis

Poverty across ethnic groups through recession and austerity

Partnership dissolution and formation: how do they affect income, employment and well-being?

Misoc Project: Identity, behaviour and wellbeing

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    Publications

    Displaying publications 31 - 45 of 71 in total

    1. Poverty across ethnic groups through recession and austerity - summary

      Paul Fisher and Alita Nandi

      1. Economics
      2. Poverty
      3. Ethnic Groups

    2. Explaining personality pay gaps in the UK

      Alita Nandi and Cheti Nicoletti

      1. Psychology
      2. Wages And Earnings

    3. Partnership dissolution: how does it affect income, employment and well-being?

      Mike Brewer and Alita Nandi

      1. Living Standards
      2. Family Formation And Dissolution
      3. Well Being

    4. Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

      Gundi Knies, Alita Nandi, and Lucinda Platt

      1. Area Effects
      2. Ethnic Groups
      3. Well Being

    5. Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

      Gundi Knies, Alita Nandi, and Lucinda Platt

      1. Area Effects
      2. Ethnic Groups
      3. Well Being

    6. A note on ethnicity and identity among the UK born population in Understanding Society

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

      1. Politics
      2. Area Effects
      3. Religion
      4. Ethnic Groups

    7. Britishness and identity assimilation among the UK's minority and majority ethnic groups

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

      1. Migration
      2. Ethnic Groups

    8. Britishness and identity assimilation among the UK’s minority and majority ethnic groups

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

    9. Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: Is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

      Lucinda Platt, Alita Nandi, and Gundi Knies

    10. How diverse is the UK? How British is the UK?

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

    11. Developing ethnic identity questions for Understanding Society

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

      1. Social Groups
      2. Survey Methodology

    12. Employment and perceived racial discrimination

      Shamit Saggar and Alita Nandi

      1. Labour Market
      2. Ethnic Groups
      3. Race Relations

    13. How diverse is the UK?

      Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

      1. Demography
      2. Migration
      3. Ethnic Groups

    14. Understanding remittances in Understanding Society: quantifying ties overseas and ties to Britain

      Omar Khan and Alita Nandi

      1. Migration
      2. Ethnic Groups
      3. Finance

    15. An initial look at non-response and attrition in Understanding Society

      Peter Lynn, Jonathan Burton, Olena Kaminska, et al.

    Media

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    1. Reports outline ethnic research from University of Essex

    2. Justice in pay packets starts at the top. Across the board

    3. The downside of being nice

    4. Nice doesn't pay in the workplace

    5. Conscientious and nice? Doesn't pay!

    6. In the news

    7. And now we know...

    8. Do you really need to be aggressive in the workplace?

    9. Nice not enough for a fair salary

    10. Nice guys earn £1,500 less a year than nastier male colleagues

    11. Nice guys get lower salaries at work

    12. Are nice people paid less in the workplace?

    13. Nice guys 'get lower salaries at work'

    14. It doesn't pay to be nice in business today

    15. Nice guys pay price at work

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