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Immobility in a Distressed Region: Poverty Trap, Housing Lock, or Preferences?

The Appalachian region is characterized by low wages, high unemployment, high poverty, and limited economic opportunities. Standard models of migration predict that such conditions should generate substantial out-migration, yet migration rates from Appalachia are lower than in the rest of the United States. We examine three potential explanations for this...

Presented by: Christopher R. Bollinger (University of Kentucky)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)

Event

Survey Futures ECR Impact Awards 2026

Venue: Hallam Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JJ

Event

UKMOD Fest 2026

Venue: Online

Publication

Gender income inequality in Ireland and the United Kingdom: work, pay and redistribution

Journal Article - September 22, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Income Dynamics
3. Microsimulation
4. Taxation
5. Welfare Benefits
6. Wages And Earnings

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Celebrating 30 years of EUROMOD: The academic prototype now a central pillar of European social policy analysis

Professor Holly Sutherland co-authors book documenting the remarkable story of our influential tax-benefit microsimulation model

Publication

Damp places, unhappy faces: local authority housing repairs and maintenance expenditure on residents’ wellbeing in England

Journal Article - September 21, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Public Policy
5. Living Standards
6. Well Being
7. Housing Market

Publication

Mental health effects of the Universal Credit rollout 2009-2019 on adults with dependent children: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA11/26 - September 21, 2026 - download  

1. Households
2. Income Dynamics
3. Life Course Analysis
4. Psychology
5. Household Economics
6. Health
7. Poverty
8. Welfare Benefits
9. Public Policy
10. Childbearing: Fertility
11. Well Being

Event

New evidence on benefit take-up: Measurement, Determinants, Effects: Online workshop 30 October

Venue: Online

Publication

For the future of our grandchildren: grandparenthood and climate change concerns

Journal Article - November 1, 2026

1. Older People
2. Psychology
3. Social Attitudes
4. Environmental Sociology
5. Social Behaviour
6. Sociology Of Households
7. Social Psychology

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New evidence on benefit take-up: Measurement, Determinants, Effects: Online workshop 30 October

How have the take-up rates changed over the years? Have they increased or decreased after the roll out of Universal Credit? Why do eligible individuals choose not to claim benefits? Presenting the evidence from our ESRC UKRI project.

Publication

PwC’s good growth barometer

Report - September 3, 2026

1. Economics
2. Area Effects
3. Regional Economics
4. Living Standards
5. Well Being
6. Geography
7. Societies

Publication

The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality : full report

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

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The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality: England

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

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The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality: Northern Ireland

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

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The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality: Scotland

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

Publication

The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality : summary report

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

Publication

The Foundation reports – employment and mental health inequality: Wales

Report - September 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Lone Parents
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Finance
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Young People
9. Disability

Publication

Impacts of tourism development on residents’ quality of life: a dual spillover perspective

Journal Article - April 1, 2027

1. Psychology
2. Travel
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Regional Economics
6. Well Being
7. Geography

News

Announcing the new Director of ISER: Professor Paul Clarke

Paul is a world-leading expert in methodological work on the use of machine learning in the social sciences, and a leading researcher on statistical methods

Publication

Quantifying the relationship between climatic conditions and personal financial and health well-being

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Economics
5. Finance
6. Well Being
7. Geography