Accounting for differences in women’s labour force transitions by ethnic origin in the UK

[…] women’s probabilities of labour market entry and exit; and we explore how far these can be accounted for by a) human capital and demographic characteristics, b) the impact of relevant events (partnership and children), and c) differences in gender-role attitudes and religiosity. We find that, adjusting for all these factors, Indian and Caribbean women […]

Which biosocial characteristics predict the accuracy of self-reported height and weight among adults? A comparison of data from Understanding Society Wave 1 and Wave 2 (Nurse Visit)

[…] weight will partly reflect genuine growth/shrinkage or weight gain/loss, respectively. But given this will have been less pronounced for height than for weight, it seems likely that the eight biosocial characteristics associated with the difference (between self-reported and measured variables) in both height and weight are those with the greatest potential impact on reporting accuracy.

Unfinished lives: the effect of domestic violence on neonatal and infant mortality

[…] violence and child mortality, but has yet to present evidence of a causal relationship. In this paper we use an instrumental variable approach to analyse the causal impact of domestic violence against the mother on child mortality in the Indian context. Domestic violence is instrumented with the real price of gold at the month […]

Using an App to collect detailed expenditure data in a probability household panel survey: response rates, response biases and measurement quality

[…] proportion had said they were hypothetically willing to participate in such a task? What proportion actually downloaded the App? How did participation evolve over the month? What impact did the conditional incentive for downloading the App have? Secondly we will examine biases in the types of sample members who participated, considering social-demographic characteristics, financial […]

Parents, local house prices and leaving home in Britain

[…] over time to create large cumulative disparities in young people’s life course trajectories. By contrast, the effects of parental factors are more nuanced. Parental characteristics have little impact on the odds of leaving home to form partnerships, while the likelihood of departing to live alone or in shared accommodation is reduced by parental homeownership […]