Partnership transitions and mothers’ employment

[…] report presents findings from secondary analysis of the Families and Children Study (FACS) and British Household Panel Study (BHPS), measuring partnership dynamics amongst mothers and exploring the impact of partnership breakdown and (re)partnering on family employment status. Both surveys collect information on partnership and employment histories, with spells dated by calendar month, and data […]

Social inequality and educational choice -DPhil thesis-

[…] Britain. Evidence shows that higher levels of parental control and better parent-child relationships, which are more likely to happen in higher socio-economic families, have a crucial positive impact on students’ attainment process. It largely mediates the effects of class background on students’ aspirations and examination performance. Results overall suggest both academic achievements and aspirations […]

Promoting well-being: a British perspective

Initial definitions of well-being have tended to focus on the psychological consequences of ill-health or economic deprivation, in particular the negative impact of life events, change, and poverty. Whilst steps have been made towards understanding individual well-being in terms more than the psychological consequences of health and economic circumstances, there is still a tendency […]

Advancing quality of life in a turbulent world

[…] For many, the conditions required to live a quality life are being eroded. The thirteen papers contained in this volume explore a broad range of factors that impact on quality of life worldwide-globalization, regionalization, recently regained political autonomy, population migration, factors that contribute to health and illness, shortages in food and agriculture, the importance […]

Eligibility for maternity leave and first birth timing in Great Britain

This paper examines the impact of maternity leave legislation on first birth timing in Great Britain. When maternity leave was introduced in Great Britain in 1976, the eligibility requirement for full-time employees was to have been working for the same employer for at least 2 years. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey […]

Using the EU-SILC for Policy Simulation: prospects, some limitations and suggestions

[…] for a model for the whole EU-25, thereby reducing the amount of effort that must be made in harmonising data from diverse national sources, in understanding the impact of remaining cross-country differences on model results, as well as in negotiating access to many datasets and ensuring that diverse access conditions are met. Nevertheless, the […]