In recent decades, non-voting among the British working class has increased substantially, contributing to widening class-based inequality in electoral participation. This study examines the impact of occupational class mobility on the intergenerational transmission of electoral participation in two ways. First, by applying Diagonal Reference Models to data from the British Household Panel Survey and […]

[…] measure of precarious employment. Results: Precarious employment has a negative effect on mental health. Compared to men in similar circumstances, precarious employment seems to have a stronger impact on women’s mental health. Furthermore, job tenure is negatively associated with mental health for both men and women. Finally, a positive perceived financial situation is associated […]

[…] the United Kingdom. We fill this gap by analysing data from the 2018–2019 wave of the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. With ordinal regression models, we investigate the impact of migration generation and belonging to ethnic minorities on the frequency of car, bus, and bicycle use. We explore to what extent these associations are accounted […]

[…] and transport policy measures to encourage greater sustainable travel, the need to understand the nuance of where such interventions are effective, how they work, and who they impact is essential. Yet, the relative importance of who we are and where we live in shaping travel behaviours remains contested. This paper examines this relationship more […]

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health are persistent across Europe. It is unclear whether progressive income tax reforms could reduce these inequalities. We compared the impact on mental health inequalities of redistributive taxation reforms alone to taxation reforms combined with benefit enhancement. Methods: We used the dynamic SimPaths microsimulation model with UK Household Longitudinal […]

This paper evaluates the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on alcohol consumption in the UK using a difference-in-differences (DiD) framework, leveraging rich individual-level survey data. We estimate Average Treatment Effects on the Treated (ATET) using both standard and staggered DiD approaches. Although we find no significant change in the share of individuals drinking […]

[…] of topics and policy areas relevant to health and poverty. The housing system in the UK especially in England is broken, and this has the biggest adverse impact on the poorest households. High rents, inadequate benefits and low wages, and limited supply of affordable social housing is driving both poverty per se and leaving […]

[…] occupational status, and income lead to pronounced inequalities in housework time, combined hypogamy results in a smaller yet persistent gender gap, revealing a gender asymmetry in the impact of relative resources and the perpetuation of traditional gender roles. Notably, well-educated couples consistently exhibit the most egalitarian behaviours across all union configurations and cohorts. Overall, […]