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Childhood in the time of Covid
Lockdown, lifelines and the long haul ahead: the impact of Covid-19 on food banks in the Trussell Trust network
Carried out with Heriot Watt University, this research reveals the impact of the pandemic on food bank use during the first half of 2020, and forecasts how need will continue to change this winter.
Carrying the work burden of the COVID-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK. Briefing note 1: employment and mental health
Labour tax and child benefits reform in Lithuania: for better or worse?
[…] and, to a limited extent, the additional child benefit. Simulations based on the EUROMOD and QUEST models are used to assess the fiscal, redistributive, equity and macroeconomic impact of these reforms. Overall, the set of simulated changes marginally decreases the tax wedge, poverty and income inequality. The child benefits reform has a progressive impact […]
Implications and impacts of the crisis on micro businesses and their future
[…] not straightforward – a fact borne out in small business policy over the past three decades. The chapter will review emerging evidence and insights as to the impact of Covid-19 on the activity of sole-traders and micro-businesses, before discussing the appropriateness of the Government’s response. As businesses rework their business models there remain questions […]
Business models, innovation and employees experiences in the workplace: challenges for the post-Covid-19 economy
[…] employee performance and wellbeing, organisational performance and productivity. Learning from effective management practice is particularly important as businesses, sectors and communities seek to bounce back from the impact of COVID19. This chapter reviews the evidence underlying five interlinked ESRC research projects exploring: the relationship between job resources and levels of work engagement and innovation; […]
School closures and children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties
School closures have been one of the most dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Concerns about the impact of school closures on children’s learning were raised early on in the pandemic and work continues to mitigate lost learning. There is also widespread concern about the detrimental impact of the pandemic on children’s […]
Teacher labour market in England: annual report 2021
The impact of gender role norms on mothers’ labor supply
[…] effect on hours worked. Most of these effects are driven by less educated women. A new decomposition analysis allows us to estimate that approximately half of the impact on labor force participation is due to women conforming gender role attitudes to their peers’, with the remaining half being explained by the spillover effect of […]