[…] ethnic groups. Interpretation: Our finding that the hostile environment policy worsened the mental health of people from Black Caribbean backgrounds in the UK suggests that sufficient, appropriate mental health and social welfare support should be provided to those affected. Impact assessments of new policies on minority mental health should be embedded in all policy making.

The impact of women’s life events do not just affect their finances today, but can also affect their financial futures, as lower earnings result in lower pension contributions over time. We have partnered with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) on two reports to explore women’s finances through the lens of the workplace and […]

[…] IP14 exclusively used web-first and telephone approaches due to COVID-19, IP15 included a return to some respondents being interviewed face-to-face. IP15 also continued ongoing experiments on the impact of incentives, and, as with prior waves, several other methodological experiments were included in the survey. Experiments were conducted on: how to ask respondents for consent […]

[…] of the Economic Geography of Happiness by examining the spatial dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB). Through four empirical chapters, the dissertation explores various aspects such as the impact of income comparisons on happiness, the influence of different sources of income on well-being, the existence of spatial spillover effects in happiness, and the potential for […]

[…] children and young people. We also outline why we believe that measuring children and young people’s subjective wellbeing is important, not only for its ability to inform policy and practical decisions that impact on the lives of children in the UK, but because there is validity in asking young people themselves how they are doing.