Understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status, income and mental health among 16- to 24-year-olds: analysis of 10 waves (2009-2020) of Understanding Society to enable modelling of income interventions

[…] a gradient is still present. Compared with previous reviews, the data presented here provides an estimate of the magnitude of effect that helps facilitate microsimulation modelling of impact on anxiety and depression from changes in socioeconomic circumstances. This enables a more detailed and complete understanding of the types of socioeconomic intervention, including welfare reforms […]

Climatic conditions, financial and subjective wellbeing evaluations

We study the impact of climatic conditions on self-reported financial and subjective wellbeing indicators. To inform the climate policy debate, we conduct a unique multi-domain analysis of how monthly weather measurements (sunshine, rainfall, temperature anomaly) relate to financial evaluators (current/expected finances, job/income satisfaction), mental and physical health (mental distress, life/health satisfaction). Matching individual-level data […]

Housing wealth distribution, inequality and residential satisfaction

[…] an increase in housing wealth at the aggregate level. Consequently, housing wealth growth does not necessarily improve residential satisfaction for society as a whole if it leads to housing wealth inequality. Given the significant impact of housing wealth distribution on residential satisfaction, it is important to consider housing wealth inequality in making public policy decisions.