Using an App to collect detailed expenditure data in a probability household panel survey: response rates, response biases and measurement quality

[…] proportion had said they were hypothetically willing to participate in such a task? What proportion actually downloaded the App? How did participation evolve over the month? What impact did the conditional incentive for downloading the App have? Secondly we will examine biases in the types of sample members who participated, considering social-demographic characteristics, financial […]

Parents, local house prices and leaving home in Britain

[…] over time to create large cumulative disparities in young people’s life course trajectories. By contrast, the effects of parental factors are more nuanced. Parental characteristics have little impact on the odds of leaving home to form partnerships, while the likelihood of departing to live alone or in shared accommodation is reduced by parental homeownership […]

Unravelling the “immigrant health paradox”: acculturation, discrimination, and health behaviours of the foreign born and their children

[…] time since arrival and generational status as proxies for acculturation and exposure to discrimination. Using data from Understanding Society this paper provides a first estimate of the impact of these two causal mechanisms on health behaviours across time and immigrant generations. We model the probability of smoking, binge drinking, walking regularly, and eating fruits […]

The income-health gradient: evidence from self-reported health and biomarkers using longitudinal data on income

[…] of illnesses and steeper income gradients are observed. A two-step residual inclusion type of estimator (involving a fixed-effects income model at the first stage) shows that the individual-specific selection effects have a systematic impact in the long-run income gradients in self-reported health but not in biomarkers, highlighting the importance of reporting error in self-reported health.

Does ethnic concentration influence gender role views? A study across first and second generation ethnic groups in England and Wales

[…] groups: ethnic concentration. According to theories of neighbourhood effects, neighbourhoods are spaces of interaction, as well as of transmission of beliefs and ways of doing. These might impact individuals, with a more or less coercive effect (Galster, 2012). Using data from the II Wave of the United Kingdom Housing Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) in combination […]

Long-standing financial distress: do people adapt?

[…] negatively affected even before the actual financial distress is reported. These findings call for policy attention as they indicate that adaptive defence is not likely to work in the face of prolonged negative stimuli of financial distress. Detrimental impact of long-standing financial distress on mental health could be even higher than it is generally estimated.

How commuting influences subjective wellbeing

[…] transport mode used but the consequences of commuting for overall life satisfaction and other measures of subjective wellbeing (SWB) are unclear. According to economic theory, the adverse impact of long commutes should be compensated for by the benefits they bring. The paper begins by examining the association using a six wave panel data set […]