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Austerity and young people’s political attitudes in the UK

This article studies the impact of the 2012 British austerity policies on youth political attitudes using a difference-in-differences. The study achieves this by combining longitudinal survey data from “Understanding Society” with a district-level estimate of the austerity shock that each individual faced between the years 2013 and 2015. The findings indicate that the welfare […]

The impact of mixing survey modes on estimates of change: a quasi-experimental study

[…] traditional single-mode longitudinal designs to mixed-mode designs. Nevertheless, there are concerns that mixing survey modes may affect coefficients of change at the individual level. We investigate the impact of mixing survey modes on estimates of change using a quasi-experimental design implemented in a long-running UK panel study. Two types of comparisons are carried out: […]

Does volunteering make us happier, or are happier people more likely to volunteer? Addressing the problem of reverse causality when estimating the wellbeing impacts of volunteering

[…] date this research has had limited success in accounting for the factors that are likely to drive self-selection into volunteering by ‘happier’ people. To better isolate the impact that volunteering has on people’s wellbeing, we explore nationally representative UK household datasets with an extensive longitudinal component, to run panel analysis which controls for the […]

Quantifying the mental health and economic impacts of prospective Universal Basic Income schemes among young people in the UK: a microsimulation modelling study

[…] support basic needs—has been proposed as a policy to increase the size and security of household incomes and promote mental health. We aimed to quantify its long-term impact on mental health among young people in England. Methods: We produced a discrete-time dynamic stochastic microsimulation that models a close-to-reality open cohort of synthetic individuals (2010–2030) […]

Written evidence submitted by Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, University of Essex. ST0007 [House of Commons. Education Committee. Screen time: impacts on education and wellbeing inquiry]

[…] their life, after their parent or carer has given permission for them to complete it. We have identified research which uses Understanding Society data and is relevant to the committee’s question: What is the current understanding of how screen time can support or impact children’s wellbeing and mental health, including the use of social media?