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Training and life satisfaction: a disrupted pathway to better work

[…] data set, the UK Understanding Society initiative (2010–2020), we identify the effects of different types of training and their intensity on life satisfaction. We assess how the impact of training on life satisfaction is moderated by the socio-demographic characteristics of the learner, namely, employment status, gender, ethnicity and migration status, age and deprivation of […]

Height-reducing variants and selection for short stature in Sardinia

We report sequencing-based whole-genome association analyses to evaluate the impact of rare and founder variants on stature in 6,307 individuals on the island of Sardinia. We identify two variants with large effects. One variant, which introduces a stop codon in the GHR gene, is relatively frequent in Sardinia (0.87% versus

Housing subsidies and property prices: evidence from England

[…] to exploit variation in scale of the cuts across local areas, we find that the cuts lowered house prices from the time of the policy announcement. The impact was seen predominantly for types of property typically rented by recipients of subsidies and in areas where demand for housing is low relative to supply. Analysis […]

Hungry? Food insecurity, social stigma and embarrassment in the UK

[…] food bank users by drawing on survey data and case studies. Substantial numbers of people were constrained in their food choices, whilst food bank users had concerns about the social stigma of food aid. It is questionable whether the present policy approach is economically and politically efficient given the impact on people’s health and well-being.

Credit constraints and the demand for mortgage debt in the UK

[…] changes in financial regulatory regime. The econometric focus of the paper is the second hurdle (the demand for mortgage debt) in the double hurdle model, and the impact of mortgage type on this hurdle. Models employ Understanding Society Survey (USS) Data, covering newly originated mortgages for the period 2001-2018. The paper finds that since […]

Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown: “A still and dry pandemic for the many”?

[…] mobility disruptions during lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 became ‘tipping points’ with the potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on alcohol consumption. We document two findings using information from the Google Mobility Report and longitudinal data from the Understanding Society in the […]