Our ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC) will host an academic one-day workshop on 22 September, with presentations of new research on factors around mental health and wellbeing and labour market participation. The keynote speech will be given by Professor Gregory Jolivet from the University of Bristol on ‘Occupational (mental and physical) health’. Registration is free and via this link to Eventbrite.
Agenda
Please find the latest programme below.
09:30-10:00 Arrival, Welcome & Coffee
10:00-11:45 Firm-side determinants
Thomas Cornelissen (University of Essex): Labour Market Tightness and the Effects of Immigration
Fergus McCormack (University of Cambridge): The “Depression Trap”: Genetic Risk, Labor Supply, and the Case for Precision Psychiatry
Ben Etheridge/Hiromi Yumoto (University of Essex): Firm Pay Premiums and Mental Health
11:45-12:15 Coffee break
12:15-13:00 Keynote speech
Gregory Jolivet (University of Bristol): Measuring Occupational Health Inequality in the US, 2008-Present
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45 Family transmission
Angelina Narzarova (University of Essex): The Daughter Penalty
Sarah Cattan (Institute of Fiscal Studies): Parental Labour Market Instability and Children’s Mental Health: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mathias Jensen (University of Oxford): Work, Workplaces and Worker Mental Health
15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-18:00 Treatment
Ekaterina Operina (CEP, LSE): Talking Therapy: Impacts of a Nationwide Mental Health Service
Roger Prudon (University of Lancaster):(Not) Talking Through Mental Health Problems: How Talk Therapy Impacts Healthcare Utilization, Health and Employment
Canishk Naik (UC Berkeley): Mind the Gap: Understanding the Drivers of Mental Health Inequality
18:00 Close