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When exams were cancelled – what difference did this make to outcomes for ethnic minority GCSE students?

New study looks at Teacher Assessed Grades following the COVID-19 school closures

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Short-term impact of increasing the value of unconditional and conditional incentives in Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-08 - March 15, 2023 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

First- and second-generation impacts of the Biafran War

Journal Article - March 1, 2023

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Health
3. Economics
4. Childbearing: Fertility
5. Education
6. Child Development
7. Sociology

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Teacher grade predictions for ethnic minority groups: evidence from England

ISER Working Paper Series, 2023-03 - March 14, 2023 - download  

1. Covid-19
2. Education
3. Ethnic Groups

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Proteomics in Understanding Society: pre-analytic condition impacts on measurement

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-05 - March 14, 2023 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Health
4. Education
5. Biology
6. Genetics

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Understanding Society: how does the study as data infrastructure generate benefits for science, policy, and society?

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-06 - March 14, 2023 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology
4. Public Policy
5. Societies
6. Research
7. Interdisciplinarity: Social Sciences
8. Science And Technology

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Gender differences in job mobility and pay progression in the UK

ISER Working Paper Series, 2023-02 - March 7, 2023 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Wages And Earnings
4. Childbearing: Fertility
5. Labour Economics

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Participation of household panel members in daily burst measurement using a mobile app: effects of position of the invitation, bonus incentives, and number of daily questions

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-01 - March 6, 2023 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology
4. Information And Communication Technologies
5. Health
6. Well Being

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Understanding Society Wave 16 pilot: biomarker data collection in the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-04 - March 6, 2023 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Biology

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Labour market expectations and occupational choice: evidence from teaching

ISER Working Paper Series, 2023-01 - March 3, 2023 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Economics
3. Wages And Earnings
4. Education
5. Labour Economics
6. Sociology Of Labour

News

Dr Angus Holford appointed to the UK Government Evaluation & Trial Advice Panel

Dr Holford will support the design and delivery of robust, high-quality evaluation across government

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Quality of expenditure data collected with a mobile receipt scanning app in a probability household panel

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-02 - March 1, 2023 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology
4. Information And Communication Technologies
5. Household Economics

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Panel attrition in the General Population Sample and the Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost of Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-03 - March 1, 2023 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology
4. Demography
5. Migration
6. Ethnic Groups

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The relationship between the Big Five personality traits and earnings: evidence from a meta analysis

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA2/23 - February 28, 2023 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Psychology
3. Wages And Earnings

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Rocketing number of adults moving back in with their parents nears five million

New UK study finds ‘boomerang’ adults’ mental health improves despite the loss of independence

News

The Future of Work and Wellbeing

A special in conversation event with Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides FBA

Event

The Future of Work and Wellbeing

Presented by: Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides FBA and Professor Emily Grundy

Venue: The Barbican Centre, London

Event

Introduction to Social Network Analysis

Presented by: Dr Paul Serodio

Venue: ONLINE

Event

Professorial Inaugural Lectures – ISER and Sociology

Presented by: Professor Birgitta Rabe

Venue: Essex Business School, University of Essex

Event

Department of Sociology Professorial Inaugural Lectures

Presented by: Renee Luthra

Venue: Essex Business School, University of Essex