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The unexplored impacts of international students – UK in a changing Europe
New study finds increasing numbers of international students have had no detrimental effects on the economic outcomes of British students.
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New report reveals UK’s ‘precarious middle incomers’ with insecure jobs and insecure housing
Study led by Professor Donald Hirsch uses Understanding Society data to reveal the situation for middle third in income distribution
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Workforce quality in early years interventions: Evidence from a large-scale home visiting programme
Targeted early years programmes can have significant benefits for children's development; however, there are many examples of early interventions that have failed to live up to their promise, particularly when delivered at scale. Understanding the inputs into a successful early years programme is therefore essential to reform existing interventions and...
Presented by: Christine Farquharson, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Venue: In person - to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk.
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Universal free school meals in primary schools reduce obesity and improve Reading scores
New MiSoC research looked at health and educational outcomes for children in four London boroughs piloting free meals for all primary school children
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Insights 2024 published showcasing new policy-relevant using Understanding Society data
Launch event – including new MiSoC study of intergenerational transmission of political engagement in immigrant families – presents a plethora of the latest UK evidence using Understanding Society data
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The Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Extended Play-Based Learning in Early Childhood
Governments around the world are investing heavily in early childhood development, however it is still not clear what skills early childhood development policies should target or how they are best implemented. In this paper I evaluate the effects of an extended play-based learning policy for early childhood in Wales -...
Presented by: Hettie Burn
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)
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Essex’s 60 Stories Series: Celebrating MiSoC’s rich heritage of influential policy-relevant research
For over 30 years, the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change has been a powerhouse of evidence, producing world-class quantitative research that influences policy
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Call for papers: MiSoC/ERC European Social Science Genetics Network Conference III, Rotterdam 30-31 May
New research to improve understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances shape life choices and outcomes across the life-course of individuals
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Gender bias in evaluating assistant professorship applicants? Evidence from harmonized survey experiments in Germany and Italy
Klarita Gërxhani, Nevena Kulic, Alessandra Rusconi and Heike Solga This study examines gender differences in evaluations of applicants for assistant professorships in Germany and Italy in light of the dominant narrative of women’s discrimination in academic hiring. This narrative assumes that female applicants receive lower ratings than men. However, following...
Presented by: Professor Klarita Gërxhani
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)
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Health Inequalities in Labour Market Outcomes. Do healthy labour markets lead to a healthy workforce?
The labour market is conceived as largely a marketplace for labour; where agents transact their labour in exchange of pay. However, this is a rather simplistic and narrow view. On closer examination we know that the labour market is comprised of people from a very diverse socio-demographic background with different...
Presented by: Dr Theocharis Kromydas
Venue: Online - to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)