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Genetics and occupational status: gene-environment interplay, intergenerational transmission, careers and health

Socioeconomic status (SES) impacts health and life course outcomes. This GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Study) on sociologically-informed occupational status measures (ISEI, SIOPS, and CAMSIS) using the UKBiobank (N=273,157) identified 106 independent SNPs of which 8 are novel to the study of SES. Genetic correlation analyses point to a common genetic factor...

Presented by: Professor Melinda Mills (University of Oxford)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Intercultural education to encounter cultural and linguistic diversity in classrooms: analyzing the tension between policy and bottom-up implementation practices.

Along the years, cultural and linguistic diversity in schools has significantly increased, in all European countries. In light of that, the Council of Europe (2008) has started promoting ‘intercultural education’ as the main educational strategy to accommodate diversity and to promote interactions among pupils with different cultural/linguistic affiliations. In the...

Presented by: Irene Landini (University of Antwerp).

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Cohabitation, childbirth and child human capital

The US and European countries have experienced dramatic changes in family formation in recent decades, with more parents in a partnership choosing to have a child without marrying first. As this fall out from marriage is predominantly a low socio-economic status phenomenon, it can lead to an exacerbation of inequalities...

Presented by: Gloria Moroni (University of Venice)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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‘Kinlessness’, social connectedness, and subjective wellbeing in Europe

Recent demographic shifts, such as decreasing marriage and fertility rates, will lead to larger numbers of middle-aged and older adults with fewer family members. Ageing without close kin can present unique challenges in terms of wellbeing deterioration and lack of personal care in later life. This paper examines the association...

Presented by: Marco Tosi (University of Padova)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Becoming parents in the Nordics. What role do gender and social policies play for parents’ income and earnings trajectories?

The Nordic countries are often put forth as a success story in terms of women’s labor force participation and gender equality. Generous family policies provide an important piece of the puzzle, yet the degree to which they stimulate gender equality vary among the countries. Focusing on the earnings and income...

Presented by: Professor Marie Evertsson (Stockholm University)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Open the flood gates or skim the cream? Selective vs. open enrolment policies and the race for talent in Italy

Using administrative data on the whole Italian university system, we investigate the factors affecting universities' choices to adopt selective vs. open enrolment policies at the undergraduate degree level, and what effects these choices have in terms of the quality of the student intake and student performance. Implications for Italy's North-South...

Presented by: Massimiliano Bratti (University of Milan)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Having a live birth after Medically Assisted Reproduction: does Socioeconomic status matter?

Prior work has highlighted marked social disparities in births after Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) as socio-economically advantaged couples are, on average, considerably more likely to use MAR treatments to conceive. Recent research suggests multiple mechanisms – such as the (un)affordability of the MAR treatments and geographic proximity to infertility clinics...

Presented by: Alice Goisis (UCL)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)

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Softening up while abroad. Soft skills and international student mobility

Soft skills are important determinants of labour market outcomes. Existing studies have underscored their significance, emphasized their malleability during young adulthood and their persistent undersupply in the labour market. Despite these findings, the production function of soft skills remains under explored. This paper investigates whether international student mobility, during university...

Presented by: Luca Favero (ISER, University of Essex)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)