News

Publication

Perfectly adequate?: Revisiting pensions adequacy 20 years after the Pensions Commission

Report - October 1, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Income Dynamics
3. Older People
4. Pensions
5. Taxation
6. Economics
7. Public Policy
8. Wages And Earnings
9. Savings And Assets
10. Living Standards

Publication

Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people’s walking: analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society)

Journal Article - October 1, 2024

1. Older People
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Geography
6. Time Use
7. Social Exclusion
8. Social Psychology
9. Transport
10. Crime And Justice
11. Sport

Publication

A framework for identifying and addressing the risks of exclusion from social surveys

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 3 - October 1, 2024

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Demography
4. Social Groups

Publication

Individual characteristics and earnings

Research Paper, FIT Working Papers, 26 - October 1, 2024

1. Psychology
2. Economics
3. Wages And Earnings
4. Education
5. Biology
6. Social Stratification
7. Genetics

Publication

Political participation and party preferences

Research Paper, FIT Working Papers, 25 - October 1, 2024

1. Psychology
2. Economics
3. Education
4. Biology
5. Genetics
6. Politics
7. Higher Education

Publication

Does local area social mobility affect political alienation?

Journal Article - October 11, 2024

1. Psychology
2. Social Attitudes
3. Area Effects
4. Geography
5. Social Stratification
6. Politics
7. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
8. Social Mobility
9. International Economic Relations
10. Sociology

Publication

The life course effects of care

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA7/24 - October 3, 2024 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Microsimulation
3. Older People
4. Life Course Analysis
5. Poverty
6. Economics
7. Demography
8. Savings And Assets
9. Child Development
10. Disability
11. Caregiving

Event

Lies, Damned Lies and Surveys: Professor Peter Lynn at Cafe Scientifique

Presented by: Professor Peter Lynn

Venue: The Minories, High Street, Colchester, Essex

Publication

Differences by ethnicity in the association between unpaid caring and health trajectories over 10 years in the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Journal Article - September 30, 2024

1. Households
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Well Being
6. Ethnic Groups
7. Sociology Of Households
8. Caregiving
9. Unpaid Work

Publication

Cross-sectional associations between patterns of cultural engagement and indicators of biological dysregulation

Journal Article - September 25, 2024

1. Health
2. Biology
3. Arts
4. Medicine
5. Sport
6. History

Publication

The 2024 Future of Children Challenge: research springboard exploring the topics of children’s development, child poverty and childcare

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-10 - September 19, 2024 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Health
4. Poverty
5. Research
6. Child Development
7. Caregiving

News

Housing insecurity in English rental sector – our evidence on impacts and policy implications

The UK Parliament publish two briefings citing our recent studies on housing and health

News

New project to examine stereotypes in schools secures €1.5m EU funding

“Stereotypes can lead to minority students being treated differently, with the knock-on effect of self-fulfilling prophecies that hinder their academic success”

News

Policy Conference: The Future of Families

Our London conference on 31 October to focus on the long-term challenges faced by families and debate the direction for policy

Event

Introduction to Social Network Analysis

Presented by: Paulo Serôdio

Venue: Online

Publication

Improving response among adolescents and young adults in Understanding Society: report from a workshop

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-07 - September 11, 2024 - download  

1. Jonathan Burton

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology
4. Psychology
5. Young People
6. Child Development

Publication

Measuring expenditure with a mobile app: do probability-based and nonprobability panels differ?

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-09 - September 11, 2024 - download  

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

Publication

Understanding Society: minimizing selection biases in data collection using mobile apps

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-08 - September 11, 2024 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Information And Communication Technologies

Publication

Mind vs matter: economic and psychologic determinants of take-up rates of social benefits in the UK

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA6/24 - September 5, 2024 - download  

1. Microsimulation
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Surveys
4. Psychology
5. Welfare Benefits
6. Economics
7. Area Effects
8. Geography

Event

ISER Seminar Series

Presented by: Professor Nava Ashraf - LSE

Venue: ISER Large Seminar Room 2N2.4.16