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Pregnancy as a period of change for household nutrition

Pregnancy is a time in which individuals change their health behaviours, bolstered by extensive public health guidance and growing evidence that a healthy prenatal environment fosters child development with lifelong benefits. We provide evidence on the dynamics of food purchases and nutritional quality during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth. Using...

Presented by: Professor Melanie Lührmann

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

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MiSoC policy fellowships bring government researchers in to work with our academic experts to investigate evidence gaps

Sharing MiSoC’s expertise in policy-relevant research and analysis of large data sets, with individual government researchers working in a similar area

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European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) Conference 2024

Venue: Erasamus University, Rotterdam

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CALL FOR PAPERS – Society For Longitudinal And Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) – Inequalities across life courses and generations: Interdisiplinary perspectives

Venue: Institute for Social and Economic Research

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Research shows 2 million people in London and South East will be pushed into paying more tax

Analysis by the House of Commons Library using UKMOD finds that 1.1 million in London and South East will end up in the 40p rate of tax by 2027, and almost 1 million of the lowest paid moving into the 20p rate.

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CBE for Professor Michaela Benzeval in King’s New Years Honours List

Professor of Longitudinal Research at ISER and Director of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, receives ”much-deserved recognition” for her outstanding contribution to world-leading social science.

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Recruiting and retaining young people in longitudinal surveys: lessons from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-15 - December 21, 2023 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology
4. Young People
5. Social Behaviour

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Trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society: waves 1 to 13

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-16 - December 21, 2023 - download  

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

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Impact of equity in social protection spending on income poverty and inequality

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA10/23 - December 17, 2023 - download  

1. Income Dynamics
2. Poverty
3. Welfare Benefits
4. Economics
5. Public Policy

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Children’s nutrition in the Cost of Living Crisis – new research evidence and policy discussion

Presented by: Dr Angus Holford and Professor Birgitta Rabe

Venue: Nuffield Foundation, 100 St John Street, London EC1M 4EH and online. Register for the link.

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Children’s nutrition and the Cost of Living Crisis: Policy discussion event presenting new research evidence

Event on 8 February presents our new evidence and discusses which policies best support improving children’s nutrition

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

Journal Article - December 1, 2023

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

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Financial concerns and the marginal propensity to consume in COVID times: evidence from UK survey data

Journal Article - December 1, 2023

1. Households
2. Income Dynamics
3. Household Economics
4. Health
5. Covid-19
6. Economics
7. Public Policy
8. Finance
9. Savings And Assets
10. Economic Policy

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Firm heterogeneity and the aggregate labour share

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA9/23 - December 13, 2023 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Economics
3. Wages And Earnings
4. Labour Economics
5. Organizations And Firms

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Intergenerational and intersectional life course effects: Evidence from Romanian abortion ban.

How did the abortion ban enacted in 1966 in Romania shape the life-course transitions of the significantly larger cohort born as a consequence? To answer this question, we build on different theoretical strands, and we conceptualize how gender and parental socio-economic status intersect with relative cohort size changes in affecting...

Presented by: Dr Selin Köksal (ISER, Essex)

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

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Political Engagement in the UK. Taking back control? Westminster policy conference on 14 February

MiSoC’s Professor Renee Luthra among experts presenting new research using Understanding Society data

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ISER’s key role in new €9.75m European Commission project

Professor Peter Lynn: “We are delighted to have been asked to contribute ISER’s expertise in survey methodology to this important project, and excited to be working closely with our partners across Europe.”

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Back to the future: agent-based modelling and dynamic microsimulation

CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA8/23 - December 1, 2023 - download  

1. Microsimulation
2. Economics

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Housing and health: what does it mean to be housed well?

There is lots of evidence linking housing situations to negative health outcomes, including a recent paper showing faster epigenetic ageing among private renters. However, work by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation emphasises the importance of not just highlighting the negative effects of poor housing but also the positive effects of good...

Presented by: Dr Amy Clair (University of Adelaide)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 If you would like to attend the seminar online, please contact the seminar series organisers for the zoom link at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk.

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Individual, interpersonal and environmental correlates of sedentary behaviours in adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal Article - December 1, 2023

1. Psychology
2. Information And Communication Technologies
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Time Use
6. Disability