News

Publication

COVID-19 labor market protection and support for the welfare state: job retention versus job loss in four European countries

Journal Article - October 25, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Social Attitudes
3. Health
4. Covid-19
5. Welfare Benefits
6. Economics
7. Public Policy
8. Unemployment
9. Public Opinion

Publication

Religious engagement and antibody response to the COVID-19 vaccine

Journal Article - October 1, 2024

1. Psychology
2. Health
3. Covid-19
4. Social Networks
5. Biology
6. Social Groups
7. Religion
8. Social Psychology

Publication

Downward occupational mobility and job satisfaction: when does it hurt less?

Journal Article - October 1, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Area Effects
5. Regional Economics
6. Unemployment
7. Well Being
8. Geography

Publication

Increasing diversity, precarity and prolonged periods of education in the transition from school to work in Britain

Journal Article - October 1, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Unemployment
4. Education
5. Social Change
6. Social Stratification
7. Young People
8. Higher Education

Publication

Dividing housework between partners: individual preferences and social norms

Research Paper, CESifo Working Papers, 11413 - October 1, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Households
3. Social Attitudes
4. Household Economics
5. Economics
6. Demography
7. Wages And Earnings
8. Time Use
9. Ethnic Groups
10. Sociology Of Households
11. Sociology

Publication

Dividing housework between partners: individual preferences and social norms

Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 17370 - October 1, 2024

1. Labour Market
2. Households
3. Social Attitudes
4. Household Economics
5. Economics
6. Demography
7. Wages And Earnings
8. Time Use
9. Ethnic Groups
10. Sociology Of Households
11. Sociology

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

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

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