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Policy event: Housing at the heart: creating healthy, equitable and sustainable communities
Venue: The British Academy
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Policy event: Housing at the heart: creating healthy, equitable and sustainable communities
One-day conference at the British Academy in London on 26 February and launch of Insights 2025 Report on housing related research using Understanding Society
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Fees paid and living costs grant for next PhD intake: Apply by 22 Jan for ESRC studentship for October start
PhD programmes in Economics, Survey Methodology, Health Research or Applied Social and Economic Research available for full or part-time study
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From Parents’ Cradle to Children’s Career: Intergenerational Birth Order Effects
Although numerous studies investigate how childhood experiences shape adult success, there is limited understanding of their impact on future generations. We study the intergenerational consequences of birth order, an aspect of childhood that affects a large part of the population and can be identified with relatively mild assumptions. Using cousin...
Presented by: Nadine Ketel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Venue: 2N2.4.16
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New research to look at how family living arrangements have changed recently and what this means for household finances
Study will bring new evidence for policies on supporting complex families and households through benefits
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Helping inform Government’s new breakfast schemes in schools
New study will examine how existing schemes improve health, behaviour, attendance and attainment
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Judging the Paper by Its Cover: Affiliation Bias in Conference Admissions
Connections predict career success across many occupations. In academia, conference participation is essential to build and maintain a professional network, thus contributing to academic success. In this paper, we experimentally test whether and how academic affiliation affects conference acceptance. We run a stratified matched pair field experiment leveraging the reviewing...
Presented by: Dr Luca Favero (ISER, University of Essex)
Venue: 2N2.4.16