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Nonstandard work schedules and mental health: Do social and workplace resources moderate the association?
Despite the widespread prevalence of nonstandard work schedules (NSWS) – that is working evening, nights, or weekends – their implications for mental health remain unevenly understood, particularly with respect to the resources that may buffer their adverse consequences. Using longitudinal data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)...
Presented by: Sara Tafuro (INED, The French Institute for Demographic Studies)
Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)
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When Trouble Travels: Peer Effects of Criminal Exposure in Schools
A child's peers are a vital determinant of their performance at school. While it has been well documented that being exposed to disruptive peers can have adverse effects on educational outcomes, little is known about the impact of being exposed to a peer with a criminal background. In this paper,...
Presented by: Hikaru Kawarazaki (IFS, UCL)
Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)
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Opportunity-Sensitive Social Welfare
We develop a framework to evaluate income distributions from the perspective of an opportunity-egalitarian social planner. Through an original axiomatic route that bridges normative economics and decision theory under ambiguity, we characterize a class of social welfare functions governed by a single parameter capturing the planner's aversion to inequality of...
Presented by: Paul Hufe (University of Bristol)
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)
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Immobility in a Distressed Region: Poverty Trap, Housing Lock, or Preferences?
The Appalachian region is characterized by low wages, high unemployment, high poverty, and limited economic opportunities. Standard models of migration predict that such conditions should generate substantial out-migration, yet migration rates from Appalachia are lower than in the rest of the United States. We examine three potential explanations for this...
Presented by: Christopher R. Bollinger (University of Kentucky)
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)
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Survey Futures ECR Impact Awards 2026
Venue: Hallam Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JJ
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Celebrating 30 years of EUROMOD: The academic prototype now a central pillar of European social policy analysis
Professor Holly Sutherland co-authors book documenting the remarkable story of our influential tax-benefit microsimulation model
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New evidence on benefit take-up: Measurement, Determinants, Effects: Online workshop 30 October
How have the take-up rates changed over the years? Have they increased or decreased after the roll out of Universal Credit? Why do eligible individuals choose not to claim benefits? Presenting the evidence from our ESRC UKRI project.
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Announcing the new Director of ISER: Professor Paul Clarke
Paul is a world-leading expert in methodological work on the use of machine learning in the social sciences, and a leading researcher on statistical methods