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EuroCohort: Children’s health and well-being to be put in the spotlight across Europe
ISER’s Professor Peter Lynn and Dr Gundi Knies join team of experts designing new survey of children and young people
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Some Indicators of Sample Representativeness and Attrition Bias for BHPS and Understanding Society
Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2018-01
Peter Lynn and Magda Borkowska
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Scottish Parliament uses EUROMOD to predict potential tax revenues
New analysis using ISER’s tax-benefit microsimulation model predicts 1p on the basic rate of income tax in Scotland would generate around £380m
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Improving income protection for the elderly poor in Ecuador
EUROMOD Working Paper Series EM2/18
Cesar A. Amores L. and Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo
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Financial work incentives and the longterm unemployed: the case of Belgium
EUROMOD Working Paper Series EM1/18
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European Commission report uses EUROMOD to highlight role of fiscal policy in stabilising household incomes during Great Recession
EU scientists use our microsimulation model for Report on Public Finances in EMU 2017, assessing policy impacts 2004-2014
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Does postpartum depression predict emotional and cognitive difficulties in 11 year olds?
ISER Working Paper Series 2018-02
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Does postpartum depression affect employment?
ISER Working Paper Series 2018-01
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ISER gives evidence to Women & Equalities Select Committee Inquiry on Race Disparity Audit
Professor Shamit Saggar provides oral evidence to the Committee looking into the Government’s recently published audit of race disparities in the UK
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The case for NIT+FT in Europe. An empirical optimal taxation exercise
EUROMOD Working Paper Series EM18/17
Nizamul Islam and Ugo Colombino
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Labour outcomes and family background: evidence from the EU during the Recession
ISER Working Paper Series 2017-15
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Assessing the impact of Government policy of universal free school meals for children in Key Stage 1
New Nuffield Foundation-funded project will look at the impact of the policy of free school meals for all 4 to 7 year olds, introduced by the coalition government in 2014
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Understanding Brexit: the latest research on the EU referendum
New data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Panel Study, have been released on political attitudes, engagement with political issues and Brexit voting behaviour to enable early analysis on the pressing issues surrounding Brexit. The initial findings and working papers will be shared at a discussion event.
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University of Essex awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize for ISER, the highest national recognition for the work of a UK university
ISER recognised for ‘authoritative social and economic research to inform government policies and improve people’s lives’
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New ISER report for Low Pay Commission
Commission publishes new analysis by Professor Mike Brewer and Dr Paola De Agostini, using EUROMOD to assess the future situations for families surviving on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
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New Understanding Society data release - 25 years of longitudinal household data now available
The latest data release features seven waves of Understanding Society data, plus eighteen waves of Understanding Society harmonised British Household Panel Survey data
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Better policy making to support mothers - sharing evidence on childcare policies, time spent with children, and maternal depression
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance, the National Childbirth Trust, Working Families and Barnardo’s joined our research team to discuss new findings and how these can help change lives
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Racial harassment has damaging impact on mental health
ISER publishes new analysis of who experiences racial harassment in the UK, revealing the prevalence, intensity and persistence of harassment in British society and its impact on mental health
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New conference on widening participation evidence for schools, universities and policy makers
ISER researchers presented new evidence on early influences on young people about aspiring to higher education, who applies, who drop outs and who succeeds at a conference for professionals and policy makers in Westminster
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New evidence for policy change on work/life balance, low pay and adult mental health
Insights 2017 highlights new studies using Understanding Society data, with commentary from Kate Bell from the Trade Union Congress and Paul Farmer from mental health charity, Mind
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Making the UK a good place to work - and the launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2017
How should we tackle low pay and precarious work – a dynamic or damaging force?
With growing concerns about UK’s endemic low pay and impact of the ‘gig’ economy, a panel of leading policy commentators will discuss new findings from Understanding Society data and explore how we can improve low pay and insecure work in the context of emerging evidence.
The event will bring together policy makers, employer and skills bodies, trade unions, HR professionals, educationalists, local authorities, pay campaigners and think tanks. Delegates will have plenty of opportunity to contribute to the debate and enjoy a reception afterwards.The event is part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science.
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What works for work incentives: moving off benefits
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we present new research on work incentives in the UK and Europe.
The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A to discuss the potential implications for better policy making.
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Understanding Brexit: the latest research on the EU referendum
Release of data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Panel Study, has allowed select researchers the chance to unpick attitudes and behaviours in the UK population during the year of the Brexit vote
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Improving household finances data with joint interviewing and a balance edit: cognitive testing of a 'Benefit Unit Finance' module
Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2017-14
Tim Hanson, Phil Westwood, Jonathan Burton, et al.
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Understanding how people conceptualise household finances
Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2017-12
Thomas Chisholm, Heidi Hasbrouck, Alice Coulter, et al.
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Understanding Society: how people decide whether to give consent to link their administrative and survey data
Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2017-13
Kelsey Beninger, Ali Digby, Gurprit Dillon, et al.
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Local institutional structure and clientelistic access to employment: the case of MGNREGS in three states of India
ISER Working Paper Series 2017-14
Anindya Bhattacharya, Anirban Kar, and Alita Nandi
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Universal Remedy: ensuring Universal Credit is fit for purpose
Professor Mike Brewer co-authors new Resolution Foundation report finding Universal Credit will be £3 billion a year less generous than the tax credit system it replaces
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The Guardian's Science Weekly Podcast: Professor Meena Kumari explains the possibilities of biomarkers
How does socio-economic position affect our health? Professor Kumari talks about ISER work combining biological markers in blood samples with socio-economic data
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How does unemployment and job loss affect men and women? New evidence for What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Study uses data from Understanding Society to look at gender differences in the impact of unemployment beyond loss of income