New MiSoC research by Dr Bastien Chabé-Ferret and CEPR’s Dr Paula Gobbi finds that while economic uncertainty can affect fertility rates, things have changed over the 20th century
Groundbreaking study by Dr Cara Booker, Professor Meena Kumari, Professor Michaela Benzeval and Professor Tarani Chandola, reveals the physical impact of stress on working mothers
Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2019-01
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Maurizio Bussolo, Carla Krolage, Mattia Makovec, et al.
Paper downloadNew research led Dr Amy Clair, of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, found high levels of stress and inflammatory marker (CRP) linked to housing type and tenure
Dr Cara Booker co-authors new study finding 40% of girls and 25% of boys had experience of online harassment or cyberbullying and 40% of girls compared to 28% of boys said their sleep was often disrupted
New release includes tax-benefit policies up to 2018 for all 28 EU countries
This workshop provides an introduction to generating impact from biosocial research, aimed at the new cohort of social scientists, biologists and health researchers engaged in biosocial research.
This conference will give researchers the opportunity to showcase current and ongoing work based on Understanding Society biomarker, genetics and epigenetics data. Work in progress is welcome and there will be plenty of opportunities during the conference for feedback and discussion. Conference registration will open on 15 October 2018. A call for abstracts is now open and closes on 1 October 2018. See link for more details.
New project funded by the Nuffield Foundation and led by Professor Mike Brewer will facilitate the analysis of policy options in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & England separately as well as the UK as a whole
Are you interested in incorporating epigenetic data in your analyses? In this course, we will introduce epigenetic terms relevant to social science, the data available in Understanding Society, procedures to access these data and provide a worked example of the use of epigenetic data in a social science framework.
This half day workshop will consist of an introductory presentation on epigenetics, focussing on DNA methylation, followed by an overview of the data that are available in Understanding Society. We will then illustrate and conduct a simple analysis in R using data from Understanding Society in a computer practical session.
ISER Working Paper Series 2018-15
Sonia Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani, and Selma Walther
Paper downloadUnderstanding Society facilitates exciting and innovative research about the UK’s society, including research into the relevance of neighbourhood and place for individual and societal wellbeing. In this introductory course, participants will gain skills in thinking about exciting research questions around “neighbourhoods” that can be addressed using Understanding Society and are equipped with the basic tool that are involved in answering them. How much neighbourhood social capital is there in Britain and what are its individual, household and neighbourhood level correlates? How has neighbourhood social cohesion changed over time, and how does this matter? Participants will learn to navigate the studies’ extensive online resources to identify relevant study content and undertake some basic types of cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in Stata. The course is open to early career and postgraduate researchers from all disciplines and policy fields.
Our latest data release features eight waves of Understanding Society data, plus 18 waves of harmonised British Household Panel Survey data, following the lives of the inhabitants of thousands of UK households in our huge panel study
New study by Professor Michaela Benzeval, Dr Alita Nandi and Dr Renee Luthra unpicks the paradox of why immigrants’ life expectancy decreases as they become more immersed in their new country
Understanding Society collects information about individuals and the households in which they live repeatedly at one year intervals. It includes new and innovative features to allow research across different social science disciplines. To achieve the main goals of this multipurpose survey Understanding Society has a complex sample design and consequently a complex data structure. Thus, analysing the data requires a good understanding of the general structure of the survey, the sample design and the data.This course is aimed at new users of Understanding Society, as well as those who have so far only made use of simpler aspects of the data. It aims to guide the user through the complexities of using this data for cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis, and ensure that they can make effective use of the data for their own research projects.
In a study newly published by the European Economic Review, MiSoC researchers Matthias Parey and Marco Francesconi look at the gender gaps in pay and university education after graduation, and explore the reasons behind them
New study shows that grandparents’ class still affects grandchildren’s life chances in contemporary UK society just as earlier research showed for mid-20th century Britain
Inflated house prices and high rents in major cities are damaging the employment prospects for millions of young workers across the European Union, according to a new World Bank report, using our microsimulation tool EUROMOD, for key analysis
New study investigates the common factors shaping political and ethnic identities among minority and majority populations in the UK
ISER Working Paper Series 2018-14
Kompal Sinha, Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones, et al.
Paper downloadThis year’s edition considers three key areas: gender inequality and family change, quality of life in older age and ‘green lives’
Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, is hosting a timely debate to discuss the unfolding momentum on gender equality. New evidence using Understanding Society reveals the impact of part time working on pay, how parenthood shapes gender role attitudes towards employment, and the effects of divorce on gender differences in housing futures. There will also be a poster session enabling delegates to engage with researchers on specific topics.
ISER Working Paper Series 2018-13
Apostolos Davillas and Andrew M. Jones
Paper downloadThis event will present new research on the links between housing, health and wellbeing. A huge increase in the number of people are now living in rented accommodation, so could the associated insecurities and stresses have a detrimental effect on their health and wellbeing? Researchers will present three new studies looking into the impact of housing situations on the lives of Generation Rent. A panel of leading experts and thinkers will discuss the findings and the implications for policy and practice.
Over 15 million people in Europe live in precarious housing and over a quarter of UK children are growing up in private rented accommodation. This event will discuss new research on life for the renting generation and how this impacts on their health and wellbeing. Experts will talk about what can be done to improve policies and practice, alongside new evidence that shines a bright light on the reality of renting.
More than a quarter of UK children are growing up in rented accommodation and that figure looks set to rise. Housing policies are in the spotlight. But what is it like to live as Generation Rent - what are the implications for health and wellbeing? New evidence from the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change shines a bright light on the realities of rented living and asks the experts to consider how policy and practice change could bring improvements to millions of lives.
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we take a look at ways to turn the basic income concept into a practical scheme.
The idea of a basic income is becoming increasingly popular both within and outside the UK. It is a policy with many variants which includes components that are relevant for both moderate and radical reforms.
This event aims to illustrate ways to turn the basic income concept into a practical scheme, with emphasis on a revenue-neutral implementation. Invited speakers will present recent research related to the estimated fiscal and distributional effects of the implementation of such schemes and the mechanisms that drive these results.
Examples of relevant research include Atkinson et al. (2017), Browne and Immervoll (2017) and Torry (2017).
The presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of a revenue-neutral basic income introduction.
EUROMOD Working Paper Series EM19/18
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Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Alberto Tumino
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Martina Pezer, Slavko Bezeredi, and Chrysa Leventi
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Alari Paulus and Iva Valentinova Tasseva
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