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ISER has an enviable publications record in top academic journals and regularly presents its work at key conferences and policy events in the UK and around the world. It is also frequently commissioned to produce reports and papers for Government Departments, think tanks, charities and businesses and its important work is frequently featured in the media. You can search all of ISER’s outputs including by area of interest and author.

Examining youth educational and occupational aspirations: sibling configuration and family background -PhD thesis-

  1. Feifei Bu
Thesis/Degree/Other Honours - September 15, 2015
  1. Labour Market
  2. Education
  3. Young People
  4. Higher Education
  5. Social Psychology

For higher achievers hire firstborns

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - September 4, 2014

Do big sisters really do best?

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - July 1, 2014

Firstborn daughters are the most ambitious children, research finds

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - June 10, 2014

Are older siblings more ambitious?

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 30, 2014

Firstborn girls are the best at life

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 29, 2014

Female and firstborn success

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 29, 2014

First-born girls do the best

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 29, 2014

The girls born to be a success

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 28, 2014

Firstborn girls ‘most likely to be successful’

  1. Feifei Bu
Media - April 28, 2014

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