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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.

Mothers ‘take a pay cut’ if their firstborn is a daughter
  1. Sonia Bhalotra
  2. Damian Clarke
  3. Angelina Nazarova
Media - June 15, 2025
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Psychology
  5. Social Attitudes
  6. Household Economics
  7. Health
  8. Economics
  9. Demography
  10. Wages And Earnings
  11. Childbearing: Fertility
  12. Well Being
  13. Social Behaviour
  14. Sociology Of Households
  15. Caregiving
  16. Social Psychology

Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave. Sixth report of session 2024–25. [House of Commons. Women and Equalities Committee]
Parliamentary Paper, HC 502 - June 10, 2025
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Public Policy
  4. Government
  5. Childbearing: Fertility
  6. Sociology Of Households
  7. Caregiving

The daughter penalty
  1. Sonia Bhalotra
  2. Damian Clarke
  3. Angelina Nazarova
ISER Working Paper Series, 2025-03 - May 28, 2025 - download  
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Psychology
  5. Social Attitudes
  6. Household Economics
  7. Health
  8. Economics
  9. Demography
  10. Wages And Earnings
  11. Childbearing: Fertility
  12. Well Being
  13. Social Behaviour
  14. Sociology Of Households
  15. Caregiving
  16. Social Psychology

Income volatility and parenting styles during hard times
  1. Gabriele Mari
Journal Article - March 25, 2025
  1. Income Dynamics
  2. Household Economics
  3. Health
  4. Covid-19
  5. Welfare Benefits
  6. Economics
  7. Wages And Earnings
  8. Social Stratification
  9. Child Development
  10. Social Behaviour
  11. Sociology Of Households

Sibling similarity in education and employment trajectories at ages 16–19 in the UK: the role of parental influence and individual experiences in early adolescence
  1. Alina Pelikh
  2. Morag Henderson
Journal Article - March 1, 2025
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Psychology
  5. Health
  6. Well Being
  7. Education
  8. Social Stratification
  9. Young People
  10. Child Development
  11. Sociology Of Households

Written evidence from Dr Laura Fumagalli, Dr Greta Morando, Dr Sonkurt Sen [SPL0041] [House of Commons. Women and Equalities Committee. Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave inquiry]
  1. Laura Fumagalli
  2. Greta Morando
  3. Sonkurt Sen
Parliamentary Paper - February 12, 2025
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Income Dynamics
  4. Social Attitudes
  5. Household Economics
  6. Health
  7. Finance
  8. Childbearing: Fertility
  9. Education
  10. Child Development
  11. Sociology Of Households
  12. Caregiving

When in the lifecourse? Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse and biological health score
  1. Elise Whitley
  2. Michaela Benzeval
  3. Michelle Kelly-Irving
  4. Meena Kumari
Journal Article - August 1, 2024
  1. Households
  2. Life Course Analysis
  3. Health
  4. Biology
  5. Social Stratification
  6. Sociology Of Households

Transition to adulthood in an intergenerational family context: a cohort and gender analysis based on Understanding Society
  1. Eleni Karagiannaki
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-06 - June 5, 2024 - download  
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Demography
  3. Social Change
  4. Social Stratification
  5. Young People
  6. Sociology Of Households

New study on division of housework and childcare in heterosexual dual-earning couples nominated for the prestigious Kanter Prize 2024
  1. Heejung Chung
  2. Cara Booker
Media - May 14, 2024
  1. Labour Market
  2. Social Stratification
  3. Time Use
  4. Sociology Of Households
  5. Caregiving
  6. Unpaid Work

Parental gender attitudes and children’s mental health: evidence from the UK household longitudinal study
  1. Edith Aguirre
  2. Michaela Benzeval
  3. Aja Murray
Journal Article - March 15, 2024
  1. Psychology
  2. Social Attitudes
  3. Well Being
  4. Child Development
  5. Sociology Of Households
  6. Social Psychology

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