Income and employment

Explaining the impacts of a changing and challenging job market, family finances, welfare reform and saving for retirement.

News - latest findings, new research, announcements

Photograph of Dr Spiros Samothrakis

MiSoC’s Dr Spyros Samothrakis is new Chief Scientific Adviser to Essex County Council

UKMOD Fest 2024: 4 October

Attracting entrepreneurial scientists – should the UK be more like the US?

New study on division of housework and childcare in heterosexual dual-earning couples nominated for the prestigious Kanter Prize 2024

Projects - new and ongoing research

Piggy bank and calculator

Roots of problem debt and policies to mitigate its consequences

Next Steps in Securing the Sustainability of the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (SUSTAIN-2)

European Social Survey (ESS-SWEP)
Food bank

Evaluating a ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award

Podcasts - audio interviews with our researchers

Using mobile devices to understand spending

Long term sickness: the costs to individuals

Poverty triggers and household change

Childcare policy – has it had any impact?

Events

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