The Research Centre for Micro-Social Change (MiSoC): Understanding individual and family behaviours in a new era of uncertainty and change
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Essex
Department Name: Inst for Social and Economic Research
Abstract
Changes to our society are being driven by both long-term social and economic trends, and the impacts of recession and austerity. Five social trends drive the new research programme of the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC): i) new features of the job market that are changing the fortunes of different groups of people; ii) changing family set-up and relationships; iii) reform of and cut-backs in the provision of housing, education, health, and benefits; iv) breaking down of social and political beliefs, and increasing ethnic and religious diversity; v) changes in our values to be more accepting of personal freedom and more tolerant of inequality. Of course, modern societies are always changing, but the next decade poses new challenges. Recession, austerity and the patchy nature of the recovery mean things looks bleak for many. Ties between family, friends and neighbours, weakening as the UK grew richer and as individuals became more mobile, have been put under further stress by hard times.
Our new research programme aims to point to ways in which society can continue to integrate people with diverse backgrounds, preferences and abilities. The research will be led by a team of experts at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, with collaborators across the UK and in other countries, and will be directed jointly by Mike Brewer, Professor of Economics and David Voas, Professor of Population Studies. Our work covers three main areas:
The first area examines how individuals and families are affected by and react to changes in their life circumstances, including shocks to their health, disability, income and living arrangements. Our researchers will pay special attention to the way that new welfare systems, such as changes to benefits, protect households. We will be making a major contribution to important debates on poverty by advancing new ways of measuring poverty, and with new evidence on the dynamics of poverty.
The second investigates how new members of society - children, young people and new migrants -develop and are integrated into it. We will analyse how parents, school, peers and society interact to influence the development of children's mental, social and physical skills, and the long-term consequences of childhood disadvantage. We will also look at how some people get more out of gaining a university degree than others. We will provide new evidence on the integration of ethnic minorities, and how this varies across individuals. We will look at the experience of new migrants, and how characteristics and behaviours are passed between generations in migrant families.
The third area of research investigates how values, attitudes, expectations, tastes or preferences and identity are formed, and how they are linked to our education, employment and family set-up. A better understanding of this will help policy-makers come up with the best policies to help more people live successful, happy lives.
How we research the important issues facing society today is just as important as the research itself, so our integrated programme of methodological work will help researchers to better examine the impact of specific policies, and to advise on new ways to handle the sometimes incomplete information which comes from survey data they are using in their research.
We expect this programme of research to benefit a wide range of organisations involved in policy debates, policy design and practice, in a range of domains, located in the UK and other countries, and provide evidence informing key policy choices, such as the balance between intervening late or early in children's lives, the role of family and wider society in an individual's development, the choice between universal or targeted support or safety nets for the vulnerable, and the relative roles of values, expectations and preferences versus structure in determining how we act.
Our new research programme aims to point to ways in which society can continue to integrate people with diverse backgrounds, preferences and abilities. The research will be led by a team of experts at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, with collaborators across the UK and in other countries, and will be directed jointly by Mike Brewer, Professor of Economics and David Voas, Professor of Population Studies. Our work covers three main areas:
The first area examines how individuals and families are affected by and react to changes in their life circumstances, including shocks to their health, disability, income and living arrangements. Our researchers will pay special attention to the way that new welfare systems, such as changes to benefits, protect households. We will be making a major contribution to important debates on poverty by advancing new ways of measuring poverty, and with new evidence on the dynamics of poverty.
The second investigates how new members of society - children, young people and new migrants -develop and are integrated into it. We will analyse how parents, school, peers and society interact to influence the development of children's mental, social and physical skills, and the long-term consequences of childhood disadvantage. We will also look at how some people get more out of gaining a university degree than others. We will provide new evidence on the integration of ethnic minorities, and how this varies across individuals. We will look at the experience of new migrants, and how characteristics and behaviours are passed between generations in migrant families.
The third area of research investigates how values, attitudes, expectations, tastes or preferences and identity are formed, and how they are linked to our education, employment and family set-up. A better understanding of this will help policy-makers come up with the best policies to help more people live successful, happy lives.
How we research the important issues facing society today is just as important as the research itself, so our integrated programme of methodological work will help researchers to better examine the impact of specific policies, and to advise on new ways to handle the sometimes incomplete information which comes from survey data they are using in their research.
We expect this programme of research to benefit a wide range of organisations involved in policy debates, policy design and practice, in a range of domains, located in the UK and other countries, and provide evidence informing key policy choices, such as the balance between intervening late or early in children's lives, the role of family and wider society in an individual's development, the choice between universal or targeted support or safety nets for the vulnerable, and the relative roles of values, expectations and preferences versus structure in determining how we act.
Planned Impact
The aim of MiSoC's research programme is to examine how society as a collective enterprise can be maintained under new pressures and social changes. As government departments focus their research and analysis on specific, instrumental, pieces of work, MiSoC has an important role in wider debates about policy choices: we will provide new evidence informing key policy choices such as the balance between intervening late or early in children's lives, the relationship between investments made by society and the family in determining the development of individual capabilities, the choice between universal or targeted support, and the relative roles of values, expectations and preferences versus social structure in determining behaviour.
Strand I will benefit users involved in making or analysing policy on economic inequalities, health inequalities, the design of the welfare state, employment and welfare-to-work policy, poverty dynamics, saving for retirement, labour supply and economic performance, and support for disabled people, and private sector and not-for-profit organisations involved in welfare-to-work programmes, training, the provision of social care, and private sector insurance companies.
Strand II will provide evidence on the relative role in the development of children played by parents, siblings and peers, and state institutions, useful to policy-makers and practitioners in the area of education, parenting, children and youth services and the transmission of social advantage. Analysis of integration amongst minorities will inform policy-makers interested in equalities and social cohesion. Evidence on the longitudinal experience of new migrants, and the way behaviours are passed between generations, will benefit those setting policy relating to migration, those debating the causes and consequences of migration, and practitioners working with migrant families.
Strand III, understanding how values, attitudes, tastes, expectations and identity are formed and their role in motivating decisions, will be of use to those devising policy or designing interventions in any of the substantive areas that we examine.
Specifically, our research will be of benefit to the following types of users:
i. Organisations in local, central and the devolved UK governments including: local education departments and health boards; the departments for Work and Pensions, Health, Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, the Cabinet Office (including the Behavioural Insights unit), the GEO; their counterparts in the devolved nations
ii. Government executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, parliamentary select committees and quangos (e.g. HESA, EHRC, LPC)
iii. Foreign governments, international organisations and DfID (through our evaluation work in developing countries, our comparative work, chiefly within the EU, and where UK research leads to transferable findings)
iv. Independent research foundations (the Nuffield Foundation, the Sutton Trust, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
v. Other organisations which engage in public policy debates, such as think-tanks , other charitable bodies (e.g. Age UK, Gingerbread, Families and Daycare Trust, Runnymede Trust) and political parties
vi. Commercial organisations and third sector organisations involved in providing services relevant to our research, such as those providing pension and insurance products, actuaries, childcare, education, social care services, and employment agencies
vii. The public, as an audience of research findings and through resulting improvements in policy and practice
Our research will also benefit academics, and researchers and analysts outside of academia; we describe how in Academic Beneficiaries.
Strand I will benefit users involved in making or analysing policy on economic inequalities, health inequalities, the design of the welfare state, employment and welfare-to-work policy, poverty dynamics, saving for retirement, labour supply and economic performance, and support for disabled people, and private sector and not-for-profit organisations involved in welfare-to-work programmes, training, the provision of social care, and private sector insurance companies.
Strand II will provide evidence on the relative role in the development of children played by parents, siblings and peers, and state institutions, useful to policy-makers and practitioners in the area of education, parenting, children and youth services and the transmission of social advantage. Analysis of integration amongst minorities will inform policy-makers interested in equalities and social cohesion. Evidence on the longitudinal experience of new migrants, and the way behaviours are passed between generations, will benefit those setting policy relating to migration, those debating the causes and consequences of migration, and practitioners working with migrant families.
Strand III, understanding how values, attitudes, tastes, expectations and identity are formed and their role in motivating decisions, will be of use to those devising policy or designing interventions in any of the substantive areas that we examine.
Specifically, our research will be of benefit to the following types of users:
i. Organisations in local, central and the devolved UK governments including: local education departments and health boards; the departments for Work and Pensions, Health, Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, the Cabinet Office (including the Behavioural Insights unit), the GEO; their counterparts in the devolved nations
ii. Government executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, parliamentary select committees and quangos (e.g. HESA, EHRC, LPC)
iii. Foreign governments, international organisations and DfID (through our evaluation work in developing countries, our comparative work, chiefly within the EU, and where UK research leads to transferable findings)
iv. Independent research foundations (the Nuffield Foundation, the Sutton Trust, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
v. Other organisations which engage in public policy debates, such as think-tanks , other charitable bodies (e.g. Age UK, Gingerbread, Families and Daycare Trust, Runnymede Trust) and political parties
vi. Commercial organisations and third sector organisations involved in providing services relevant to our research, such as those providing pension and insurance products, actuaries, childcare, education, social care services, and employment agencies
vii. The public, as an audience of research findings and through resulting improvements in policy and practice
Our research will also benefit academics, and researchers and analysts outside of academia; we describe how in Academic Beneficiaries.
Organisations
- University of Essex (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Norwegian School of Economics (Collaboration)
- World Bank Group (Collaboration)
- University of Notre Dame (Collaboration)
- Microsoft Research (Collaboration)
- University of Santiago, Chile (Collaboration)
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) (Collaboration)
- DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (Collaboration)
- University of Pennsylvania (Collaboration)
- What Works Centre for Wellbeing (Collaboration)
- Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- AGE UK (Collaboration)
- Department of Health (DH) (Collaboration)
- University Duisburg-Essen (Collaboration)
- Higher Education Statistical Agency (Collaboration)
- Northwestern University (Collaboration)
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (Collaboration)
- European Commission (Collaboration)
- The RAND Corporation (Collaboration)
- Vilnius University (Collaboration)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (Collaboration)
- Resolution Foundation (Collaboration)
- Council of Economic Advisers (Collaboration)
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building (Collaboration)
- Lund University (Collaboration)
- University of Alcalá (Collaboration)
- German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- University of Queensland (Collaboration)
- New Zealand Work Research Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) (Collaboration)
- McGill University (Collaboration)
- University of Bergen (Collaboration)
- University of St Andrews (Collaboration)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Collaboration)
- Education Media Centre (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (Collaboration)
- Applica (Collaboration)
- Scottish Parliament (Collaboration)
- Charles III University of Madrid (Collaboration)
- Roundhouse (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (Collaboration)
- University of Antwerp (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
Publications
Aaberge R
(2017)
Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
in Review of Income and Wealth
Akay A
(2020)
'Fair' welfare comparisons with heterogeneous tastes: subjective versus revealed preferences
in Social Choice and Welfare
Akresh R
(2017)
First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War
Aksoy O
(2022)
Religiosity and Mental Wellbeing Among Members of Majority and Minority Religions: Findings From Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
in American journal of epidemiology
Alakeson, V.
(2015)
Credit where it's due? Assessing the benefits and risks of Universal Credit
Alan S
(2015)
Patience, self-control and the demand for commitment: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Alan S
(2019)
Ever Failed, Try Again, Succeed Better: Results from a Randomized Educational Intervention on Grit*
in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Alan S
(2018)
Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom and Effects on Achievement
in The Review of Economics and Statistics
Alan S
(2018)
Mitigating the Gender Gap in the Willingness to Compete: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
in Journal of the European Economic Association
| Title | What your brain can do (control) |
| Description | This 10-minute video was the control video that respondents randomly assigned into control viewed. Like the treatment video, it was entitled "What your brain can do", featured the same three talking heads; Steffan Kennett and Nick Cooper (Psychology, Essex) and Wandi Briune de Bruin (Psychology, Leeds); had the same visual style, and lasted 10 minutes. Unlike the treatment video, it focused on the specialities of different regions of the brain, with evidence from studies showing the implications of damage to these regions. It contained no study tips, only information about which parts of the brain are being used when undertaking certain activities. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | See impact of What your brain can do (treatment) |
| Title | What your brain can do (treatment) |
| Description | This 10-minute video presents the following information: People's brains adapt and grow in response to learning opportunities. Example given from a study showing the size of key parts of the brain increased following language training. ? Structure of the brain, neurons, dendrites and synapses. New imaging techniques show that the structure of a neuron is not fixed, and new dendritic spines can grow quickly. ? This teaches us that we should think of the brain as a muscle: It grows with exercise. The more you challenge your brain to learn, retain and retrieve new information, the more dendritic spines you physically grow, the more you revisit the new connections you make, and the longer they will stay. ? Example: Study in which training one area of the brain using a computer game leads to improvements in other cognitive domains, that persisted for over one year. ? Mistakes and challenges are really important for learning. When you are finding something difficult, it is not that you are reaching the limits of your ability, but an opportunity to train your brain to get stronger in that area by creating new neurons or new connections. ? Example: brain activity highest after a mistake, but this is only true for those who believed that ability can grow. If you belief your ability is not fixed, you can learn from your mistakes. ? A poor mark does not mean you have low ability. You can train your brain to grow. ? This means the most effective kind of study is where you challenge yourself, giving four study tips: o Testing. [Expand on this after: Writing notes, using flashcards, completing past papers, or using textbook questions. This is a form of active learning. More passive methods are only good for encoding information in memory the first time] o Spacing. [Study time on a particular topic is better distributed among several sessions. It last longer and more brain connections get formed. Material reviewed several times stays in the memory much longer. Cramming might feel effective but doesn't give the brain the opportunity to store information in long term memory] o Attending lectures and classes. [Especially complemented with note-taking and reading assignments]. o Avoiding bad situations. [Stress and lack of sleep inhibits formation of new brain cells and encoding of new information. Distractions like music or checking one's phone consume part of working memory so prevent encoding of information. Exercise improves blood flow to the brain] |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | This video was presented to half of the students enrolled in the BOOST cohort. Those assigned to the video perform about 1.4 marks out of 100 better than those assigned to a control video, and this rises to 1.8 marks for Home students. Both of these coefficients are significant at the 10% level. They are are 2.4 percentage points more likely to get a first class mark on a given module, and 3.8 percentage points more likely to get at least a 2:1, other things equal. |
| Description | Strand I. Vulnerability, social insurance, and the dynamics of family finances, employment and health Convenor: Mike Brewer; Deputy: Steve Pudney. Researchers: Silvia Avram, Michaela Benzeval, Sonia Bhalotra, Cara Booker, Malcolm Brynin, Mark Bryan, Amy Clair, Thomas Crossley, Ruth Hancock, Stephen Jenkins, Man Yee Kan, Ricky Kanabar, Heather Laurie, Simonetta Longhi, Alita Nandi, Cheti Nicoletti, Alari Paulus, Andrea Salvatori, Bernhard Schmidpeter. Overall aims: Longer-term trends reshaping the distribution of earnings and job opportunities have combined with the weak economy since 2008 to create a challenging labour market for some. We evaluate the resulting increases in gender, ethnic and socio-economic inequalities, and investigate how the post- austerity welfare state protects households from adverse shocks to earnings, employment, family circumstances and health; one focus is the relationship between income and health. Here, we give an overview of our key contributions and findings. I.1. New dynamics in the labour market MiSoC work (by Brynin, Kan, Laurie, Longhi and Nandi) provided new evidence on gender and ethnic gaps in the labour market, including two key reports commissioned by the EHRC which informed the EHRC's new strategy in 2017 on ethnic and gender pay gaps. In ongoing work, Bhalotra structurally estimates an equilibrium model of the labour market in which the elasticity of substitution between male and female labour is allowed to vary depending on the task content of occupations; the findings help explain the narrowing of the gender wage gap at the upper end of the wage distribution and an increase at the low end. MiSoC's work has stressed the role of the family as the context where labour market decisions are taken. Bryan and Longhi studied how couples make choices over working patterns, the role of flexible working patterns, and also how spouses react to a partner's job loss. Brewer and Rabe studied how free childcare affected mothers' and fathers' labour supply behaviour, finding that mothers do work more when their youngest child begins full-time school. MiSoC work on the labour market includes a re-assessment of how well the polarization theory is relevant to the UK, including its link to the task content of jobs and to globalisation (Etheridge, Salvatori, Schmidpeter); investigation into how welfare reforms affect lone parent employment and labour market progression (Brewer); and new methods for measuring workers' experience of labour market volatility (Jenkins). We also re-examined the scarring impact of unemployment (Tumino); assessed the pay-off to interim jobs after a worker has been laid off (Schmidpeter); and looked at pay progression for minimum wage workers in the UK (Avram). I.2 Dynamics of income and poverty, and inequalities in individual and family living standards Work by Jenkins has sought to reconcile estimates of top income from household surveys and administrative data. This has given new insights into trends in top income shares in the UK since the 2000s, and led the ONS to implement a new method in their key estimate of UK income inequality. Work by Brewer and (separately) Paulus has investigated the reliability of survey-based measures of income at the bottom of the distribution, and in the presence of tax evasion. Avram and Brewer used the methods developed in Jenkins' work on labour market volatility to examine volatility in different concepts of individual and household income; they find clear evidence that austerity policies have reduced the extent that the UK's welfare system dampens down volatility in household incomes. MiSoC's work has used decomposition and microsimulation methods to better understand trends in inequality and poverty in individual countries (UK, Greece, Turkey, Mexico) and in comparative pan-EU work (Brewer, Jenkins, Paulus). Related work has assessed prospects for income inequality and fiscal aggregates given broad demographic pressures across the EU. Etheridge investigated the role that house price shocks play in determining consumption inequality. EUROMOD, the EU tax-benefit microsimulation model developed and managed by ISER researchers is now being used to predict the income distribution of the current year, giving policy-makers "real-time" estimates of poverty some 2-3 years before actual micro-data become available. Much of the work in this strand informed Brewer's book, "What do we know and what should we do about inequality?", published in 2019 at the end of the research programme. This brought together the latest evidence on economic inequalities in the UK, as assessed by earnings, disposable incomes, top income shares, and wealth. I.3 Welfare reforms, insurance and vulnerability MiSoC researchers have used tax and benefit microsimulation techniques to assess the impact of actual or hypothetical tax reforms, and to assess ex post the contribution of policy changes to changes in inequality of poverty. This includes work on Universal Credit (Brewer), with a number of collaborations with the Resolution Foundation; an assessment of how austerity policies affected the income distribution in the UK and across the EU (Paulus); a paper on how well EU tax and welfare systems protect mothers from divorce or income loss upon childbirth (Popova); and detailed analysis of how the proposals made by the late Tony Atkinson would affect inequality and poverty in the UK. MiSoC researchers also contributed to methodological work on tax and benefit microsimulation or distributional analysis, including how to undertake gender assessments (Avram); how best to identify those with disabilities in household surveys (Hancock and Pudney), and how a lifecycle perspective changes our view of the impact of the tax and benefit system on financial work incentives (Brewer), as well as contributing key chapters to the "Handbook of Income Distribution" and the new "Handbook of Microsimulation". Work on other aspects of welfare reforms in the UK included an assessment of who bore the incidence of cuts to Local Housing Allowance (Brewer); and one of the first detailed analyses of the circumstances of food bank users (Clair). Working with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, MiSoC researchers made recommendations for how the tax system should be used in an anti-poverty strategy (Brewer); and on what an anti-poverty social security strategy for individuals with disabilities would look like (Hancock and Pudney). Two projects looked at the impact of aspects of the welfare state and health: Crossley produced estimates of how much Winter Fuel Payments contribute to better health amongst recipients, and Clair looked at the complex links between housing circumstances and health, finding that tenure and building type were statistically significantly associated with levels of C-reactive protein (a marker associated with stress and inflammation). I.4 Income dynamics and health Here, MiSoC's health researchers have used various longitudinal analysis methods to assess inequalities in health over the lifecourse. One paper examined whether adverse circumstances early in the life course cumulate as health-harming biographical patterns across the prime working and family caregiving years (Booker); another looked at the links between adiposity and mental health (Benzeval). Related work seeks to understand better socioeconomic inequalities in health, with a view to understanding better inequalities in aging and the long-run impacts of events in working life (Barban, Benzeval). Methodological work focused on the relationship between information provided by biomarkers relative to self-reported health status, and on how best to measure income gradients in children's mental health (Pudney). Co-funded by the RCUK and the British Academy, Bhalotra has analysed the impact of health shocks on earnings in Brazil using longitudinal data and estimating the size of the impact of dengue outbreaks on earnings and inequality. She found the largest impact is on women working in the informal sector. In ongoing research she is investigating the extent to which the opening of primary health care centres mitigates these impacts. Strand II. New members of society: the formation of capabilities in children and young adults, and social mobility and integration amongst immigrants Convenor: Emilia Del Bono; Deputy: Sonia Bhalotra. Researchers: Cara Booker, Adeline Delavande, Angus Holford, Cheti Nicoletti, Matthias Parey, Birgitta Rabe Overall aims: This strand investigates how new members of society - children, youth and the newly arrived - are integrated into it, and how their development is affected by parents, specific interventions and society. We examine the relative role in the development of children played by parents, siblings and peers, and state institutions. We study the returns to higher education (HE), providing a better understanding of how HE contributes to social, gender and ethnic inequalities. We explore integration amongst ethnic minorities, and how this evolves over the lifecycle and varies geographically, and we examine the experience of new migrants and how socio-economic characteristics and behaviours are passed between generations. Here, we give an overview of our key contributions and findings. II.1. Interaction between private and public investments in children. MiSoC researchers investigated the impact of the UK government's policy of providing free pre-school education on children's outcomes, and found little or no impact of children's development, perhaps because the policy expanded access to the private childcare sector, rather than to the higher quality state-run facilities (Del Bono, Rabe). Further work on the UK includes projects on the 'production' of human capital: Nicoletti and Rabe estimated the impact of additional spending on schools on children's educational outcomes; Del Bono looked at the long-run impacts of attending selective schools; Nicoletti and Del Bono looked at the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children in the UK focusing on parental investments and own investments, respectively. Holford assessed how parents and children interact over teenagers' finances, finding that parents reduce their own financial support when teenagers have paid employment. Ongoing work (Rabe) is assessing how parents respond to unexpected news provided by Ofsted about the quality of their children's school. II.2 Sibling and peer influences on children's development and outcomes MiSoC's work has pursued research designs that can give us credible causal impacts of the impact of siblings on test scores (Nicoletti, Rabe) and the impact of peers on other behaviours at school (Holford); other work has assessed how mothers' decision to return to work is affected by peers (Nicoletti). Various MiSoC research has also examined the determinants of wellbeing for teenagers and young adults. One project looked at the impact of smoking, alcohol, consumption of fruit, vegetables and junk food, and sports participation on adolescent happiness and socio-emotional difficulties (Booker). The second project focused on screen-based media, sport participation and wellbeing among the same population, and this led to further longitudinal investigation on the relationship between chatting on social media and wellbeing (Booker). This work, in collaboration with ICLS, provided some of the earliest UK evidence on screen time and social media use, and this has been presented regularly to policy-makers and parliamentarians. Related work has examined the importance of housing (Clair) and income (Knies) for child wellbeing. II.3 Childhood circumstances, resilience, and adult outcomes This sub-strand is largely concerned with the long- and very long-run impacts of interventions in childhood or childhood circumstances. Much of the evidence comes from outside the UK, exploiting unique data resources and policy interventions, including interventions to provide clean water (in Mexico), antibiotics (in the US in the early 20th century) and health support to newborns and their mothers (in Sweden in the early 20th century), reforms which dramatically altered the probability that children will survive into adulthood. Research by Bhalotra demonstrates the impacts on survival and then traces the trajectory that children exposed to these reforms follow, finding impacts on their cognitive attainment, education, employment and earnings. Bhalotra was also part of a major international consortium that was investigating how to treat mental health problems amongst pregnant women (in rural Pakistan). In follow-up work, the consortium was able to estimate the causal impact of mental health problems on later outcomes for the mother and the child. Other papers (by Bhalotra) focus on fertility and its link with subsequent outcomes. A third line of work of Bhalotra consisting of four papers investigates implications of son preference in India, studying impacts of world gold prices on dowry, technological innovations in prenatal sex detection technology, a reform equalizing inheritance rights for women, and the role of property rights on land, in each case analysing parental responses. In related work in this strand, MiSoC researcher Holford has used the rich data in the LSYPE to identify the effect of part-time employment by schoolchildren on educational attainment and their labour market outcomes as adults. II.4. Inequalities in Higher Education outcomes This sub-strand is concerned with the variation in the economic and non-economic returns to HE, exploring the role of social networks in enhancing employability. MiSoC's work has benefited from Delavande, Del Bono and Holford's work on the BOOST2018 project, a major project whose overarching goal is to understand the role of subjective expectations, preferences, skills and access to information in the processes generating socio-economic inequalities in higher education outcomes in the UK. Our work on expectations (see also Strand III) in this sub-strand has shown how young people's attitudes to university is affected by their beliefs about how well it pays (Delavande). We have explored the link between the business cycle and HE, looking both at how attitudes and expectations about HE change amongst children and young adults (Taylor), and on how the impact of graduating into a recession varies by the characteristics of the graduate (Del Bono with PhD student Morando). We have studied how gender gaps develop through university and during graduates' early labour market experience (Parey). We have used the HESA Destination of Leavers Survey to explore the experience of and the return to unpaid internships (Holford), and the role of unpaid work and personal connections in accessing STEM professions (Holford). Related work has shown how, and explained why, the returns to education seem to be lower for ethnic minorities (Longhi with PhD student Zwysen), and explored the idea of over-qualification, and what impact this has on the demand for HE (Brynin). II.5 Social mobility and integration amongst immigrants Immigration and the integration of the foreign-born and their descendants has become an increasingly charged topic in the UK. MiSoC researchers Luthra and Platt bring new evidence to this topic from a variety of angles. The first is to draw attention to diversity among immigrant groups commonly treated as homogeneous by policy makers and academics. Drawing from an original dataset on new Polish and Pakistani immigrants in London collected in 2011/2012, Luthra, Platt and co-authors have generated a new migrant typology linked to migration motivations of free movement Polish migrants during recession (2016). A second paper demonstrated heterogeneity in the characteristics and early labour market and sociocultural outcomes underlying a group considered as uniformly high-skilled and positively selected: student migrants. A second strand examines the causes and consequences of ethnic and racial harassment. MiSoC's Nandi and Luthra showed that this form of disadvantage is distinct from many others, with reports of harassment highest among the more highly educated, among men, and among those who participate more broadly in society. To explain this, Nandi and Luthra frame the risk of reporting ethnic and racial harassment in a novel way, as a characteristic associated with exposure deriving from time spent in public space and having the personal expectations of treatment and social confidence to identify harassment behaviours to survey interviewers and police. Other work shows that UK-born ethnic minorities have higher rates of ethnic and racial harassment, worse mental health, and worse health behaviours, on average, than the foreign-born, despite being economically better off, and that ethnic minorities who experience the lowest levels of residential segregation are also those who suffer the highest probabilities of ethnic and racial harassment. Strand III: Values, preferences and expectations Convenor: David Voas; Deputy: Adeline Delavande. Researchers: Sule Alan, Sonia Bhalotra, Mark Bryan, Elif Kubilay, Alita Nandi, Cheti Nicoletti. Overall aims: This strand studies values, preferences, attitudes, expectations or beliefs about future states of affairs, and identity. Values and the associated attributes are not just outcomes of social change but important influences on it: for example, the integration of new members of society (Strand II) and the forms of collective support available (Strand I) are crucially affected by what people want, believe, and think is right. Furthermore, where attitudes moderate the effects of economic incentives, our work will point to areas where policy levers can be most effective. This strand seeks to understand how these determinants of behaviour are formed and modified, and their relative role in motivating decisions across a number of domains (e.g. education, employment and family formation). Here, we give an overview of our key contributions and findings. III.1 Formation of expectations, preferences and values in childhood A number of papers followed from MiSoC researcher Alan's role in a series of interventions in primary schools in Istanbul, Turkey (with the interventions, field experiments and surveys funded through other sources). MiSoC funding led to several important papers on how attitudes and non-cognitive skills can be measured, and how they can be influenced. For example, Alan shows that "grit", a non-cognitive skill that has been shown to be highly predictive of achievement, is malleable in the childhood period and can be fostered in the classroom environment, with a classroom intervention leading treated students to score 0.28 standard deviations higher in a standardised math test, and 0.13 standard deviations higher in a standardised Turkish test at follow-up; it also reduces gender gaps. Other papers studied children's level of patience, and how it can be affected by interventions; "social confidence", and how the decline in this as girls age can explain their reluctance to enter positions that demand leadership skills; a final paper showed that children who hold optimistic beliefs that success can come from increased effort (and not just innate ability) also have a reduced sympathy towards those had a chance to be successful but failed. III.2 Subjective expectations and decision-making under uncertainty Many decisions are made under uncertainty, and individuals are likely to form subjective beliefs (expectations) about the probabilities of events that are relevant for their decisions. In the expected utility framework, choices depend on both preferences and these expectations; if researchers only observe the final outcomes, then there is a basic identification problem when making inferences about the decision-making process, as many combinations of preferences and expectations can lead to the same observed choice. One possibility to mitigate this identification problem is to ask decision-makers directly about their subjective expectations. MiSoC's Delavande has made important methodological developments on how best to ask about expectations in developing countries, and applied these to a range of substantive issues. For example, we implemented new methods for measuring individuals' expectations about the impact of HIV on survival, own and partners' HIV status and the risk of transmission to study risky sexual behaviour in Malawi. Analysis of the accuracy of these expectations showed that information policies could reduce risky sexual behaviour if focused on mortality risks, but not if focused on transmission risk. As a follow-up of this paper, a randomized controlled trial in which individuals are provided information on mortality risk is currently being rolled out in Malawi. Another important substantive application has been related to educational choice. By collecting data on expectations on the return to a degree from youth in Pakistan, Delavande evaluated the role of future earnings, non-pecuniary outcomes and financial constraints in the choice of a university (between religious seminaries, Islamic universities or liberal universities). They find that future earnings and employment prospects play a small (but statistically significant) role. However, non-pecuniary outcomes, such as the school's ideology, are the major determinants. Delavande also collaborated with Bhalotra to field unique questions on expected returns and expected costs of mother's investments in children in the first few months of life. In work in progress, including MiSoC PhD student Font Gilabert, they find that parental investments in children are conditioned by both expected returns and costs, while there is limited heterogeneity in preferences. III.3 Understanding changes in values, attitudes and behaviour The secularisation thesis - the idea that modernisation causes problems for religion - has been a key topic in the study of social change, and MiSoC's Voas has been very active in this field. A major study on religious decline in the United States challenged the long-held view that the United States is a counterexample to the theory that modernisation is associated with secularisation. In a forthcoming paper, Voas points out that while there is still no consensus on why secularisation occurs, we have made substantial progress in understanding the mechanisms of religious decline. Voas' focus on proximate rather than ultimate causes - on how religion loses influence rather than why it does so - has turned out to be an important contribution. Voas has been active in the study of value change more broadly, leading the British part of the European Values Study, and serving as co-investigator on the forthcoming World Values Survey in Great Britain. MiSoC researcher Bhalotra has a programme of research on the substantive impacts of diversifying political representation, with a focus on women and religious minorities. It is set in India, but, as there is limited causal evidence for OECD countries or other low income countries, it is of wider interest. The common theme running through the programme is that political/legislator identity influences public policy decisions. She finds that women legislators are more likely to provide public health than male legislators, holding constant voter preferences and other legislator characteristics. A second paper shows that quotas for women in Parliament can generate maternal mortality decline at essentially no cost and more rapidly than the WHO's default interventions. And a final paper on women and growth shows that a quasi-experimental "replacing" of a man with a woman in the state legislature leads to higher economic activity at the constituency level. Work in progress shows that increasing the political power of minorities lowers civil conflict, a result that we argue is of huge external interest. A third shows that sex-selective abortion (female foeticide), a growing phenomenon in India, is better controlled by Muslim legislators, consistent with Muslims having a stronger religious abhorrence of abortion. The fourth is based on a lab-in-field experiment that examines leadership identity in a coordination game. Coordination is a vital component of social capital and an effective functioning society. Leaders help to improve coordination but are often constrained in heterogeneous groups by citizen preferences for leaders from their own social group. We investigate the effectiveness of different policies in improving the coordination of leaders of different identities (and with different histories of civil conflict). Cross-Strand work: Advancing Statistical Methods Convenor: Paul Clarke. Researchers: Yanchun Bao, Sonia Bhalotra, Mike Brewer, Mark Bryan, Thomas Crossley, Stephen Jenkins Overall aims: Underpinning MiSoC's substantive strands is an integrated programme of novel methodological work that aims to provide the most robust evidence possible. Here, we give an overview of our key contributions and findings, noting that this work is in addition to the methodological advances made in the course of MiSoC's substantive work, including issues to do with measurement (including that of: top incomes, disability status, non-cognitive skills, and subjective expectations), and statistical methods (including in assessing the value-add effects of schools, estimating peer effects, and in dealing with data on individuals' subjective expectations), discussed elsewhere. MiSoC researchers Clarke and Bao have made a number of contributions to the analysis of panel data. They have produced a detailed comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of four different techniques from the social science (multilevel simultaneous equations models), economics (dynamic panel models) and biostatistics (marginal structural and structural mean models) literature. The last of these, structural mean models, are more robust to statistical assumptions than existing approaches but had not been developed for panel data or the initial conditions problem. We used these models to look at the causal effect of changes in employment status on mental health, taking account of reverse causation and confounding (observed and unobserved). Their focus on employment status changes involved the development of new theory but they showed that, while these models work well, robustness comes at the price of needing instrumental variables to handle unobserved confounding, but this can be done using the generalised method of moments. Finally, they set out the use of instrumental variables for the decomposition of causal effects into direct and indirect effects through mediated pathways: results regarding the identification, interpretation and estimation of these models were set out. Clarke was also involved with developing novel longitudinal methodology in collaborations with researchers outside of MiSoC. First, for two-level multilevel modelling of panel data on individuals within households when people move house; this developed into a general procedure for modelling time-varying associations between actors in social networks. Second, for longitudinal data where outcomes are measured less frequently than the predictor variables, by establishing the implicit measurement-model assumptions made by existing methods and relaxing these using multilevel models with 'random coefficients'. MiSoC's Brewer and Crossley add to the debate about how to conduct inference properly in difference-in-difference designs with grouped data by arguing that a more important problem is a low power to detect real effects. But they show that feasible GLS estimation combined with robust inference can increase power considerably whilst maintaining correct test size, even with few groups. In an application of this, they also show that many of the pre-2012 studies of the employment effects of the UK's national minimum wage had insufficient power to rule out large employment responses. The occurrence of twin births is widely regarded as occurring randomly across women and, under this premise, economists have used it to identify causal effects of fertility on parental investments in children and on women's labour supply. Using data from 72 developed and developing countries, we demonstrate that twin births are not random (Bhalotra). We show that - in contrast to the conclusions of recent high profile research- there are trade-offs between fertility and child quality, and so similarly there will be a trade-off between fertility and women's labour supply. We provide four examples of scientific excellence from the 2014-19 programme Childhood investments and maternal mental health. There is a vast literature on inter-generational mobility, most of which is descriptive, indicating the extent to which children's life chances are determined by their parentage. Research in MiSoC has leveraged recent developments in understanding the production of human and health capital to conduct more causal analysis that is more clearly informative of what policy interventions can do to improve children's life chances. Working with an international and multi-disciplinary team of researchers, in a series of papers published in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, Bhalotra has produced new evidence of causal impacts of maternal depression in the prenatal period on future outcomes of parents and children. In Baranov et al. (2020, AER), they show that treating maternal depression leads to an increase in women's control over household income and to an increase in the time and monetary investments that children receive. They find some evidence of an increase in parenting skills but no discernible impact on the cognitive and social skills of children. These studies use longitudinal cohort data- primary data gathered by the authors in rural Pakistan to follow up on what is now the largest randomized control trial of a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention. This study attracted substantial co-funding of about 4 million USD from the American National Institute of Health. This complements research using longitudinal life course data from Sweden to identify the long-run economic and health impacts of infant health programmes (Bhalotra et al. 2017, JEEA). This work led to Bhalotra being invited to give a keynote lecture at a National Policy conference in Sweden on Child Health, which is now on video on the Rikshandboken website, a National Board of Health and Welfare site providing guidance to practitioners. Immigration and ethnic inequality. Immigration and the integration of the foreign born and their descendants has become an increasingly charged topic across western democracies in the past decade, yet policy-makers and the public have only recently become aware of increasing socioeconomic diversity among both foreign born and native born "minorities" and the consequences of these for integration and intergenerational mobility. Research by MiSoC's Renee Luthra and her co-authors has brought attention to this diversity. Combining specialised metropolitan level datasets on the descendants of immigrants in New York and Los Angeles, Luthra, Soehl and Waldinger's (2018) book develops a new international framework for understanding diversity among the children of immigrants in the US, demonstrating how heterogeneity in values in the country of origin, together with characteristics of the co-ethnic community in the destination city, combine to influence educational, labour market, social and political outcomes. Positive reviews of the book by four eminent scholars are featured in a dedicated symposium in Ethnic and Racial Studies, with applications of the framework appearing and forthcoming in leading journals (for instance Soehl et al. 2019). Measurement and analysis of decision-making under uncertainty. Eliciting individuals' own subjective expectations (or beliefs) from survey respondents is critical to analysing decision-making under uncertainty in domains such as human capital investments, labour supply, household formation and health behaviours. MiSoC's Adeline Delavande has been instrumental in pushing forward the agenda of asking decision-makers directly about their subjective expectations, and, with collaborators, has pioneered the elicitation of subjective expectations in developing countries. Within the MiSoC programme, we have continued this line of research, with methodological developments on how best to ask about expectations in developing countries and with important applications (Delavande and Kohler 2016; Delavande et al., 2017). One example relates to higher education policy in South Asia. Delavande and Zafar (2019) investigate the determinants of students' university choice in Pakistan, where higher education institutions range from expensive Western-style elite (private) universities to free religious institutions (Madrassas), with public universities somewhere in the middle. This setting is relevant beyond Pakistan because of the similarity of Pakistan's education system to the rest of South Asia, home to nearly a quarter of the world's population. Delavande and Zafar (2019) find that expectations about labour market prospects play a small role in the choice of a university. Instead, nonpecuniary outcomes, such as the school's ideology, are the major determinants. Financial constraints are also very important. Results from policy simulations suggest that relaxing financial constraints by providing students with either loans or free schooling would increase students' welfare substantially. Beyond the substantive application, Delavande and Zafar (2019) innovates from a methodological point of view by modelling how some of the subjective expectations depend on the same structural parameters as the ones relevant to university choice using a generalized method of moments procedure. The secularisation thesis. The idea that modernisation causes problems for religion - has been a key topic in the study of social change, and is relevant to Strands II and III.3. A major study by Voas on religious decline in the United States was published in the American Journal of Sociology (one of the top two sociology journals), and subsequently received the 'Distinguished Article Award' from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the leading learned society in this field. The article challenges the long-held view that the United States is a counterexample to the theory that modernisation is associated with secularisation. There has been a steady decline in the proportion of Americans who say that they have a religion, attend church regularly and believe in God. More significantly, these changes result from generational replacement, which is the main driver of secularisation elsewhere in the world. A commentary on this article by other scholars was widely discussed, with US Vice President Mike Pence joining in the public debate. Voas and co-author wrote a reply published at the end of 2018. In a forthcoming paper, Voas points out that while there is still no consensus on why secularisation occurs, we have made substantial progress in understanding the mechanisms of religious decline. Voas's focus on proximate rather than ultimate causes - on how religion loses influence rather than why it does so - has turned out to be an important contribution. |
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| Description | The MiSoC 2014-19 research programme, "Understanding individual and family behaviours in a new era of uncertainty and change" has delivered societal and economic impacts on a range of topics, including: early years education and care, policy towards people with disabilities, changes in the educational curriculum to develop non-cognitive skills, and recommendation on how to address the impacts of ethnic and racial harassment on mental health. From a methodological perspective, we highlight significant developments in the estimation of causal effects using multiple genomic variants and biomarkers, and in the elicitation and modelling of subjective expectations to understand individual behaviour under risk and uncertainty. The impact of free early years education and care The UK government spends several billions of pounds a year on free childcare to ensure that some 2 year olds, and all 3 and 4 year olds in England have access to childcare and early education for several hours, 38 weeks a year. There has been an ongoing debate in all UK nations about whether (and by how much) to increase families' entitlement, yet there was surprisingly little evidence on the causal impact of this specific (and very high cost) intervention. In autumn 2012, MiSoC's Brewer, Rabe and Del Bono were awarded an ESRC grant to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the effects of free childcare provision on maternal employment and childhood outcomes (ES/K003232/1). The research carried over after the end of the original grant with support from MiSoC (ES/L009153/1). The main finding indicates that free childcare had little impact on children's development and maternal labour supply because its main effect was to displace existing childcare use. Subsequent analysis examined whether the effect of free childcare on child cognitive outcomes varies by the quality of the nursery attended, as measured by staff qualifications, but once again found very little impacts. The evidence uncovered by this research challenged the direction of policy at the time and the views of interest groups and non-governmental organisations. The findings were used by officials and ministers at the Department of Education in their plans for an expansion of the early years entitlement to 30 hours for working families. The objectives of educational attainment, affordability and maternal employment, which had been seen as complementary, were separated out and the justification of the expansion was based on affordability instead. The Department for Education (DfE) Chief Analyst wrote, "We have briefed our Minister, Sam Giymah on your research and it fed into discussions about what objectives we are really pursuing in early years.". The impacts provide a salient example of the ways in which independent academic research can mitigate against uncritical assumptions in policy and in society. This research has also influenced the research strategies of funders, such as the Nuffield Foundation, and government departments, such as the Department for Education. The Nuffield Foundation launched their new Early Years research stream with a report on lessons from evidence and future priorities that drew heavily on the results of our research. We worked with Frontier Economics on a project for HMRC and DfE on how best to evaluate the tax-free childcare, and the extension of free childcare to 30 hours. We have advised the Early Intervention Foundation on their research strategy, explaining the uses and limitations of existing data and commented on their research plans. We submitted to a DfE consultation on surveys on childcare and early years in England contributing to changes of the focus of the surveys from ages 0-14 to pre-school aged children. In December 2022 The House of Commons Education Committee launched an inquiry to examine issues around the current childcare system for parents and carers, and whether current childcare entitlements are providing families with affordable and flexible childcare. On the basis of our research findings on this grant, in January 2023 we submitted evidence to this inquiry: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/116455/pdf/. Rabe gave oral evidence to the Committee and was questioned about the expected impact of the new childcare policy as well as issues around childcare quality and how to ensure access to it for disadvantaged families. The House of Commons Education Committee report cites Rabe's evidence on childcare quality and access in particular. More recently, the research findings directly informed government's major new policy announced in the Spring Budget 2023 to provide 30 hours a week of free childcare for working parents of nine-month to two-year-olds. The new policy is expected to cost £4.1bn by 2027/28. Rabe's research on maternal labour supply effects of childcare was directly quoted in the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report on the Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2023, where it is cited as the main source for their calculations of the labour market effect of new free childcare policy. Rabe was subsequently invited to separate meetings with OBR and HMT to corroborate the calculations of the expected impact of the government childcare policy on mothers' employment. A HMT official states in an email to Rabe: "I wanted to say my thanks for your work on your 2020 paper, "Does more free childcare help parents work more?". The robust methods used to estimate the impacts of childcare policy in a UK context made it very useful for considering the impact of extending the 30 hours free offer to 2-3 year olds. In the absence of your analysis, it is unlikely that government would have had sufficient evidence to reassure itself about the value for money of the policy - and therefore may well not have announced the childcare free hours expansion at Spring Budget 2023. It was a novel contribution to the literature and fundamental to recent policy decisions." For more details about the impact this research has so far achieved, please see: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/impact/impact-case-study-childcare.pdf (narrative) https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/impact/timeline-childcare.pdf (timeline) References: Blanden, J., Del Bono, E., McNally, S., Rabe, B., (2016) Universal Pre-school Education: The Case of Public Funding with Private Provision, The Economic Journal, Volume 126, Issue 592, May 2016, Pages 682-723, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12374 Blanden, J., Del Bono, E., Hansen, K., Rabe, B. (2022) Quantity and quality of childcare and children's educational outcomes. Journal of Population Economics 35, 785-828 (2022). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00835-4 Brewer, M., Cattan, S., Crawford, C., Rabe, B., (2022) Does more free childcare help parents work more?, Labour Economics, Volume 74, 2022, 102100, ISSN 0927-5371, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102100 Disability benefits and social care for older people MiSoC researchers Hancock and Pudney have produced a long series of research studies on the role of disability-related cash benefits for older people and the funding of social care. Their work has shown that each system targets public support on those with high disability and financial needs, but the overlap between each source of support is small, and considerable numbers of older people with high need receive support from neither source. Combining the two sources into a single system - as proposed by the UK Government in 2008 - therefore risked increasing the numbers who fall through the (single) net. Evidence presented by the MiSoC team to the 2009 House of Commons Health Committee inquiry into social care, directly challenged the basis of the government's proposal. The Committee's report, citing our work (recommendation 35), called for a better evidential basis for policy towards disability benefits and the subsequent White Paper backtracked on that proposal. In December 2015, in the latest proposal for more integration of the disability benefits and social care systems, the Government announced it was considering giving more responsibility to local authorities to support older people with care needs: this included giving Local Authorities (LAs) responsibility for Attendance Allowance alongside social care. Our research was used to evaluate the pros and cons of this proposal and culminated in a report on Attendance Allowance and Local Government published by the Strategic Society Centre, which was launched at a seminar at the House of Lords in June 2016. In July 2016, the Department for Communities and Local Government consulted on plans to allow local authorities to retain 100% of business rates and sought views on what responsibilities could be funded locally from this new revenue stream, including giving LAs responsibility for Attendance Allowance (AA) alongside social care. In August 2016, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published work commissioned from MiSoC's Pudney and Hancock on the design of the social security system. Many of the responses to the consultation quoted this report and the earlier report with the Strategic Society Centre. In 2017, the government announced that devolution of Attendance Allowance would not be going ahead. MiSoC's research thus provided robust quantitative evidence to challenge policy-makers' changes to the benefit system and, for the foreseeable future, has ensured that older people in the UK retain access to non-means-tested cash disability benefits to help them meet the costs that disability brings. For more details about the impact this research has so far achieved, please see: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/impact/impact-case-study-disability.pdf (narrative) https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/impact/timeline-disability.pdf (timeline) References (new papers generated within the 2014-2019 programme): Hancock, R., Morciano, M., Pudney, S., & Zantomio, F. (2015). Do household surveys give a coherent view of disability benefit targeting?: a multisurvey latent variable analysis for the older population in Great Britain. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 178(4), 815-836. Hancock, R., Morciano, M., & Pudney, S. (2019). Public support for older disabled people: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing on receipt of disability benefits and social care subsidy. Fiscal Studies, 40(1), 19-43. Non-cognitive skills in childhood and curriculum change A growing body of research shows that certain attitudes and personality traits, also referred to as "non-cognitive skills," are strongly associated with achievement in various economic and social domains. Since 2013, MiSoC researcher Alan has evaluated the channels through which economic outcomes of disadvantaged children (with a particular focus on girls) can be improved in the classroom environment. The aim of the research was to improve a key set of non-cognitive skills in children of different age groups in a classroom environment by their own teachers. The initial study featured a randomized evaluation of an educational intervention involving 2500 3rd and 4th grade elementary school students in Turkey, which was carried out in collaboration with ING Bank as part of a corporate social responsibility project. The intervention focused on "patience" and was designed to encourage forward-looking behaviour. It was shown that treated students become more patient in intertemporal decisions and this effect persists for over a year after the initial intervention. Further work carried out in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of National Education evaluated another innovative educational intervention focused on "grit". This research, involving over 3000 elementary school students, demonstrated that a program which fosters grit and instils a growth mind-set in children significantly improves test scores, and that this improvement can persist for as long as 3 years afterwards. The method used to evaluate grit in this study, known as the "Alan-Ertac Grit Measure" is now considered to be one of the most reliable inventories to elicit grit for a multitude of purposes and is used in several World Bank projects and by researchers in economics and psychology. The findings from these studies led the Turkish Ministry of National Education to launch a reformed nationwide curriculum in primary and post-primary schools to improve non-cognitive skills through the new Design-Skill Labs. At the same time, work with ING Bank Turkey led to Alan designing a new financial literacy programme, Orange Drops, for schoolchildren aged 8 and 9. This programme is the first single financial literacy education and social responsibility project by ING for Turkey's elementary school students and encourages positive behavioural changes addressing low personal rates of saving and lack of financial literacy. Since ING started running Orange Drops, 1,213 teachers have taught the programme in 329 schools, benefiting 38,835 schoolchildren. Professor Alan also been recently invited to be an academic advisor for the second phase of a World Bank funded project in North Macedonia (titled 'Learning By Doing') cultivating socio-emotional skills in 8th and 5th grade students. Here, Alan contributed to the design of a unique curriculum on socio-emotional skills which introduced a unique mentorship component. References Alan, Sule. (2018) 'Fostering Patience in the Classroom: Results from A Randomized Educational Intervention' Journal of Political Economy, 126(5) https://doi.org/10.1086/6990077 Alan, Sule, T. Boneva, and S. Ertac. (2019) "Ever Failed, Try Again, Succeed Better: Lessons from a randomized educational intervention on grit" Quarterly Journal of Economics. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjz006 Ethnic and racial harassment and impacts on mental health A specific focus of research by Luthra and long-term collaborator Nandi has been the study of the causes and consequences of ethnic and racial harassment. The research shows that this form of harassment is distinct from many others, with reports of harassment highest among the more highly educated, among men, and among those who participate more broadly in society. Other work further indicates that UK-born ethnic minorities have higher rates of ethnic and racial harassment, worse mental health, and worse health behaviours, on average, than the foreign-born. In 2016, the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) suggested presenting written evidence based on these findings to the Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into "Hate crimes and its violent consequences". In 2017, POST requested research briefing information on behalf of Lord Crisp who wished to use the findings in the Debate on 'improving mental health services for people from black and ethnic minority communities' and on behalf of the House of Commons Women & Equalities Committee, who wanted to use it for its inquiries into the Race Disparity Audit and Tackling Inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. In 2017, Luthra was asked by the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) and the non-governmental organisation Quest for Economic Development to present to police personnel and mental health physicians. Two workshops were conducted at the IOPC offices in London, each attended by more than 20 investigators. The research was directly cited in debate Chamber in House of Lords by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath as being very relevant to the understanding about mental health issues in black and minority ethnic communities. It went on to be directly cited in Parliamentary Business, Written Questions and Answers by Baroness Whitaker in July 2018 with regards to what monitoring is undertaken in relation to the impact of racism on the mental health and wellbeing of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma people. The research also contributed to a book for academic and non-academic audiences ("Ethnic and Racial Harassment in Britain" in I. Boncori (Ed.) Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion - The University of Essex Reader, Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, pp.111-118, 2018). For more details about the impact this research has so far achieved, please see: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/misoc/impact/prevalence-mental-health-consequences.pdf https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/case-studies/bringing-robust-new-evidence-of-the-prevalence-and-mental-health-consequencesof-ethnic-and-racial-harassment References Luthra R., Nandi A. and Benzeval, M. (2018) 'Unravelling the 'immigrant health paradox': ethnic maintenance, discrimination, and health behaviours of the foreign born and their children in England', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1539287 Luthra R., Nandi A. and Benzeval, M. (2016). Ethnic and racial harassment and mental health: Identifying sources of resilience, ISER Working Paper Series 2016-14, Institute for Social and Economic Research. https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/publications/working-papers/iser/2016-14 Using multiple genetic variants as IV to estimate causal effects Instrumental variables analysis using genetic markers as instruments is now a widely used technique in epidemiology and biostatistics. As single markers tend to explain only a small proportion of phenotypic variation, there is increasing interest in using multiple genetic markers to obtain more precise estimates of causal parameters. Structural mean models (SMMs) are semiparametric models that use instrumental variables to identify causal parameters. Recently, interest has started to focus on using these models with multiple instruments, particularly for multiplicative and logistic SMMs. In his 2015 paper Clarke et al. show how additive, multiplicative and logistic SMMs with multiple orthogonal binary instrumental variables can be estimated efficiently in models with no further (continuous) covariates, using the generalised method of moments (GMM) estimator. They use these methods to reanalyse a study of the relationship between adiposity and hypertension using SMMs with two genetic markers as instruments for adiposity. We find strong effects of adiposity on hypertension. In other work, Bao and Clarke use the "some invalid, some valid instrumental variable estimator" (sisVIVE), which is a lasso-based method for instrumental variables (IVs) to estimate the causal effect of body mass index on personal income in the presence of unobserved confounding. References Clarke, P. S., Palmer, T. M., & Windmeijer, F. (2015). Estimating structural mean models with multiple instrumental variables using the generalised method of moments. Statistical Science, 96-117. Bao, Y., Clarke, P. S., Smart, M., & Kumari, M. (2019). Assessing the robustness of sisVIVE in a Mendelian randomization study to estimate the causal effect of body mass index on income using multiple SNPs from understanding society. Statistics in medicine, 38(9), 1529-1542. Subjective expectations and decision-making under uncertainty Many decisions are made under uncertainty, and individuals are likely to form subjective beliefs (expectations) about the probabilities of events that are relevant for their decisions. In the expected utility framework, choices depend on both preferences and these expectations; if researchers only observe the final outcomes, then there is a basic identification problem when making inferences about the decision-making process, as many combinations of preferences and expectations can lead to the same observed choice. One possibility to mitigate this identification problem is to ask decision-makers directly about their subjective expectations. MiSoC's Delavande has made important methodological developments on how best to ask about expectations in developing countries, and applied these to a range of substantive issues. For example, we implemented new methods for measuring individuals' expectations about the impact of HIV on survival, own and partners' HIV status and the risk of transmission to study risky sexual behaviour in Malawi. Analysis of the accuracy of these expectations showed that information policies could reduce risky sexual behaviour if focused on mortality risks, but not if focused on transmission risk. As a follow-up of this paper, a randomized controlled trial in which individuals are provided information on mortality risk is currently being rolled out in Malawi. Another important substantive application has been related to educational choice. By collecting data on expectations on the return to a degree from youth in Pakistan, Delavande evaluated the role of future earnings, non-pecuniary outcomes and financial constraints in the choice of a university (between religious seminaries, Islamic universities or liberal universities). They find that future earnings and employment prospects play a small (but statistically significant) role. However, non-pecuniary outcomes, such as the school's ideology, are the major determinants. References Delavande, A., & Kohler, H. P. (2016). HIV/AIDS-related expectations and risky sexual behaviour in Malawi. The Review of Economic Studies, 83(1), 118-164. Delavande, A., & Zafar, B. (2019). University choice: The role of expected earnings, nonpecuniary outcomes, and financial constraints. Journal of Political Economy, 127(5), 2343-2393. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | (17th July 2018): Written question from Baroness Whitaker to the Department of Health and Social Care on the mental health of travellers, citing The Cumulative Effect of Racial Discrimination on the Mental Health of Ethnic Minorities in the UK (research by Nandi, Benzeval, Luthra, Saggar) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questio... |
| Description | (28th November 2017): House of Lords debate on mental health services for black and minority ethnic communities, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath citing research on the impact of racial and ethnic harassment on mental health by Alita Nandi and Renee Luthra. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2017-11-28/debates/B4D24C68-A7DD-4A6B-A556-A3730A7F0417/MentalHe... |
| Description | (Brewer) Participation in Government Equalities Office roundtable on "Gender Equality & Economic Empowerment" January 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Participation in Government Equalities Office roundtable intended to inform forthcoming government strategy on "Gender Equality & Economic Empowerment" |
| Description | Advice to Frontier Economics on DfE and HMRC project on childcare |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Advisory committee INPS grant (Italy) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Brewer cited in write-up of findings from European Commission Mutual Learning Programme Peer review on 'In-work progression - approaches and challenges', Manchester, UK, 26-27 March 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1047&newsId=9039&furtherNews=yes |
| Description | Citation in COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Assessment of the Social Impact of the new Stability Support Programme for Greece |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in European Commission's Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2015 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in European Commission's Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in European Commission's Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in European Commission's Joint Research Centre Annual Report 2015 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in European Commission's Tax Reforms in EU Member States: 2015 Report |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in House of Commons Briefing paper of Disability and Poverty in Later Life research by Stephen Pudney and Ruth Hancock (reports commissioned for JRF & EHRC) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in House of Commons Treasury Committee on Childcare |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmtreasy/757/7 |
| Description | Citation in House of Lords debate (Holford) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2017-10-27/debates/1CC18AF0-4140-46EC-A435-2C1EBED9E707/UnpaidWo... |
| Description | Citation in House of Lords report on Affordable Childcare |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldselect/ldaffchild/117/117.pdf |
| Description | Citation in Nuffield Foundation review of early years education and childcare research |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Early_years_education_and_childcare_Nuff... |
| Description | Citation in OECD Economic Surveys: Greece |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in Office for National Statistics's Nowcasting household income in the UK: initial methodology |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in Parliamentary briefing - POSTbrief |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PB-0022 |
| Description | Citation in Scottish Government Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026 Impact Assessment - Amy Clair - 24/03/22 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/annex-8-childrens-rights-wellbeing-impact-assessment/documents/ |
| Description | Citation in Yearly Report of the Director of the Bank of Greece |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in a systematic review for my work on Village Saving and Loans Associations |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011504.pub2/full |
| Description | Cited in House of Commons Debate pack 'The Cost of Unhealthy Housing to the National Health Service' - Amy Clair 20/2/19 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2019-0046/CDP-2019-0046.pdf |
| Description | Cited in OECD's In it Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits Us All |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Cited in Scottish Government documents relating to the Cost of Living Bill - Amy Clair - 11/22 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2022/11/c... |
| Description | Contribution to What Works Wellbeing Submission to Comprehensive Spending Review (Longhi and Nandi) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | EUROMOD used for 2015 European Semester. A number of the Country Reports published by the European Commission included EUROMOD-based analysis (Estonia, Germany, France, Latvia, Romania) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for 2016 European Semester. A number of the Country Reports published by the European Commission included EUROMOD-based analysis (Croatia, Spain, Italy, Austria, Portugal) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for 2017 European Semester. A number of the Country Reports published by the European Commission included EUROMOD-based analysis (Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for 2018 European Semester. A number of the Country Reports published by the European Commission included EUROMOD-based analysis (Estonia, Ireland, Croatia, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for European Commission's Access to social protection for all forms of employment - Assessing the options for a possible EU initiative |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for European Commission's Report on Public Finances in EMU 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for Eurostat's Flash estimates of income inequality and poverty indicators in 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | EUROMOD used for Income Tax in Scotland 2017, SPICe Briefing report SB 17-84 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://sp-bpr-en-prod-cdnep.azureedge.net/published/2017/12/6/Income-Tax-in-Scotland--2017-update/S... |
| Description | EUROMOD used for Tax progressivity and the Scottish Rate of Income Tax, SPICe Briefing report SB 16-15 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/SB_16-15_Tax_progressivity_and_the_Scottis... |
| Description | EUROMOD used for World Bank's Fiscal Redistribution in the European Union |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Ex ante poverty and fiscal evaluation of a guaranteed minimum income programme in Greece |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | My research (with M. Matsaganis) on the "Ex ante poverty and fiscal evaluation of a guaranteed minimum income programme in Greece" using the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD has been pivotal in the (ongoing) implementation process of this benefit. It was funded by the World Bank and delivered to the Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Security. This evaluation was specifically mentioned in the ESM stability support programme that was signed between Greece and the EC in August 2015 (p. 17), where the Greek authorities agreed to gradually roll out a nationwide guaranteed minimum income (GMI) by the end of 2016. The estimates provided in this study were also included in the 2016 OECD Economic Survey of Greece (p. 96). The research is considered as an impact case study candidate for the REF 2021. I was also invited to present it at the EC Conference on "European Microsimulation Modelling for Policymaking" (May 2015). I am currently assisting the World Bank in the design of a survey questionnaire to evaluate the GMI national rollout in terms of its impact on poverty, using EUROMOD. |
| Description | Female Employment and Child Inequality (July 2018), APPG briefing by Susan Harkness |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://esrc.ukri.org/files/collaboration/appg-briefing-female-employment-and-child-inequality/ |
| Description | Free School Meals paper cited in Open University reading list (Holford) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/education/free-school-meals-openlearn-reading-l... |
| Description | Invited participation in a Home Office workshop on 'Countering Extremism', 22 February 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Liberal Democrat manifesto to legalise cannabis referred (May 2017) to a report by Professor Stephen Pudney, which estimates that legalising cannabis could raise tax revenues of between £400m and £900m in England and Wales. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Member of Task Group advising the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the formulation of an Anti-Poverty Strategy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | http://www.jrf.org.uk/topic/anti-poverty |
| Description | Member of expert panel advising Resolution Foundation on reforms to Universal Credit |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/universal-credit-a-policy-under-review/ |
| Description | ONS (2019). Using tax data to better capture top earners in household income inequality statistics. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/art... |
| Description | ONS review of statistics on illegal drugs and GDP |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The report identified weaknesses in some aspects of ONS' measurement methodology, but supported other aspects. The review will lead to some improvements in ONS statistics and will give a better understanding of the degree of uncertainty in official estimates. |
| Description | ONS statistical outputs workplan, 2018 to 2019 - Transformation of ONS household financial statistics |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseho |
| Description | Office for National Statistics "Income and earnings statistics guide" cites my work |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/... |
| Description | Oral evidence to the Select Committee on Affordable Childcare |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=16200 |
| Description | POLICY (11th June 2018): Shamit Saggar quoted several times in Women and Equalities Committee report into the Race Disparity Audit |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-com... |
| Description | POLICY (17 May 2018): Written evidence to the Select Committee on Education's inquiry into the impact that the early years of a child's life have on their life chances (Rabe with Blanden) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Participation in expert workshop with MP Lucy Powell |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Providing material to Outreach Officer from the University of Hertfordshire to share with parents of prospective university applicants |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Submission of written evidence on disability benefits and social care to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Public Expenditure on Health and Social Care |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Universal Credit Expert Panel on Evaluation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Advice to the Department for Work and Pensions on the evaluation programme for the introduction of Universal Credit |
| Description | Written evidence Select Committee Inquiry on Children and young peoples mental health - role of education (Dr Knies and Dr Booker) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Written evidence to House of Commons Health & CLG inquiry into long-term funding of social care (submitted March 2018) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/housing-communities... |
| Description | Written evidence to the Select Committee on Affordable Childcare's Call for Evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/affordable-childcar... |
| Description | Written evidence to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into childcare policy and its influence on the economy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/inqui... |
| Description | Written evidence toSelect Committee on Social Mobility, Overlooked and left behind: improving the transition from school to work for the majority of young people |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldsocmob/120/12002.htm |
| Description | pandemic work cited by Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/price-cap-working-paper-reviewing-potential-impact-covid-19-de... |
| Description | reviewer for the ESRC |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | reviewer for the nuffield fundation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | • POLICY (26 April 2018): Written evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology's inquiry into the Impact of social media and screen-use on young people's health (Booker and Knies) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Academy Research Project: 'British Religion in Numbers' |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AQ1819 |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Access to Health Care, Health Outcomes and Hospital Performance in Brazil |
| Amount | £84,155 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | An investigation of the impact of the NLW on earnings, with a focus on pay differentials |
| Amount | £49,962 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CR18028 |
| Organisation | Low Pay Commission |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Analysing social protection of atypical workers using EUROMOD |
| Amount | € 14,400 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | Ares(2017)5925573 - 575 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Analysis of National LGBT Survey |
| Amount | £74,548 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Analysis of Poverty Effects of Uprating Decisions |
| Amount | £2,256 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 02/2015 |
| Description | British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | British participation in the 2017 European Values Study / World Values Survey |
| Amount | £543,430 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/P009573/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Causes of Gender, Disability & Ethnic Pay Gaps |
| Amount | £51,295 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Equality and Human Rights Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Centre for Fertility and Health |
| Amount | kr 637,500 (NOK) |
| Organisation | Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Convergence of Minimum Income Benefit Schemes in Europe: Evidence at the Micro Level |
| Amount | € 14,996 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | VC/2015/1069 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Develop AI Methods to Optimise Interactions with Customers |
| Amount | £11,531 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | EUROMOD Extension to Indirect Taxation |
| Amount | € 300,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 198961-2015 A10-UK |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 01/2017 |
| Description | Estimating the Technology of Skill Formation and Maternal Well-Being |
| Amount | $36,300 (USD) |
| Funding ID | 1725219 |
| Organisation | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | Expectations, Information and Intention to Participate in Higher Education |
| Amount | £62,425 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | Expert Panel on Longevity Risk |
| Amount | £3,680 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Prudential PLC |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | Exploring the interplay of social and genetic factors influencing puberty timing |
| Amount | £9,978 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SRG18R1\181165 |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Family Life Courses, Intergenerational Exchanges and Later Life Health (FAMHEALTH) |
| Amount | € 147,550 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 324055 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | Feasibility and Added Value of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme - DG-Employment |
| Amount | € 207,451 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | Female Politicians and Economic Growth: Evidence from State Elections in India |
| Amount | £18,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Growth Centre (IGC) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | Human Rights and Information Technology in the Era of Big Data |
| Amount | £406,844 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M010236/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Human Rights and Information Technology in the Era of Big Data |
| Amount | £4,743,734 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M010236/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Illegal Drug Estimates |
| Amount | £8,652 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Office for National Statistics |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | Impact of the Universal Infant Free School Meal Policy |
| Amount | £56,238 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Inequalities in Access to Health and the Role of the Unified Health System in Brazil: Evidence from Administrative Hospital Records and Survey Data - Newton Fund RCUK-CONFAP Research Partnerships |
| Amount | £77,526 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N000048/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | Inequalities, Insurance, Incentives and Immigration: Challenges and Solutions for the Welfare State (4Is) - Welfare State Futures |
| Amount | £389,235 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 462-14-011 |
| Organisation | New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation in Europe (NORFACE) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Inequality in Higher Education Outcomes in the UK: Subjective Expectations, Preferences and Access to Information |
| Amount | £784,520 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M008622/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Integrating Research Infrastructure for European expertise on Inclusive Growth from data to policy (InGRID2) |
| Amount | € 903,206 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | International Growth Centre |
| Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Growth Centre (IGC) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | International Growth Centre |
| Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Growth Centre (IGC) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Investigating People - Place Effects in the UK using Linked Longitudinal Survey and Administrative Data |
| Amount | £188,407 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | DLW/42989 |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 08/2020 |
| Description | JRF Anti-Poverty Strategy: Background Paper on Disability Costs in Later Life |
| Amount | £3,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 1209001PFA05 |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Low Pay Commission 124592-An investigation of the impact of the NMW/NLW on earnings with a focus on pay differentials |
| Amount | £49,962 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 124592 |
| Organisation | Low Pay Commission |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Make Happen |
| Amount | £278,291 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Office for Students |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Methods for the Analysis of Longitudinal Dyadic Data with an Application to Intergenerational Exchanges of Family Support |
| Amount | £12,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/P000118/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Mutual Learning Programme Peer Review: 'Wages Progression' |
| Amount | £1,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | ICF International, Inc. |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | NetSILC3 |
| Amount | € 26,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Eurostat |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | NetSILC3 |
| Amount | € 26,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Not the Golden Age of Old |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2016 |
| End | 11/2016 |
| Description | Opening the Black Box: towards a transparent and widely-used tax-benefit model for the UK |
| Amount | £303,165 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WEL/43597 |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Post-Graduate Support Scheme |
| Amount | £12,009 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | Promoting Mental Wellbeing In The Ageing Urban Population: Determinants, Policies And Interventions In European Cities (MINDMAP) |
| Amount | € 141,557 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 667661 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Risk Aversion, Earnings Uncertainty and Labour Supply |
| Amount | £72,018 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Risk aversion, earnings uncertainty and labour supply, Nuffield Foundation |
| Amount | £77,018 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ECO 42669 |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | SAMOD |
| Amount | £822 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | South Africa |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 01/2015 |
| Description | SOCGEN: Combining Social Science and Molecular Genetic Research to Examine Inequality and the Life Course |
| Amount | £7,005 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N011856/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | Small Grant - Female Selection into Occupations and Occupational Prices |
| Amount | £9,801 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Study on the Assessment of Tax Evasion and Tax Non-Compliance with the EUROMOD Model in Estonia |
| Amount | € 14,864 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 154948 -2015 A08-GB |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 06/2016 |
| Description | Tax Shifting of Direct and Indirect Taxation in Italy and Spain |
| Amount | £44,995 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | Tax shifting of direct and indirect taxation in Italy and Spain |
| Amount | € 59,993 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 154631-2014 A08-GB |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | The Benefits of Knowledge: Mortality Risks, Mental Health and Life-Cycle Behavior |
| Amount | $42,718 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | The EU Social Situation Monitor |
| Amount | € 127,620 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | VC/2015/1021 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | The EU Social Situation Monitor |
| Amount | € 97,620 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | VC/2014/0663 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 04/2016 |
| Description | The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection |
| Amount | $4,500 (USD) |
| Funding ID | 605UU-1326 |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Finland |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection |
| Amount | $193,338 (USD) |
| Funding ID | 605UU-1631 |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Finland |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection |
| Amount | $193,338 (USD) |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Finland |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection |
| Amount | $4,500 (USD) |
| Funding ID | 605UU-1326 |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Finland |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection (SOUTHMOD) |
| Amount | $104,650 (USD) |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Finland |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | The Effects of a Tailored Health Warning on Socio-Economic Behaviours and Health Outcomes |
| Amount | £152,727 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N012038/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | The Impact of the National Living Wage on Individuals |
| Amount | £43,963 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Low Pay Commission |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2016 |
| End | 11/2017 |
| Description | The Prevalence and Persistence of Ethnic and Racial Harassment and its Impact on Health: A Longitudinal Analysis |
| Amount | £138,059 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N011791/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | To quality-assure models used by the Scottish Fiscal Commission to forecast tax revenues and social security spending |
| Amount | £1,324 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Scottish Fiscal Commission |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Understanding Household Finance through Better Measurement - Transformative Research Call |
| Amount | £250,795 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N006534/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | University of St Andrews Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Fund - 'Who takes unpaid internships in science?' |
| Amount | £1,160 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of St Andrews |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 11/2017 |
| Description | Using Mobile Technologies to Improve Financial Data |
| Amount | £447,023 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N006534/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Welfare Dependence and Poverty Traps: Evaluating the contribution of health shocks and health policy using administrative data |
| Amount | £311,180 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | GF160011 |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Work, Learning & Wellbeing |
| Amount | £53,279 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/N003586/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Title | BOOST2018 Study |
| Description | The BOOST2018 Study is a longitudinal survey of undergraduate students who enrolled at one UK university in the academic year 2015/16, and (for the vast majority) completed their degree in 2017/18. Each year students were invited to reply to three on-line surveys, one for each term, and to attend one laboratory session. The on-line surveys were variable in length but generally took about one hour with the exception of the Summer term surveys (waves 4, 8 and 12), which were shorter to allow for the fact that students take their exams at the end of the year. Participation in the surveys was incentivised using monetary rewards - between £8 and £20 for on-line surveys and on average £30 for the laboratory sessions. The on-line surveys were designed to collect information on students' academic investments (hours of study), non-academic investments (working for pay, participation in volunteering groups, etc.), their expectations about future academic achievement and labour market outcomes (earnings, probability of employment) as well as, at wave 9, non-pecuniary future job attributes. The survey data was linked to administrative records held by the university. Specifically, we use here information on the student demographics (gender and age), socio-economic status as measured by parental occupation and the university participation rate in their neighbourhood of domicile, and marks. Ethnicity is self-identified at the time of enrolment at the university. We also obtained access to their timetable of scheduled lectures and classes and weekly records of attendance - administered through a swipe-card electronic system - to derive measures of attendance that are not affected by self-reporting. The sampling frame comprised all undergraduate students enrolling in the first year of an undergraduate (Bachelor's) course in October 2015. The target population consisted of 2,621 students. In order to participate in the study, each student was required to sign a consent form. All students who enrolled in the study received £5 as an incentive. By the end of the Autumn term of the academic year 2015/16, when the participation register was closed, 1,978 students had given their consent (about 75% of the target sample). Enrolment re-opened to eligible students at the beginning of the second and third years, resulting in a small number of additional participants (n=19). Because of the presence of monetary incentives and the advertising campaigns aimed at keeping the study salient to the population, participation to the surveys was consistently high. Between 774 and 1,276 students took part in the surveys at different points in time, with higher response rates for the main on-line waves (between 55% and 68%), and lower rates for the laboratory sessions (between 45% and 59%) and Summer term surveys (between 52% and 56%) (see Appendix Table A1). |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This dataset has been used to conduct several analysis to better understand the socio-economic differences in higher education outcomes, as well as the factors that lead to success at university (see section on Key Findings). We are currently working on creating a version of the data which is fully anonymised and will make it accessible to other researchers through the Data Archive. |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C4TL7iB5lFPEhrUOwRZDteNphNzJ2Me7/view |
| Title | Data and Code for: Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial |
| Description | We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to 903 prenatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one of the world's largest psychotherapy interventions, and it dramatically reduced postpartum depression. Seven years after psychotherapy concluded, we returned to the study site to find that impacts on women's mental health had persisted, with a 17% reduction in depression rates. The intervention also improved women's financial empowerment and increased both time- and money-intensive parental investments by between 0.2 and 0.3 standard deviations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/111366/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/111366/fcr:versio... |
| Title | Data and Code for: Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial |
| Description | We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to 903 prenatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one of the world's largest psychotherapy interventions, and it dramatically reduced postpartum depression. Seven years after psychotherapy concluded, we returned to the study site to find that impacts on women's mental health had persisted, with a 17% reduction in depression rates. The intervention also improved women's financial empowerment and increased both time- and money-intensive parental investments by between 0.2 and 0.3 standard deviations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/111366 |
| Title | Data and Code for: Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial |
| Description | We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to 903 prenatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one of the world's largest psychotherapy interventions, and it dramatically reduced postpartum depression. Seven years after psychotherapy concluded, we returned to the study site to find that impacts on women's mental health had persisted, with a 17% reduction in depression rates. The intervention also improved women's financial empowerment and increased both time- and money-intensive parental investments by between 0.2 and 0.3 standard deviations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/111366/version/V1/view |
| Title | Data and Code for: Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial |
| Description | We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to 903 prenatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one of the world's largest psychotherapy interventions, and it dramatically reduced postpartum depression. Seven years after psychotherapy concluded, we returned to the study site to find that impacts on women's mental health had persisted, with a 17% reduction in depression rates. The intervention also improved women's financial empowerment and increased both time- and money-intensive parental investments by between 0.2 and 0.3 standard deviations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/111366/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/111366/fcr:versio... |
| Title | Data and Code for: Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial |
| Description | We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to 903 prenatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one of the world's largest psychotherapy interventions, and it dramatically reduced postpartum depression. Seven years after psychotherapy concluded, we returned to the study site to find that impacts on women's mental health had persisted, with a 17% reduction in depression rates. The intervention also improved women's financial empowerment and increased both time- and money-intensive parental investments by between 0.2 and 0.3 standard deviations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/111366/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/111366/fcr:versio... |
| Title | Data for: A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit |
| Description | This is the code used in Brewer, Joyce, Waters, and Woods, "A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit". Please see "ReplicationMendeley.txt" for further information. This paper uses Special Licence Understanding Society and British Household Panel Survey data, available from the UK Data Service. Specifically, the following study numbers are required: -6931 -6666 -7248 -6027 -6136 Because these data are special licence, they have not been deposited in Mendeley. The authors are able to provide information on how the data can be accessed by other researchers. These calculations also require TAXBEN, the IFS tax and benefit microsimulation model. Since that is proprietary, it has not been deposited in Mendeley. However, the authors will seek to supply an an output file from TAXBEN simulations if a researcher has access to all five datasets listed above, conditional on the UKDS and Understanding Society team being satisfied that doing so is consistent with maintaining data confidentiality. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/pjk2kxc75f/1 |
| Title | Data for: A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit |
| Description | This is the code used in Brewer, Joyce, Waters, and Woods, "A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit". Please see "ReplicationMendeley.txt" for further information. This paper uses Special Licence Understanding Society and British Household Panel Survey data, available from the UK Data Service. Specifically, the following study numbers are required: -6931 -6666 -7248 -6027 -6136 Because these data are special licence, they have not been deposited in Mendeley. The authors are able to provide information on how the data can be accessed by other researchers. These calculations also require TAXBEN, the IFS tax and benefit microsimulation model. Since that is proprietary, it has not been deposited in Mendeley. However, the authors will seek to supply an an output file from TAXBEN simulations if a researcher has access to all five datasets listed above, conditional on the UKDS and Understanding Society team being satisfied that doing so is consistent with maintaining data confidentiality. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/pjk2kxc75f |
| Title | European Values Study (wave 5, 2017) dataset for Great Britain |
| Description | The European Values Study (EVS) is a large-scale, cross-national, repeated cross-sectional survey research programme on basic human values. It provides insights into the ideas, beliefs, preferences, attitudes, values and opinions of citizens all over Europe. The EVS started in 1981; the survey has been repeated every nine years in an increasing number of countries. The questionnaire covers topics that include national identity, culture, diversity, insecurity, support for democracy, tolerance of foreigners and ethnic minorities, support for gender equality, the role of religion, the impact of globalization, attitudes towards the environment, work, family, politics, subjective well-being, and so on. The questionnaire also contains items on issues of personal and civic ethics, from smoking indoors to suicide. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | At the time of writing (January 2020), researchers are only starting to use the new EVS dataset. |
| URL | https://www.gesis.org/en/services/data-analysis/international-survey-programs/european-values-study/... |
| Title | Replication data for: The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply |
| Description | The historical rise in female labor force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers' working hours is amplified through the influence of family peers. For identification, we exploit partially overlapping peer groups. Using Norwegian administrative data, we find positive and statistically significant family peer effects but only on the intensive margin of women's labor supply. These are in part driven by concerns about time allocation from early childhood and concerns about earnings from age five. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113690/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/113690/fcr:versio... |
| Title | Replication data for: The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply |
| Description | The historical rise in female labor force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers' working hours is amplified through the influence of family peers. For identification, we exploit partially overlapping peer groups. Using Norwegian administrative data, we find positive and statistically significant family peer effects but only on the intensive margin of women's labor supply. These are in part driven by concerns about time allocation from early childhood and concerns about earnings from age five. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113690 |
| Title | Replication data for: The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply |
| Description | The historical rise in female labor force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers' working hours is amplified through the influence of family peers. For identification, we exploit partially overlapping peer groups. Using Norwegian administrative data, we find positive and statistically significant family peer effects but only on the intensive margin of women's labor supply. These are in part driven by concerns about time allocation from early childhood and concerns about earnings from age five. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113690/version/V1/view |
| Description | (Alan) CharcterLab at UPenn |
| Organisation | University of Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Work by MiSoC researcher Sule Alan has generated a powerful methodological tool, coined now as "Alan-Ertac Grit Measure", that is now considered to be one of the most reliable measurement inventories to elicit grit. We are working with one of the most prominent psychologists who work on grit, Angela Duckworth, (Character Lab in University of Pennsylvania) to implement the measurement inventory for teenagers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Work by MiSoC researcher Sule Alan has generated a powerful methodological tool, coined now as "Alan-Ertac Grit Measure", that is now considered to be one of the most reliable measurement inventories to elicit grit. We are working with one of the most prominent psychologists who work on grit, Angela Duckworth, (Character Lab in University of Pennsylvania) to implement the measurement inventory for teenagers. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | (Alan) World Bank: extending intervention from Turkey to Romania |
| Organisation | World Bank Group |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The WB would like to implement an intervention in Romania that is similar to the one that MiSoC researcher Sule Alan developed for schools in Istanbul (about teaching children perseverance/grit). We have the insights on how to implement an intervention that increases children's levels of perseverance and grit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The WB would like to implement an intervention in Romania that is similar to the one that MiSoC researcher Sule Alan developed for schools in Istanbul (about teaching children perseverance/grit). The WB have the ability to fund and organise such an intervention. |
| Impact | The intervention is stil being designed and discussed between MiSoC and the WB. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | (Brewer) Collaboration with The Resolution Foundation on Universal Credit |
| Organisation | Resolution Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Expert advice and knowledge about economic consequences of Universal Credit |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert advice and knowledge about economic and practical consequences of Universal Credit. Production of report. Launch and publicity of report. |
| Impact | In 2014-15, MiSoC's Prof Mike Brewer served on an expert panel helping the Resolution Foundation look at the incentives inherent in Universal Credit, work which led to a report by the Resolution Foundation. In 2015, Brewer co-authored a report with Resolution Foundation analysts on Universal Credit. In 2017, Brewer co-authored a second report with Resolution Foundation analysts on Universal Credit. In 2017, Brewer spoke at the launch event. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | (Brewer) Collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions |
| Organisation | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Brewer conducted research on DWP administrative data in 2 separate projects |
| Collaborator Contribution | DWP provided access to their administrative data for 2 projects supported by MiSoC funding, one undertaken at the Safe Room at the Secure Data Service, University of Essex, and the other at the data enclave at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, |
| Impact | Each project has produced a working paper released in IZA's series. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | (Brewer) Collaboration with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on an anti-poverty strategy |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Expert advice and economic analysis relating to an anti-poverty strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The JRF were producing an anti-poverty strategy. MiSoC's Prof Brewer served on the Task Force that helped the JRF produce the strategy, and was commissioned to write a report about the role of the tax system. |
| Impact | JRF produced an anti-poverty strategy. MiSoC's Prof Brewer served on the Task Force that helped the JRF produce the strategy, and was commissioned to write a report about the role of the tax system (logged in ResearchFish). |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | (Hancock) Personal Social Services Research Unit at LSE |
| Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
| Department | LSE Health and Social Care |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have collaborated with PSSRU to produce projections of long-term care expenditure under various different scenarios. MiSoC researcher Hancock has expertise in modeling the costs of disability benefits |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have collaborated with PSSRU to produce projections of long-term care expenditure under various different scenarios. PSSRU have expertise in modelling long-term care costs. |
| Impact | Some of the projections have been used by OBR in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook and Fiscal Sustainability Reports. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | (Hancockj/Pudney) Department of Health |
| Organisation | Department of Health (DH) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | • An existing body of research that we were able to discuss in detail with DH officials after which they had a much better understanding of the methods we had used. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • DH had conducted their own analysis of the relationship between receipt of Attendance Allowance and reported difficulties with Activities of Daily Living, were surprised by the result and was aware of our work which seemed to reach a different conclusion. They contacted us for discussions and a comparison of methods. • As a result DH enabled MiSoc-funded research to be exposed and explained to a range of officials in DH, DWP and HMT (analysts and policy makers) |
| Impact | • We produced a note, initially for DH which was then revised so that it was suitable for a wider audience |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | (Various) Collaboration with the Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Organisation | Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Brewer, Dr Rabe and Prof Crossley have undertaken joint research with researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. These have been in several areas: childcare policy; in-work benefits; household consumption and saving; inference in difference-in-differences; bootstrapping with very complex surveys; measuring living standards; tax and benefit policy design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Brewer, Dr Rabe and Prof Crossley have undertaken joint research with researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. These have been in several areas: childcare policy; in-work benefits; household consumption and saving; inference in difference-in-differences; bootstrapping with very complex surveys; measuring living standards; tax and benefit policy design. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led to several outputs (WPs and journal articles), all reported separately, and to 2 jointly-organised events about childcare evidence and policy. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | AMES, TAMES and Cold Climate |
| Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
| Department | Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am Visiting Professor at CASE and have contributed to a series of research projects analysing the effects of particular Governments' policy changes on poverty and inequality in the UK. Specifically we carried out microsimulation analysis and co-authored papers and book chapters. These were joint work with John Hills and his colleagues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leadership and coordination of the projects and their funding; co-authoring. |
| Impact | 3 book chapters and one journal article (economics and social policy); all reported separately |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | AgeUK: Hancock and Pudney |
| Organisation | Age UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | • Technical expertise leading to rigorous analysis to address research questions generated collectively with Age UK • Provision of comments on Age UK draft documents referencing MiSoc research to ensure our research was used accurately This is mostly from Hancock and Pudney |
| Collaborator Contribution | • Small amount of supplementary funding (grant called 'Can people afford to lose Attendance Allowance) • Expertise on details of disability benefits system and its history • Knowledge of how the system works on the ground • Insights into policy developments/DWP thinking through contacts with officials and desire to share information to help identify avenues for future MiSoc research • Commenting on drafts of MiSoc outputs intended to be accessible to non-academic audiences including written evidence to select committee inquiries • Ability and willingness to make use of MiSoc outputs in own outputs e.g. responses to government consultations, written and oral evidence to select committees [see REF 2014 Impact Case Study for implicit references in AGE UK oral evidence (Andy Harrop) to MiSoc written evidence] |
| Impact | • Highly policy-relevant academic outputs and presentations • Written evidence to select committee inquiries • Successful applications for further funding (e.g. SDAI) |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Collaboration with German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW, Hannover, Germany) |
| Organisation | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in Higher Education (HE) research and in labour markets and mobility |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in Higher Education (HE) research, survey design and data collection |
| Impact | The following publication has resulted from this collaboration, which includes a research team member from MiSoC as well as from the DZHW institute: Parey, Matthias, Jens Ruhose, Fabian Waldinger and Nicolai Netz (2017): "The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants," Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. (Link: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/REST_a_00687?journalCode=rest) Matthias Parey has also contributed to a high-level policy-oriented conference on "Coordination and Cooperation in Higher Education and Science Research" in October 2015 in Hannover, Germany. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Collaboration with Nuffield Foundation funded childcare project |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on the project of the effects of free childcare on child outcomes. The Surrey research team holds a grant by the Nuffield Foundation which has overlap with our SDAI grant. We decided to collaborate on the overlapping project areas, with permission of the ESRC. As a result, we have been able to carry out a more in-depth empirical analysis, including use of new data sources, than otherwise possible. We have also been able to disseminate our findings more widely. |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led to two jointly authored papers and many presentations, as detailed in the publications and engagement outputs. Disciplines involved are economics and social policy. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with the Greek Council of Economic Advisers (SOE) of the Greek Ministry of Finance |
| Organisation | Council of Economic Advisers |
| Country | Greece |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I am contributing to the further development of the Greek module of the EU-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD, which is used by SOE in their negotiations with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (i.e. the troika). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Having learnt how to use EUROMOD, my partners have developed an alternative input dataset for the model based on administrative data. Running EUROMOD with this dataset provides output which is used for suggesting new tax-benefit policies and policy reforms to the troika. |
| Impact | We informed the Greek government about the distributional and fiscal impact of the personal income tax reform and pension cuts in 2013 and, more recently, of the introduction of guaranteed minimum income and the provision of a social dividend. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Education Media Centre (EMC) |
| Organisation | Education Media Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | ISER purchased a training package from EMC to facilitate better links between researchers and relevant national media outlets. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EMC is supporting ISER's ongoing work to position itself as a key commentator for the media on broad social science issues. |
| Impact | Memorandum signed October 2017. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Grandchildren and their Grandparents' Labor Supply |
| Organisation | Johannes Kepler University of Linz |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in applied microeconometrics, in particular duration models; programming and estimation of the model; |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to high quality administrative data; access to cluster pc in order to manipulate the data; |
| Impact | Working Paper: Grandmothers' labor supply (ISER Working Paper 2017-11) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Gundi Knies and Alexander Plum |
| Organisation | New Zealand Work Research Institute |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I have equally contributed to the design and writing of research papers and other texts addressed at non-academic audiences |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborator has equally contributed to the design and writing of research papers and other texts addressed at non-academic audiences |
| Impact | ISER Working paper, Article in Insights 2017, PhD chapter Alexander Plum, and others. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ImPRovE, InGRID and InGRID2 |
| Organisation | University of Antwerp |
| Department | Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Coordination of the EUROMOD project; Participation in 3 FP7/H2020 projects 1 coordinated by Antwerp (ImProvE) in which we contributed a major strand of the research on the effects of policy on poverty. In the other 2 we collaborate together on joint tasks and research (InGRID and InGRID2) related to developing the EUROMOD infrastucture and providing training to use it. We contribute our expertise in EUROMOD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of ImPRovE, book projects etc; expertise in social policy analysis; expertise on Belgian tax-benefit policy and data. |
| Impact | Working papers and journal articles reported separately; developments to the EUROMOD research infrastructure + documentation; several expert workshops and training events and training materials (economics and sociology) |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Indirect tax analysis |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Coordination of the EUROMOD project; Co-participation in several projects to incorporate indirect taxes into EUROMOD in order to analyse reforms to direct and indirect taxes jointly; |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-participation in several projects to incorporate indirect taxes into EUROMOD in order to analyse reforms to direct and indirect taxes jointly; expertise on the belgian tax-benefit system. |
| Impact | https://www.euromod.ac.uk/publications/euromod-extension-indirect-taxation-final-report |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Inequality, poverty and inequality of opportunity- research netweork financed by the Madrid Regional Government |
| Organisation | University of Alcalá |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research time allocated to a joint working paper with Olga Canto on Labour outcomes and family background. |
| Collaborator Contribution | 1) Research time allocated by Olga Canto for a joint working paper on Labour outcomes and family background. 2) Blog article on the results of our paper published on Agenda Publica, a platform that hosts article on the most pressing social and economic issues in Spain informed by results from the research community |
| Impact | Joint working paper with Olga Canto : Avram Silvia, Olga Canto (2016), Labour outcomes and family background: Evidence from the EU during the recession, ECINEQ Working Paper 414, http://www.ecineq.org/milano/WP/ECINEQ2016-414.pdf |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Joint production of Flash Estimates of income distribution and poverty |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Eurostat |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Contributed our methodology on how to use EUROMOD to produce statistics on poverty and income distribution in advance of data for the current year being available; training in how to use the methodology; other outputs from EUROMOD to provide background and context |
| Collaborator Contribution | Early release of data, production and publication of the statistics; coordination of approval of the statistics by 28 nationsl statistical institutes |
| Impact | See Eurostat website. Background papers on the methodology have appeared as Working Papers and journal articles reported separately (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange Programme with the Higher Education Statistical Agency |
| Organisation | Higher Education Statistical Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | A knowledge exchange has been set up between MiSoC researchers and the HESA Analytical team. The purpose of the project is to analyse data on several cohorts of Higher Education students and document the existence and the evolution of a gap in performance according to protected characteristics such as gender, ethnicity and social background. Performance will be measured by progression and final degree outcome taking into account (i) dropout, (ii) change of course/subject area, and (iii) change of institution. The analysis will also try to explain the factors contributing to the existence of these performance gaps, including student characteristics and institutional characteristics (i.e. student/staff ratios, composition of staff by gender, ethnicity, etc.). The MiSoC team will take the lead in defining the main research questions and applying the most up-to-date empirical methods to the empirical analysis. Specifically, we will be able to show how longitudinal methods and statistical decomposition techniques can greatly enhance the understanding of the issues at hand. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In order to obtain evidence on student progression, it will be necessary to construct a unique student identifier which would allow the researchers to follow students over time, even when they change subject or institution. At the moment, such identifier is not available directly from the HESA student records. The HESA analytical team will assist with the construction of such an identifier. To understand the institutional factors contributing to the performance gap it will be necessary to match the HESA student records with data on staff characteristics. The staff records are held at the level of the academic HESA cost centre but a student can be assigned to multiple cost centres depending on the combination of subject studied. The HESA analytical team will assist attributing students to a single cost centre or a number of cost centres in relation to the combination of subjects studied. |
| Impact | The work has only just started and it is expected to generate new output by the end of 2017. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Leeds |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Department | School of Business |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professors Delavande and Del Bono have undertaken joint research with Professor Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Co-director of the Centre for Decision Research at the University of Leeds. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professors Delavande and Del Bono have undertaken joint research with Professor Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Co-director of the Centre for Decision Research at the University of Leeds. |
| Impact | This collaboration has led to the design of new behavioural interventions to improve educational outcomes, to the creation of new datasets and to the organisation of one conferences on expectations in Economics and Psychology in 2014. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Lemma 3 Node |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | Centre for Multilevel Modelling (CMM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We carried out a comparison of different methods for analysing panel data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners brought expertise on the data and the use of multilevel models and software for fitting advanced ones. |
| Impact | Presentation 9/7/2014 ESRC Research Methods Festival, Nuffield College, Oxford. (https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/RMF2014/programme/session.php?id=E3 Co-organized and presented at meeting Methods for Longutdinal Data Analysis 8/9/2014, London School of Economics (http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/event/6294781/Methods-for-Longitudinal-Data-Analysis-in-the-Social-Sciences.html) |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health |
| Organisation | University of Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Misoc's Professor Delavande has been involved in the design and analysis of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health, one of very few long-standing publicly-available longitudinal cohort studies in a sub-Saharan African context. It provides a rare record of more than a decade of demographic, socioeconomic and health conditions in one of the world's poorest countries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Misoc's Professor Delavande has undertaken joint research with other researchers involved in the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led to publications and working papers, all reported separately, to the creation of new datasets, and the joint applications for funding grants. The outputs are multidisciplinary (economics, sociology, demography, health). |
| Description | Manski |
| Organisation | Northwestern University |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Misoc's Professor Delavande has undertaken joint research with Professor Charles F Manski from Nortwhestern University, in the area of subjective expectations and elections. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Misoc's Professor Delavande has undertaken joint research with Professor Charles F Manski from Nortwhestern University, in the area of subjective expectations and elections. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led two publications, all reported separately, and to 3 jointly organized conferences on subjective expectations in 2014, 2015 and one forthcoming in 2018. The outputs were multidisciplinary (economics, survey methodology, politics). |
| Description | NYFed |
| Organisation | Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Delavande has undertaken joint research with researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the areas of measuring expectations, attitudes, educations and development economics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Delavande has undertaken joint research with researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the areas of measuring expectations, attitudes, educations and development economics. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led to several outputs (WPs and journal articles), all reported separately, and to 3 jointly-organised events conferences on expectations in 2014, 2015 and (forthcoming) 2018. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | OECD Report on Lithuanian social policy reforms |
| Organisation | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Research time allocated to report on THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA |
| Collaborator Contribution | Time allocated to report on THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA |
| Impact | 1) OECD Working Paper: THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA ; http://www.oecd.org/eco/the-effects-of-reform-scenarios-for-unemployment-benefits-and-social-assistance-on-financial-incentives-to-work-and-poverty-in-Lithuania.pdf 2) Blog article discussing the results form the working paper on the OECD Ecoscope platform: https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/reforming-benefits-in-lithuania-to-generate-a-double-dividend-making-work-pay-while-better-protecting-the-jobless/ |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | OECD Report on Lithuanian social policy reforms |
| Organisation | Vilnius University |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research time allocated to report on THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA |
| Collaborator Contribution | Time allocated to report on THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA |
| Impact | 1) OECD Working Paper: THE EFFECTS OF REFORM SCENARIOS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ON WORK INCENTIVES AND POVERTY IN LITHUANIA ; http://www.oecd.org/eco/the-effects-of-reform-scenarios-for-unemployment-benefits-and-social-assistance-on-financial-incentives-to-work-and-poverty-in-Lithuania.pdf 2) Blog article discussing the results form the working paper on the OECD Ecoscope platform: https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/reforming-benefits-in-lithuania-to-generate-a-double-dividend-making-work-pay-while-better-protecting-the-jobless/ |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Parental investments |
| Organisation | Norwegian School of Economics |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We used Norwegian data to examine the influence of peers on parental invesments and to evaluate how parental investments repond to child's endowment at birth. My Specific contributions consisted in the development of new research ideas, contribution to econometric methodology and analysis, research organization and management, writing up and dissemination. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) covered the expenses for accommodation and travel for visiting periods by me and Emman Tominey at the NHHas well as the cost for access to the Norwegian Administrative Data (NHH). The University of York covered expenses for presentations at conferences. The University of York covered expenses for research work done by Emma Tominey (University of York) and codfunded my research work, NHH funded the research work by Kjell Salvanes. Emma Tominey (University of York) contributed the empirical analysis, writing up, developemtn of the research ideas and dissemination. Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics) contributed by allowing the access to the Norwegian administrative data, providing details on the data, and refining of the academic outputs. |
| Impact | Nicoletti, C., Tominey, E., Salvanes, K. (2017) Response of parental investments to child's health endowment at birth, in Baltagi, B. & Moscone, F. (eds.) Health Econometrics in Contributions to Economic Analysis. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Forthcoming. Nicoletti C., Salvanes K., E. Tominey (2017), The family peer effect on mothers' labour supply, Accepted for publication in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Parental investments |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | Department of Economics and Related Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We used Norwegian data to examine the influence of peers on parental invesments and to evaluate how parental investments repond to child's endowment at birth. My Specific contributions consisted in the development of new research ideas, contribution to econometric methodology and analysis, research organization and management, writing up and dissemination. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) covered the expenses for accommodation and travel for visiting periods by me and Emman Tominey at the NHHas well as the cost for access to the Norwegian Administrative Data (NHH). The University of York covered expenses for presentations at conferences. The University of York covered expenses for research work done by Emma Tominey (University of York) and codfunded my research work, NHH funded the research work by Kjell Salvanes. Emma Tominey (University of York) contributed the empirical analysis, writing up, developemtn of the research ideas and dissemination. Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics) contributed by allowing the access to the Norwegian administrative data, providing details on the data, and refining of the academic outputs. |
| Impact | Nicoletti, C., Tominey, E., Salvanes, K. (2017) Response of parental investments to child's health endowment at birth, in Baltagi, B. & Moscone, F. (eds.) Health Econometrics in Contributions to Economic Analysis. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Forthcoming. Nicoletti C., Salvanes K., E. Tominey (2017), The family peer effect on mothers' labour supply, Accepted for publication in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Presented 4th SERISS training course on Cross-national Longitudinal Data Analysis |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Synergies for Europe's Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences (SERISS), aims to equip Europe's social science data infrastructures to play a major role in addressing the key societal challenges facing Europe today and ensure that national and European policymaking is built on a solid base of the highest-quality socio-economic evidence. The project brings together leading European Research Infrastructures in the social sciences - the European Social Survey (ESS ERIC), the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE ERIC) and Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC) - alongside organisations representing the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP), European Values Study (EVS) and the WageIndicator Survey. It aims to exploit potential synergies and overcome existing fragmentation across infrastructures in order to enhance the key role played by these infrastructures, which form the bedrock of empirical social science in Europe. SERISS Work Package 5, Training and Dissemination, addresses specific training of staff working in cross-national social science research and infrastructures. The work package aims to design trainings and training materials for tools developed in SERISS and to provide training on data management, data handling and harmonisation, as well as on statistical analysis to a wider social science community. By sharing resources and skills training will have considerable value beyond infrastructure specific initiatives. The SERISS project therefore develops a programme of face-to-face training events and online resources to disseminate learning from the project among other researchers and social science infrastructures. I have presented the 4th and final training course in this programme, drawing on my extensive knowledge of the Understanding Society, SOEP and CNEF studies and my heavy involvement in developing and delivering hands-on training workshop. In the next couple of months there will be a webinar on the substantive content of the course. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SERISS network organised the training course, advertised it, provided the facilities and hosted the hands-on training workshop. The course was well-received and reached a network of researchers to whom analysis of panel data is very new. (More than 120 analysts applied to attend the course of whom 25 were invited to participate). |
| Impact | Five worksheets illustrating longitudinal analysis of panel data have been produced and were shared with the course participants. Syntax files to replicate the analysis has been shared also. A webinar will be recorded and posted on the SERISS website. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | RAND |
| Organisation | The RAND Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Delavande has undertaken joint research with researchers at the RAND Corporation. These have been in several areas: measuring expectations, survey methodology, retirement and ageing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MiSoC's Prof Delavande has undertaken joint research with researchers at the RAND Corporation. These have been in several areas: measuring expectations, survey methodology, retirement and ageing. |
| Impact | The collaboration has led to several publications and working papers, all reported separately, and to the creation of new datasets. |
| Description | REFRAMED |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Department | Department of Psychology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided methodological expertise in the development of instrumental variable methods to analyse the analysis of a complex intervention. Also did blinded preliminary analysis of early results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided data, theoretical insight and substantive expertise in the analysis of these data. |
| Impact | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008857 The final project report (REFRActory depression - Mechanisms and Efficacy of Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RefraMED): a randomised controlled trial) has been accepted by the journal EME (https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/eme/#/future) and is to appear in May 2018. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Returns to Higher Education |
| Organisation | Microsoft Research |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Renee Luthra has collaborated with Jennifer Flashman, data scientist for Microsoft Yammer. We collaborated on a project examining returns to higher education. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Renee Luthra has collaborated with Jennifer Flashman, data scientist for Microsoft Yammer. We collaborated on a project examining returns to higher education. |
| Impact | Luthra, Renee Reichl, and Jennifer Flashman. "Who Benefits Most from a University Degree?: A Cross-National Comparison of Selection and Wage Returns in the US, UK, and Germany." Research in Higher Education (2017): 1-36. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Roundhouse Happiness Project |
| Organisation | Roundhouse |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Dr Gundi Knies gave a workshop on her research on "Life Satisfaction and Material Well-being of Young People in the UK" as a contribution to an Arts & Science collaboration around young people's wellbeing, inspired by the 2007 UNICEF happiness and wellbeing report on young people. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Creating a "show made by young people for young people" as a collaboration between the arts and science in November 2015 highlighting whether "having" or "being" is more important for young people's wellbeing. |
| Impact | Roundhouse performance in November 2015. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | SAMOD and NAMOD |
| Organisation | Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provided support in adapting the EUROMOD software and approach for use in the context of developing countries in Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Made use of th EUROMOD software and approach to build their own models; fed back ideas and inspirations for future developments |
| Impact | Working papers, models and documentation, policy and research reports |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | SOUTHMOD |
| Organisation | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided support in adapting the EUROMOD software and approach for use in the context of developing countries in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordination of a collaboration involving teams in 9 developing countries making use of our software and approach |
| Impact | https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/tax-benefit-microsimulation-and-income-redistribution-ecuador , work is ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | SPICe |
| Organisation | Scottish Parliament |
| Department | Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration between ISER and the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has the following aims: 1) extending, testing and validating the UK module of EUROMOD, the tax and benefit microsimulation model of the European Union managed and maintained by ISER at Essex, to include tax and benefit reforms introduced in Scotland following the Smith's Commission Agreement and the devolution of new powers to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government; 2) providing training to SPICe on new features of the model; 3) support SPICe with the analysis of actual or proposed tax and benefit policy reforms. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaboration relies on the development, maintenance and use of a Scottish module of EUROMOD which draws on the UK-EUROMOD module and includes specific Scottish reforms to the tax and benefit system. The collaboration is intended to result in better understanding of the needs of SPICe, which may results in further developments and improvements of EUROMOD tools; when possible, jointly dissemination of results by SPICe and Essex, with credit accruing to each. |
| Impact | no publication outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Second generation immigrants |
| Organisation | McGill University |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Renee Luthra and Thomas Soehl have collaborated on multiple projects related to the children of immigrants |
| Collaborator Contribution | Renee Luthra and Thomas Soehl have collaborated on multiple projects related to the children of immigrants |
| Impact | Luthra, Renee Reichl and Thomas Soehl. 2015. "From parent to child? Variation in the strength of educational transmission in immigrant families: methodological implications" Demography 52(2): 543-567. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Second generation immigrants in the USA |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Renee Luthra and Roger Waldinger have collaborated on multiple projects related to the children of immigrants in the USA. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Renee Luthra and Roger Waldinger have collaborated on multiple projects related to the children of immigrants in the USA. |
| Impact | Luthra, Renee Reichl, Roger Waldinger and Thomas Soehl. 2017. "Reconceptualizing Context: A multi-level model of the context of reception and second generation educational attainment" International Migration Review. Luthra, Renee and Lucinda Platt. 2016. "Elite or middling? International students and migrant diversification" Ethnicities 16(2): 316-344. Luthra, Renee Reichl and Roger Waldinger. 2013. "Intergenerational Mobility among Immigrants and their Descendents" Ch 6 in David Card and Steven Raphael (eds) Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Luthra, Renee and Roger Waldinger. 2010. "A path to convergence: Labor market outcomes of Mexican origin workers" International Migration Review 44(4): 830-868. Waldinger, Roger and Renee Reichl. 2007. "Today's Second Generation: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind?" Ch 4 in Micheal Fix (ed) Securing the Future: US Immigrant Integration Policy, A Reader. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. |
| Description | Social situation observatory/monitor |
| Organisation | Applica |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Contributed analysis based on EUROMOD to a programme of work commissioned by the European Commission; contributed ideas for such work and comments and suggestions on the the work of other participants in the consortium |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordination and management of the programme and its funding; |
| Impact | Many working papers and journal articles, all reported separately |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra & Damian Clarke |
| Organisation | University of Santiago, Chile |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have led the research ideas and design of econometric strategies and writing of papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborator has led the writing of complex code, implementation of econometric estimation and overall help with writing. |
| Impact | We have one paper R&R at Review of Economics and Statistics and 3 papers in progress. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra & Jere Behrman |
| Organisation | University of Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Behrman and I were co-Pis on a GCC funded consortium on early life risk factors for cognitive development. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Behrman and I were co-Pis on a GCC funded consortium on early life risk factors for cognitive development. |
| Impact | Paper for Disease Control Priorities Project WHO. Outputs of consortium on linked url. Collaboration is multi-disciplinary. Although Behrman and I are economists the wider team includes other disciplines. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra & Joanna Maselko |
| Organisation | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Department | Gillings School of Global Public Health |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Maselko and I were initially co-funded on two research awards from Grand Challenges Canada to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of a randomized control trial of maternal depression. Maselko then got a new NIH grant for a second similar follow up study in which i am involved as a collaborator. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Maselko and I were initially co-funded on two research awards from Grand Challenges Canada to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of a randomized control trial of maternal |
| Impact | Three published papers (see CV); two papers in mimeograph; two in planning stages. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra, Lakshmi Iyer & Irma Clots-Figueras |
| Organisation | Charles III University of Madrid |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have worked equally with collaborators in design and writing of papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators have worked equally with me in design and writing. |
| Impact | Three papers published (AEJ, JEBO, EJ); three in progress |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra, Lakshmi Iyer & Irma Clots-Figueras |
| Organisation | University of Notre Dame |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have worked equally with collaborators in design and writing of papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators have worked equally with me in design and writing. |
| Impact | Three papers published (AEJ, JEBO, EJ); three in progress |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra, Martin Karlsson & Therese Nilssoon |
| Organisation | Lund University |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have led the design and the writing of papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators have led the data collection and estimation |
| Impact | One paper published in JEEA, a 2nd as a IZA WP Dec 2016. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra, Martin Karlsson & Therese Nilssoon |
| Organisation | University Duisburg-Essen |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have led the design and the writing of papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators have led the data collection and estimation |
| Impact | One paper published in JEEA, a 2nd as a IZA WP Dec 2016. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | University of Bergen - Department of Economics |
| Organisation | University of Bergen |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative partnership with the University of Bergen, Department of Economics. The collaboration consists in participating in some activities of the Department of Economics at the University of Bergen (Norway), such as workshops and seminars. It also involves taking the lead on a new research project aimed at analysing the long-term effects on health of a large expansion in universal child care in the 70s. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other partners to the project are all current staff members at the University of Bergen and will provide the data to be analysed. The process of data acquisition has taken a long time as some of the data was subject to strict confidentiality requirements, particularly the data held on GP records and on hospital records. This data is being matched to data at the municipality level which records the availability of child care in the period of interest. Additional survey data on several cohorts of children affected by the expansion in child care places and collected while at school is also being matched. |
| Impact | We are at the stage where the dataset is being prepared for the analysis. The main administrative datasets have been linked, while the survey data is still to be matched. Initial analysis of the data is underway. It is expected a working paper will be available in late 2018. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | University of Queensland |
| Organisation | University of Queensland |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, hosted by the University of Queensland, will be an international academic collaboration, with 32 Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators, and Associate Investigators and 21 Partner Organisations. MiSoC's Heather Laurie will be one of the International Partner Investigators, and the University of Essex will be a partner organisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, hosted by the University of Queensland, will be an international academic collaboration, with 32 Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators, and Associate Investigators and 21 Partner Organisations. MiSoC's Heather Laurie will be one of the International Partner Investigators, and the University of Essex will be a partner organisation |
| Impact | http://www.lifecoursecentre.org.au/ |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Using EUROMOD in the Scottish parliament |
| Organisation | Scottish Parliament |
| Department | Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of support and training in the use of EUROMOD to analyse changes in tax-benefit policy in Scotland; adaptations of EUROMOD to make it suitable for Scottish-specific analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | Use of our work to improve the understanding of the effects of policy reform in Scottish political debates; information about key issues for Scottish policy development |
| Impact | http://www.parliament.scot/Budget/SRIT_Deciles/SRIT_Deciles.html https://www.euromod.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EUROMOD-News-February-2016_0.pdf#page=2 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | What Works Wellbeing |
| Organisation | What Works Centre for Wellbeing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | ISER researchers contribute to the Centre's Work, Learning and Wellbeing evidence programme, focused on protecting and enhancing the wellbeing of workers, adult learners and those seeking work. We also co-host events with, and ISER researchers contribute blogs to the Centre. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Over three years, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing will enable policy-makers, local authorities, employers and others to use evidence of wellbeing impact in decision making and to improve people's lives, by translating academic evaluation of wellbeing measures into easy-to-use information about effectiveness, cost and applicability. |
| Impact | 6 September 2017, blog by Alita Nandi: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/09/06/job-related-learning-who-benefits-and-how-much; 6 June 2017, blog by Dr Gundi Knies https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/06/06/what-makes-children-happy; 3 November 2017, co-hosted event with the Centre on What Makes Children Unhappy https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-makes-children-unhappy-new-research-findings-tickets-37868816650# |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Who takes Unpaid Internships in Science? (Holford) |
| Organisation | University of St Andrews |
| Department | School of Economics and Finance |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE), and pre-existing work to build on, on both managing this data and writing about the topic of unpaid graduate internships. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Connections to and initial contact with the two co-authors who have written on the topic of unpaid internships specifically from a science perspective, to whose work the DLHE data can add a significant weight. Financial support to organize and pay travel to a workshop of co-authors in St Andrews (enabling us to work otgether in the same room). |
| Impact | The project is multi-disciplinary, between Economics (Holford and Leighton) and Science (Fournier and Bond, both Wildlife Ecologists by training and occupation). We held a Knowledge Exchange workshop at the University of St Andrews in July 2017, and are writing a research paper which uses a social science dataset but which will be written for a science audience. We intend to submit this the journal 'Science' in January 2018. Completed in 2019 with publication in PLOS ONE "Unpaid work and access to science professions" and associated articles in Science and American Scientist, generating discussion in the physical sciences professional community about the use of unpaid work in research projects.. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | (Brewer) Stata ado-file Hansen.ado to estimate robust FGLS on balanced group-time panel data-set |
| Description | A Stata ado-file, Hansen.ado, which estimates robust FGLS on a balanced group-time panel data-set. This is discussed in https://doi.org/10.1515/jem-2017-0005 |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Other researchers are implementing the method |
| URL | https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jem.ahead-of-print/jem-2017-0005/suppl/jem-2017-0005_suppl.zip |
| Title | Stata software: bicop |
| Description | A new command, called BICOP, written for the statistical package Stata. The command allows the user to fit a model consisting of a pair of ordinal regressions with a flexible residual distribution, with each marginal distribution specified as a two-part normal mixture, and stochastic dependence governed by a choice of copula functions. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | The code is described in an Understanding Society Working Paper. It is being made freely available to potential users. We have had 8 requests so far. A revised version of the working paper describing the command and an application to Understanding Society data has been accepted for publication in the Stata Journal, and we expect its use to grow considerably when that article appears. |
| URL | https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/publications/working-paper/understanding-society/201... |
| Title | eq5dmap: Statistical software for mapping between the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L measures of health outcomes in cost-effectiveness evaluations |
| Description | Freely available for use with the Stata statistical software package. eq5dmap is a Stata command for prediction of the utility values of EQ-5D-5L (EQ-5D-3L) from observed or specified values of EQ-5D-3L (EQ-5D-5L) conditional on age and gender. Predictions can be made either from the five-item health descriptions or from the (exact or approximate) utility score. The prediction process is based on a joint statistical model of the two variants of EQ-5D that have been fit to alternative reference datasets (the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and a EuroQol Group coordinated data-collection study). The underlying model is a system of ordinal regressions with a flexible residual distribution specified as Gaussian or as a copula mixture. Use of the command is illustrated with an application that includes an investigation of the sensitivity of the mapping outcomes to the choice of reference dataset. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Use of the software has so far been acknowledged in 4 published papers but it is too early to know how extensive use will eventually be. |
| URL | https://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0528 |
| Description | "Family instability throughout childhood: new estimates from the British Household Panel Study and Understanding Society" presentation at CLOSER conference, November 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. None known, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.closer.ac.uk/event/conference2015/ |
| Description | "Family instability throughout childhood: new estimates from the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society" presentation at Understanding Society conference, July 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards, including discussion with researchers from Uni of Southampton working on similar issues. None known. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/publications/523154 |
| Description | "What works" type one-day event on harassment - Pooling and comparing the latest evidence on harassment, its causes and consequences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was designed to bring together researchers working in the area of hate crimes (from the University of Oxford, University of Sussex, University of Manchester) and practitioners where researchers would present the most recent evidence on hate crimes that would be useful for practitioners. Another aim was to build stronger ties both across these different research groups as well as with third sector organisations working in this area. This was an invitation only event to make sure key organisations would attend who would disseminate the findings of these research further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 'Deep poverty' for older severely disabled people as gap grows between care costs and social support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented new research. Timely research given the closure of the ILF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2015/06/23/deep-poverty-for-older-severely-disabled |
| Description | (11th November 2016): Submission of written evidence to Parliament's "The impact of exiting the European Union on higher education inquiry" (Renee Luthra, Greta Morando) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | POLICY: (11th November 2016): Submission of written evidence to Parliament's "The impact of exiting the European Union on higher education inquiry" (Renee Luthra, Greta Morando) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | (Brewer & Jenkins) Roundtable on measuring incomes and inequality hosted by Resolution Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | At an event hosted by the Resolution Foundation, MiSoC's Prof Stephen Jenkins presented his work on the SPI adjustment and measuring very top incomes, and Prof Mike Brewer presented results of the measuring household finances component of the UKHLS IP9 experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | (Brewer) Launch event on 2017 work on Universal Credit with Resolution Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A jointly-authored report was launched at an event hosted by the Resolution Foundation. The event raised the profile of the report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/creditworthy-making-universal-credit-fit-for-purpose/ |
| Description | (February 2016): Written evidence published by the House of Commons Women and Equality Select Committee Inquiry into Employment Opportunities for Muslims in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | (February 2016): Written evidence published by the House of Commons Women and Equality Select Committee Inquiry into Employment Opportunities for Muslims in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalitie... |
| Description | 24 June 2015: Meeting the costs of disability and independent living, House of Lords Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 1. The closure of the Independent Living Fund: how is it affecting users? 2. Disability in later life: how well do disability benefits and publicly-funded social care meet the costs? Presenting new research. Lady Campbell of Surbiton, former Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and and cross-bench peer, hosted a seminar at the House of Lords on 24 June to discuss new research on meeting the costs of disability and independent living. The event brought together academic researchers, MPs, policy think-tanks, charities and the private sector to explore the early findings of two ESRC-funded research projects led by the University of East Anglia (Professor Ruth Hancock and Dr Marcello Morciano) and the University of Essex (Professor Stephen Pudney) Informed debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | 5th March 2015: MEDIA: The Director of Public Affairs at the insurance company Unum writes on the importance of ISER research on sickness and absence for business and new policy making in Society Central |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 5th March 2015: MEDIA: The Director of Public Affairs at the insurance company Unum writes on the importance of ISER research on sickness and absence for business and new policy making in Society Central |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://societycentral.ac.uk/2015/03/05/sickness-health-insurance-proposal/ |
| Description | 9-11 September 2015: Expert workshop 'Evaluating the effect of Childcare policies: improving comparative research tools' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop organised and funded by the InGRID project, and hosted by MiSoC at the University of Essex, open to researchers engaged in the topic of the distributive and labour supply impact of childcare policies, administrators collecting and processing data on national childcare policies, policy-makers and international organisations. Themes: • Childcare and the impact on maternal employment: ex post analyses (e.g. using (quasi-) experi-ments). • Childcare and the impact on maternal employment: ex ante analyses. • Childcare policies and their distributive impact: first-order effects using microsimulation tools. • Childcare policies and their distributive impact: incorporating second-order effects. • Childcare policies and inequality in access and use. • Data and methods: what data and infrastructural developments are needed to move forward academic research on childcare? Informed debate, shared research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://inclusivegrowth.be/events/call25/expert-workshop-call25 |
| Description | A Secularist Response to the report of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In March 2016 a panel of experts met to consider the recently-published report of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life. David Voas was among them. Its own report (entitled: 'A Secularist Response') was published in November 2016 and launched in London at an event at the Shard for an audience of politicians, journalists and members of third sector organisations. The panel argues for an end to unjustified religious privilege as a step towards ensuring that the rights and freedoms of all citizens are afforded equal weight and protection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/kettell/a-secularist-response |
| Description | A better version of Universal Credit could help more women into work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Raising awareness of new report Potential to influence policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2015/06/08/universalcreditreform |
| Description | A talk on the effects of the 2008 Lone Parents Obligations [LSE Case Welfare Policy and Analysis Seminars] |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | I presented the most recent version of an impact assessment commissioned by the DWP on the impact of Lone Parent Obligations on lone parent's employment and benefit receipt. The audience was interested in how findings from that assessment could be used to inform current discussions about Universal Credit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Access to free part-time pre-school education and early educational achievement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This was an academic presentation and its main aim was to share information about our study with fellow researchers. The talk generated interesting feedback. This talk was presented at Tinbergen Institute (Amsterdam), November 2014 IFS (London), February 2015 University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), February 2015 n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Access to free part-time pre-school education and early educational achievement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an academic presentation and its main aim was to share information about our study with fellow researchers. The talk generated interesting feedback. n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Advice to the the Greek National Statiscial Institute (C. Leventi, Feb 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at the Greek National Statiscial Institute to discuss possible improvements to the EU-SILC questionnaire. EU-SILC data are used to for the derivation of the official poverty & inequality estimates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Advisory Board, Lancet theme on Women in Science, Medicine and Public Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Prof Sonia Bhalotra invited by the Chief Editor of the Lancet to act on an international Advisory Board for a current theme on Women in Science, Medicine and Public Health "given her expertise in gender and public health". Note that the dropdown menu below does not allow for a future impact but the impact stated will be in the coming year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | All Party Parliamentary Group on School Food - Holford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I attended the final All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on School Food of 2019, at which I briefly introduced the research I am conducting, but mostly learned about current political situation with respect to the topic of school food, and afterwards had more detailed conversations with civil servants from the Department for Education. I have subsequently been approached by several participants in the meeting for more information, and these will all be invited to future disemmination events and received research outputs I am on the waiting list to present research findings at a future APPG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/190213/school-food.html |
| Description | Amy Clair - Attendance at Making Ends Meet hosted by MP Alison McGovern 12th July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A small group which included 3 MPs met to discuss poverty and how to end the need for foodbanks. I had previously sent the MP's assistant a copy of my Foodbanks paper. The results of the discussions and research collected will be collated by the MP's assistant into a report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Amy Clair - ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - Home, health and wellbeing: new research - 6th November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | MiSoC arranged an ESRC Festival of Social Sciences event around my research, with presentations by myself, other researchers, and people working in housing policy. There was also a panel including people from Generation Rent, What Works for Wellbeing, and The Resolution Foundation, followed by questions from the audience. The event was open to anyone that wanted to attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Amy Clair - Press release, press contact, and article in The Conversation for 'Housing and Health: new evidence using biomarker data' paper, February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | JECH and MiSoC both released press releases about the paper, and as a result I engaged with journalists from the Daily Mail, Times and Telegraph. I also heard from an analyst at Shelter interested in the research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | An article in Discover Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a short article of around 1500 words for the Discover Society (https://discoversociety.org/) in response to the government's Integrated Communities Strategy Paper 2018. As is explained on its website "Discover Society is published by Social Research Publications, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee for the publication of social research, policy analysis and commentary." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://discoversociety.org/2018/05/01/ethnicity-and-integration/ |
| Description | Article in the Economics Observatory an online magazine published by LSE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Renee Luthra and Alita Nandi were invited to write an article about research conducted on hate crimes during the Covid19 pandemic. They wrote the article "Is hate crime rising during the covid-19 crisis" by drawing on our research on ethnic and racial harassment that was conducted in 2016-17 during the "Prevalence and Persistence of Ethnic and Racial Harassment and its impact on health: A longitudinal analysis" project and other studies conducted by other researchers on this topic. This is an online magazine managed and edited by the LSE which according to them, "bridges the gap between academic research, government policy and the general public." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2020/07/29/is-hate-crime-rising-during-the-covid-19-crisis |
| Description | Article on Unpaid Work and Access to Science Professions in American Scientist - Holford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A magazine article in American Scientist based on the findings of PLoS ONE co-authored paper "Unpaid Work and Access to Science Professions". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.americanscientist.org/article/a-bad-deal-for-early-career-researchers |
| Description | Article on the relationship between family background and labour market outcomes published in Observatorio Social "La Caixa" (in Spanish) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A brief outline of the main results of a study on the links between social origin/family background and labour market outcomes in 5 countries was published in Observatorio Social "La Caixa" (in Spanish). The Observatorio is a platform financed by the Spanish bank "La Caixa" intended to both educate the public about social and economci issues and to foster debate around those issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://observatoriosociallacaixa.org/es/-/situacion-laboral-y-origen-familiar-en-europa-durante-la-... |
| Description | Article written for the Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We wrote an article in the Conversation, based on the research conducted as part of the project, specifically, about the prevalence of ethnic and racial harassment and its impact on mental health. The title was "How ethnic and racial harassment damages mental health" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-ethnic-and-racial-harassment-damages-mental-health-73076 |
| Description | BBC 5Live Radio Debate, re. Saturday Jobs, (Holford 16/6/2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | To put 'inspiring life story' of millionaire who left school with no qualifications into perspective with info on research on effects of combining paid work with study nowadays. (Too early to say) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05yl3t6#auto |
| Description | BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio Interview (re. Saturday Jobs, 16-06-2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conversation was subject for phone-in discussions. Interview was in response to report from UK Employment and Skills Commission on decline in Saturday jobs and labour market problems this creates. (Too early to say). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7st/broadcasts/2015/06 |
| Description | BBC Essex interview with Sadie Nine (Silvia Avram, 1 October 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Essex with Sadie Nine on the new minimum wage announced by Sajid Javid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Essex radio interview (re. Saturday jobs, 1 April 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Follow-up questions during interview gave platform to explain benefits of longitudinal over cross-sectional surveys. Benefits/disadvantages of Saturday jobs for teenagers became subject of radio phone-in for following hour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008c09v/episodes/guide |
| Description | BBC London interivew on adolsecent social media use and well-being |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Live in-studio interview with BBC London News on research on social media use and well-being in adolescence. An SSC policy piece used this research and came up with some controversial conclusions which sparked media interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | BBC Radio interviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Conducted radio interviews with several BBC radio station to discuss research on social media use and well-being among adolescents. Interest was sparked based on a discussion paper written by the Strategic Society Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | BBC Three Counties Radio interview with Roberto Perrone (Silvia Avram, 23 January 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with BBC Three Counties Radio with Roberto Perrone on taxation and inequality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BLOG ( 30th March 2015): Minority Report: Ethnic minorities in Britain are experiencing contrasting fortunes when we look at pay and poverty (Alita Nandi, Paul Fisher, Malcolm Brynin, Simonetta Longhi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG ( 30th March 2015): Minority Report: Ethnic minorities in Britain are experiencing contrasting fortunes when we look at pay and poverty (Alita Nandi, Paul Fisher, Malcolm Brynin, Simonetta Longhi) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/03/30/minority-report |
| Description | BLOG (11th September 2017) How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates how the introduction of ultrasound technology in India has affected how many girls are born there, and their subsequent quality of life |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/09/11/how-female-foeticide-has-influenced-fertility-and-paren... |
| Description | BLOG (14th August 2015) Universal benefits? What effects does early education have on childhood development and women's career choices? Birgitta Rabe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (14th August 2015) Universal benefits? What effects does early education have on childhood development and women's career choices? Birgitta Rabe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/08/14/universal-benefits |
| Description | BLOG (14th January 2019): The feminisation of Indian politics is an exciting phenomenon of our time (Sonia Bhalotra, opinion piece for the Hindustan Times) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (14th January 2019): The feminisation of Indian politics is an exciting phenomenon of our time (Sonia Bhalotra, opinion piece for the Hindustan Times) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2019/01/14/the-feminisation-of-indian-politics-is-an-exciting-phen... |
| Description | BLOG (14th November 2017) Do unpaid interns benefit from the experience? Or who is hurt the least? (Angus Holford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Angus Holford describes new research on the pay back from working for nothing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/11/14/do-unpaid-interns-benefit-from-the-experience-or-who-is... |
| Description | BLOG (14th November 2017): Understanding Brexit (Nicole Martin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicole Martin describes research projects planned using unique new data on attitudes to the UK leaving the European Union. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/11/14/understanding-brexit |
| Description | BLOG (16th January 2016): Where does the money go? Understanding household incomes and spending |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (16th January 2016): Where does the money go? Understanding household incomes and spending (Annette Jäckle and Tom Crossley) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/01/16/where-does-the-money-go |
| Description | BLOG (17th October 2016): Maternal Depression, Parenting Behaviours and Child Development: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (17th October 2016): Maternal Depression, Parenting Behaviours and Child Development: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial. Together with co-authors Victoria Baranov, Pietro Biroli and Joanna Maselko, Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the causes of depression in mothers and how this affects their parenting style and the subsequent developmental outcomes of their children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/10/17/maternal-depression-parenting-behaviours-and-child-deve... |
| Description | BLOG (17th October 2016): The Long-term Impact of Treating Maternal Depression: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (17th October 2016): The Long-term Impact of Treating Maternal Depression: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan. Together with co-authors Victoria Baranov and Joanna Maselko, Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates how recurrent depression in mothers and how this affects their employment and household income. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/10/17/the-long-term-impact-of-treating-maternal-depression-ev... |
| Description | BLOG (1st February 2016): Living with hate and harassment: The impact on the health of ethnic minorities in the UK (Alita Nandi, Renee Luthra, Michaela Benzeval, Shamit Saggar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (1st February 2016): Living with hate and harassment: The impact on the health of ethnic minorities in the UK (Alita Nandi, Renee Luthra, Michaela Benzeval, Shamit Saggar) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/02/01/living-with-hate-and-harassment |
| Description | BLOG (1st March 2016): On youth and happiness in a rapidly changing world (Cara Booker and Gundi Knies) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (1st March 2016): On youth and happiness in a rapidly changing world (Cara Booker and Gundi Knies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/03/01/on-youth-and-happiness-in-a-rapidly-changing-world |
| Description | BLOG (20th April 2017): The prevalence of painfully thin in the unemployed (Dr Amanda Hughes) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Being underweight may be an overlooked but crucial factor linking unemployment and poor health in the UK says Dr Amanda Hughes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/04/20/the-prevalence-of-painfully-thin-in-the-unemployed |
| Description | BLOG (20th July 2016): Getting the most from political panel data. Nicole Martin and Anja Neundorf |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (20th July 2016): Getting the most from political panel data. Nicole Martin and Anja Neundorf. At the end of May, a small group of presenters gathered at the University of Essex to discuss the state of longitudinal methods in the discipline. Through a series of substantive papers demonstrating the utility of different techniques, a consensus grew that renewed awareness and engagement with longitudinal data can help us make real substantive discoveries - even in questions that appear to be settled with cross-sectional analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/07/20/getting-the-most-from-political-panel-data |
| Description | BLOG (20th July 2017): The effect of policy reforms on wellbeing (H. Xavier Jara Tamayo) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (20th July 2017): The effect of policy reforms on wellbeing (H. Xavier Jara Tamayo). Dr H. Xavier Jara with Professor Erik Schokkaert from the University of Leuven investigates the importance of taking into consideration a broader range of wellbeing indicators to assess the potential effect of policy reforms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/07/20/the-effect-of-policy-reforms-on-wellbeing |
| Description | BLOG (20th March 2018) Mental health risks to girls who spend more than an hour a day on social media (Cara Booker for The Conversation) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Cara Booker's blog piece for The Conversation examines the health risks to children and young teens of increasing amounts of time on social media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/03/20/mental-health-risks-to-girls-who-spend-more-than-an-hou... |
| Description | BLOG (21st May 2015): Job loss solution. Getting back into work after job loss: the role of partner effects (Simonetta Longhi and Mark Bryan) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (21st May 2015): Job loss solution. Getting back into work after job loss: the role of partner effects (Simonetta Longhi and Mark Bryan) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/05/21/job-loss-solution |
| Description | BLOG (21st May 2018) Early gender gaps among university graduates ( Marco Francesconi & Matthias Parey) Blog article for the Centre for Economic Policy Research's VoxEU. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (21st May 2018) Early gender gaps among university graduates. MiSoC's Matthias Parey and MiSoC Research Associate Marco Francesconi investigate the gender pay gap by exploring the recent experience of university graduates in Germany soon after their graduation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/05/21/early-gender-gaps-among-university-graduates |
| Description | BLOG (22nd March 2016) : Why we stick our heads in the sand about the risk of unemployment (Gush) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karon Gush on how couples coped with the threat of job loss during the Recession, also in The Conversation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/03/22/why-we-stick-our-heads-in-the-sand-about-the-risk-of-un... |
| Description | BLOG (22nd March 2017): On UNICEF World Water Day - new research on clean water and mortality rates (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Sonia Bhalotra describes new research on Urban Water Disinfection and Mortality Decline in Developing Countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/03/22/on-unicef-world-water-day-new-research-on-clean-water-a... |
| Description | BLOG (25th August 2017) How maternal depression affects mothers and children (Sonia Bhalotra for the ESRC blog) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (25th August 2017) How maternal depression affects mothers and children (Sonia Bhalotra for the ESRC blog). Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the impact of low-cost community-based intervention on maternal depression |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/08/25/how-maternal-depression-affects-mothers-and-children |
| Description | BLOG (25th August 2017): How maternal depression affects mothers and children (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the impact of low-cost community-based intervention on maternal depression |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/08/25/how-maternal-depression-affects-mothers-and-children |
| Description | BLOG (26th January 2019): Economic uncertainty and fertility cycles: The case of the post-WWII baby boom, Bastien Chabe-Ferret for VoxEU |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (26th January 2019): Economic uncertainty and fertility cycles: The case of the post-WWII baby boom Bastien Chabe-Ferret's blog for VoxEU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://voxeu.org/article/economic-uncertainty-and-fertility-cycles |
| Description | BLOG (26th October 2015): India, domestic violence and child mortality rates: The Conversation research by Seetha Menon, ISER PhD student |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (26th October 2015): India, domestic violence and child mortality rates: The Conversation research by Seetha Menon, ISER PhD student |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/india-domestic-violence-and-child-mortality-rates-46660 |
| Description | BLOG (26th September 2016): Are female politicians better at managing economic policies? Professor Sonia Bhalotra on her new research on women in government in India. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (26th September 2016): Are female politicians better at managing economic policies? Professor Sonia Bhalotra on her new research on women in government in India. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/09/26/are-female-politicians-better-at-managing-economic-poli... |
| Description | BLOG (26th September 2018): When gold prices go up, so does the cost of a dowry - and baby girl survival rates in India fall, blog for The Conversation by Sonia Bhalotra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (26th September 2018): When gold prices go up, so does the cost of a dowry - and baby girl survival rates in India fall, blog for The Conversation by Sonia Bhalotra |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2018/09/26/when-gold-prices-go-up-so-does-the-cost-of-a-dowry-and-baby-... |
| Description | BLOG (28th January 2019): How renting could affect your health, blog for The Conversation by Amy Clair & Amanda Hughes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (28th January 2019): How renting could affect your health, blog for The Conversation by Amy Clair & Amanda Hughes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-renting-could-affect-your-health-110334 |
| Description | BLOG (28th March 2018) How India's bridal dowry tradition leads to missing women (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In a new discussion paper for the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Professor Sonia Bhalotra and her colleagues Abhishek Chakravarty of the University of Manchester and Selim Gulesci of Bocconi University investigate how the financial burden of dowry expectation contributes to the sex ratio imbalance in India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/03/28/how-india-s-bridal-dowry-tradition-leads-to-missing-wom... |
| Description | BLOG (29th May 2018): Skilled migrants have higher earning potential in countries with more inequality (Matthias Parey). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (29th May 2018): Skilled migrants have higher earning potential in countries with more inequality (Matthias Parey). In their blog for the LSE Business Review, MiSoC's Matthias Parey, with colleagues Jens Ruhose (IZA), Fabian Waldinger (LSE) and Nicolai Netz (DZHW) investigate the migration patterns of high-skilled workers and find that they respond to economic incentives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/05/29/skilled-migrants-have-higher-earning-potential-in-count... |
| Description | BLOG (29th October 2018): Women's inheritance rights and son preference in India Blog piece for Ideas for India (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (29th October 2018): Women's inheritance rights and son preference in India Blog piece for Ideas for India (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/women-s-inheritance-rights-and-son-preference-in-... |
| Description | BLOG (2nd August 2019): Inequality in the OECD is at a record high - and society is suffering as a result (The Conversation, Professor Mike Brewer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (2nd August 2019): Inequality in the OECD is at a record high - and society is suffering as a result (Professor Mike Brewer's blog article for The Conversation) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/inequality-in-the-oecd-is-at-a-record-high-and-society-is-suffering-as-a... |
| Description | BLOG (30th October 2017): Sticking with the job - the benefits of in-work credits (Mike Brewer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In new work funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Mike Brewer, Professor of Economics at ISER and Director of the ESRC- funded Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, together with Jonathan Cribb from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, come to a positive conclusion on the advantages of time-limited in-work benefits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/10/30/sticking-with-the-job-the-benefits-of-in-work-credits |
| Description | BLOG (30th September 2015): New ways of measuring poverty. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (30th September 2015): New ways of measuring poverty. Measuring poverty to understand how policies could best combat inequality will remain a priority for policy makers and poverty campaigners. Professor Mike Brewer describes ISER's innovative approaches to analysing poverty data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/09/30/new-ways-of-measuring-poverty |
| Description | BLOG (5th August 2019): UKMOD: a new, free-to-use, tax-and-benefit microsimulation model for the UK (Professor Mike Brewer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Mike Brewer introduces an innovative project to create a new open access model for testing UK tax and benefit policies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2019/08/05/ukmod-a-new-free-to-use-tax-and-benefit-microsimulation... |
| Description | BLOG (6th August 2018): Lower child mortality: a boost to women's labour market opportunities, Sonia Bhalotra's blog for Global Dev |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (6th August 2018): Lower child mortality: a boost to women's labour market opportunities, Sonia Bhalotra's blog for Global Dev |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.globaldev.blog/blog/lower-child-mortality-boost-women%E2%80%99s-labor-market-opportunitie... |
| Description | BLOG (6th June 2017): What makes children happy? Gundi Knies writes blog post for What Works Wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Gundi Knies looks at the impact of family incomes in a new blog for What Works Wellbeing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/06/06/what-makes-children-happy |
| Description | BLOG (6th September 2017): Job-related learning: who benefits, and how much? (Alita Nandi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alita Nandi draws out the findings from the What Works Wellbeing's latest analysis on the wellbeing benefits of job-related training |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/09/06/job-related-learning-who-benefits-and-how-much |
| Description | BLOG (7 November 2017): Impactful Social Science - How Social Science is helping to tackle global grand challenges (Shamit Saggar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (7 November 2017): Impactful Social Science - How Social Science is helping to tackle global grand challenges (Shamit Saggar) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/11/07/blog-impactful-social-science-how-social-science-is-hel... |
| Description | BLOG (7th September 2016): Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment (Cara Booker) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Work employment Researchers Cara Booker from the University of Essex and Amanda Sacker at the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL used the long-running British Household Panel Survey to examine the psychological well-being of people who have repeatedly lost their jobs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/09/07/out-of-work-again-the-psychological-impacts-of-repeated... |
| Description | BLOG (8th August 2019) How do students want to fund Higher Education? (Dr Angus Holford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (8th August 2019) How do students want to fund Higher Education? Dr Angus Holford describes ISER's innovative study of a unique cohort of current students to find out how much they understand about our complex student funding system and what they think would be fair for future students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2019/08/08/how-do-students-want-to-fund-higher-education |
| Description | BLOG (8th August 2019): Stress levels of working mothers: what could help improve their health? Dr Cara Booker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (8th August 2019): Stress levels of working mothers: what could help improve their health? Dr Cara Booker on her research with Professor Meena Kumari, Professor Michaela Benzeval and Professor Tarani Chandola (Manchester) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2019/08/08/stress-levels-of-working-mothers-what-could-help-improv... |
| Description | BLOG (8th November 2016): Does women's education reduce rates of death in childbirth? Sonia Bhalotra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (8th November 2016): Does women's education reduce rates of death in childbirth? Maternal mortality rates need to be reduced by two-thirds over the next 15 years to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. New research by Professor Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex) and Professor Damian Clarke (University of Santiago de Chile) shows that a focus on girls' education may be one means of meeting this objective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/11/08/does-women-s-education-reduce-rates-of-death-in-childbi... |
| Description | BLOG (9th April 2018): Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity (Sonia Bhalotra for Ideas for India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In a column for Ideas for India, Professor Sonia Bhalotra and her colleagues Irma Clots-Figueras of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Lakshmi Iyer of the University of Notre Dame introduce their new research paper which examines whether the religious identity of legislators influences abortion rates in the districts in which they are elected, conditional upon their party affiliation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/04/09/religion-and-abortion-the-role-of-politician-identity |
| Description | BLOG (9th December 2018): Are female legislators good for economic growth? (Sonia Bhalotra, blog article for the International Growth Centre / Ideas for India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (9th December 2018): Are female legislators good for economic growth? (Sonia Bhalotra, blog article for the International Growth Centre / Ideas for India) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/12/09/women-legislators-and-economic-performance |
| Description | BLOG (9th January 2017): Free childcare and parents' labour supply: is more better? (Mike Brewer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mike Brewer explores whether the government's programme of free, part-time, childcare or early education for 3 and 4 year olds helps parents to undertake paid work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2017/01/09/free-childcare-and-parents-labour-supply-is-more-better |
| Description | BLOG (October 2016): Benefits of time (Emilia Del Bono). Professor Emilia Del Bono |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (October 2016): Benefits of time (Emilia Del Bono). Professor Emilia Del Bono, together with Marco Francesconi (University of Essex), Yvonne Kelly and Amanda Sacker (both of UCL) explore whether more time with mothers may be better for children's development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/10/01/benefits-of-time |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Basic income, testing of a fascinating policy ( Iva Tasseva, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Basic income, testing of a fascinating policy ( Iva Tasseva, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Beyond Shelter, the role of home in health and wellbeing (Amy Clair, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Beyond Shelter, the role of home in health and wellbeing (Amy Clair, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Empowering women leads to a decline in deaths surrounding childbirth (Sonia Bhalotra, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Empowering women leads to a decline in deaths surrounding childbirth (Sonia Bhalotra, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Health messages can save lives and money (Paul Fisher, Adeline Delavande, Sonia Bhalotra, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Health messages can save lives and money (Paul Fisher, Adeline Delavande, Sonia Bhalotra, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Racial Harassment has damaging impact on mental health (Alita Nandi & Renee Luthra), published in Taking the Long view annual report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Racial Harassment has damaging impact on mental health (Alita Nandi & Renee Luthra), published in Taking the Long view annual report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Sticking with the course (university drop-out rates) (Angus Holford and Emilia Del Bono, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Sticking with the course (university drop-out rates) (Angus Holford and Emilia Del Bono, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): The Ticking Clock, the genetics of fertility traits (Nicola Barban, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 0218): The Ticking Clock, the genetics of fertility traits (Nicola Barban, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): The consequences of occupational decline - will robots and offshoring leave workers unemployable (Bernhard Schmidpeter, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): The consequences of occupational decline - will robots and offshoring leave workers unemployable (Bernhard Schmidpeter, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Too many gaps in UK pay (Malcolm Brynin, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Too many gaps in UK pay (Malcolm Brynin, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG (September 2018): Understanding NEETS: Why are young women most likely to be economically inactive? (Susan Harkness, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG (September 2018): Understanding NEETS: Why are young women most likely to be economically inactive? (Susan Harkness, published in Taking the Long View) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/system/annual_reports/file_downloads/000/000/021/original/ttlv-2018.pdf... |
| Description | BLOG: (16th July 2015): Role Model Effects? Women's Political Participation in India (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (16th July 2015): Role Model Effects? Women's Political Participation in India. Professor Bhalotra from ISER, Irma Clots-Figueras of Carlos III Madrid and Lakshmi Iyer of Harvard Business School have analyzed role model effects in Indian politics, focusing on competitive elections to state legislative assemblies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/07/06/role-model-effects-women-s-political-participation-in-i... |
| Description | BLOG: (16th May 2015): A Leap Of Faith. Professor David Voas on Islam's growing popularity and global population |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (16th May 2015): A Leap Of Faith. Professor David Voas on Islam's growing popularity and global population |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/05/16/a-leap-of-faith-islam-s-growing-popularity-and-global-p... |
| Description | BLOG: (16th October 2015): 3rd anniversary of Roundhouse Happiness Project (Gundi Knies) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (16th October 2015): On the 3rd anniversary of her involvement in the project, Gundi Knies' ESRC Impact blog reflects on how her research became the basis for an unusual arts and science collaboration: "The Happiness Project". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://blog.esrc.ac.uk/2015/10/16/are-we-looking-for-happiness-in-all-the-wrong-places-an-academics... |
| Description | BLOG: (19th March 2015): Breaking down the barriers to social mobility. How does where you grow up affect your life chances? Wouter Zwysen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (19th March 2015): Breaking down the barriers to social mobility. How does where you grow up affect your life chances? Wouter Zwysen |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/03/19/breaking-down-the-barriers-to-social-mobility |
| Description | BLOG: (22nd June 2015): Saturday jobs and the damage to grades (Angus Holford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (22nd June 2015): Saturday jobs and the damage to grades. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills report Death of the Saturday Job picks up on a growing trend away from part-time work as school children compete for the few part-time jobs and many decide to concentrate on school work. A study by Dr Angus Holford found that part-time employment is having an impact on some children - but not all. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/06/22/saturday-jobs-and-the-damage-to-grades |
| Description | BLOG: (27th April 2017): How ethnic and racial harassment damages mental health (Alita Nandi and Renee Luthra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (27th April 2017): How ethnic and racial harassment damages mental health, The Conversation, blog by Alita Nandi and Renee Luthra |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-ethnic-and-racial-harassment-damages-mental-health-73076 |
| Description | BLOG: (27th November 2014): Would more free childcare get more mothers into work? Professor Mike Brewer on his study which finds free childcare places are expensive and ineffective. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (27th November 2014): Would more free childcare get more mothers into work? Professor Mike Brewer on his study which finds free childcare places are expensive and ineffective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2014/11/27/would-more-free-childcare-get-more-mothers-into-work |
| Description | BLOG: (2nd April 2015): Integrating health and social care. Professor Stephen Pudney asks is it the future? What could happen now? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (2nd April 2015): Integrating health and social care. Professor Stephen Pudney asks is it the future? What could happen now? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2015/04/02/integrating-health-and-social-care-is-it-the-future |
| Description | BLOG: (30th August 2016) Andrea Salvatori: Outsourcing of cognitive tasks to blame for polarized labor market, not technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (30th August 2016) Andrea Salvatori: Outsourcing of cognitive tasks to blame for polarized labor market, not technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://newsroom.iza.org/en/2016/08/30/outsourcing-of-cognitive-tasks-to-blame-for-polarized-labor-ma... |
| Description | BLOG: (4th February 2016) Do ethnic minority candidates mobilise ethnic minority voters? Mostly not. Dr Nicole Martin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (4th February 2016) Do ethnic minority candidates mobilise ethnic minority voters? Mostly not. Dr Nicole Martin argues that the idea that ethnic minority candidates mobilise ethnic minority voters in great number isn't necessarily borne out by the evidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/02/04/do-ethnic-minority-candidates-mobilise-ethnic-minority-... |
| Description | BLOG: (7th September 2016): Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: (7th September 2016): Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment. Researchers Cara Booker from the University of Essex and Amanda Sacker at the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL used the long-running British Household Panel Survey to examine the psychological well-being of people who have repeatedly lost their jobs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2016/09/07/out-of-work-again-the-psychological-impacts-of-repeated... |
| Description | BLOG: 23rd October 2014: Does free childcare help women back to work? Mike Brewer blog piece for the World Economic Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BLOG: 23rd October 2014: Does free childcare help women back to work? Mike Brewer blog piece for the World Economic Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2014/10/free-childcare-help-women-back-work/ |
| Description | BOOST2018 Early Finding |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We have presented the first findings from the data collection undertaken at the University of Essex (known as BOOST 2018) to officials of the University of Essex, including Undergraduate Directors, pro-VC for Education and Research, Student Union representatives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bank of Italy Workshop on Inclusive Growth and Shared prosperity (Rome, 27 March 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussant on presentations by Bank of Italy, OECD, World Bank and European Commission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Blog "Basic Income - testing of a fascinating policy" (Tasseva, Aug 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Folloing on my work on Basic Income, I wrote a blog summarising the latest research which analyses the redistributive impact of a Basic Income in the UK, using the tax-benefit model EUROMOD. The purpose of the blog was to promote the work ISER colleagues, myself and others have done. It highlighted the importance of the guiding principles and assumptions that researchers made and how these can lead them to different conclusions about the impact on household incomes of a Basic Income. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2018/08/10/basic-income-testing-of-a-fascinating-policy |
| Description | Blog Post for Guardian Higher Education Network: Closing the BTEC gap at university (Holford - 29/11/2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Timed to coincide with MiSoC policy event on 'Universities in the UK' on 29th November 2017, I wrote an article about how students arriving with BTECs do worse at university, and how to reduce this gap. Several very constructive comments online help inform a future research agenda on this topic e.g. this is part of bigger. Others in person and online express thanks for bringing topic into public domain, and note that they have not seen data on this before. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/nov/29/students-with-btecs-do-worse-at-uni... |
| Description | Blog article on the distributional impact of tax expenditure [Centre for Economic Policies] |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog article on the redistributive effects of tax expenditures in six European countries. Published by the Council on Economic Policies, a Swiss think-tank. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.cepweb.org/are-tax-expenditures-a-good-way-to-redistribute/ |
| Description | Blog post (The Social Policy Blog) about 'The Housing Situations of Food Bank Users in Great Britain' paper 30th September 2019, Amy Clair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog post for the Social Policy Blog summarising the findings of our paper - http://socialpolicyblog.com/2019/09/30/food-bank-users-in-britain-are-dealing-with-significant-housing-problems/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://socialpolicyblog.com/2019/09/30/food-bank-users-in-britain-are-dealing-with-significant-housi... |
| Description | Blog post: Scuole chiuse, attenzione ai danni psicologici |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for the italian blog lavoce.info (similar to voxeu.org) on our research on the effect of school closures on children mental health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.lavoce.info/archives/73842/scuole-chiuse-attenzione-ai-danni-psicologici/ |
| Description | Brain Drain: Are well-educated British expats being 'replaced' by unskilled immigrants? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | No response to article so far |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Brainstorming meeting with OECD analysts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Brainstorming meeting with OECD analysts to support them in their analysis of Basic Income schemes using EUROMOD |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Brewer talk at LPC on power in DiD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards The LPC will use results from my paper when commissioning and interpreting future research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Brewer: seminar on Universal Credit at National Audit Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Brewer was invited to give a seminar on his work on Universal Credit, winners and losers, and work incentives to economists at the National Audit Office. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing Note on the impact of school closures on children's mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of our first results on school closures and children's mental health. media coverage in The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times, BBC education website, The Scottish Sun, Colchester Gazette; Radio BBC Sussex and Surrey live interview; twitter coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Bristol seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Academic seminar. Presentation of "Academic and non-Academic investments at university: The role of expectations and preferences" at the economics seminar series at the University of Bristol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | British Academy Debate on Global Inequalities. Invited Panellist at a Debate Open to the Public (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | • Activity: Invited panel discussion on global inequalities and the Sustainable Development Goals. My presentation emphasized gender perspectives amongst other things • Results of activity: Questions from audience; contact made with other panellists including Director of Research at Grand Challenges Canada London office; Director of OXFAM; Director of NGO on FGM; journalist. • You tube video under British Academy label. • Coverage of the panel discussion in Prospect magazine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CASE Social Exclusion Seminar 21 May 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Seminar title "Target efficiency of public support for disabled older people in Britain", presented by Ruth Hancock |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | CLOSER Conference (London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at CLOSER conference with discussion on future research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.closer.ac.uk/event/conference2015/ |
| Description | Chair of Panel, Sonia Bhalotra, on "What works in health messaging" with panellists from Public Health England, the National Social Marketing Centre and UCL Economics, at a workshop co-organized on "The Economics of Health Behaviours and Health Information", 15-16 March 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | we organized a workshop in London inviting people from academia and civil society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/events/seminars/misoc/2018-03-15 |
| Description | Childcare and early education research, policy, and practice roundtable, Save the Children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable taking stock of childcare and early education research and thinking about what it means for practice as well as unanswered questions. Our input will feed into Save the Children's policy development and will feature in the evidence that they present to civil servants and ministers as part their advocacy and campaign work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Closed discussion with Department of Health, NatCen and English Longitudinal Study of Ageing academic team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To discuss improvements to ELSA questions on disability in the light of MiSoc funded research on the relationship between receipt of disability benefits and reported measures of disability in ELSA, as previously presented to and discussed with the Department of Health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Closed meeting with DoH and DWP re research on support for disabled older people in Britain 5 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Closed meeting with DoH and DWP re research on support for disabled older people in Britain 5 Jan 2016, Ruth Hancock, Marcello Marciano and Steve Pudney. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Co-authored a Newsletter (C. Leventi, Nov 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stimulated public debate on inequality issues in Greece (PARU NL 8/2014) After the publication of this NL, many more people subscribed to the NL series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.paru.gr/index.php?lang=en&page=newsletters/2014_8 |
| Description | Co-authored a Newsletter (C. Leventi, Oct 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The newsletter explained the reasons why the EUROMOD-based income distribution statistics may differ from the official Eurostat estimates (PARU NL 7/2014) The NL contributed to a more informed policy debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.paru.gr/index.php?lang=en&page=newsletters/2014_7 |
| Description | Co-authored a Newsletter (C. Leventi, Sept 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Newsletter article on disentangling annuities and transfers in Greek retirement benefits, sent out to a broad mailing list of approximately 1500 individuals (PARU NL 9/2016) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Colchester Stakeholder Event - Local challenges and opportunities around migration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A meeting of a variety of third sector organisations that work with migrant and minority communities in Essex, including a brainstorming session for local challenges that we transformed into a policy brief that was presented to the Colchester Borough Council |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conversation with BIS (Flexible Working and Couples' Coordination of Time Schedules) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We discussed the project (then still work in progress) during a visit to BIS on 17th September 2012. We received positive comments and endorsement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Conversation with ChrisComversation with Chris Camillo, working on U.S. government's international child labor grant, RICHES (Reducing Incidence of Child labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Conversation with Chris Camillo, working on U.S. government's international child labor grant, RICHES (Reducing Incidence of Child labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives). She wanted information on my work on child labor to inform her work at RICHES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conversations with Elisabeth Mahy, Business Reporter at BBC, for inform article on part-time jobs for teenagers - (Holford - 13-17/11/2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Elisabeth Mahy made a FOI request to local authorities, and found declining numbers of licenses given for children to work part-time while still at school. She contacted me to ask me why this might be. I answered informed both by my work on teenagers' part-time work, and unpaid internships and ongoing work about necessary work experience for graduates. I was quoted in her news article online and subsequently approached for many more radio interviews on dec 4th when the article went live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41989185 |
| Description | Cos'e' successo ai ragazzi senza scuola? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | It is a series of interviews organised by the Franceschi Foundation in Milan in which various experts discuss about the impact of school closures on young people. My interview was about the impact of school closures on children, parents and young people and the catching up policies implemented in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.fondfranceschi.it/notizie/alla-ricerca-del-tempo-perduto-i-ragazzi-ai-tempi-della-pandem... |
| Description | DFID UK- Research Seminar 30th Oct 2017 (Sonia Bhalotra) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | • Activity: seminar in invited research seminar series at DFID. Sonia Bhalotra's paper provided the first systematic evidence linking policies that address child mortality to increases in women's labour force participation. • Results of activity: Requests for further information; questions about investigating our proposition in Africa; the organizer wrote an email connecting me to the Heads of Research in two departments: Sue Kinn and Shirley Addies who lead within health. Peter Evans and Lynn MacAulay who lead within 'governance, conflict and social development', which, as part of their research, deals with issues of gender inequality and female empowerment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Departmental seminar, School of Economics, University of Queensland, 20 November 2019 - Comparing distributions of individuals' subjective well-being |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Departmental Seminar. Sharing of information. Started discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Dondena Research Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, February 2019, Emilia Del Bono (presenter) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presentation on the paper entitled "Skill accumulation with malleable ability: a Growth Mindset Intervention", joint with Adeline Delavande, Angus Holford and Sonkurt Sen, based on data from BOOST2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ECINEQ conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ECINEQ conference, New York City, 17-19 July 2017 (Another perspective on evolution of UK income inequality) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ECINEQ conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | New York City, 17-19 July 2017 (Another perspective on evolution of UK income inequality) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EHRC Consultations on ways to reduce pay gaps (Longhi and Brynin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented results of our research on pay gaps to heads of human resources in various firms. We then discussed their experience within their firms, how much they know about pay gaps and ways to reduce them. These workshops were organised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), we participated in two workshops in Edinburgh, two in London and one in Cardiff. The results of this consultations will be used by EHRC to inform their future aims and strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Science MiSoC Seminar: Measuring living standards: poverty, dynamics, persistence 12 November 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Fruitful exchange of views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Sciences "Basic Income: Turning the Concept into Policy Proposals" (Mike Brewer, Chrysa Leventi, Holly Sutherland, Iva Tasseva, Nov 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event was organised by ISER. The aim was to promote ISER's work on Basic Income, using the tax-benefit model EUROMOD. I presented new research on the redistributive impact of Basic Income (BI) in the UK. This was followed by another presentation, comparing the redistributive impact of BI in EU countries, presented by Luke Martinelli from University of Bath. The final part of the event consisted by a panel discussion. The event was attended by researchers, representatives of the Resolution Foundation, DWP, HMT and the ordinary public. There was a very lively discussion on the issues related to the introduction and potential impact of BI in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2018/09/25/universal-basic-income-presenting-new-research-at-the-esrc-f... |
| Description | ESRC Multidisciplinary Workshop on Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Facilitated an exchange and discussion concerning the latest developments in social science research on education in a stimulating environment. Brought into view the whole educational cycle from primary and secondary education, to university, and the transition to the labour market. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multidisciplinary-workshop-on-education-tickets-15811614966 |
| Description | EUROMOD 20th anniversary conference, ISER, Essex (UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Marked achievements so far and looked forward to future developments, with plenary sessions, poster sessions, discussions and keynote presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/euromod20 |
| Description | EUROMOD Anniversary Brochure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | T commemorate EUROMOD's 20th anniversary, we have produced a special publication reflecting on the keynote speeches and presentations from the conference held at the University of Essex in September, alongside key milestones in EUROMOD's history. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/euromod20 |
| Description | EUROMOD Annual meeting (Athens 6-7 June 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting included a session on policy reform in Greece with Greek policymakers and Troika members |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | EUROMOD annual project meeting, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Bring together the national, core and European Commission team members. Discuss progress, transition plans, new developments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EUROMOD newsletter - February 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To disseminate key information, news and research to the EUROMOD community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.euromod.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EUROMOD-News-February-2016_0.pdf |
| Description | EUROMOD newsletter - November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To disseminate key information, news and research to the EUROMOD community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.euromod.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EUROMOD-News-November-2016.pdf |
| Description | EUROMOD newsletter June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To disseminate key information, news and research to the EUROMOD community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.euromod.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EUROMOD-News-June-2016_0.pdf |
| Description | EUROMOD research workshop with HM Treasury (LSE, 25 February 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentations and disuxssions of microsimulation methods with analysts from HM Treasury |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | EUROSTAT Task Force on the Revision of the Legal Basis of the EU-SILC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This is an ongoing Task Force to make recommendations for the Revison of the EU-SILC data to the Europan Statistical System. I am one of three independent experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | EUROSTAT Task Force on the Revision of the Legal Basis of the EU-SILC (Luxembourg 25-26 October 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is an ongoing Task Force to make recommendations for the Revison of the EU-SILC data to the Europan Statistical System. I am one of three independent experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | EUROSTAT Task Force on the Revision of the Legal Basis of the EU-SILC (Luxembourg, 12-13 may 2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is an ongoing Task Force to make recommendations for the Revison of the EU-SILC data to the Europan Statistical System. I am one of three independent experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | EUROSTAT Task Force on the Revision of the Legal Basis of the EU-SILC, Luxembourg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is an ongoing Task Force to make recommendations for the Revison of the EU-SILC data to the Europan Statistical System. I am one of three independent experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | EVENT (10th February 2016): MiSoC workshop on Ethnicity and Employment with JRF (Brynin, Longhi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | MiSoC workshop hosted by JRF, on the themes of equality, segregation and education, introducing new research by Malcolm Brynin and Simonetta Longhi. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | EVENT (12th February 2019): Workshop with DWP officials to discuss their areas of research interest & share new MiSoC and Eastern Arc partners' research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EVENT (12th February 2019): Workshop with DWP officials to discuss their areas of research interest & share new MiSoC and Eastern Arc partners' research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EVENT (12th June 2018): Ethnic and Racial Harassment, Mental Health and Ethnic Concentration at Royal Statistical Society (Dr Alita Nandi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EVENT (12th June 2018): Ethnic and Racial Harassment, Mental Health and Ethnic Concentration at Royal Statistical Society (Dr Alita Nandi). Chaired by Professor Gwilym Pryce with Dr Laia Becares, University of Manchester - Health impacts of ethnic concentration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2018/06/06/ethnic-and-racial-harassment-mental-health-and-ethnic-concen... |
| Description | EVENT (12th-13th May 2016): Workshop on subjective expectations (Adeline Delavande) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EVENT (12th-13th May 2016): Workshop on subjective expectations (organised by Adeline Delavande, Wilbert van der Klaauw (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), and Basit Zafar (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)), New York. Programme here. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/conference/2016/expectationsconferenceagenda.... |
| Description | EVENT (15-17 April 2019): New ISER research at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2019 including special MiSoC session (Mike Brewer, Silvia Avram, Paul Fisher, Laura Fumagalli, Yuliya Kazakova, Birgitta Rabe, Angus Holford, Emilia Del Bono, Bernhard Schmidpeter, Liza Benny, Sonia Bhalotra & Enrico Rubolino) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | New work by 16 ISER researchers was presented at the prestigious Royal Economic Society Conference 2019 at the University of Warwick from 15-17 April. The Conference included a Special Session presented by ISER's ESRC Centre for Micro-Social Change (MiSoC) on income dynamics and volatility, exploiting data from the BHPS and Understanding Society. Mike Brewer, Silvia Avram, Paul Fisher, Laura Fumagalli, Yuliya Kazakova, Birgitta Rabe, Angus Holford, Emilia Del Bono, Bernhard Schmidpeter, Liza Benny, Sonia Bhalotra & Enrico Rubolino |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2019/04/09/new-iser-research-at-the-royal-economic-society-annual-confe... |
| Description | EVENT (15th-16th March 2018): MiSoC workshop: What works in health messaging? New international research (with University of Bath; Paul Fisher, Adeline Delavande, Sonia Bhalotra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Including panel discussion with Dr Charles Alessi, Senior Advisor, Public Health England Patrick Ladbury, Director, The National Social Marketing Centre Dr Gabriella Conti, Reader, University College London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-works-in-health-messaging-new-international-research-tickets-433... |
| Description | EVENT (17th March 2015) MiSoC workshop: Using school resources effectively: what is the evidence base? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lively and insightful panel discussion with leading thinkers on educational policy and practice. T Produced a Briefing Note for governors, headteachers and policy makers on our research on school spending, funded by the Nuffield Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/2015/03/24/using-school-resources-effectively-what-is-the-evidence-base |
| Description | EVENT (17th October 2017): Ethnic minorities and the British political system: new research on engagement and representation (Dr Nicole Martin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | EVENT (17th October 2017): Ethnic minorities and the British political system: new research on engagement and representation. New research from the Universities of Essex and Manchester on how ethnic minorities are engaging as voters and how they are represented within the British political system, panel discussion chaired by Tom Clark (Prospect magazine). Panel members: Omar Khan, Director of Runnymede, UK's leading independent race equality think tank, Binita Mehta-Parmar, Director of Modern Britain, Shahrar Ali, former Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Zrinka Bralo, Chief Executive, Migrants Organise, Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethnic-minorities-and-the-british-political-system-new-research-on-en... |