Past work – Families and well-being

Read more about our past work:

Homes, health, and COVID-19: how poor housing adds to the hardship of the coronavirus crisis (Amy Clair)
What does the decrease in child mortality really mean? (Sonia Bhalotra)
Stress levels of working mothers: what could help improve their health? (Cara Booker)
Family fortunes – and how they persist over generations (Min Zhang)
Economic uncertainty and fertility cycles: The case of the post-WWII baby boom (Bastien Chabe-Ferret)
The ticking clock: how genetics may explain fertility traits (Nicola Barban)
How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls (Sonia Bhalotra)
The key questions for the consultation into the future of the Attendance Allowance for older disabled people (Stephen Pudney)
Integrating health and social care (Stephen Pudney)
How do families fare long term after couples split up? (Mike Brewer, Alita Nandi)
Health-related behaviours and adolescent wellbeing (Cara Booker)

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Some of our key findings:

Sibling and peer influences on children’s development and outcomes

• Sibling spillover effects in school achievement
• Mother’s time and child outcomes
• Response of parental time investments to children’s skills and health
• Parental and child time investments and the cognitive development of adolescents

Childhood circumstances, resilience, and adult outcomes

• Health-related behaviours and adolescent wellbeing

Formation of expectations, preferences and values in childhood

• Transmission of liberal professions from parents to children

Understanding changes in values, attitudes and behaviour

• Gender identity and housework share between partners
• Religious decline in the West

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A full list of all ISER’s research