Blog

Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity

In a column for [Ideas for India](http://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/religion-and-abortion-the-role-of-politician-identity.html), 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

How India’s bridal dowry tradition leads to missing women

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

Mental health risks to girls who spend more than an hour a day on social media

By Cara Booker

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

Collecting data with new technologies – valuable for research, or are we just collecting data for the sake of it?

In a blog for CLOSER, Annette Jäckle cautions that before we rush headlong into adopting new technologies to help with survey data collection we need to recognise and address the new challenges they bring with them

Do unpaid interns benefit from the experience? Or who is hurt the least?

By Angus Holford

Angus Holford describes new research on the pay back from working for nothing

Understanding Brexit

By Nicole Martin

Dr Nicole Martin describes research projects planned using unique new data on attitudes to the UK leaving the European Union

Impactful Social Science – How Social Science is helping to tackle global grand challenges

By Shamit Saggar

Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at ISER spoke at the ESRC’s launch of the Festival of Social Science at the Royal Society on 7 November. Hosted by Springer Nature partnered with the Economic and Social Research Council, Professor Saggar joined Laurie Taylor of Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and Professor Felicity Callard, Director of the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Sticking with the job – the benefits of in-work credits

By Mike Brewer

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

Why mixed modes are here to stay

In a blog for CLOSER, Annette Jäckle explores the benefits of mixed mode data collection for longitudinal studies in addressing the triple challenges of falling response rates, increasing fieldwork costs, and a squeeze on the budgets available for long-term surveys.

How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls

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

Job-related learning: who benefits, and how much?

By Alita Nandi

Dr Alita Nandi draws out the findings from the What Works Wellbeing's latest analysis on the wellbeing benefits of job-related training

How maternal depression affects mothers and children

By Sonia Bhalotra

Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the impact of low-cost community-based intervention on maternal depression