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Workshop

MiSoC Workshop on Subjective Expectations

Date and time
20–21 March 2020, 9:30am–5:00pm
Location
Arizona State University
Presented by
Andrew Caplin (New York University) Charles Manski (Northwestern University).
Workshop

MiSoC Research Workshop

Date and time
5 March 2020, 9:30am
Location
ISER large seminar room
Presented by
Arrival 9:30-10:00 (refreshments) 10:00 – Welcome (Emilia Del Bono) 10:00 – 10:30 Birgitta Rabe (ISER, Essex): Going universal - The impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes 10:30 – 11:00 Susan Harkness (Social Policy, Bristol): Lone motherhood and the accumulation of economic disadvantage in the US and UK 11:00 – 11:30 Paul Clarke (ISER, Essex): Machine learning for MiSoC 11:30 – 12:00 Emilia Del Bono (ISER, Essex): Skill formation and the trouble with child non-cognitive skills measures 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 13:30 Sonia Bhalotra (Economics, Essex): A lens on gender differences in the economic gains flowing from early childhood health investments: Evidence from Sweden 13:30 – 14:00 Amy Clair (ISER, Essex): Housing and Child Well-being 14:00 – 14:30 Renee Luthra (Sociology, Essex): Are immigrants becoming more selected? 14:30 – 15:00 Emily Grundy (ISER, Essex): Pregnancy and parturition experience, maternal depression and subsequent fertility
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Conference

Measuring economic insecurity: Why and How?

Date and time
28 February 2020, 11:15am–1:00pm
Location
Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD
Presented by
Matteo Richiardi, Director of EUROMOD at ISER and Professor of Economics at the University of Essex; Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England; Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath; chaired by Brian Nolan, Professor of Social Policy at Oxford.
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Seminar

Unresolved public policy challenges: Three evidence-based perspectives

Date and time
27 February 2020, 6:00pm–9:30pm
Location
British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Presented by
Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician, Guy Goodwin, Chief Executive, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) & Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen), Raj Patel, Associate Director, Policy and Impact Fellow, Understanding Society, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex and Polly Mackenzie, Chief Executive, Demos
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Conference

Insights 2020: Social Integration

Date and time
28 January 2020, 12:15pm
Location
Coin Street, London
Presented by
New research on social integration using data from Understanding Society
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