Events

ISER hosts seminars, conferences, training and workshops throughout the year.

Past events

1,287 events

Seminar

Mentoring and segregation: female-led firms and gender wage policies

Date and time: 27 April 2009, 3:00pm
Presented by: Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Department of Economics, University of Linz, Austria) Co-author: Ana Rute Cardoso

Seminar

Like oil and water or chocolate and peanut butter? Ethnic diversity and social participation of young people in England (joint with Elena Fumagalli, Unviersity of Venice)

Date and time: 22 April 2009, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Presented by: Laura Fumagalli (ISER, University of Essex)

Seminar Cancelled

All the right classes, but not necessarily in the right order : The problems of operationalising social class in cross-national research

Date and time: 20 April 2009, 3:00pm
Presented by: Eric Harrison (Centre for Comparative Social Surveys, City University London)

Conference

BHPS course using STATA

Date and time: 16–17 April 2009, 8:00am–4:00pm

Seminar

Access to flexible work and informal care

Date and time: 8 April 2009, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Presented by: Mark Bryan

Seminar

The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an application to Latin America (joint work with Jérémie Gignoux)

Date and time: 30 March 2009, 3:00pm–4:00pm
Presented by: Francisco Ferreira (Development Research Group, The World Bank)

Seminar

The determinants of participation in a disability-related welfare programme

Date and time: 25 March 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Stephen Pudney (ISER)

Seminar

Why to choose a non-recommended school type? Determinants and consequences of the non-acceptance of teacher’s recommendations in Germany.

Date and time: 18 March 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Henning Lohmann (ISER visitor, SOEP)

Seminar

Real Wages and the Business Cycle: Accounting for Worker and Firm Heterogeneity

Date and time: 16 March 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Pedro Portugal (Faculty of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) co-authors: Anabela Carneiro and Paulo Guimarães

Seminar

How research informs policy making: the example of a provide risk model and social exclusion

Date and time: 9 March 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Axel Heitmueller (Economic/Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in Cabinet Office)<strong><em>Special Policy and Research Seminar</em></strong>

Seminar

Muslim Religiosity in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Date and time: 4 March 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Ayse Güveli (Department of Sociology) and Lucinda Platt (Institute for Social and Economic Research)

Seminar

Reservation Wages, Expected Wages and Labour Market Outcomes: Analysis of Individual Level Panel Data

Date and time: 2 March 2009, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Karl Taylor (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield) Co-author: Sarah Brown

Meeting

Understanding Society: Long-term Content Consultation Meeting

Date and time: 27 February 2009, 1:30pm–5:30pm

Seminar

Selection by ability and long-term outcomes: Evidence from the UK “11-plus” lottery

Date and time: 25 February 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Emilia Del Bono, ISER

Seminar

Reassessing Poverty Dynamics in Britain and the US

Date and time: 16 February 2009, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Peggy McDonough (Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada) Co-authors: Diana Worts and Amanda Sacker

Seminar

Changes in the Distribution of Income among Single Mother Families – Murphy Brown meets Inequality

Date and time: 9 February 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: James Ziliak (Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, USA) Co-author: Christopher Bollinger

Seminar

The impact of social security changes on return migration, onward migration and international travel of New Zealand citizens in Australia This seminar will be held on THURSDAY 05-02-2009

Date and time: 5 February 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Jacques Poot (Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, New Zealand) Co-author: Lynda Sanderson

Seminar

The Impact of Dependent Interviewing on Interview Dynamics: Implications for Longitudinal Survey Design

Date and time: 4 February 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Noah Uhrig, ISER and Emanuela Sala, ISER

Seminar

Is there a wage curve for the highly educated?

Date and time: 28 January 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Sanna-Mari Hynninen, ISER visitor, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Seminar

An Equality Measurement Framework for Britain – outcomes, processes and autonomy

Date and time: 26 January 2009, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Tania Burchardt (STICERD, London School of Economics) (joint with Polly Wizard)