Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Recent government figures put India’s sex ratio at birth at 900 girls per 1,000 boys during 2013–15. Professor Sonia Bhalotra's study looks into the tradition of bridal dowry and follows the price of gold to unpick changes in India's baby girl birth rate over decades.
New evidence from Understanding Society, published by the Government Equalities Office, finds the gender pay gap declined from 19% in 2007 to 13.4% in 2015.
Understanding Society is delighted to welcome Professor Daniel Benjamin, Director of the Behavioural and Health Genomics Center, University of Southern California, and Co-Director of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, to lead a London Masterclass on integrating genetics and the social sciences
New analysis by the World Bank finds inequality among people has been mounting in many parts of the EU since the 1990s, as low-income Europeans have been falling behind in the labour market
International conference at the University of Essex will bring together scholars and research professionals involved in the design, implementation and analysis of longitudinal surveys
Matteo Richiardi appointed as Professor of Economics and will take over as Director of EUROMOD from Professor Holly Sutherland in the autumn
National Foundation for Educational Research publishes new analysis of data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study led by ISER, to compare public sector workers' lives
New study co-authored by Dr Cara Booker finds a gender difference in social media behaviours in young people and differing impacts on their mental health
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales invite researchers to submit papers for an international conference on 5-6 July 2018 in Quito, Ecuador.
Research from the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Essex Business School and the Department of Economics to be presented at the prestigious annual conference.
New study co-authored by Professor Emily Grundy analysed longitudinal data from people aged over 50 and their partners in 17 European countries from 2007-2015
ISER recognised for ‘authoritative social and economic research to inform government policies and improve people’s lives’