Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Older disabled people face a gap between the true costs of their care, and the disability benefits and publicly funded social care they receive, especially at high levels of disability
ISER's Professor of Survey Methodology is elected to prestigious international post to promote the study and development of the theory and practice of sample surveys and censuses.
A new study, funded by the Directorate General for Justice at the European Commission, examines work disincentives for secondary earners in Europe created by formal tax-benefit policies and implicit taxes such as out-of-pocket childcare costs.
Mike Brewer calls for improvements which would could help hundreds of thousands out of work: "By focusing support where it will make the most difference – particularly second earners and single parents – a revamped UC will help many more women into employment, which in turn will boost household incomes and lift more children out of poverty."
The evidence programme, run jointly with the University of East Anglia, is focused on protecting and enhancing the wellbeing of workers, adult learners and those seeking work.
Leading economist Sir Anthony Atkinson has used EUROMOD to calculate the impacts of six of the 15 measures to reduce inequality in his new manifesto, published in his latest book [“Inequality: What can be done?”](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674504769)
The Directorate Generale for Employment at the European Commission hosted a one-day conference in Brussels highlighting recent policy-relevant analysis using EUROMOD
New research, co-authored by Professor Meena Kumari, uses the British Household Panel Survey and biomarkers to determine the health impact of joblessness and finds unemployed people were shown to be 40% more likely to be at risk of heart problems
UK children are more likely to be in poverty than pensioners. Modelling by ISER researchers, commissioned by the End Child Poverty Coalition, shows the potential impact of the Government's 'triple lock' pensions strategy if applied to child benefits
ISER will present findings at a seminar for policymakers discussing two new ESRC research on how disabled people meet the costs of the assistance they need to live in the community, and how well disability benefits and publicly-funded social care meet the costs of disability in later life.
InGRID workshop, 9-11 September at the University of Essex, open to researchers engaged in the topic of the distributive and labour supply impact of childcare policies, administrators collecting and processing data on national childcare policies, policy-makers and international organisations
The University of Essex appoints Nick Buck, currently Director and Principal Investigator of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, and previously Deputy Director at ISER since 1994, and Director of the UK Longitudinal Studies Centre since 2001.