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Ethnic minority workers are more likely than White employees to receive less than the living wage due to an over-representation in the lowest-paying sectors, rather than a wage gap within professions or a lack of qualifications.
Ethnic minority groups fared worse during the 2008 recession and subsequent period of austerity than the white majority, with higher unemployment, lower earnings, lower self-employment rates and higher housing costs.
The Black and minority ethnic (BME) vote could cost the Conservative party up to 50 seats by the middle of the next decade, according to new research
The biennial conference at the University of Essex, showcasing new research and discussing new innovations in Understanding Society and other longitudinal analysis, is now open for registration.
Polling of UK citizens has shown that immigration is one of the top three issues facing the country. All the major political parties agree on a tightening of the immigration process, and media coverage of immigration is largely negative. But what does recent research say?
Parents of young children are likely to experience a dip in life satisfaction, according to a new study of households in the UK and Germany
The benefits of holding down a part-time job - gaining work skills and pocket money for those teenage essentials - whilst studying for GCSEs, might not be worth the potential damage to your grades.
Evidence on UK job polarisation from ISER, the Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford University and the Resolution Foundation was presented to an audience of policy makers, commentators and third sector researchers in London.
Co-authored by Professor Mike Brewer, new Resolution Foundation publishes the first in-depth examination of how UC could affect the work choices of over eight million families.
New report finds that for a large number of people, the imperative is not to increase spending, but rebuild their personal finances after the downturn.
An event presenting new research from the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Institute for Social and Economic Research with the Resolution Foundation.
A new study finds that men and women today like to share out housework equally but women are still doing the lion's share so are they doing it to prevent conflict?