Understanding Society Research Conference 2013 opens tomorrow
University of Essex welcomes 250 delegates from 35 research institutes worldwide presenting new research from Understanding Society and other longitudinal studies
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ISER’s Professor Sutherland presents LIS Summer Lecture 2013 in Luxembourg
ISER's Research Professor and Director of EUROMOD, Holly Sutherland, presented the LIS Summer Lecture 2013 to an audience of economists in Luxembourg
Understanding Society reveals children’s happiness in decline
A new analysis of Understanding Society data by the charity, The Children's Society, finds teenagers' wellbeing at risk
Lone parent initiative is getting parents back to work
A new ISER study for the Department of Work and Pensions finds the LPO is getting more lone parents back into work
Getting five percent of single parents in work to save £436 million
New research from ISER for Gingerbread on removing barriers to work for single parents to alleviate poverty and save tax payer money
Breastfeeding boosts ability to climb social ladder
Researchers looked at life outcomes of breastfed babies born in 1958 and 1970
Government should listen to experts on measuring child poverty
ISER Professor of Economics Mike Brewer calls on the government to listen to expert advice
Last chance to register for Understanding Society Research Conference 2013
Conference presenting new longitudinal research from Understanding Society and other studies at the University of Essex on July 24-26
Share welfare system with the UK – experts’ advice for an independent Scotland
ISER Professor of Economics, Mike Brewer, among the panel of experts advising on the future welfare system in an independent Scotland.
Better-off suffered first but the poor now feel the Recession biting
New research by ISER's Professor Mike Brewer with James Browne, Andrew Hood, Robert Joyce and Luke Sibieta at the IFS studies the changing impact of the UK recession as benefit changes begin to affect the poor.
The £7billion savings of grandparent childcare revealed by Understanding Society study
Age UK and Grandparents Plus analysis of the childcare arrangements of 11,000 of the children studied by Understanding Society.
Recent Developments in Labour Economics – Conference 26 June
Organised jointly by the ESRC Research Centre on MicroSocial Change (MiSoC) and the School of Business Management at Queen Mary, University of London, presenting new research in labour economics.