
UCL Social Research Institute (SRI)
@UCLSocRes
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Changing the world for the better through world-class social science research and education
London, England
Joined September 2017
📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: https://t.co/yDSBdkuhwN
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🚨Announcement!🚨 The government-commissioned Sullivan Review of Data and Statistics on Sex and Gender has been published by the Department of Science Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk (link in reply) @ucl @IOE_London @UCLSocRes
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(3/4) After 10 years at @UCL I’m taking on a new, permanent academic role as Assistant Professor (Lecturer), and Director of the Masters programme in Social Policy & Social Research Methods @UCLSocRes.
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How can #HealthVisiting in England better support families? Parents want caring, accessible services, while policymakers call for evaluations of 'gold standard' practices. This study explores priorities, challenges, and the need for robust research: https://t.co/j0pYSqNA6s
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Taking a 50-year perspective using the CPS our latest paper - free to download - shows unions continue to procure a union wage premium, and maintain hours thus reducing underemployment. Find out more here: https://t.co/GosAjeuNyT
@UCLSocRes @EconUCL @WileyBusiness
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We examine union-non-union differentials in wages and hours in the United States over the last 50 years using data from the Current Population Survey. The regression-adjusted difference between...
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Our new paper finds adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are positively correlated with 50 well-being metrics in 4 data sets for the US and Europe Find out more here: https://t.co/LOCmD94DKp
@D_Blanchflower @UCLSocRes @UCLSociology @ucl
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Had the pleasure of attending @KTwamley’s book launch earlier this week at @UCLSocRes. Caring is Sharing? thoroughly examines what goes into the couples’ decision-making when sharing parental leaves and the caregiving in the post-leave period
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NEW DATES ANNOUNCED ⬇️ 'Introduction to Time Use Research' workshop on the 20th - 21st of February 2025 (ONLINE). Join us to learn about #timeuse #timeuseresearch using data available through @UKDataService Bookings are now open at https://t.co/oF65i9mEnf
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Baby boomers with private pensions and housing wealth were more likely to retire early, according to new research using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study #NCDS Read more on the CLS website - https://t.co/gkwsYnkb6b
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Last week I presented 'The #Menopause #Penalty' at @ucl #Gender #Workshop organized by @AlexanderBryson. Interesting program on domestic violence, parental leave, honor killings... Our data shows menopause impacts women's earnings, w/ new results on HRT's potential to help!
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Working women in their early 30s in England are paid less than men of the same age, in the same types of jobs, who have similar levels of education and work experience, finds new #NextStepsStudy research published today. Read more: https://t.co/mBPSdji3th
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New #NextStepsStudy research on the gender wage gap finds that women in their early 30s are more likely than men to find work stressful, suggesting that they are not accepting lower pay for less pressured and more fulfilling work. Read more: https://t.co/JVB9rmgfu0
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In contrast to Europe and North America the mental health of the young in Africa has not declined relative to older people. In Africa the younger you are the happier you are - in most surveys https://t.co/LU0hNJvlsD
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Demand for union membership is price sensitive. Tax subsidies increase take up. In Norway the effects on union density are large. Download the paper via Open Access https://t.co/PnJ8lOPVdh
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Call for abstracts for new @routledgebooks publication! Qualitative researchers often seek out lived experiences to answer research questions and shape narratives. But what about our own – as women, and as researchers? To submit or find out more, email: m.khatwa@ucl.ac.uk.
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great to see our research with @alice_goisis using Next Steps data @CLScohorts got mentioned by BBC! Full report is available by the link
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Great opportunity to join our wonderful department and to shape our exciting new MSc Sociology!
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Using exogenous variance in the Norwegian tax system Harald Dale-Olsen and I show increases in marginal tax rates reduce job-to-job transitions, consistent with reduced job search activity https://t.co/aadRglHF3M
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🚨 Exciting news! Our PRUK workshops start TOMORROW in Belfast! For more details and to register at one of our regional workshops, visit: https://t.co/Bt2up6Npax
#PRUKWorkshops #Belfast
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