Projects relating to health and well-being
Arguably, the most fundamental personal and societal goal is to maximise happiness. Once a fringe interest, research into well-being is now an established focus of research activity:
Intergenerational Dynamics in Learning Engagement, Life Chances and Well-Being of Young People
Education and training, Health and Well-being, Modelling and descriptives
An examining of intergenerational transmission of education and, separately, a consideration of variations in subjective well-being by ethnicity and migration ancestry.
Psychological distress among JSA claimants
Employment and welfare, Health and Well-being, Modelling and descriptives
Examining how mental well-being changes with length of time unemployed
Evaluation of Pathways to Work
Difference-in-differences, Duration analysis, Education and training, Employment and welfare, Evaluation, Health and Well-being
Evaluating the employment and earnings effects of increased conditionality and support for claimants of incapacity benefits
Leaving Incapacity Benefit
Employment and welfare, Health and Well-being, Modelling and descriptives
Describing and modelling labour market outcomes among individuals leaving Incapacity Benefit
Poverty, Smoking and Lone Parenthood
Health and Well-being, Modelling and descriptives
Exploration of the reasons behind high levels of smoking among lone parents in Britain