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The latest dataset is now available from the UK Data Service.
Home working and hybrid working became the norm during the Covid pandemic. Did the extra flexibility to work remotely help, or hinder, our mental health?
Governments promote self-employment, but does it drive job growth?
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The sharp increase in labour participation among older women has affected the informal care they were previously providing to their older parents
The increase in the state pension age hasn't changed the age that people plan to retire.
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New analysis has shown that there has been no decline in some rates of social mobility for decades, and the UK has good rates when compared internationally.
Analysis from the think tank the Social Market Foundation has found that women who have a child lose a significant amount of income over the following decade.
Workers exposed to workplace digitalisation become more supportive of the Conservatives and of the incumbent government.
Using data collected from more than 2,000 people aged between 50-75 years old, research has shown that outgoing people have more trouble retiring.
A new study has found that opportunities for UK migrants are highly gendered, with migrant women experiencing lower employment rates after becoming a parent.
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The Economic and Social Research Council is the primary funder of the study The Study is led by a team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex.
