Home advantage or hidden strain? The mental health effects of working from home across gender, childcare status, and occupational class before and since the pandemic
Journal Article - April 3, 2026
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Quantifying multiple insecurities in financial, housing, work, health and caring: trends, breakdowns by characteristics and impacts on wellbeing
Report, CASEreport, 167 - March 30, 2026
Earning more but less secure: unpaid carers, paid work, and the design of a cash allowance
Research Paper, SocArXiv - March 13, 2026
The mental health impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on health and social care workers
Journal Article - March 9, 2026
The characteristics and experiences of unpaid carers in the UK: trends and variations 2009-2023 -PhD thesis-
Thesis/Degree/Other Honours - March 6, 2026
Gender role attitudes and marital sorting: implications for household inequality
Research Paper, IFS Working Paper Series, 26/18 - March 5, 2026
The gendered landscape of informal caregiving: cohort effects and socioeconomic inequalities in England
Journal Article - March 1, 2026
The trade-off between breastfeeding and returning to work: the role of workplace constraints
Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 18427 - February 1, 2026
Unpaid caregiving and job satisfaction: the role of care intensity and duration
Journal Article - January 29, 2026
Young carers and inequalities in educational attainment and school engagement: evidence from the UK household longitudinal study linked to the national pupil database
Journal Article - January 8, 2026
The consequences of working from home on health and wellbeing
Book Chapter, Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, Ch. 7 - November 11, 2025
Gender inequality in unpaid care work during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-country comparison of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK
Book Chapter, Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, Ch. 5 - November 11, 2025
Characteristics and population estimates of unpaid end of life carers: an observational study
Journal Article - September 7, 2025
Factors associated with the identification and well-being of hidden and confirmed carers: a dyad analysis
Journal Article - August 1, 2025
Understanding the characteristics of unpaid carers living in financial hardship: risks and vulnerabilities
Journal Article - August 1, 2025
Don’t forget about us: how disabilities and caring responsibilities affect low-to-middle income Britain
Report - July 15, 2025
Fathers taking leave: evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - June 19, 2025
Research examining the relationship between children’s development at ages five and eight and the use of childcare at earlier ages using Understanding Society data
Report, Social Research, 52/2025 - June 16, 2025
Mothers ‘take a pay cut’ if their firstborn is a daughter
Media - June 15, 2025
Paternity leave, mental health and wellbeing for new parents: evidence from a national survey in the UK
Journal Article - June 15, 2025