Complex families in the United Kingdom: mapping children’s diverse family pathways and their correlates from birth to age ten
Journal Article - January 19, 2026
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Parental conflict indicator 2011 to 2022
Report - March 12, 2025
Selective re-partnering? Mental health and life satisfaction among separated single mothers in Germany and the UK
Journal Article - January 8, 2025
Family diversity and children’s mental health in the UK: a longitudinal study -PhD thesis-
Thesis/Degree/Other Honours - December 3, 2024
Diverse early-life family trajectories and young children’s mental health in the UK
Journal Article - December 1, 2024
Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers
Journal Article - September 5, 2024
Families of austerity: benefit cutbacks and family stress in the UK
Journal Article - September 3, 2024
Partnerships boost life satisfaction for single mothers
Media - July 24, 2024
New partnerships improve life satisfaction for single mothers
Media - July 22, 2024
Re-partnering and single mothers’ mental health and life satisfaction trajectories
Journal Article - June 6, 2024
Longer working hours and maternal mental health: a comparison of single vs. partnered mothers
Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 16875 - March 15, 2024
UK middle classes ‘struggling despite incomes of up to £60,000 a year’
Media - February 20, 2024
Caught in the middle – key findings
Report - February 15, 2024
Caught in the middle? Insecurity and financial strain in the middle of the income distribution
Report - February 15, 2024
Minimum Income Standard for non-resident parents with some responsibilities for children
Report - February 8, 2024
The dynamics of very deep poverty in the UK
Report - September 15, 2023
The impact of work, benefits and housing on experiences of very deep poverty
Report - September 15, 2023
Do work search requirements work? Evidence from a UK reform targeting single parents
Research Paper, IFS Working Paper Series, 23/02 - February 1, 2023
The single parent employment challenge
Report - January 15, 2023
Inequalities in home learning and schools’ remote teaching provision during the COVID-19 school closure in the UK
Journal Article - October 28, 2022
Family and its protective effect: part 1 of the independent family review
Report - September 15, 2022
Additional analysis annex to ‘Family and its protective effect: part 1 of the independent family review’
Report - September 15, 2022
Families and inequalities
Report, IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities - June 23, 2022
The invisible family: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on single parents living in London
Report - June 15, 2022
Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid‑19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey
Journal Article - March 26, 2022
Diverging trends in single-mother poverty across Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom: toward a comprehensive explanatory framework
Journal Article - December 6, 2021
The impact of changes in job security on mental health across gender and family responsibility: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Journal Article - November 12, 2021
Understanding economic inactivity and NEET status among young women in the UK and France
Journal Article - November 11, 2021
Gender differences in unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK Covid-19 lockdown
Journal Article - March 4, 2021
Families of austerity: benefit cutbacks and family stress in the UK
Journal Article - October 6, 2020
Gender differences in the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK
Journal Article - August 21, 2020
Inequalities in home learning and schools’ provision of distance teaching during school closure of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK
ISER Working Paper Series, 2020-09 - June 23, 2020