The effects of parental unemployment on children’s wellbeing – results from Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Journal Article - November 1, 2025
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Estimating population mental health effects of the rollout of Universal Credit in the UK using standard and novel difference-in-differences analysis, 2009–2019
Journal Article - October 1, 2025
Millions struggle with financial, health and housing insecurity
Media - June 6, 2025
‘Stress crisis’ in UK as 5m struggle with financial, health and housing insecurity
Media - June 6, 2025
Insecure lives: the growth and impact of multiple insecurities
Report, CASEreport, 159 - June 6, 2025
Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: a pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records
Journal Article - April 9, 2025
Estimating population mental health effects of the rollout of Universal Credit: difference-in-differences analyses using the UK Household Longitudinal Study, 2009 – 2019
CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA3/25 - February 22, 2025
Work and health: international comparisons with the UK. A report for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives
Report - January 15, 2025
Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Journal Article - January 1, 2025
What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?
Media - December 6, 2024
Effects of employees living with an ‘arthritis’ on sickness absence and transitions out of employment: a comparative observational study in the UK
Journal Article - November 29, 2024
Employment shocks and financial difficulty: understanding how leaving paid employment affects ability to meet credit repayments
Research Paper, Financial Conduct Authority Research Notes - November 8, 2024
Is it the past or the present? Employment quality, unemployment history, psychological distress and mental wellbeing in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - October 22, 2024
Increasing diversity, precarity and prolonged periods of education in the transition from school to work in Britain
Journal Article - October 1, 2024
Downward occupational mobility and job satisfaction: when does it hurt less?
Journal Article - October 1, 2024
People are getting ‘stuck’ in insecure work for years, says UK thinktank
Media - September 17, 2024
No progress? Tackling long-term insecure work
Report - September 15, 2024
Effect of Universal Credit on young children’s mental health: quasi-experimental evidence from understanding society
Journal Article - August 17, 2024
Impacts of Long COVID on workers: a longitudinal study of employment exit, work hours and mental health in the UK
Journal Article - June 26, 2024
A Bayesian interrupted time series framework for evaluating policy change on mental well-being: an application to England’s welfare reform
Journal Article - June 11, 2024
Work and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic – evidence from panel data in four countries
Research Paper, Social Situation Monitors - June 1, 2024
How does a poor labour market affect inequalities in access to postsecondary education? Empirical evidence from 31 affluent countries
Journal Article - May 24, 2024
The impact of excess body weight on employment outcomes: a systematic review of the evidence
Journal Article - April 30, 2024
Study finds young adults take longer to find work than preceding generation
Media - April 17, 2024
Improving lives: helping workless families. Indicators 2024: data for 2005 to 2023
Report - March 21, 2024
More people in early 20s out of work from ill health than early 40s – study
Media - February 26, 2024
We’ve only just begun: action to improve young people’s mental health, education and employment
Report - February 1, 2024
Doubly disadvantaged: unemployment, young age, and electoral participation in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - December 15, 2023
Labour mobility and earnings in the UK, 1992-2017
Journal Article - November 15, 2023
The impact of smoking, heavy drinking and obesity on employment prospects, earnings and productivity: analyses using UK data
Report - November 15, 2023
Life satisfaction and unemployment—The role of gender attitudes and work identity
Journal Article - October 20, 2023
Does young adulthood caring influence educational attainment and employment in the UK and Germany?
Journal Article - October 19, 2023