Is being overly optimistic linked to lower cognitive skills?
Media - January 1, 2024
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Being overly optimistic may be linked to poor decision-making
Media - December 28, 2023
Equality of opportunity and the expansion of higher education in the UK
Journal Article - December 15, 2023
Understanding Society: the income data
Journal Article - December 15, 2023
Financial concerns and the marginal propensity to consume in COVID times: evidence from UK survey data
Journal Article - December 1, 2023
Family environments and educational inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Journal Article - November 29, 2023
Looking on the (B)right side of life: cognitive ability and miscalibrated financial expectations
Journal Article - November 10, 2023
Debt, credit payment holidays, and their relationship with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - November 1, 2023
Poverty in Scotland 2023
Report - October 15, 2023
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
The importance of social and financial safety nets for people in very deep poverty
Report - September 15, 2023
Income volatility and parenting styles during hard times
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-13 - September 11, 2023
Insurance against risk? Economic cost and compensation of job loss in different welfare states
Journal Article - September 5, 2023
OP10 What is the impact of the removal of the spare room subsidy policy (the ‘bedroom tax’) on the mental health of working age adults in Great Britain? A difference in difference analysis using Understanding Societies, a longitudinal household panel dataset -conference paper abstract-
Journal Article - August 24, 2023
Left out: how to tackle digital exclusion and reduce the poverty premium
Report - August 15, 2023
The rural-urban poverty gap in England after the 2008 financial crisis: exploring the effects of budgetary cuts and welfare reforms
Journal Article - August 11, 2023
Income volatility and parenting styles during hard times
Journal Article - August 7, 2023
Living standards and inequality
Report, IFS Report Series, R262 - July 15, 2023
The scale and drivers of ethnic wealth gaps across the wealth distribution in the UK: evidence from Understanding Society
Research Paper - July 15, 2023
Older UK workers who retired early in pandemic were ‘forced into poverty’
Media - July 7, 2023
Over-50s who retired at start of Covid much poorer, says IFS
Media - July 7, 2023
Labour market shocks and parental investments during the Covid-19 pandemic
Journal Article - June 15, 2023
Characteristics and consequences of families with low levels of financial wealth
Report, IFS Report Series, R259 - June 15, 2023
What can monitoring our bank account cash flows say about our loyalty cards?
Journal Article - June 1, 2023
Credit payment holidays reduced the mental health effects of debt during COVID: study
Media - May 23, 2023
Credit payment holidays reduced the mental health effects of debt during COVID – new research
Media - May 22, 2023
Payment holidays reduced mental health effects of debt during COVID-19
Media - May 22, 2023
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ethnic minorities in Manchester: lessons from the early stage of the pandemic
Journal Article - May 19, 2023
Trajectories of housing affordability and mental health problems: a population-based cohort study
Journal Article - May 15, 2023
Material deprivation in childhood and unequal political socialization: the relationship between children’s economic hardship and future voting
Journal Article - April 27, 2023
Food expenditure and mental health: outcomes from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey
Research Paper, OSF Preprints - April 25, 2023