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Property portals heavily criticised for allowing ‘No DSS’ rental listings
One in 10 rental properties advertised as ‘no housing benefit’
Family formation, parental background and young adults’ first entry into homeownership in Britain and Germany
Sait Bayrakdar, Rory Coulter, Philipp Lersch, Sergi Vidal
Ex ante inequality of opportunity in health, decomposition and distributional analysis of biomarkers
Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones
Research at DWP: our research is used to understand, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate our policies and services
Intergenerational social mobility and allostatic load in Great Britain
Patrick Präg, Lindsay Richards
Leveraging DNA-methylation quantitative-trait loci to characterize the relationship between methylomic variation, gene expression, and complex traits
Eilis Hannon, Tyler J. Gorrie-Stone, Melissa Smart, Joe Burrage, Amanda Hughes
Research suggests cognitive ability may 'buffer' the impact of social disadvantage on mental health
Well-being effects of self-employment: a spatial inquiry
Maria Abreu, Özge Öner, Aleid Brouwer, Eveline van Leeuwen
Teachers who work longer hours are slightly more likely to stay in the profession, according to new research
Jack Worth, Sarah Lynch, Jude Hillary, Connie Rennie, Joana Andrade
Mixed marriage among immigrants and their descendants in the United Kingdom: analysis of longitudinal data with missing information
Written evidence submitted by Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex) (ATR0040) [House of Commons Transport Select Committee on Active Travel]
The association between informal caregiving and exit from employment among older workers: prospective findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Ewan Carr, Emily T. Murray, Paola Zaninotto, Dorina Cadar, Jenny Head
Sick and stuck at home – how poor health increases electricity consumption and reduces opportunities for environmentally-friendly travel in the United Kingdom
Milena Büchs, AbuBakr Bahaj, Luke Blunden, Leonidas Bourikas, Jane Falkingham
Equalities data audit, final report
Parametric models for biomarkers based on flexible size distributions
Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones
Linking the family context of migration during childhood to the well‐being of young adults: evidence from the UK and France
Tatiana Eremenko, Rachel Bennett
Non-resident parents: why are they hard to capture in surveys and what can we do about it?
Caroline Bryson, Stephen McKay
Ex ante inequality of opportunity in health, decomposition and distributional analysis of biomarkers
Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones
Teacher workforce dynamics in England: nurturing, supporting and valuing teachers
Jack Worth, Sarah Lynch, Jude Hillary, Connie Rennie, Joana Andrade
Economic well-being, UK: April to June 2018
Do marriage and cohabitation provide benefits to health in mid-life? The role of childhood selection mechanisms and partnership characteristics across countries
Brienna Perelli-Harris, Stefanie Hoherz, Fenaba Addo, Trude Lappegard, Ann Evans