QSS and CLS Seminar series
Quantitative Social Science (QSS) and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) co-host a weekly seminar series, where invited speakers present work relevant to the research interests of the group.
Schedule
When: Wednesdays at 1–2pm, unless otherwise stated.
Venue: All seminars are hybrid (in-person and online). In-person seminars are held in Room G03, 55-59 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0NU, unless otherwise stated.
The seminars are open to the general public and all are welcome to attend.
2024/25 programme
Perceptions of inequality and redistribution decisions
- Milena Tsvetkova
- 2 October 2024
- Hybrid event
Gender equality through marriage
- Emma Tominey
- 9 October 2024
- Hybrid event
Investigating discrimination in childcare access across Europe: Insights from field experiments
- Mariña Fernandez-Reino and Sanne van Oosten
- 16 October 2024
- Hybrid event
Monopsony power and poverty: The unequal consequences of Walmart supercenter openings
- Zach Parolin
- 23 October 2024
- Hybrid event
Degrees of demand: A task-based analysis of the British graduate labour market
- Golo Henseke and Francis Green
- 30 October 2024
- Hybrid event
Settlement structure and public goods provision
- Krzysztof Krakowski
- 13 November 2024
- Hybrid event
What’s a parent to do? Socioeconomic variation in parenting logics
- Pat Hastings
- 20 November 2024
- Hybrid event
Socioeconomic status, genes and the differential effects of parental separation on attainment
- Gaia Ghirardi
- 27 November 2024
- Hybrid event
Class origin, intergenerational transfers, and the gender wealth gap
- Nhat An Trinh
- 4 December 2024
- Hybrid event
Born to rule: The making and remaking of the British elite
- Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman
- 11 December 2024
- Hybrid event
Past events
Summer term
- Social class origin and job quality in the United Kingdom - Mark Williams
- Intergenerational transmission of advantage. Sibling similarity in education across the world - Patrick Präg
- Intergenerational social networks and social integration - Zsófia Boda
- Gender stereotypes in the family - Valentina Tonei
- Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages - Richard Blundell
- Sociogenomic aspects and social dynamics in sleep behaviours and night shift work - Evelina Akimova
- Peer role models in education - Rigissa Megalojonomou
Spring term
- Family background and economic stress in adulthood – Marii Paskov (University of Bristol)
- On track to success? Returns to Vocational Education against its alternatives – Dr Guglielmo Ventura (LSE)
- The indirect consequences of mortality crises – Andrea Tilstra (University of Oxford)
- The child penalty atlas – Gabriel Leite-Mariante (LSE)
- Hostility in destination countries and immigrants’ subjective wellbeing – Michaela Šedovič (UCL)
- Ageing with wellbeing: The contributions of psychosocial assets and deficits – Laura D. Kubzansky (Harvard)
- The parental wage gap and the development of socio-emotional skills in children – Paul Hufe (University of Bristol)
- The effects of austerity on mortality: Evidence from the United Kingdom – Yonatan Berman (King's College London)
- Social transmission of support for authoritarian rule: Evidence from field and survey experiments – Andreas Kotsadam (University of Oslo)
Autumn term
- The fertility impact of mass return migration - Velichka Dimitrova (University of Warwick)
- Starting school and ADHD: When is it time to fly the nest? - Cheti Nicoletti (University of York)
- How business income affects economic inequality - Marco Francesconi (University of Essex)
- Genetics and demography - Felix Tropf (UCL)
- Digital divides? Divergent effects of broadband internet expansion on adolescent educational outcomes - Pablo Gracia (Trinity College Dublin)
- Immigrant integration through volunteering? Potentials and barriers - Hans-Peter Y. Qvist (Aalborg University)
- Noncognitive skills in education: The interplay between genes, environments, and development - Margherita Malanchini (Queen Mary University of London)
- Insurance against risk? Cost and compensation of job loss in different welfare states - Selçuk Beduk (University of Oxford)
- Intergenerational and intersectional life course effect: Evidence from the Romanian abortion ban - Selin Koksal (University of Essex)
Summer term
- Violence against women at work - Ning Zhang (University of Oxford)
- Can mentoring alleviate family disadvantage in adolescence? - Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich)
- The bones of joblessness? Unemployment and later life health - Joan Costa-i-Font (London School of Economics)
- Prenatal sugar consumption and late-life human capital and health - Stephanie von Hinke (Bristol University)
- Gendered Flexibility Stigma: Who is likely to be stigmatised when working from home? - Heejung Chung (University of Kent)
- Gender norms do not persist but converge across time - Mayukh Mukhopadhyay (London Business School)
- Nature-nurture interplay in educational attainment - Niels Rietveld (Erasmus School of Economics)
- Academic self-concept formation: A forty-year overview - Herb Marsh (Australian Catholic University)
Spring term
- Youth, urbanisation, and insurgent recruitment in Turkey - Ollie Ballinger (UCL Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis)
- Regional income differences and intergenerational income mobility - Erik Liss (Linköping University)
- The effect of extending parental leave on women's health - Emilie Courtin (LSHTM)
- Gender Diversity, Labour in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas - Astrid Kunze (Norwegian School of Economics)
- The financial dimension of organisational stratification in European higher education - Petra Sauer (Luxembourg Institute for Socio-economic Research)
- The Generations and Gender Survey in the UK: Investigating demographic changes in the family - Brienna Perelli-Harris and Olga Maslovskaya (University of Southampton)
- Trends in child and adolescent mental health: Priorities for research - Stephan Collishaw (Cardiff University)
Autumn term
- Disrupting science - Giorgio Presidente (University of Oxford)
- Smart matching platforms and heterogeneous beliefs in centralised school choice - Christopher A. Neilson (Yale University)
- Inequality and class divides in parental transfers to young adults in the United States - Ginevra Floridi (Nuffield College, Oxford)
- Parenting and the intergenerational transmission of inequality - Jasmin Wertz (University of Edinburgh)
- Discrimination based on social class: Insights from field and survey data - Diana Galos (Aarhus University)
- Partner Violence and the Financial Well-Being of Women: Results from Australia - Professor Bruce Chapman
- The educational impacts of expanded contraceptive access in the contemporary U.S. - Sara Yeatman (UC Denver)
- Single parents, gender, and health inequalities - Mine Kühn (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)
- Gender, reputation, and social support: The dynamics of sociality and standing in rural South India - Eleanor Power (LSE)
Summer term
- The Female Happiness Paradox - Alex Bryson (QSS)
- Changing dietary habits early in life: A field experiment with low income families - Michele Belot (Cornell University).
- Family goals and behaviour in an international comparative analysis - Alicia Adsera (Princeton)
- The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges - Ken Troske (University of Kentucky)
- Living on the Edge: An American Generation’s Journey through the Twentieth Century - Rick Settersten and Glen Elder (Oregon State University/ University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
- Women in Economics. The role of gendered advising practices at entry in the profession - Lucia Rizzica (Bank of Italy)
- Social inequalities in the risk of miscarriage in the United Kingdom - Heini Vaisanen (INED)
Spring term
- Perceived socioeconomic status and health: A longitudinal biomarker approach - Patrick Präg (ENSAE, Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
- Smart-working: Work flexibility without constraints - Paola Profeta (Bocconi University)
- Immigrant peers and foreign language acquisition - Colin Green (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU)
- The long-run effects of longer follow-up. Evidence on the importance of childhood health interventions from a historical trial - Miriam Wust (University of Copenhagen)
- The COVID-19 pandemic, well-being and transitions to post-secondary education - Malte Sandner (Institute for Employment Research, IAB - Germany)
- Changing gender norms across generations: Evidence from a paternity leave reform - Libertad Gonzalez (Pompeu Fabra University)
- Maternal age and infant health - Cristina Borra (University of Seville)
- Gender equality for whom? The changing division of paid work and housework among US couples - Lea Pessin (Penn State)
Autumn term
- Showcasing Quantitative Social Science (QSS) COVID-19 research - Kirstine Hansen and Alex Bryson (IOE).
- Understanding adaptation among the children of immigrants and refugees: What we can learn from recent quantitative research and how we can go beyond the limits of current knowledge? - Ben Wilson (Stockholm University Demography Unit).
- Low school belonging and the link to education, employment, or training - Philip Parker (Australian Catholic University).
- Social Research Institute showcase: Quantitative Social Science (QSS) COVID projects - Golo Henseke and Bożena Wielgoszewska (IOE).
- School types: evidence on the relative effectiveness of different school arrangements - Marco Bertoni (University of Padua).
- A new look at the separation surge in Europe: contrasting adult and child perspectives - Thomas Leopold (University of Cologne).
- Improving workplace climate in large corporations: a clustered randomized intervention - Sule Alan (European University Institute).
- Secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal outcomes in the US - Alison Gemmill (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
Autumn term
- COVID-19: School closures and educational inequality - Larissa Zierow, ifo Institute
- The effects of birth spacing on health and socioeconomic outcomes: evidence from the Utah Population Database - Kieron Barclay, Stockholm University.
- Asian gold: expected returns to crime and thieves’ behaviour - Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway
- Employment and mental health: towards a shorter standard working week? - Daiga Kamerāde, University of Salford
- Adverse youth experiences and children’s development and education: resources and resilience - Carlijn Bussemakers, Radboud University
- Ethnic differences in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic - Alita Nandi, University of Essex
- Structural racism and health stratification in the US - Tyson Brown, Duke University
- Can parental leave break the glass ceiling? - Astrid Kunze, Norwegian School of Economics
- Perspectives from a pandemic: demographic insights and battling the 'infodemic' - Jennifer Dowd, University of Oxford
- Handling non-response in COVID-19 surveys across five national longitudinal studies - Richard Silverwood, IOE
- Family relationship influences on child and adolescent mental health - Gordon Harold, University of Cambridge
- Can school make our children happier? Exploring adolescents' wellbeing and mental health in PISA studies - Jose Marquez, University of Cambridge
- Italian families in the 21st century: gender gaps in time use and their evolution - Chiara Monfardini, The University of Bologna
- The link between previous life trajectories and a later life outcome - Matthias Studer, The University of Geneva
- Does Rosie like riveting? Male and female occupational choices - Grace Lordan, London School of Economics (LSE)
- Growing educational inequalities in subjective well-being across the life course? The role of differential risks for and consequences of personal and partner’s unemployment - Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Umea University
- The effect of decreased general training on skills, education and employment - Zoltan Hermann, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Corvinus University of Budapest
- Fear of the future: an exploration of a novel determinant of fertility transitions - Nicoletta Balbo, Bocconi University
- Discrimination and racial disparities in labour market outcomes: evidence from WWII - Anna Aizer, Brown University
- The value of a peer - Ingo Isphording, IZA
- The impacts of COVID-19 on people with disabilities and chronic health conditions - David Pettinicchio, University of Toronto
- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted school bullying and cyberbullying - Joshua Goodman , Boston University
- Upper secondary tracks and student competencies: a selection or a causal effect? - Moris Triventi, University of Trento
- Behavioural insights and parental decision-making - Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
- Revealing stereotypes: evidence from immigrant students in schools - Michela Carlana, Harvard University
- Gender differences in peer recognition by economists - Nagore Iriberri, University of the Basque Country
Autumn term
- The complexity of education policies and social inequality in school systems - Louis Volante, Brock University
- The impact of all-day schools on students’ skills- Larissa Zierow, ifo Institute
- Exploring and explaining pathways in crime - Kyle Treiber and Gabriela Roman, University of Cambridge
- Stay a Little Longer? Teacher Turnover, Seniority and Quality in French Disadvantaged Schools - Asma Benhenda, IOE
- How DNA makes us who we are - Robert Plomin, King’s College London
- Ethnic fluidity and ethnic identity negotiations in school - Zsófia Boda, ETH Zurich
- Polygenic scores and cognitive development: some cautionary tales - Stuart Ritchie, King’s College London
- School choice in England: Evidence from national administrative data - Anna Vignoles, University of Cambridge
- How robust are intergenerational income correlations? - Per Engzell, University of Oxford
- Does Rosie like riveting? Male and female occupational choices - Grace Lordan, London School of Economics
- Peers and careers: Alumni networks and labour market outcomes - Andrei Gorshkov, Aarhus University
- Reducing police misconduct and use of force through procedural justice training - George Wood, Northwestern University
- The burden of reproductive histories and health status later in life in Indonesia - Tiziana Leone, London School of Economics (LSE)
- The organisational economics of school chains - Professor Olmo Silva, LSE
- DIY or ask someone nice? - Marina Della Giusta, University of Reading
- Should I make an effort? Educational trajectories in Switzerland - Kaspar Burger, UCL
- The social gap in higher education: new evidence from sibling data - Cristina Iannelli, University of Edinburgh
Autumn term
- The effect on human capital accumulation of choosing maths at post-secondary school - Greta Morando, IOE
- The health effects of early interventions: Evidence from Sure Start - Sarah Cattan, Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Learning through test practice: A randomized field experiment with PISA on a global scale - Francesca Borgonovi, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Wage growth and bargaining in the minimum wage era - Kerry Papps, University of Bath
- Wages and labour productivity: Evidence from injuries in the National Football League - Dr Ian Gregory-Smith, University of Sheffield
- Education and intelligence: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis - Dr Neil Davies, University of Bristol
- Student preferences over fees, grants and loans - Emilia Del Bono, University of Essex
- Later pension, poorer health? Evidence from the new State Pension age in the UK - Mauricio Avendano, Kings College London
- Relationships between physical and mental health changes in later life in Europe - Katherine Keenan, University of St Andrew
- Mother tongue reading materials in early primary school - Margaret Leighton, University of St Andrew
- Tony Atkinson's last book: 'Measuring Poverty around the World' - John Micklewright, UCL
- Compulsory education and direct impacts on teenage Roma women - Anna Adamecz-Volgyi, IOE
- Trends in relationship formation based on parental wealth - Sander Wagner, ENSAE Paris
- Genes, gender inequality, and educational attainment - Pamela Herd, Georgetown University
- How reification of merit breeds inequality: theory and experimental evidence - Fabien Accominotti, LSE
- Methodological insights and empirical evidence about Italian primary and secondary schools - Tommaso Agasisti, Politecnico di Milano School of Management
- Sorting for schools: the consequences of school choice on local neighbourhoods - Ellen Greaves, University of Bristol
- Parents' behavioural response to conflict - Valentina Tonei, IOE
- Multiple mediators in observational studies - Professor Bianca De Stavola, UCL
- State power and self-reinforcing secularisation: East and West Germany 1949-2010 - Professor Jörg Stolz, University of Lausanne
- The returns to university in the UK: New evidence from administrative data - Jack Britton, Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Addressing identification challenges concerning neighbourhood effects on individual wellbeing - Gundi Knies, University of Esse
- The development, causes and consequences of childhood obesity: exploring heterogeneity using multiple birth cohorts - Dr Will Johnson, Loughborough University
- The effects of pay decentralisation on teachers' pay and retention - Bilal Nasim, IOE
- Behavioural feedback: Do individual choices influence scientific results? - Emily Oster, Brown University
Autumn term
- Residential mobility and tenure changes among separated individuals - Hill Kulu, University of St Andrew
- Peers in early Childhood Education and Care settings in Germany: who are they? - Ludovica Gambaro, DIW Berlin
- Management quality in Israeli public education - Victor Lavy, University of Warwick
- The effects of introducing the minimum wage in Germany - Attila Linder, UCL Economics
- The optimal length of a working day: evidence from Hawthorne experiments - Peter Dolton, University of Sussex
- Where do all the STEM graduates go? - Emma Smith, University of Warwick
- Intergenerational transmission of family adversity: examining risk factors - Ingrid Schoon, IOE
- School absenteeism in Malawi: trends, influences and impact of cleaner burning cookstoves - Christine Kelly, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Bias in regressions with censoring on both sides - Martin Weale, Kings College London
- Crime-age profiles and school dropout - Brian Bell, Kings College London
- Outcomes of fertility treatments for children and families - Anna Barbuscia (London School of Economics)
- Trade-off in children's time allocation: embodied capital model of demographic transition in Tanzania - Sophie Hedge, PHD candidate at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Using web surveys to measure sexual behaviour and attitudes in the general population - Bob Erens, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- The kids are alright: the rise in non-marital births and child well-being - Christina Gibson-Davis, Duke University
- The role of inter-parental relationships in predicting child outcomes - Natasha Codiroli McMaster, PhD Student, IOE
- Is marriage still best for health, wealth, and well-being?- Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton
- Equal opportunities in access to higher education in Chile - Michela Tincani, UCL Economics
- Absence, substitutability and productivity: evidence from teachers - Asma Benhenda, Paris School of Economics
- Endogenous selection bias and cumulative inequality over the life course - Alex Patzina, Institute for Employment Research, IAB
- The response to nutritional labels: evidence from a quasi-experiment - Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, University of Bristol
- Child health inequalities in the UK - Anna Pearce, University of Glasgow
- Civic inequalities across the United States - Dingeman Wiertz, University of Oxford
- 24/7 economy in the Millennium Cohort Study: maternal and paternal non-standard working - Afshin Zilanawala, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
- The decline and persistence of the 'Old Boy': private schools and elite recruitment - Aaron Reeves, London School of Economics
- Childhood infections and labour market outcomes in adulthood - Jutta Viinikainen, University of Jyväskylä
- Elite education and social mobility - Alice Sullivan, IOE
Spring term
- High-stakes accountability and teacher turnover - Sam Sims, IOE
- The association between depression risk alleles and a specific depressive profile in childhood and adolescence - Lucy Riglin, Cardiff University
- Sibling spillover effects in school achievement - Cheti Nicoletti, University of York
- Individual differences in environmental sensitivity - Michael Pluess, Queen Mary's London
- The changing context of contraceptive choice across the reproductive life course in the USA and Britain - Megan Sweeney, UCLA
- Assortative mating: a genetic assessment - Climent Quintana-Domeque, University of Oxford
- The role of social class in ethnic minorities' educational and labour market outcomes - Lucinda Platt, LSE
- Housework: gender norms and personality - Maria Iacovou, University of Cambridge
- Gender empowerment programmes for violence prevention: objective empowerment and subjective wellbeing - Giulia Ferrari, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- The direct effect of social origins on social mobility chances - Erzsebet Bukodi, University of Oxford