IER News & blogs
Quality (and lack) of employment linked to mental health-related disability
A new article was published in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health by Rebeka Balogh, Sudipa Sarkar, Chris Warhurst and colleagues at Interface Demography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Karolinska Institute.
The article examines the link between types of employment trajectories and Belgium workers having a subsequent registered disability from mental health.
Improving social care in Australia
In September, along with Sydney University colleagues Dr Angie Knox and Prof. Phil Bohle, Dr Sally Wright and Prof. Chris Warhurst of IER submitted evidence to the Australian Senate’s Select Committee Inquiry into Work and Care.
How can skill systems in Europe reduce the level of skills mismatch in labour markets?
IER's Professor Terence Hogarth has successfully secured Horizon Europe funding for his project Skills2Capability. The project is about understanding how skill systems across Europe can reduce the level of skills mismatch in their labour markets.
Congratulations to all our recent PhD graduates
Congratulations to all IER PhD students who have graduated. Many will have received their award certificates by post over the last few years but the ceremonies provided us with an opportunity to celebrate. So our very best wishes go to Dr Lorraine Johnson, Dr Jeisson Cardenas Rubio, Dr Sharon Chohan, Dr Jiang Yang, Dr Rebecca Wilde, Dr Tannis Goddard and Dr Bhaskar Chakravorty.
We are very proud of all of students who have worked hard and are pleased that Jeisson, Rebecca and Bhaskar are continuing their careers at Warwick. Find out more about our alumni.
Reducing Nonresponse and Data Linkage Biases in Economic Panel Surveys
Professor Joe Sakshaug recently published a commissioned paper for the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the US National Institute on Aging.
The paper proposes several methodological approaches and lays out a set of recommendations for reducing nonresponse and data linkage biases in panel surveys, with a particular focus on the HRS.
The paper is available on the journal’s website.