Co-edited by IER’s Professor Philip Taylor and Dr Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), the new Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect Global North and South examples to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves beyond popular discourses.

In this new LMI for All learning unit Dr Sangwoo LeeLink opens in a new window explores the definition of the return to education, the factors that determine it, the methods of measurement, and the limitations of these measurements. The blog then reviews some of the existing empirical evidence on the return to Further and Higher Education.

The IER is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow: either an economist/social scientist with an employment/labour market specialism and an interest/skills in data science, or a data scientist with interest in working in the field of employment/labour markets. We welcome applications relevant to any of IER research themes but would particularly welcome applications from researchers with pay or labour market data expertise. Full details of the post are available at The University of Warwick website. The closing date is Tuesday 30 July 2024 at 11.45pm.

A new LMI for All blog by Dr Jeisson Cardenas-RubioLink opens in a new window and Gianni Anelli-LopezLink opens in a new window on Chat-GPT and the UK Labour Market: A Year in Review extends on the analysis of their previous blog to show how things have developed over the past six months, incorporating fresh insights with data up to December 2023.

On May 23rd, Dr David Owen presented a paper entitled "Trends in under- and over-employment" at the UK Data Service Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2024 in London.