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

Time

Wednesdays at 1–2pm, unless otherwise stated.

Format and venue

All seminars are hybrid (in-person and online) and the in-person seminars are held in Room G03, 55-59 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0NU, unless otherwise stated. Find 55-59 Gordon Square (UCL Maps)

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

2023/24 programme

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)

Previous academic years

2022/23

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)

2021/22

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).

Older seminars

2020/21

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

Spring term

• 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

Summer term

• 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

2019/20

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

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Spring term

• 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

2018/19

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

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Spring term

• 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

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Summer term

• 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

2017/18

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

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Spring term

• 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

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Summer term

• 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

2016/17

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

Series convenors

• Per Engzell
• Francesca Foliano
• Alyce Raybould
• Nicolas Libuy Rios