We study fertility responses to employment shocks using unique Hungarian administrative data linking firm-level mass layoff and closure events to individual-level birth and abortion records. We show t...

Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.

Background: Rising rates of young people Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) in the UK have recently coincided with declining youth physical and mental health but no study has asked wheth...

Christian conservative women aren’t all alike, Katie Gaddini’s book Esther’s Army suggests.

ALT: Bart Simpson Points to Australia on Globe

In July we held a special screening event as part of UCL200. Over eighty people joined us to watch a 1978 archival broadcast from Thames Television, featuring Ann Oakley and two first-time mothers fro...

Abstract. The securitization of the borders has intensified through harsh enforcement and deterrence strategies, yet little is known about what factors dri

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England data reveals stark impact of air pollution in deprived areas

A single dataset, which brings together a wide range of core variables from across all sweeps of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), is now available.

Rise in claims since 2019 has been driven by mental health and neuro-developmental conditions

This paper examines the role of dropping out of school in the association between adolescent mental health disorders (MHDs) and subsequent early-life...

In this episode, I talk to Kojo Koram, Professor of Law and Political Economy at Loughborough University, about his new book ‘The Next Fix’. Further details about the book are available…

The UK government is consulting on the introduction of minimum eligibility requirements for access to student loans. If such a reform is introduced, it is likely to prevent many who miss getting the r...

A short guide to the main piece of drug control legislation in the UK, describing its history, how it works and arguments for its reform or repeal. Draws on my research on the historical origins of…

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Wealthy universities enjoy advantages in accessing resources, disproportionately benefiting high-income students who are overrepresented in these institutions. ...