Jessica Grose’s nice piece citing our new research: For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o... @sriucl.bsky.social

Focusing on the 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study we find not flourishing is highest among women and the young. We emphasise the importance of accounting for survey mode when examining wellbeing and illbeing. www.nber.org/papers/w3432... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Patrick Neuss will be presenting at our QSS-CLS seminar on 22 October @sriucl.bsky.social Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Labour market prospects are key to understanding the North-South divide in young Europeans' life satisfaction. Find out more here: www.academia.edu/2997-9196/2/... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Mari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi and UTokyo) and I provide the first evidence on trade union effects on firm-level wages and productivity for developing countries using World Bank Enterprise Data. Download our new discussion paper here: www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Thanks a lot for hosting @alexbryson.bsky.social! Really looking forward to the exchange and to seeing some of my coauthors in person again. 😄 If anyone is in London and up for a coffee or a pint, let me know! ☕🍺

The middle-age misery "hump" has disappeared worldwide – why? Research from @alexbryson.bsky.social with Dartmouth and @theifs.bsky.social suggests that increasing mental health challenges for young people are shifting the curve. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/...

Higher wages reduce job separation rates but the effect weakens when taxes rise implying higher taxes reduce job search activity. Download our new paper free here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Want a job in quantitative social science? We have two permanent lectureships in our Social Research Institute. Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social

The rise in despair among the young means poor mental health is monotonously declining in age. This is the case in the USA, the UK and many countries around the world. Find out More here: theconversation.com/lifetime-tre... @sriucl.bsky.social

The decline in mental health of the young in the last decade or so requires attention from governments around the world. Find out more here journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social

Congratulations to Francesca Arduini for completing her economics PhD at @ucl.ac.uk. Lorraine Dearden and I had a great time supervising her. Find out more about her PhD and her new job at Somerville College here www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/people/m... @sriucl.bsky.social

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been rising for the young in the USA and are strongly and significantly associated with poor mental health in adulthood. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Marginal decisions on employment retention can substantially impact racial earnings gaps. Find out more here: www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Working on the use of genetic data in social sciences with birth cohort data? Then submit a paper to our workshop here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @sriucl.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social

The wellbeing of the young has been declining in many Latin American countries, across surveys, and using various measures of wellbeing and mental health. Check out our #OpenAccess paper out today: link.springer.com/content/pdf/... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @undp.org

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues. We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort bit.ly/41EnPmu

Today is International Youth Day. So it's an important moment to think about rising despair among the young in the United States. Check out the latest evidence here: www.nber.org/papers/w34071 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org

David Blanchflower & @alexbryson.bsky.social explore new research from across Asia and the Middle East which shows that web-based surveys suggest young people are less happy, while face-to-face or telephone surveys suggest the opposite. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky #InternationalYouthDay

Here's a preview of our last edition of the year. Eight papers ranging from the impact of occupational licensing on retirement through to trust in the workplace. Check it out. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Despair in the United States now declines with age. This is due to the rise in despair among young workers. Find out more here: nber.org/papers/w34071 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Survey mode matters a lot when assessing the mental health of the young. Our paper is free to download via #OpenAccess here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Survey data from 21 European countries shows that life satisfaction is rising with age in Northern Europe, but falling with age in Southern Europe where the young have been getting more satisfied with life. David Blanchflower & @alexbryson.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

What’s behind the North-South divide in young Europeans’ life satisfaction? Find out here: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @sriucl.bsky.social @voxeu.org @uclsociology.bsky.social

Job-to-job transitions have fallen as the bite of the UK's minimum wage has risen. Download our new paper free through #OpenAccess here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social

What's happening to unionization in Japan? Find out here www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u... or here www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... You might be surprised @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Today I became a Research Fellow at the Rockwool Foundation (RF Berlin). I'm looking forward to making a contribution www.rfberlin.com/author/abrys... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucleconomics.bsky.social

Great to read that the ONS Economic Microdata Transformation team have begun development work on the prototype recommended in ESCoE's recent LEED report: tinyurl.com/t5hx4372 @christinavpalmou.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social

Why is life satisfaction of the young rising in Southern Europe? Find out here: www.nber.org/papers/w3395... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @nber.org

Increased marginal tax rates reduce job-to-job transitions, consistent with a reduction in job search activity. Download our new paper for free here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social

Our NIESR paper using ASHE-Census linked data presents new evidence on the role of the firm in ethnic wage gaps in England and Wales across the wage distribution niesr.ac.uk/publications... @sriucl.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social @niesrorg.bsky.social

Good to see that in the new Clarivate Journal Citation Report the IR Berkeley Impact Factor (JIF) rose from 2.4 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024, with a move up the rankings in Industrial Relations and Labor from 19/51 to 14/52 @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social

This report examines the case for a new linked employer-employee data infrastructure for the UK. Conclusion: we need it and we need it quickly. @sriucl.bsky.social @adr-uk.bsky.social @escoeorg.bsky.social @christinavpalmou.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Out soon. Issue 3 in 2025 of IR Berkeley. Five of the six papers are free to download via #OpenAccess @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

New research from Asia & the Middle East suggests that survey modes influence reported #wellbeing: web-based surveys suggest young people are less happy than face-to-face or telephone surveys. D Blanchflower, @alexbryson.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky #InternationalDayofHappiness

Ready to teach sociology students on our brand new @sriucl.bsky.social MSc in Sociology? Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclsociology.bsky.social

Web surveys suggest the young are less happy than older people but face-to-face and telephone surveys often find the opposite. Why? Find out here: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Out now. Issue 2 in 2025. Five of the six papers are free to download via #OpenAcess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Our special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations is accepting submissions until April 14th. Find out more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

If you reweight ASHE to account for non-response you'll find the gender wage gap is bigger than you thought and so too is the bite of the minimum wage. Check it out: www.carlsingletoneconomics.com/uploads/4/2/... @sriucl.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Tax subsidies matter for union membership and effects are strongest where unions are weakest: temps, youth, immigrants, and low-wage workers. Research from SRI’s @alexbryson.bsky.social

How important is where you work to your job quality? Find out here: youtu.be/1lktKHYTgEg @sriucl.bsky.social

It is where you work - not who you are or what you do - that explains most of the variance in non-pecuniary job quality across workers docs.iza.org/dp17724.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

The introduction of the National Living Wage in the UK reduced job-to-job transitions suggesting the higher wage floor reduced the attractiveness of quits to minimum wage workers www.carlsingletoneconomics.com/uploads/4/2/... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social

Here's a sneak preview of our IR Berkeley issue 2 for 2025 due out soon. Download the Open Access papers for free. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social

How people respond to subjective wellbeing and mental health questions is strongly linked to survey mode and differs by age. See our paper out today: www.nber.org/papers/w33475 @sriucl.bsky.social @nberpubs.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @undp.org

Employers can retain valuable workers for longer with the right management practices because they impact older workers' retirement plans. Download our paper free here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social @pbockerman.bsky.social

Our new @wagedynamics.bsky.social work using linked ASHE-RTI payroll data shows over 1/4 of working age people in employment were multiple job-holders over the course of a year. They were more reliant on the minimum wage than single job-holders www.adruk.org/fileadmin/up... @sriucl.bsky.social

Our new @wagedynamics.bsky.social work shows ONS official stats underestimate the size of the hourly gender wage gap. Using new linked ASHE-RTI payroll data we also show the gap is larger when estimated over weeks and months rather than hourly. www.adruk.org/fileadmin/up... @sriucl.bsky.social

Our first descriptive results published using new UK HMRC data linked to "ASHE" (Payroll data). Much much more interesting stuff coming, including more linkages (Census, Migrant Workers) www.adruk.org/news-publica... @wagedynamics.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social