Longitudinal studies
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Date: Wednesday 19th July
Venue: Room C, Bernard Sunley Building
Time: 9.15-12.45
Title: What have longitudinal studies done for us?
The session will demonstrate the value of longitudinal studies to informing policy and also introduce new users to the research potential of the studies. The presentations will provide evidence of important outcomes and why longitudinal data was essential. Associated background information about the studies will be available for participants.
Session Programme
Chair: Peter Elias, University of Warwick
| 9.15-10.00 | Family and child development |
| 9.15 | Family matters and child well-being: findings from NCDS and BCS70. Wendy Sigle-Rushton, LSE |
| 9.30 | Developmental continuity and discontinuity in the 3Rs: evidence from ALSPAC Leon Feinstein, Institute of Education |
| 9.45 | Discussion |
| 10.00-10.45 | Health and ageing |
| 10.00 | Lifelong development of adult health: evidence form the 1946 cohort study Mike Wadsworth, University College London |
| 10.15 | Health in mid-life: the impact of development trajectories Chris Power, Institute of Child Health |
| 10.30 | Discussion |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee/tea |
| 11.15-11.55 | Lifecourse attainment, family resources and poverty |
| 11.15 | Equal Opportunities and the employment revolution: evidence from cross-cohort analysis Shirley Dex, Institute of Education |
| 11.30 | Poverty dynamics, family background and attainment: BHPS evidence Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex |
| 11.45 | Discussion |
| 11.55-12.35 | Education, training and the labour market |
| 11.55 | Using lifetime earnings profiles to compare graduates and non-graduates, and to understand the effects of tuition fee policies on lifetime graduate earnings. Data source is BHPS and LFS Alissa Goodman, IFS |
| 12.10 | Intergenerational transfer of basic skills inequalities in BCS70 John Bynner and Samantha Parsons |
| 12.25 | Discussion |
| 12.35 -12.45 | The future |
The ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies: key recommendations for the future of longitudinal studies Jean Martin, University of Oxford |
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