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In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, a long-term limiting health condition. Despite the introduction of a range of legislative and policy initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination and facilitate retention of and...
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In this study we quantify the size and drivers of the contemporary gender pay gap among medical doctors employed in the UK public sector. In using nationally representative data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, we make comparisons to doctors employed in the...
Reports and Briefings
Read our annual report, WISERD Insight, featuring our key areas of activity, income profile, funding and engagement activities in 2020. WISERD Insight 2021 Annual Report
Reports and Briefings
Discussions triggered by campaigns around the Black Lives Matter movement have prompted WISERD to reflect on our track record of research on the structural inequalities, unequal life chances and injustices associated with racism. WISERD has undertaken a significant amount of...
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UK unemployment has risen to its highest in two years this month, from 3.9% in March to 4.1% in September. Young people aged 16-24 have been hit hardest, and July 2020 saw a 122% increase in young people claiming unemployment related benefits, that’s 241,700 more young...
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This statistical annex accompanies the blog post: Are there Differences in Volunteering in Health and Social Care and Responses to the Coronavirus in England and Wales? This is part of WISERD's Covid-10 blog series.
Journal Articles
This article uses data from the Labour Force Survey to examine the effect sexual orientation has on wages in Britain. In doing so it provides the first empirical investigation of the effect being in a same-sex legal partnership has on wages. The results show that gay...
Reports and Briefings
Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge funding from the OME who supported this project under their 2018 Open Call for Research on Public Sector Pay and Workforces. The OME is an independent organisation that provides impartial secretariat support to the independent Pay...
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This article investigates what has been happening to the public‐sector wage differential in Great Britain over the period 1994–2017. The evidence indicates that apart from men in the lower part of the pay distribution, the public‐sector pay premium has declined for all...
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Evidence of spatial variance in the relationship between trade union membership and job satisfaction is limited. Using three nationally representative data sets, we examine lower levels of satisfaction among union members and considers how this relationship varies...