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Christian Zünd: Who we are and what we drink – genes, pubs and alcohol policy

March 29, 2021July 3, 2019 by Christine Garrington

In Episode 6 of the DIAL podcast, Christian Zünd from the University of Zurich discusses his research looking at the interplay between our genes and what we drink, local availability of alcohol and the role of licensing laws. The research is part of the NORFACE-funded project, Gene-Environment Interplay in the Generation of Health and Education Inequalities (GEIGHEI), which is looking at how Genes and the Environment (GxE) interact to generate inequalities in education and health over the life course.

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Christian Zünd was discussing research presented at the DIAL Mid-Term Conference in June 2019.

Karl Ulrich Mayer: A Lifecourse Observatory – no fantasy!

March 29, 2021May 29, 2019 by DIAL-MasterKey

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In Episode 5 of the DIAL Podcast, Professor Karl Ulrich Mayer of Yale University and the Max Planck Institute of Human Development discusses life course research, longitudinal studies and how they can help develop develop effective social policy. He also discusses what he calls his “just one wish data set” and why he believes we are close to having a Lifecourse Observatory.

Karl Ulrich is a keynote speaker at the DIAL Mid-Term Conference 2019.

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Jo Blanden: How well are youngsters getting on compared with mum and dad?

March 29, 2021April 9, 2019 by Christine Garrington

In Episode 4 of the DIAL Podcast, Dr Jo Blanden from the University of Surrey talks about her research using the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society to look at home ownership and earnings for younger people and how the picture compares with that of their parents.

Jo is a keynote speaker at the DIAL Mid-Term Conference 2019.

Jo Blanden: How well are youngsters getting on compared with mum and dad?

Jo is a keynote speaker at the DIAL Mid-Term Conference 2019.

Florencia Torche: acute stress in-utero – can it damage baby’s health and life chances?

March 17, 2021April 1, 2019 by Christine Garrington

In Episode 3 of the DIAL Podcast, Professor Florencia Torche from Stanford University talks about the impact of acute stress on a child’s outcomes even if the stress occurs before they are born.

Florencia is a keynote speaker at the DIAL Mid-Term Conference 2019.

Bram Hogendoorn: What does divorce have to do with the education poverty gap?

March 17, 2021February 20, 2019 by Christine Garrington

In Episode 2 of the DIAL podcast, Bram Hogendoorn from the University of Amsterdam discusses the DIAL Working Paper, Divorce and the growth of poverty over the life course: a risk and vulnerability approach. The research is part of the NORFACE-funded project, Critical Life Events and the Dynamics of Inequality: Risk, Vulnerability and Cumulative Disadvantage (CRITEVENTS).

Andreas Peichl: income inequality – should we measure it differently?

March 17, 2021February 7, 2019 by Christine Garrington

In Episode 1 of Series one of the Dial podcast, Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl, Director of the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys at the University of Munich discusses the DIAL Working Paper, Measuring unfair inequality: reconciling equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty.

Structures and processes of labour market inequalities – Highlights from the DIAL thematic workshop

March 9, 2020November 29, 2018 by heta

Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL) organised its first thematic workshop on Labour Market Inequalities Across the Life-course at the University of Turku on November 15-16, 2018. This two-day workshop brought together researchers from many of the research projects of the multi-disciplinary research programme as well as a representative from the OECD. Its focus was on inequalities related to the labour market, including working life transitions, gendered pay, retirement and working conditions. The presentations covered inequalities spanning different points of working-life pathways such as the early career, work-family relations, later earnings and retirement.