Agnes Norris Keiller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies examines how the pay and living standards of low-wage employees have changed since the National Living Wage was introduced. She finds that while low-paid employees have seen strong growth in their earnings from employment, improvements in their average living standards have been much more modest. She also highlights that poverty among low-paid employees has fallen because of stronger income growth for those who live in lower-income households.
A round-up from the news and across the web of the impact of data in the UK Data Service collection…
– Over 40? Take care of your health
– Missing out on paternity pay
– Construction numbers
– The price of a sweet tooth
Liz Smy from the UK Data Service explores the UK private rental market through researchers’ analysis of data in the English Housing Survey.
Rob Dymond-Green of the UK Data Service explores Kepler.gl, an open source mapping tool for large scale datasets.
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will be announcing the winners of the Celebrating Impact 2018 this afternoon. If you’d like to follow the awards ceremony, you will be able to watch the event live on the @esrc Twitter account from 4.30pm.
Maureen Haaker and Dr. Scott Summers of the UK Data Service reflect on their recent workshop given to second year undergraduate students at the University of Essex on research transparency and data management.
A round-up from the news and across the web of the impact of data held in the UK Data Service collection…
– How good is it for you to get outside?
– Who benefits from free access to early years schemes?
– 10 Things You Should Know About Growing Up Gay In The 60s
– Scotland and Northern Ireland
Anthonia Ijeoma Onyeahialam, one of our Data Impact Fellows, introduces this beautiful and informative site where she shares some tips on how GIS can benefit your research, from data collection, management, analysis, to communicating findings to the public.
The UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2017-2019 talk about their research and developing impact. The Data Impact Fellows programme is designed to support the use of UK Data Service data and resources by new generations of scholars through the research partnerships they develop and the students they teach through out their careers. Hear more about their role as #DataImpactFellows.