Here you can search our series of working papers, dating back to 1983. These papers use data from our four cohort studies and cover a wide range of topics, from social inequalities and mobility, to physical health, education and cognitive development. Other papers in the series seek to improve the practice of longitudinal research. At the present time, we are only able to accept papers if at least one author is a member of the CLS research team. Some of the working papers below will subsequently have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
For more information about our working papers series, please email us at clsworkingpapers@ucl.ac.uk.
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Survey methods
Incentives in longitudinal studies – CLS working paper 2020/1
This paper reviews the literature on the effects of incentives in longitudinal studies.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Survey methods
New technologies and innovative methods in data collection – CLS working paper 2020/2
This report looks at what major longitudinal studies have already done in terms of collecting data using new technologies and innovative methods, and explores the methodological challenges surrounding innovative data collection.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Survey methods
Mixing modes in longitudinal surveys: an overview – CLS working paper 2020/3
This report gives an overview of the most relevant literature and evidence on the use mixed-mode involving web in longitudinal surveys.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Survey methods
New birth cohort study: theoretical sampling design options – CLS working paper 2020/4
This report sets out the rationale and sampling design options for a new UK birth cohort study, incorporating an accelerated longitudinal design.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Applied statistical methods
A data driven approach to understanding and handling non-response in the Next Steps cohort – CLS working paper 2020/5
This paper presents a systematic data-driven approach to identify predictors of non-response at wave 8 (age 25-26 years) in Next Steps and demonstrates that including such variables in analyses with principled methods can reduce bias due to missing data.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Applied statistical methods
Improving the plausibility of the missing at random assumption in the 1958 British birth cohort: A pragmatic data driven approach – CLS working paper 2020/6
This paper presents a systematic data-driven approach to identify predictors of non-response at each sweep of the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and demonstrates that including such variables in analyses with principled methods can reduce bias due to missing data.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Housing and local environment
The index of local area relative disadvantage- A cross-country comparison- CLS working paper 2018/3
This paper proposes a measure of ecological disadvantage– the Index of Local Area Relative Disadvantage (ILARD) – for use in comparative cross-country research on neighbourhood effects.
Date published: 13 August 2018
Child development
The impact of maternal employment on children’s weight: Evidence from the UK- CLS working paper 2018/2
In this paper, the researchers examine the effect of maternal employment during childhood on children’s weight.
Date published: 1 March 2018
Child development
Father departure from the household and childhood mental health: how does timing matter?- CLS working paper 2018/1
In this working paper, the researchers employed a fixed effects method to estimate the effect of paternal departure from the household on children’s socio-emotional outcomes.
Date published: 1 February 2018
Education
Is the future female? Educational and occupational aspirations of teenage boys and girls in the UK- CLS working paper 2017/17
In this paper, the researchers examine the educational expectations and occupational aspirations of contemporary teenagers in the UK, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study age 14 survey.
Date published: 13 December 2017
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