Welcome
to the Winter issue of Society Now, the ESRC’s regular magazine which showcases the impact of the social science research we fund. In this issue Professor Philip McCann explains the massive differences in economic productivity between UK regions and nations, and why our system of government is ill- equipped to address the issues. Features look at the new Administrative Data
Research Partnership – a collaboration between the ESRC, the Office for National Statistics and centres in the devolved UK administrations. And the age divide, where residential age segregation means the old and young are now living in different areas. Agnes Norris Keiller of the Institute for
Fiscal Studies examines how UK trade policy may change after Brexit. And the latest Skills and Employment Survey shows we are working harder, feel we have less say, but are less anxious about losing our jobs. Finally, economist Scott Corfe tells us about
the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the effects it may have on our lives.
Nick Stevens, Editor -
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esrc.ukri.org Society ow WINTER 2018 ISSUE 33
of differences The UK’s productivity puzzle
A nation
Data at work: The benefi ts of better access
The age divide: Old and young living apart
The views and statements
expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the ESRC
More work, less say: What do we think about our jobs?
In this issue REGULARS
3 News Findings from recent research projects.
13 Opinion Social Market Foundation Chief Economist Scott Corfe explains how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is set to radically change the way we live our lives.
20 The UK by numbers: Wealth and debt 33 News and people
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr John Cook is a research assistant professor at George Mason University.
Tin Hinane El Kadi is a political economy researcher at the LSE.
Alan Felstead is Research Professor at Cardiff University.
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Francis Green is Professor of Work and Education Economics, UCL.
Martin Ince is a freelance science writer and media advisor and trainer
Stephan Lewandowsky is Professor of Cognitive
Psychology, University of Bristol.
Agnes Norris Keiller is a research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Dr Sander van der Linden is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Cambridge.
26 FEATURES
10 More work, less say We are working harder but are less anxious about losing our job, according to findings from the latest Skills and Employment Survey.
14 North and south Why are only a small percentage of papers published in academic journals from authors in the Global South?
16 Inoculating against fake news? Misinformation can stick even when people know that it is false. How can we unstick it?
22 Voices: A nation of differences Professor Philip McCann explains the enigma of the UK with its massive differences in economic productivity between regions and nations.
26 Putting data to work The new Administrative Data Research Partnership is designed to support government and academic objectives through better access to data.
28 The age divide Debates have almost ignored residential age segregation as one of the consequences of the housing affordability crisis. Is it a problem?
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Society Now WE LA TH AND
DEBT BY NUMBERS
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