Publications
Strand 1: High Risk behaviours in adolescence
Strand 2: Antecedents of cognitive outcomes in adolescence
Strand 3: The antecedents of physical health in adolescents
Strand 4: Friendships, Peer Groups and Neighbourhoods
Strand 5: Methodology
Strand 6: International comparisons of child development
Research Using ALSPAC Data
Strand 1: High Risk behaviours in adolescence
Journal Articles
Macleod et Al. Parental Drug Use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children’s use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: birth cohort study. Addiction. October 2008. 103 Issue 10: 1731-43. Wiley Blackwell.
Saraceno, L, Munafo, M, Heron, J, Craddock, N, van den Bree, M (2009) Genetic and non-genetic influences on the development of co-occurring alcohol problem use and internalizing symptomatology in adolescence: a review Addiction 104: 1100-21
Sterne, J., White, I., Carlin, J., Spratt, M., Royston, P., Kenward, M., Wood, A. and Carpenter, J. (2009) “Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential pitfalls.” British Medical Journal 339, 156-160.
Waylen, A., Ness, A., McGovern, P., Wolke, D., Low N. (ePub). Romantic and sexual behaviour in young adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence. June 2009.
Strand 2: Antecedents of cognitive outcomes in adolescence
Working Papers.
Children's well-being in primary school: pupil and school effects (pdf, 594.03KB)
Leslie Morrison Gutman and Leon Feinstein. January 2008. Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No.25
What role for the three R's? Progress and Attainment during Primary School (pdf, 1.68MB)
Kathryn Duckworth. September 2007. Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning. Research Report No.23.
Mimeo
Blanden, J., C. Crawford, E. Meschi, E. Tominey & A. Vignoles (2008), "Studying 'Every Child Matters' Outcomes: A Scoping Study", Centre for the Economics of Education.
Strand 3: The antecedents of physical health in adolescents
Journal Articles
Howe LD, Tilling K, Lawlor DA. Accuracy of height and weight data from child health records. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2009; 94: 950-954
Howe L D, Galobardes B, Sattar N, Hingorani AD, Deanfield J, Ness AR, Davey-Smith G and D A Lawlor
Are there socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in childhood, and are they mediated by adiposity? Findings from a prospective cohort study - International Journal of Obesity. March 2010 - online version. Lay Summary.
Working Papers
Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables: An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement.
von Hinke Kessler Scholder, S., Davey Smith, G., Lawlor, D.A., Propper, C., Windmeijer, F. January 2010. CMPO WP 10/229
Is there an income gradient in child health? It depends whom you ask. - Non-technical Summary (pdf 9KB)
Johnston, D.W, Propper, C., Pudney, S.E. and Shields, M.A. - soon to appear as a CMPO working paper.
Strand 4: Friendships, Peer Groups and Neighbourhoods
There are currently no publications for this strand.
Strand 5: Methodology
Journal Articles
Browne, Steele, Golalizadeh & Green (2009) The use of simple reparameterizations to improve the efficiency of Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation for multilevel models with applications to dicrete time survival models. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A172(3), 579-598.
Goldstein, H. (2009). "Handling attrition and non-response in longitudinal data." International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 1: (published online).
Goldstein, H. and Kounali, D. (2009). "Multivariate multilevel modelling of childhood growth, numbers of growth measurements and adult characteristics." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A 172 (3), 599-614. (Joint with LEMMA, University of Bristol)
Lawlor DA, Windmeijer F, Davey Smith G. Mendelian randomization: lost in translation? Comments on "Mendelian randomization equals instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments" by Wehbyet et al (pdf,68KB). . (Invited commentary). Statistics in Medicine 2008;27:1133-1163
Steele, F. 2008,Multilevel models for longitudinal data (pdf, 104KB) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. 171 (1)
Working Papers
Identification of Causal Effects on Binary Outcomes Using Structural Mean Models (pdf, 293.4kB)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer. July 2009. CMPO Working Paper 09/217.
Instrumental Variable Estimators for Binary Outcomes (pdf 386.4b)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer. January 2009. CMPO Working Paper 09/209
Strand 6: International comparisons of child development
Journal Articles
Burgess, S., Gregg, P., Propper, C., Washbrook, E. Maternity rights and mothers' return to work, Labour Economics 15(2) April 2008
Burgess, S. Maternity rights and mothers' return to work. Labour Economics. 15,2, 168-201. Elsevier. 2008. ISSN 14755661
Gregg, P. Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK, Economic Journal, 119,535, F38-F65, Wiley-Blackwell, February 2009
Han, WJ., Ruhm, C., Waldfogel, J., Washbrook, E., The timing of mothers' employment after childbirth, Monthly Labour Review 131(6) June 2008
Washbrook, E. The timing of mothers' employment after childbirth. Monthly Labour Review. 131, 6, 15-28. June 2008
Working Papers
Family income and Education in the Next Generation: Exploring income gradients in education for current cohorts of youth. (pdf 334.44KB)
Gregg, P. and Macmillan, L. . October 2009. CMPO Working Paper 09/223
Handedness and Child Development (pdf, 398KB)
Paul Gregg, Katarina Janke and Carol Propper. May 2008. CMPO Working Paper 08/198
Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Increased Inequality (pdf, 407.4KB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Lindsey MacMillan. March 2008. CMPO Working Paper 08/195
Understanding the Relationship between Parental Income and Multiple Child Outcomes: a decomposition analysis (pdf, 537.9KB)
Paul Gregg, Carol Propper, Elizabeth Washbrook. January 2008. CMPO Working Paper 08/193 / CASE Discussion paper No. 129, London School of Economics
Public policies and women's employment after childbearing" Wen-Jui Han, Christopher J Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel, Elizabeth Washbrook, Jan 2009, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3937 / NBER Working Paper No. 14660
Think pieces
Low income and early cognitive development in the U.K. (pdf675.1kb). Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook. A Report for the Sutton Trust. February 2010
Think Piece on Early Years Policy (pdf, 288.6KB) by Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook. Prepared for Sutton Trust-Carnegie Summit: Social Mobility and Education Policy. June 2008.
Social Mobility and the Professions (pdf, 209.3kB) by Lindsey Macmillan. This report sets out to illustrate the origin of family incomes and abilities of those entering into the Professions across time. It is for submission to the Panel for Fair Access to the Professions. March 2009.
Podcasts
Early Years Child Development and Social Mobility - Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University, New York)
Media
Although the class ladder seems harder to climb than ever, it will be decades before we know if today's children have better life chances than their parents, argues Tom Clark of the Guardian, Society. 10 March 2010. Cites research from this project.
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