Working Papers
TECHNICAL WORKING PAPERS
Guide to parallel and combined analysis of the ONS LS, SLS and NILS
Young, H. (2009) CeLSIUS: London. 1 July 2009. [SLS][ONS LS][NILS]
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Output from project: 0300411
Mobile no more? The innovative use of administrative data linked to a census-based longitudinal study to investigate migration within Scotland
McCollum, D; Ernsten, A; Feng, Zhiqiang; Everington, DE (2018) Centre for Population Change 1 April 2018. ISSN: 2042-4116 [SLS]
Output from project: 2016_003
An estimable general-equilibrium structural model of immigrants’ neighborhood sorting and social integration
Hwang, Y. G. (2019) [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 1001968
Technical Working Paper 8 – Provision of data zones for SLS postcodes: a methodology
Campbell, K., Williamson, L. (2022) 1 October 2022. [SLS]
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THE SCOTTISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY, An Introduction
Hattersley, L. & Boyle, P. (2007) SLS Technical Working Paper 1. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 16 April 2007. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 1 (PDF 1MB)
The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study: An Introduction
Johnston, F., Rosato, M. & Catney, G. (2010) NILS Working Paper, 1. NILS-RSU, Queens University Belfast. 1 September 2010. [NILS]
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THE SCOTTISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Tracing rates and sample quality for the 1991 Census SLS sample
Hattersley, L., Raab, G. & Boyle, P. (2007) SLS Technical Working Paper 2. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 1 October 2007. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 2 (PDF 337kb)
THE SCOTTISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY, A technical guide to the creation, quality and linkage of the 2001 Census SLS sample
Hattersley, L. & Boyle, P. (2008) SLS Technical Working Paper 3. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 1 November 2008. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 3 (PDF 328KB)
THE SCOTTISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY, The 1991 – 2001 Scottish Longitudinal Study Census Link
Hattersley, L. & Boyle, P. (2009) SLS Technical Working Paper 4. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 1 April 2009. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 4 (PDF 258KB)
Geographies and ecological variables in the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS)
Feng, Z. (2013) SLS Technical Working Paper 5. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews. 28 May 2013. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 5 (PDF 1.5MB)
Education data available within the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Raab, G. (2013) SLS Technical Working Paper 6. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 10 September 2013. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 6 (PDF 1MB)
The Scottish Longitudinal Study 1936 Birth Cohort
Huang, Z., Feng, Z., Dibben, C., Brett, C. & Deary, I. (2017) SLS Technical Working Paper 7. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 30 March 2017. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Technical Working Paper 7 (PDF 5MB)
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
The Parental Co-Immunization Hypothesis
Portela, M. & Schweinzer, P. (2013) CESifo Working Paper No. 4472 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 0301301
The stability of ethnic group and religion in the Censuses of England and Wales 2001-2011
Simpson, L., Jivraj, S. & Warren, J. (2014) CoDE Working Paper March 2014. [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
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Output from project: 401002
Trends and changes in household and personal circumstances on death of a partner in England and Wales, 1971 to 2001
Hirst, M. & Corden, A. (2010) Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York, UK. ISBN: 978-1-907265-01-3 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
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Output from project: 30093
Changing and Claiming Ethnic Identities in the 1991 and 2001 Censuses
Moore. R. & Hickman, M.J. (2010) ISET Working Paper Series, WP20. Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET), London Metropolitan University, London. 1 September 2010. [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
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Output from project: 30095
Education, Health and Fertility of UK Immigrants: The Role of English Language Skills
Aoki, Y. & Santiago, L. (2015) IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 9498 [ONS LS]
Available online: IZA Discussion Paper Series
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Output from project: 0201433
Off the waterfront: The long-run impact of technological change on dock workers
El-Sahli, Z. & Upward, R. (2015) Lund University, Dept of Economics Working Papers, 1 April 2015. [ONS LS]
Available online: Lund University, Dept of Economics Working Papers,
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Output from project: 0301522
Economic position and occupational segregation in the 1990s: A comparison of the ONS Longitudinal Study and the 1958 National Child Development Study
Guinea-Martin, D. & Elliot, J. (2008) CLS Working Paper series, 2008/1. Centre for Longitudinal Studies, 1 February 2008. ISBN: 1-898453-64-0 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
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Output from project: 20121
Escalator Regions in the 21st Century: Examining the relationship between social mobility and internal migration within England and Wales during recent decades
Stiles, A. (2017) Working Papers, No. 2017/4. UCL Migration Research Unit [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Download output document: Working paper (PDF 586KB)
Output from project: 1001877
There was no golden age: social mobility into cultural and creative occupations
Brook, O., O'Brien, D. & Taylor, M. (2018) SocArXiv 27 March 2018. [ONS LS]
Available online: SocArXiv
Output from project: 1008121
The Changing Geography of Intergenerational Mobility, LSE CEP Discussion Paper No 1591
Bell, B., Blundell, J. & Machin, S. (2018) [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 1008709
Predictors of ethnic/racial identity change for mixed people in the United Kingdom
Mok, T.M. (2017) Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 27 - 29 Apr, 2017 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 1000892
Ethnicity and neighbourhood attainment in England and Wales: a study of second generations’ spatial integration
Zuccotti, C.V. (2018) EUI RSCAS Working Papers, (EUI RSCAS; 2018/25; Migration Policy Centre), ISSN: 1028-3625 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 0410030
A theoretical discussion and empirical analysis of second generations’ education and labour market outcomes in England and Wales
Zuccotti, C.V. & Platt, L. (2019) EUI Working Paper, (RSCAS 2019/38), Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute. ISSN: 1028-3625 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 0410030
Alternative margins of adjustment to trade shocks: self-employment, delayed retirement, and added worker effects
Irastorza-Fadrique, A., Levell, P., Parey, M. (2022) IZA Workshop on Gender and Family Economics, working paper [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 1007544
Where is the Land of Hope and Glory?
Bell, B., Blundell, J. & Machin, S. (2020) CentrePiece Autumn 2020 [ONS LS]
Available online: CentrePiece
Output from project: 1008709
The long run intergenerational impact of gestational exposure to the introduction of the NHS in the UK
Jeffrey, G. (2021) [ONS LS]
Output from project: 1013430
Household responses to trade shocks
Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique, A., Levell, P. & Parey, M. (2023) IFS Working Paper [ONS LS]
Available online: IFS Working Paper
Output from project: 1007544
Movement from ill health related economic inactivity into employment and its impact on health: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Popham, F. & Bambra, C. (2008) SLS Research Working Paper 1. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 28 April 2008. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 1 (PDF 88KB)
Unemployment, mortality and the problem of health-related selection: Evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Clemens, T., Boyle, P. & Popham, F. (2009) SLS Research Working Paper 2. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 17 February 2009. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 2 (PDF 85kb)
Output from project: 2008_005
The effect of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: A longitudinal perspective
Van Ham, M. & Manley, D. (2009) SLS Research Working Paper 3. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 14 April 2009. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 3 (PDF 122KB)
Output from project: 2007_006
Does widowhood increase mortality risk? Comparing different causes of spousal death to test for selection effects
Boyle, P., Feng, Z. & Raab, G. (2009) SLS Research Working Paper 4. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 27 November 2009. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 4 (PDF 117KB)
Output from project: 2008_006
Selective internal migration. Does it explain Glasgow’s worsening mortality record?
Popham, F., Boyle, P., O'Reilly, D. & Leyland, A. (2009) SLS Research Working Paper 5. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 16 December 2009. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 5 (PDF 92KB)
Output from project: 2008_010
Post-partum psychosis in Scotland 1991 to 2006
Raab, G. & Barbour, R. (2010) SLS Research Working Paper 6. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 14 January 2010. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 6 (PDF 166KB)
Output from project: 2007_007
Inter-sectarian couples in the 2001 census
Holligan, C. & Raab, G. (2010) SLS Research Working Paper 7. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 15 January 2010. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 7 (PDF 1.6MB)
Output from project: 2007_008
Migration and Religion in Scotland: A study on the influence of religion on migration behaviour
Van Dijck, J., Feijten, P. & Boyle, P. (2010) SLS Research Working Paper 8. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 1 November 2010. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 8 (PDF 131KB)
Teenage mothers and fathers in Scotland 1991 to 2001
Raab, G. & Henderson, M. (2010) SLS Research Working Paper 9. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 1 November 2010. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 9 (PDF 381KB)
Output from project: 2007_002
Estimating an occupational based wage in the census: a mixed model approach to generate empirical bayes estimates
Dibben, C. & Clemens, T. (2012) SLS Research Working Paper 10. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 9 October 2012. [SLS]
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Flexible ageing: new ways to measure the diverse experience of population aging in Scotland, using the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Spijker, J. & MacInnes, J. (2015) SLS Research Working Paper 11. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 5 November 2015. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 11 (PDF 10MB)
The relationship between educational outcomes and family socioeconomic position in Scotland: the role of low birthweight and child development
Playford, C.J., Dibben, C. & Williamson, L. (2017) SLS Research Working Paper 12. Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland: Edinburgh/St Andrews, 23 May 2017. [SLS]
Download output document: SLS Research Working Paper 12 (PDF, 6MB)
Output from project: 2011_001
The fertility of recent migrants to England and Wales: interrelationships between migration and birth timing
Robards, J. & Berrington, A. (2015) ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper Series, 65, University of Southampton [ONS LS]
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Output from project: 0301060
Who cares? Continuity and change in the prevalence of caring, and characteristics of informal carers, in England and Wales 2001- 2011
Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., Robards, J. & Vlachantoni, A. (2015) CPC Working Papers, 68, Centre for Population Change. 1 August 2015. [ONS LS]
Available online: CPC Working Papers,
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Output from project: 04010074
Between the NEET and the tidy – Exploring ‘middle’ outcomes in Scottish school qualifications
Gayle, V., Playford, C., Connelly, R. & Murray, S. (2016) CPC Working Papers, 76, 1 March 2016. ISSN: 2042-4116 [SLS]
Available online: CPC Working Papers,
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Output from project: 2014_005
Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in England and Wales
Bell, B., Blundell, J. & Machin, S. (2019) LSE CEP Discussion Paper 1591 (Replaced December 2018 version), [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
A Profile of Population Change in Rural England
Joshi, H., Dodgeon, B. & Hughes, G. (2008) CLS Cohort Studies Working Paper 2008/4. Centre for Longitudinal Studies. 1 November 2008. ISBN: 1 898453 68 3 [ONS LS]
Available online: Link
Output from project: 30031
Fertility, Health and Education of UK Immigrants: The Role of English Language Skills
Aoki, Y. & Santiago, L. (2015) CINCH Series 2015/10 [ONS LS]
Available online: CINCH Series
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Output from project: 0201433
Let the little children come to me
Portela, M. & Schweinzer, P. (2018) CESifo Working Paper, 6935, University of Munich
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Output from project: 0301301
The Effect of Education on Adult Health and Mortality: Evidence from Britain
Clark, D. & Royer, H. (2010) National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper, 16013. 1 May 2010. [ONS LS]
Available online: National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper,
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Output from project: 20137