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  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Lorraine Dearden is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily concentrates on health professions with a focus on interdisciplinary topics intersecting health, education, and social support systems.

Their recent scholarly contributions include a range of publications addressing environmental and educational impacts on health and development. Notable recent papers are:

  • Lifelong exposure to air pollution and cognitive development in young children: the UK Millennium Cohort Study, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • How much does degree choice matter?, 2022, Labour Economics
  • Evaluation of variation in special educational needs provision and its impact on health and education using administrative records for England: umbrella protocol for a mixed-methods research programme, 2023, BMJ Open
  • Impact of air pollution on educational attainment for respiratory health treated students: A cross sectional data linkage study, 2020, Health & Place
  • Exploring placement stability for children in out-of-home care in England: a sequence analysis of longitudinal administrative data, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect

Their frequent collaborators include Bianca De Stavola, Vincent Nguyen, Kate Lewis, Ruth Gilbert, and Ai Milojevic.

Lorraine Dearden has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • NIHR Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal for Population Data Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Research Letters

Their main field of study is Health Professions, with subfields encompassing:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Education

The core topics addressed in their work include:

  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Urban Green Space and Health

Lorraine Dearden has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Human Capital Investment: The Returns from Education and Training to the Individual, the Firm and the Economy

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Costas Meghir;Barbara Sianesi

  • Intergenerational Mobility in Britain

    Lorraine Dearden;Stephen Machin;Howard Reed

  • The impact of training on productivity and wages: Evidence from British panel data

    Lorraine Dearden;Howard Reed;John Van Reenen

  • The effect of school quality on educational attainment and wages

    Lorraine Dearden;Javier Ferri;Costas Meghir

  • Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data

    Haroon Chowdry;Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman

  • Evaluating the effect of education on earnings: models, methods and results from the National Child Development Survey

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Barbara Sianesi

  • The determinants and effects of work-related training in Britain

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Costas Meghir

  • The Returns to Higher Education in Britain: Evidence From a British Cohort

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman;Howard Reed

  • Poorer children's educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour?

    PA Gregg;A Goodman;H Chowdry;C Crawford

  • The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain

    Lorraine Dearden;Steven McIntosh;Michal Myck;Anna Vignoles

  • Evaluating the Impact of Education on Earnings in the UK: Models, Methods and Results from the NCDS

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Barbara Sianesi

  • Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data: Widening Participation in Higher Education

    Haroon Chowdry;Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman

  • Social Security in a "Moral Economy": An Empirical Analysis for Java

    Martin Ravallion;Lorraine Dearden

  • How English domiciled graduate earnings vary with gender, institution attended, subject and socio-economic background

    Jack Britton;Lorraine Dearden;Neil Shephard;Anna Vignoles

  • When you are born matters: the impact of date of birth on child cognitive outcomes in England

    Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Costas Meghir

  • The effects of families and ability on men's education and earnings in Britain

    Lorraine Dearden

  • Conditional Cash Transfers and School Dropout Rates

    Lorraine Dearden;Carl Emmerson;Christine Frayne;Costas Meghir

  • Higher Education, Employment and Earnings in Britain

    Richard Blundell;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman;Howard Reed

  • The drivers of month-of-birth differences in children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

    Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Ellen Greaves

  • The Impact of Tuition Fees and Support on University Participation in the UK

    Lorraine Dearden;Emla Fitzsimons;Gill Wyness

Frequent Co-Authors

John Micklewright
John Micklewright University College London
Paul Wilkinson
Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ruth M. Doherty
Ruth M. Doherty University of Edinburgh
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan University of Waikato
Kathy Sylva
Kathy Sylva University of Oxford
Kelvyn Jones
Kelvyn Jones University of Bristol
Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein University of Bristol

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