10 articles in this issue
John Bynner
Matthew D Johnson,Nancy L Galambos,Harvey J Krahn
Three models have been proposed to explain the temporal interrelation between self-esteem and symptoms of depression: vulnerability (self-esteem predicts future depressive symptoms), scar (depressive symptoms predict future self-esteem), and reciprocal ri... see more
Marc Scott,Matthew Zeidenberg
We examine the careers of a nationally representative US cohort of young adults using sequence analysis and information-theoretic techniques to describe these careers’ structure and how this structure might inform differences in wage mobility. We op... see more
Diana Worts,Laurie Corna,Amanda Sacker,Anne McMunn,Peggy McDonough
The recent push to keep older adults in the labour force glosses over who is likely to follow what kind of employment trajectory and why. In this paper, we broaden understandings of later-life labour market involvement by applying a comparative gendered l... see more
Eleni Kampanellou,Donald Houston
Manufacturing and manual employment and, to a lesser extent, low-grade white-collar work have long been associated with poor health outcomes. This article reports important new findings based on longitudinal micro data that demonstrate important changes a... see more
Amy Louise Bird,Elaine Reese,Mele Taumoepea,Johanna Schmidt,Jatender Mohal,Cameron Grant,Polly Atatoa Carr,Susan Morton
Differences in parent-child interactions have implications for a range of developmental outcomes, yet it has traditionally been difficult for large cohort studies that traverse multiple domains to include such detailed behavioural observations. We describ... see more
Heather Joshi,Emla Fitzsimons
This paper gives an account of the origins, objectives and structure of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) – some 19,000 individuals born in the UK in 2000-2001 – and its use in a wide range of research on many aspects of their lives in childhood years. We... see more
Jutta von Maurice
The interrelations between research, politics, administration and the general public are highly complex. In longitudinal research it might be especially necessary to focus on this relationship in more detail, as scientifically profound analyses regarding ... see more
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Karl Ulrich Mayer reviews the second volume of the Handbook of the Life Course, edited by Michael J. Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson. Building on the success of the first volume in 2003, it identifies future directions for life... see more