ALPHA
Ageing, Lifecourse and Population Health Analysis
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The ALPHA research unit undertakes and promotes quantitative research on lifecourse, socio-economic and intergenerational influences on individual and population health using a range of large scale, predominantly longitudinal datasets. LSE ALPHA brings together researchers working on a number of projects, including three research programmes funded by the European Research Council.
Costs and Gains to Postponement: How Changes in the Age of Parenthood Influence the Health and Well-being of Children, the Parents, and Populations.
Family life courses, intergenerational exchanges and health and well-being in later life.
Economic Cycles, Employment and Health: Disentangling Causal Pathways in a Cross-National Study.
To identify the opportunities offered by the urban environment for the promotion of mental wellbeing and cognitive function of older individuals in Europe.