The School of Economics and School of Computing are working together on an EPSRC-funded project on cyber security. As part of the project they and … Read more
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The Fall in German Unemployment: A Flow Analysis
by Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, University of Essex, CEPR, CESifo and IZA; Andrey Launov, University of Kent, CESifo and IZA; and Jean-Marc Robin, Sciences Po and UCL. … Read more
Workshop on practical GE modelling
The School of Economics is hosting an Introductory Practical GE Modelling workshop on 10-14 September 2018. The workshop, which is being run by the Centre of … Read more
Money, Macro and Finance PhD Conference
The School of Economics is pleased to be hosting the 5th Money, Macroeconomics and Finance (MMF) PhD Conference on 19-20 April 2018. The conference will … Read more
A Life in Economics
Professor Tony Thirlwall has had an invited autobiographical essay published in the PSL Quarterly Review entitled ‘A Life in Economics’, spanning his life as an … Read more
International Centre for Pension Management Award
A paper by Professor Miguel León-Ledesma on ‘Population structure and asset values’ has received the 2017 International Centre for Pension Management Award. The paper, co-authored … Read more
Research grant for study on marketing agricultural insurance through urban migrants
The School of Economics will participate in a major study, funded by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), on marketing formal insurance to smallholder … Read more
Workshop on production function estimation
Drs Olena Nizalova and Ilhan Guner held a workshop for staff and research students on production function estimation techniques on 29 March 2018. The workshop … Read more
Labor Responses, Regulation and Business Churn in a Small Open Economy
by Marta Aloi, University of Nottingham, Huw Dixon, Cardiff University and Anthony Savagar, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1804, February 2018. Non-technical summary: A … Read more
Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso
by Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University and Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1803, March 2018. Non-technical summary: Large segments of the population … Read more