A report by the School’s Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Dr M Niaz Asadullah from the University of Malaya has been published in The Conversation on Bangladesh’s new child … Read more
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Why does the productivity of investment vary across countries?
by Kevin S. Nell and A. P. Thirlwall, discussion paper KDPE 1703, March 2017. Non-technical summary ‘New’ (endogenous) growth theory seeks to explain growth rate differences between countries … Read more
Choosy consumers drive a near 1000% spike in vanilla prices
“If you had been a canny investor back in 2008, you could have done a lot worse than make a substantial bet on upmarket ice … Read more
Economics PhD student to join World Bank
Economics PhD student, Sashana Whyte, has been selected to join the Young Professionals Program of the World Bank from September this year. Since its inception in … Read more
Appropriate technology and balanced growth
In macroeconomics, we typically model production by specifying a ‘production function,’ which tells us how much output is produced with given quantities of the ‘factors … Read more
Targeted fiscal policy to increase employment and wages of unskilled workers
by Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Wei Jiang and James Malley, discussion paper KDPE 1704, January 2017. Non-technical summary The evolution of inequality has been well documented in the data. … Read more
The willingness to pay for organic attributes in the UK
by Adelina Gschwandtner and Michael Burton, KDPE 1702, January 2017. Non-technical summary The main objective of the present project is to analyse and understand what … Read more
Spatial differencing for sample selection models
by Alex Klein and Guy Tchuente, discussion paper KDPE 1701, December 2016. Non-technical summary This paper offers an identification strategy in the situation when researchers work with … Read more
Autumn term newsletter 2016
The Kent School of Economics Autumn term newsletter is now available on our website. We produce a newsletter at the end of the Autumn and Spring terms … Read more
Harmful effects of the ageing population on the economy
A study from the School of Economics has found that an increase in Asian elderly population share will significantly lower economic growth due to decreased … Read more