by Sylvain Barde, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1908, June 2019. Non-technical summary: The paper develops and tests a multivariate extension of the Markov Information Criterion (MIC) … Read more
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Ethnic Identities, Public Spending and Political Regimes
by Sugata Ghosh, Brunel University and Anirban Mitra, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1907, June 2019. Non-technical summary: Discrimination against minorities – ethnic, religious, linguistic, etc. – is … Read more
The Effect of 9/11 on Immigrants’ Ethnic Identity and Employment: Evidence from Germany
by Isaure Delaporte, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1906, June 2019. Non-technical summary: A growing concern in Western countries is the fact that immigrants might … Read more
Social Effects of the Vote of the Majority: Field-Experiment on the Brexit-Vote
by Fernanda L. Lopez de Leon, School of Economics and Markus Bindemann, School of Psychology, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1905, April 2019. Non-technical summary: The … Read more
Ethnic Identity and the Employment Outcomes of Immigrants: Evidence from France
by Isaure Delaporte, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1904, May 2019. Non-technical summary: Although ethnic identity is potentially an important determinant of the immigrants’ labour … Read more
The Determinants of Tax Revenue and Tax Effort in Developed and Developing Countries: Theory and New Evidence 1995-2015
by Marcelo Piancastelli, IPEA, and A.P. Thirlwall, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1903, April 2019. Non-technical summary: Tax Revenue is necessary for the provision of … Read more
Expert comment: UK economy grows but labour productivity continues to stagnate
Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma from the School of Economics notes that despite a small rise in UK GDP there are areas of concern, not least stagnating … Read more
Make Yourselves Scarce: The Effect of Demographic Change on the Relative Wages and Employment Rates of Experienced Workers
by Prof Michael J. Böhm, University of Bonn and Dr Christian Siegel, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1902, March 2019. Non-technical summary: Many developed economies have … Read more
The missing link: Monetary policy and the labour share
A research paper by Miguel León-Ledesma (Professor of Economics) together with Dr Cristiano Cantore (Bank of England) and Dr Filippo Ferroni (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) … Read more
Political dynasties and vote-buying
Dr Anirban Mitra, Lecturer in Economics, has recently been awarded a British Academy Small Research Grant for his work on political dynasties and vote-buying. Anirban, together with his … Read more