by Dr Zsófia L. Bárány, Sciences Po and CEPR and Dr Christian Siegel, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1901, March 2019. Non-technical summary: The fact … Read more
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Early marriage and the persistence of traditional gender norms
An article based on research by the School’s Dr Zaki Wahhaj, Reader in Economics and his co-author Professor M. Niaz Asadullah from the University of Malaya, … Read more
Workshop: Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics
The School of Economics is hosting a workshop, sponsored by the Royal Economic Society, on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics: Organisations, Institutions and the Mind. … Read more
Undergraduate Surveys – update
Join us to complete either the NSS or the UGS in a computer room this week. We’re providing a FREE drink and chocolate!! Week 20 Thu … Read more
First Kent Economics Summit
The first Kent Economics Summit – ‘Economics in Today’s World’ – will take place on Saturday 2 March in Templeman Lecture Theatre (11am – 5pm). This … Read more
Miguel appointed Fellow of CEPR
Congratulations to Professor Miguel León-Ledesma on his appointment as Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). The prestigious CEPR is a research network of economists established … Read more
Still chance to apply for new degree-level apprenticeship in economics
The deadline for applications to the UK’s first degree-level apprenticeship in economics, provided by the University’s School of Economics, is 20 January. The partnership between … Read more
De-linking final Basic Payments from farming: hardly ‘public money for public goods’
An interesting piece by Professor Iain Fraser in the Food Research Collaboration blog Food Voices on 12 December 2018 on ‘De-linking final Basic Payments from Farming’: ‘In … Read more
The Effects of Risk and Ambiguity Aversion on Technology Adoption: Evidence from Aquaculture in Ghana
by Dr Christian Crentsil, Dr Adelina Gschwandtner and Dr Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1814, December 2018. Non-technical summary: Small-scale farmers in developing countries … Read more
A Simple Model of Growth Slowdown
by Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1813, October 2018. Non-technical summary: After the Great Recession around 2007-8, the U.K. has experienced the … Read more