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Covid and Social Distancing with a Heterogenous Population

By tjg | 24 April 2020

Discussion paper KDPE 2002 by Miltiadis Makris (University of Kent), April 2020. Abstract Motivated by the current coronavirus epidemic, we analyse a SIR model of … Read more

Can Child Marriage Law Change Attitudes and Behaviour? Experimental Evidence from an Information Intervention in Bangladesh

By tjg | 07 April 2020

Discussion paper KDPE 2001 by Amrit Amirapu (University of Kent), M Niaz Asadullah (University of Malaya) and Zaki Wahhaj (University of Kent), March 2020. Non-technical … Read more

Kent Economists lend their expertise to parliament during the Covid crisis

By Grace Shore Banks | 30 March 2020

Over the past few weeks, as the UK Parliament engages with the COVID-19 outbreak, they have experienced a surge in need for access to research … Read more

Celebrating groundbreaking research this International Women’s Day

By Grace Shore Banks | 09 March 2020

“Gender rights, even when protected in law, may be stymied by the unwritten rules of patriarchy.” This International Women’s Day we celebrated the work of … Read more

Kent Bristol City Workshop in Economic Theory 2020

By tjg | 20 February 2020

The Kent Bristol City Workshop in Economic Theory was held at the University of Kent on 17-18 February 2020. The event was a great success and … Read more

Estimation of a Hedonic Price Equation with instruments for Chicken Meat in the UK: Does the Organic Attribute matter?

By tjg | 31 January 2020

Discussion paper KDPE 1911 by Eduardo Ribeiro, Adelina Gschwandter (University of Kent) and Cesar Revoredo-Giha (SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), December 2019. Non-technical summary The consumption of chicken … Read more

Rural Policies and Employment. TransAtlantic Experiences

By tjg | 28 January 2020

A new title edited by Professor Sophia Davidova together with Kenneth J Thomson (University of Aberdeen) and Ashok K Mishra (Morrison School of Agribusiness, USA) … Read more

Expert comment: Much clarification needed within new Agriculture Bill

By Grace Shore Banks | 17 January 2020

Professor Iain Fraser responds to the Government’s first reading of the new Agriculture Bill (16 Jan). Responding to the Government’s first reading of the new … Read more

Research Grant for Study on Birth Registration for Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh

By Grace Shore Banks | 13 January 2020

Can the registration of adolescent girls in developing countries be accelerated disrupting child marriage? Dr Zaki Wahhaj at the School of Economics, together with Dr … Read more

Decision to buy organic food motivated by quality rather than animal welfare concerns

By tjg | 13 December 2019

Perceptions that organic foods are higher quality and more environmentally friendly drive shoppers’ decisions to buy to a greater extent than animal welfare concerns, despite … Read more

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