This study by Adelina Gschwandtner, Lecturer at the School of Economics, and Michael Burton (University of Western Australia) uses a large, representative sample in order … Read more
Category: Micro
Social Effects of the Vote of the Majority: A Field-Experiment on the Brexit-Vote
Research by the School’s Dr Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon and Markus Bindemann was cited in an article published on 30 October in Newtral, a … Read more
Agricultural policy reform after Brexit
What can we learn from Australia and New Zealand about agricultural policy reform after Brexit? This is an excerpt from an article by Professor Iain Fraser … Read more
Affiliation with GLO
The School of Economics at Kent is pleased to announce a new affiliation with the Global Labor Organization (GLO), which will connect the University of … Read more
Irma receives award for economic research
Congratulations to the School’s Professor Irma Clots-Figueras who received the XVIII Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research at an awards ceremony on 8 October … Read more
Third Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics
The third Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics took place in the Kennedy Building at the University of Kent on Friday 20 September 2019. The … Read more
Corruption among India’s factory inspectors makes labour regulation costly
New research shows that ‘extortionary’ corruption on the part of factory inspectors in India is helping to drive up the cost of the country’s labour … Read more
Irma awarded 18th Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research
Irma Clots-Figueras has been awarded the 18th Banco Sabadell Foundation Prize for Economic Research for her quantitative research work on gender aspects in political economy. … Read more
Workshop on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics
The School of Economics held its second workshop on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics on 24-25 June 2019. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Royal … Read more
Multi-million pound bee project gets green light from EU
A NEW project that aims to reverse the declines of wild pollinators is set to receive a multi-million pound investment from the EU’s North Sea Region Interreg … Read more