Category: Micro

Shoppers usually claim they buy organic food because it is environmentally friendly and has higher standards of animal welfare. However, research has found that in … Read more

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso from the School of Economics has been awarded a partnership in a framework contract for the provision of expertise on strategic trade … Read more

by Alexander Klein and Sheilagh Ogilvie, discussion paper KDPE 1717, October 2017. Non-technical summary: What causes labor coercion? It appears informally in most economies, but … Read more

Sometimes the price of certain foods rise suddenly and exponentially. For example, earlier this year it was iceberg lettuce, broccoli and courgettes in the UK, … Read more

The first Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics was held on 29 September 2017 in the Darwin College Conference Suite at the University of Kent. … Read more

Dr Zaki Wahhaj from the School of Economics discusses the risk that young female Rohingya refugees are at increased risk of forced marriage as a … Read more

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso, a senior lecturer in economics, comments in response to Michael Fallon’s statements that the UK will “spread its wings across the world” … Read more

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso was a guest lecturer at the Third EU Summer University on Strategic Trade Control and Non-Proliferation in Alpbach, Austria from 9-16 August. The event was part of … Read more

On Friday 1 September, Sophia Davidova, a Professor in European Agricultural Policy from the School of Economics, became a Fellow of the European Association of … Read more

The School of Economics hosted a research workshop on ‘Microeconomic Approaches to Economic Development’ on 21-22 June 2017 organised by Anirban Mitra and Zaki Wahhaj. … Read more