Discussion paper KDPE 2004 by Kelvin Balcombe (University of Reading), Dylan Bradley (Agra CEAS Consulting) and Iain Fraser (University of Kent), June 2020. Abstract We … Read more
Category: Research
Democratisation under Diversity: Theory and Evidence from Indonesian Communities
New discussion paper Discussion paper KDPE 2003 by Anirban Mitra (University of Kent) and Sarmistha Pal (University of Surrey), April 2020. Non-technical summary An important … Read more
Dr Christian Siegel, along with Dr Catherine Robinson from KBS, receive funding from the ONS
Christian Siegel and Catherine Robinson have recently been awarded research funding by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for a project entitled, “The role of … Read more
‘Was Domar Right? Serfdom and Factor Endowments in Bohemia’ accepted for the Econometric Society’s World Congress 2020.
Dr Alex Klein’s paper exploring causes of labour coercion in 18th century Bohemia, has been accepted for presentation at the Econometric Society’s World Congress 2020 … Read more
32% decrease in Companies House data during the Covid-19 Lockdown
Report download: Missing Firm Creation in the UK during the Covid-19 Lockdown Further technical details can be found here. MaGHiC release report ‘Missing Firm Creation … Read more
What does a world food shortage mean?
In response to the news of an impending world food shortage, Dr Amrit Amirapu, an economics expert at Kent, explained what this meant. He said: … Read more
Covid and Social Distancing with a Heterogenous Population
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
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
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
“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