Congratulations to Dr Anthony Savagar, Lecturer in Macroeconomics, on winning an ESRC Research Award for £200,000 for his project ‘Firm Dynamics, Market Power and Productivity Puzzles’. … Read more
Category: Research
Understanding the bias in technological change and its impact on the labour market
Dr Christian Siegel (School of Economics) and co-author Zsofia Barany (Sciences Po) have written a column for VoxEU, which subsequently led to the item being reproduced as a … Read more
Population Aging, Government Policy and the Postwar Japanese Economy
by Keisuke Otsu, Keio University and University of Kent; and Katsuyuki Shibayama, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1809, July 2018. Non-technical summary: The Japanese economy … Read more
Informal insurance in poor countries: Evidence from Malawi of the downside of having a big extended family
Larger informal insurance groups need not provide better insurance in low-income settings. That is the conclusion of a study by Bansi Malde (School of Economics), … Read more
The Missing Link: Monetary Policy and The Labor Share
by Cristiano Cantore, University of Surrey; Filippo Ferroni, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; and Miguel A. León-Ledesma, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1808, June … Read more
Technology key to making food origin labels useful
Any move to force food producers to provide information on the origin of ingredients in products will require the use of technology to help consumers … Read more
Effects of population ageing
The School’s Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama (Principal Investigator), Professor Miguel León-Ledesma, and Dr Keisuke Otsu (Keio University and Honorary Lecturer at Kent) have received funding from the … Read more
Dr Penélope Pacheco-López contributes to recent UNIDO publication
Dr Penélope Pacheco-López, Lecturer in Economics, has made a major contribution to a recent UNIDO (United National Industrial Development Organization) publication on ‘Structural Change for Inclusive … Read more
Vice chancellor salary study demolishes claims that pay rises are based on performance
Research by the School’s Dr Adelina Gschwandtner and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University, was covered in The Telegraph on 6 June 2018, by Charles Hymas: … Read more
Cyber Security: How safe is your business?
The University of Kent’s School of Economics, School of Computing and Kent Business School, in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses, invites you to … Read more