A paper by Professor Miguel León-Ledesma on ‘Population structure and asset values’ has received the 2017 International Centre for Pension Management Award. The paper, co-authored … Read more
Category: Research
Research grant for study on marketing agricultural insurance through urban migrants
The School of Economics will participate in a major study, funded by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), on marketing formal insurance to smallholder … Read more
Workshop on production function estimation
Drs Olena Nizalova and Ilhan Guner held a workshop for staff and research students on production function estimation techniques on 29 March 2018. The workshop … Read more
Labor Responses, Regulation and Business Churn in a Small Open Economy
by Marta Aloi, University of Nottingham, Huw Dixon, Cardiff University and Anthony Savagar, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1804, February 2018. Non-technical summary: A … Read more
Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso
by Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University and Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1803, March 2018. Non-technical summary: Large segments of the population … Read more
Food and consumers: Current issues and future directions
On Friday 6 April, Professor Iain Fraser (School of Economics), Professor Ben Lowe (Kent Business School) and Dr Diogo Souza-Monteiro (Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle … Read more
Social diversity and bridging identity
by María D. C. García-Alonso and Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1802, February 2018. Non-technical summary: A shared social identity is potentially … Read more
Christian Siegel’s work featured in Pro-Market blog
Research by Dr Christian Siegel (with Zsófia Bárány) was featured on 1 March in Pro-Market, the blog of the Stigler Center at the University of … Read more
Biased technological change and employment reallocation
by Zsófia L. Bárány, Sciences Po and CEPR and Christian Siegel, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1801, February 2018. Non-technical summary: It is well … Read more
Great Thinkers in Economics: James Meade
The 21st volume in the Great Thinkers in Economics series, edited by Professor Tony Thirlwall, has been published on James Meade. James Meade won the … Read more