New research from the School of Economics reveals social cohesion with immigration is best ensured through childhood exposure to diversity in local neighbourhoods, leading to acceptance of … Read more
Category: Research
The Kent-Sussex Micro Seminars are back for 2021!
The PhD virtual ‘Micro-Seminars’ series co-organized by the University of Sussex and the Development Economics Research Centre at the University of Kent, has returned for … Read more
Economics Winter News Roundup
These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn’t stopped our staff and students! Here is a summary … Read more
Preference for male children is declining in Bangladesh
Research from the School of Economics has demonstrated a decline in ‘son preference’ by women of childbearing age in Bangladesh. However, the study also shows that fertility … Read more
Should older workers pay higher taxes than younger ones?
In the article “Taxation under Learning-by-doing,” recently published in the Journal of Political Economy, Professors Makris (University of Kent, UK) and Pavan (Northwestern University, USA) argue … Read more
Leap into 2021 with an International Research Scholarship at the School of Economics.
The School of Economics is pleased to invite applications for International Research Scholarships to commence in September 2021. The School has a thriving research community that you can … Read more
Higher education funding, welfare and inequality in equilibrium
Discussion paper KDPE 2005 by Gustavo Mellior (University of Kent), October 2020. Abstract This paper analyses theoretically and quantitatively the effect that different higher education … Read more
Improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: Research by Wahhaj, Crenstil and Gschwandtner
Research from the School of Economics sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers … Read more
‘Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environment’: Signature theme success.
A steering team, comprised of Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies economists, as well as academics from disciplines as wide KBS and SAC have successfully had … Read more
Makris and Toxvaerd publish their working paper ‘Great Expectations: Social Distancing in Anticipation of Pharmaceutical Innovations’
Miltos Makris has published his working paper Great Expectations: Social Distancing in Anticipation of Pharmaceutical Innovations, research in collaboration with Cambridge University’s Flavio Toxvaerd. “It sheds … Read more