{"id":2932,"date":"2021-06-01T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2021-12-02T12:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:54:42","slug":"may-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2021\/06\/01\/may-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"May News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Many of us have been immersed in exam season this month on campus, whilst our research outlook has been set to global. Read about our real world impact here.  <\/p>\n<h2>We launched Everyday Economics!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Our new Outreach programme, designed by students to teach everyday finances to 16-18 year olds, is ready to roll out through schools across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2896\/launching-everyday-economics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">Your Economics Society Needs You!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you want to improve your networking, time management and\u00a0organisational skills, whilst also having fun at the same time?\u00a0\u00a0If so, the Economics Society are electing committee members for the academic year 2021\/2022. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2879\/your-economics-society-needs-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get involved!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Are you working towards a Year in Industry?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On Tuesday 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May we held our annual year in industry talk for Stage One Economics students run by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/457\/pacheco-l%C3%B3pez-pen%C3%A9lope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Penelope Pacheco Lopez<\/a>, Director of Placements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2944\/working-towards-a-year-in-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more about a placement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">What is the economic outlook for the UK?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">The Office of National Statistics estimated that the UK economy has grown by 2.1% in March 2021. Head of School, and Director of MaGHiC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/451\/le%C3%B3n-ledesma-miguel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Miguel Le\u00f3n-Ledesma<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2907\/if-the-vaccine-programme-succeeds-and-society-returns-to-normal-in-the-near-future-what-will-economic-growth-look-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breaks this down for us<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>NIESR preview analysis of live firm creation data by Kent economists for their Spring 2021 UK economic outlook. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2891\/trough-to-boom-uk-firm-creation-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have a look<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our research was international<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Research by \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2993\/makris-miltos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Miltos Makris<\/a> argues older workers should pay higher taxes than younger workers. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2963\/research-argues-older-workers-should-pay-higher-taxes-than-younger-workers-in-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read why<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2276\/clots-figueras-irma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Irma Clots-Figueras<\/a> collaborated on a paper examining policy effectiveness as a function of leader identity using a series of group experiments involving coordination games to measure responses to Muslim and Hindu leaders. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2916\/how-do-people-in-india-respond-differently-to-leaders-of-different-faiths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Dr Zaki Wahhaj joined an international research team on a project promoting the production and consumption of millet through village-based &#8216;Self-help&#8217; groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2969\/dr-zaki-wahhaj-to-join-an-international-research-team-on-a-project-on-promoting-the-production-and-consumption-of-millets-through-womens-collective-enterprises-in-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/3276\/vickerman-roger\">Professor Roger Vickerman<\/a> published the &#8216;International Encyclopaedia of Transportation&#8217; bringing a cross-cutting and integrated approach to all aspects of transportation to create an indispensable reference. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2992\/international-encyclopaedia-of-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article__lead\">\n<h2>Save the date!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article__lead\">\n<ul>\n<li>This year\u2019s annual <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/maghic\/\">MaGHiC<\/a> Lecture will be delivered by Professor <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu\/~kmatsu\/\">Kiminori Matsuyama<\/a>\u00a0(Northwestern University) presenting \u201cA technology gap model of premature deindustrialization\u201d with<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/keio.pure.elsevier.com\/en\/persons\/ippei-fujiwara\"> Ippei Fujiwara.<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2939\/the-maghic-lecture-2021-delivered-by-prof-kiminori-matsuyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Time to retire?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/439\/davidova-sophia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Sophia Davidova<\/a> from Kent\u2019s Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies explains that an intergenerational shift in farming is necessary. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2926\/new-blood-needed-in-farming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\"><strong>Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Economics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have been immersed in exam season this month on campus, whilst our research outlook has been set to global. Read about our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2021\/06\/01\/may-news-roundup\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61662,"featured_media":3011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2999,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions\/2999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}