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The winners of the 2019 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists are Jan Bakker of Oxford University and Federico Huneeus of Princeton University, who were ranked in equal first place by the Selection Panel. They will share ... Read more...
12 September 2019
Men are more likely to earn more after starting an apprenticeship than women, new research by the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) shows. The research, published by academics at th... Read more...
07 September 2018
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In accordance with the theory of skill-biased technological change, many researchers are convinced that automation predominantly threatens low-skilled workers, who are at risk of being substituted for intellig... Read more...
19 December 2017
A similar trend can be observed at the organizational level. A recent study by Erling Bath, Alex Bryson, James Davis and Richard Freeman has shown that the spread of individual wages since the 1970s is linked ... Read more...
14 July 2017
Research by Cesar Hidalgo and his colleagues at MIT reveals that, in countries where sectoral concentration has declined in recent decades, such as South Korea, income inequality has fallen. In those where sec... Read more...
12 July 2017
Prof Christian Hilber from the LSE said: ‘If Brexit leads to a recession and/or sluggish growth for extended periods, then an extended and severe downturn is more likely than a short-lived and mild one.&... Read more...
02 July 2017
There is considerable geographical variation in the opportunities available to disadvantaged children in the United States, according to research by Raj Chetty, who delivered the 2016 Lionel Robbins Memorial L... Read more...
06 January 2017
Article by Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, James Davis and Richard Freeman Income inequality has risen throughout the advanced world. Various explanations have been suggested for this, but these tend to focus on who you are.... Read more...
18 July 2016
Wage inequality was partly behind the vote for Brexit. In this video, Brian Bell argues that the consequences of Brexit should be evaluated across the income distribution. This video is part of the ''Econ after Brexit'' ... Read more...
14 July 2016
Article by Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer Gender gaps in earnings exist in high-skill industries despite male and female workers having similar educational backgrounds. This column uses evidence from the legal industry t... Read more...
12 July 2016
It's a powerful and timely point. Rent extraction and rising inequality are two sides of the same coin. Research by Brian Bell and John Van Reenen last year suggested that up to two-thirds of the increase in the overall ... Read more...
24 August 2015
Blog article by David Metcalf Wealthy foreigners looking for a quick way to get permanent residence in the UK can take the 'investor route'. David Metcalf explains how simple reforms to the system, including visa auctio... Read more...
03 November 2014
Markus Jokela, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Matti Sarvimäki, Marko Terviö, Roope Uusitalo There is strong empirical evidence of a secular rise in intelligence, but a lack of consistently measured data ... Read more...
11 July 2011