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The annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) Best Paper Award highlights the best paper published in each of the American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics... Read more...
07 May 2018
But graduates with first-class degrees are more likely than those with a 2:1 to work in high-wage industries – and they earn starting salaries that are about 3 per cent higher, according to research publ... Read more...
23 November 2017
A study by the London School of Economics (LSE) found some evidence that graduates with a 2:1 degree would earn, on average, £81,000 more over a career lifetime than someone graduating with a 2:2; howeve... Read more...
03 October 2017
…A paper in the latest American Economic Review (AER) provides an intriguing perspective on the issue. Tim Besley of the LSE and two Swedish colleagues carried out a very detailed empirical analysis ... Read more...
16 August 2017
New initiatives planned to end 'unacceptable and unlawful' discrimination against working women Employers are being told to do more to help mothers breastfeed their babies at work, as part of the government's latest i... Read more...
15 August 2016
Article by Alex Bryson and Arnaud Chevalier This column presents evidence from a new test of taste-based discrimination. Examining hiring decisions in the English Fantasy Premier League, the authors do not find that emp... Read more...
18 August 2014