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Despite many Black students progressing with economics into further education, those of African and Afro-Caribbean descent remain significantly underrepresented in the field. Find out how The Black Economists Network is striving for change.Bristol Economic Policy and Behaviour Workshop 2023: Insights on Economics
The 4th Bristol Economic Policy and Behaviour Workshop, held on the 18 and 19 of May, brought together prominent economists to delve into crucial topics shaping the field.
Hosted by the University of Bristol, the workshop offered a platform to discuss policy evaluations from different sub-fields of applied microeconomics and gain valuable insights.…
From learning to earning: Meet the graduates of 2023
Simon and Victor both graduated their MSc Economics programme earlier this year, and have gone on to work for the Office for National Statistics and Hargreaves Lansdown, respectively. Here’s how studying economics at Bristol put them on the path to success.
… Why don’t more girls do science?
Why do fewer female students take maths and related subjects than male students? This became a highly controversial political issue in England in April 2022.
By Simon Burgess &
Hans Sievertsen
Why do fewer female students take maths and related subjects than male students?…
Funding social care
This week, it has been reported that the UK government is proposing to increase National Insurance by 1 percentage point, in order to fund social care, along with introducing a cap on the total contribution that an individual would need to make of between £60,000 and £80,000.
… There can be no “levelling up” without education recovery
Yesterday saw the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins, leading the Government’s Education Recovery Programme, writes Professor Simon Burgess. The pandemic has hit young people very hard, causing significant learning losses and reduced mental health; the Recovery Programme is intended to rectify these harms and to repair the damage to pupils’ futures.
… The Economics of the European Super League
The idea of a European Super League has been called off, much to the joy of football fans (including me!) around the world. But why did 12 clubs even consider this idea?
… The Budget Statement, 2021
The United Kingdom is spending an unprecedented 407 Billion GBP on mitigating the devastating effect of the pandemic and accelerating recovery by stimulating job creation, investment and purchasing power. The bulk of the financing is planned to come from a progressive increase in corporate taxes which is a highly debated policy issue in academic circles.
… Why the UK’s Coronavirus Bailout Strategy Needs to Change
Economics undergraduate student, Alfie analysed and provided a review of the UK’s Covid-19 bailout strategy for our Economics of Coronavirus blog series.
Alfie wrote the article for our student competition earlier this year, where Economics students were invited to write a blog exploring any economic aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
The local economic impacts of Covid-19 and policy to ‘level-up’ the economy
School of Economics Director of Research, Professor Helen Simpson explores the local impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown very clearly that the impact of Covid-19 has not been felt equally in all areas of the country.…