Dr Zahra Siddique’s study heightens the case for giving women the same access to divorce as men.By Michelle Kilfoyle.
Conventional economic wisdom suggests that men are less likely to assault their female partners if the women are in employment.…
The system rationing entry to England’s more effective schools could have a big impact on social mobility. Our research provides the first detailed national dataset since widespread academisation.By Simon Burgess (University of Bristol and IZA), Estelle Cantillon (Université Libre de Bruxelles, FNRS, and CEPR), Mariagrazia Cavallo (University of Bristol), Ellen Greaves (European University Institute and University of Bristol), and Min Zhang (University of Westminster)
Families can express a preference (‘choose’) for their child to attend any state school in England, but schools set the rules for who gets in if they are over-subscribed.…
Meet Christine Valente, Reader, or ‘Associate Professor’ in Economics at University of Bristol
We caught up with Dr Christine Valente from the Department of Economics at University of Bristol, to find out why she chose a career in economics, to learn about her research focus and to find out who and what she is inspired by.…
