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Political Science and Political Economy Annual Lecture

27 March 2023: The annual LSE Political Science and Political Economy lecture brings together political scientists and economists to discuss recent contributions, both theoretical and empirical, to the study of institutions, political behaviour and related social phenomena. Find out more...
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Tim Besley awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management has gone in this fifteenth edition to Timothy J. Besley, Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini. Read more...

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STICERD Director appointed Head of CAE

Congratulations to @STICERD_LSE Director @landais_camille who has been appointed Head of the French Council of Economic Advisers (@CAEinfo)

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Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper
Going backwards? The slowdown, stalling and reversal of progress in reducing child poverty in Britain during the second decade of the 21st century, and the groups of children that were affected.

Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Kritty Treebhoohun

This paper has been written as part of the Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes (SPDO) research programme and provides an in-depth assessment of the slowdown, stalling and reversal of progress in reducing child po...Read more...

Monday 13 March 2023

CASEreport
Community Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

The cost-of-living crisis is affecting households across the UK, many of whom are increasingly struggling to meet day-to-day costs, including energy, food, transport, and other essentials. With limited state support to a...Read more...

Monday 13 February 2023

Econometrics Paper
Regression adjustment in randomized controlled trials with many covariates

Harold D Chiang, Yukitoshi Matsushita and Taisuke Otsu

This paper is concerned with estimation and inference on average treatment effects in randomized controlled trials when researchers observe potentially many covariates. By em- ploying Neyman’s (1923) finite population pe...Read more...

Thursday 09 February 2023

CASEpaper
The sins of the parents: Conceptualising adult-oriented reforms to family policy

Kitty Stewart, Ruth Patrick and Aaron Reeves

A core element of a welfare state is the support that is provided to families with children, in recognition of the additional needs that dependent children create. Variation in the design, generosity and implementation o...Read more...

Tuesday 31 January 2023

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper
Public and private welfare activity in England, 1979 to 2019.

Mary Reader and Tania Burchardt

This paper offers an empirical account of the changing landscape of private and public welfare activity in England over the forty years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. It forms a part of the Social Policies and Distribut...Read more...

Wednesday 04 January 2023

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CASE News
New blog post: A half-baked early years funding policy risks negatively impacting children

While the Chancellor’s pledge to invest in early years childcare is a positive step, there remain serious questions about whether the resources are sufficient, and whether the current funding and provision model is... Read more...

Monday 20 March 2023

CASE News
Upcoming event: Of Boys and Men: New challenges for gender equality

Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute Thursday 23 March 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Online and in-person public event. The Auditorium, Centre Building. Speakers:Dr Richard V. Reeves, Senior Fellow in Economic Studie... Read more...

Thursday 16 March 2023

CASE News
Dr Kitty Stewart has been appointed as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Congratulations to Dr Kitty Stewart, Associate Director of CASE and Associate Professor of Social Policy, has been newly conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences following her nomination by the Social Poli... Read more...

Monday 13 March 2023

CASE News
Child Poverty Solutions For Finland - a review of international policies in selected countries

CASE was commissioned by the Itla Children’s Foundation in Finland to conduct a review of published international evidence on policies and programmes designed to reduce child poverty. Child income poverty rates in ... Read more...

Tuesday 07 March 2023

STICERD News
Tim Besley awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management has gone in this fifteenth edition to Timothy J. Besley (London School of Economics), Torsten Persson (Institute of International Econ... Read more...

Friday 03 March 2023

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