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International Health Economics Association award

Congratulations to Professor Oriana Bandiera and Professor Nava Ashraf who, together their co-authors Edward Davenport and Scott S Lee, received the 29th Arrow Award for the best paper in health economics, by the International Health Economics Association. Read more...

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Call for papers: Online BREAD conference on the economics of Africa

The Conference will be hosted by the International Growth Centre and will be co-organized with the African Economic Research Consortium, African School of Economics, and the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University. It will be held virtually on 7,8,9 July 2021. Read more...
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Camille Landais awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant

Camille Landais has been awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant for the project "GENEQUALITY", which will explore the root causes of the strong specialization in gender roles at the arrival of children, how this affects gender inequality, and what can/should be done about it. Read more...

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Professors Oriana Bandiera and Nava Ashraf receive the 29th Arrow Award

Congratulations to Professor Oriana Bandiera and Professor Nava Ashraf who, together with Edward Davenport and Scott S Lee, received the 29th Arrow Award for the best paper in health economics. Nava Ashraf, Oriana B... Read more...

3 May 2021

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Camille Landais awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant

Camille Landais has been awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant for the project "GENEQUALITY". The project will run for 5 years (2021-2026) and aims to understand the root causes of the strong specializ... Read more...

22 April 2021

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The careers and time use of mothers and fathers - Research by Oriana Bandiera and Camille Landais

New research on the gender pay gap has been published as part of the ongoing IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The research has been conducted by STICERD Professors Oriana Bandier... Read more...

12 March 2021

CASE News
SPDO research finds child poverty is on the rise

Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader wrote an article on the Independent about their newly published research, The Conservative Governments' Record on Early Childhood from May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020: Policies, Spending and O... Read more...

1 February 2021

CASE News
SPDO research finds child poverty is on the rise

Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader wrote an article on the Independent about their newly published research, The Conservative Governments' Record on Early Childhood from May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020: Policies, Spending and O... Read more...

1 February 2021

CASE News
John Hills

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our friend and colleague Professor Sir John Hills. John joined the LSE in 1986 and played a significant role in STICERD's Welfare State Programme before co-founding ... Read more...

23 December 2020

CASE News
LSE iQ podcast with Kitty Stewart on child poverty

Dr Kitty Stewart talked to Joanne Bale on the LSE iQ podcast about her recent Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes in a Changing Britain research on child poverty. The discussion aims at answering the question 'Ho... Read more...

7 December 2020

CASE News
LSE iQ podcast with Kitty Stewart on child poverty

Dr Kitty Stewart talked to Joanne Bale on the LSE iQ podcast about her recent Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes in a Changing Britain research on child poverty. The discussion aims at answering the question 'Ho... Read more...

7 December 2020

STICERD news
New STICERD Research Programme

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of a new STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Research Programme. This will serve as a focal point for faculty, PhD students and pre-docs in STICERD and the Economic... Read more...

26 October 2020

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Professor Tim Besley reappointed to National Infrastructure Commission

Professor Sir Tim Besley CBE has been reappointed to the National Infrastructure Commission by the Chancellor. Professor Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Deve... Read more...

29 September 2020