The value of Universal Basic Income: worth the cost to the economy?
A majority of people would be better off by replacing means-tested transfer programs to aid the poor with a Universal Basic Income, according to the Faculty’s Chris Rauh.
Published on: Monday 31st January 2022
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Better UK sick pay will help us live with Covid
Dr. Christopher Rauh's research into the value of sick pay, has been mentioned in a Financial Times article.
Published on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
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Covid Impact on Working Women - Video
Dr. Christopher Rauh and Karin Kimbrough (Chief Economist, LinkedIn) discuss women’s exodus from the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic with Bloomberg’s Lizzy Burden at the Bloomberg Equality Summit.
Published on: Monday 1st November 2021
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Academic Gender Gap Widens During Pandemic
In the first weeks of the pandemic, the submission of articles to journals by women, fell dramatically more than their male counterparts.
Published on: Wednesday 21st July 2021
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Should Patents on Covid-19 Vaccines be Waived?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written a new article for the Economics Observatory that looks at whether the patents on Covid-19 vaccines should be waived to allow low-income countries to produce their own doses.
Published on: Friday 14th May 2021
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Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd and Anthony McDonnell (Center for Global Development), have written a new article for the Economics Observatory that discusses the inequalities of vaccine development.
Published on: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Has the Pandemic Changed Research Culture – and is it for the better?
Times Higher Education has quoted the research by Dr. Amano-Patiño, Dr. Faraglia, Dr. Giannitsarou and Zeina Hasna, into how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inequalities for women and junior academics.
Published on: Thursday 15th April 2021
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Complex Interactions Between Parents and Children Summarised
Whether a child is brought up by active or laid back parents can have a significant impact on their personality in later life, according to new research by Dr Christopher Rauh.
Published on: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Gendered Economic Impact of Coronavirus
A new report on the gendered economic impact of the current coronvirus pandemic features Dr Christopher Rauh. It says the government risks turning the clock back on gender equality.
Published on: Tuesday 9th February 2021
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International Women's Day 2021 - Bridging the Gender Gap
As part of International Women's Day, Dr. Chryssi Giannitsarou will be a guest speaker at the University College Dublin (UCD) webinar, "Bridging the gender gap: Research and responses to COVID-19".
Published on: Friday 5th March 2021
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News from the Women’s Committee - A Growing Divide
Dr. Chryssi Giannitsarou and Sarah Smith (University of Bristol) have written an article for the Royal Economic Society, that says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and intensified inequalities in many areas of our life, including academic life.
Published on: Thursday 18th February 2021
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The End of Free Markets and Return of the State? - Book Event
Cambridge-INET and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, are holding an Online Event with Professor Diane Coyle and Martin Sandbu. Professor Coyle and Martin Sandbu have both published books exploring the economics relating to current policy questions. Join them for an enlightened conversation. The event will be chaired by Professor Michael Kenny. Please book your place on the Bennett Institute event page.
Event Date: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Economic Impact From Covid
New research appears to indicate women on average have taken a larger economic impact than men as a result of Covid. Dr Christopher Rauh has examined the characteristics of workers furloughed in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic, and has found that women were much more likely to be furloughed. The prohibition on working whilst furloughed has also been routinely ignored, especially by men.
Published on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
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Working From Home: The Polarising Workplace
Dr Christopher Rauh, with Abi Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford), Teodora Boneva (University of Zurich) and Marta Golin (University of Oxford) have published an article for VOXeu titled "Working From Home: The Polarising Workplace". This column uses survey data from the US and the UK to demonstrate systematic variation in individuals’ ability to work from home both across and within occupations and industries.
Published on: Wednesday 9th September 2020
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COVID Economics Alumni Webinar Series
Cambridge-INET and Dr. Meredith Crowley are hosting a series of public lectures for Cambridge Alumni. The sixth of these webinars "Inequalities in Education and Labour Market Outcomes Under COVID", will take place on Friday 19th June 2020, at 1.00pm and feature talks by Professor Anna Vignoles and Dr Christopher Rauh. Please see the Cambridge-INET COVID Economics Alumni webinar series webpage for details.
Event Date: Friday 19th June 2020
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