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Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-bear-brunt-of-coronavirus-economic-shutdown-in-uk-and-us21 Apr 2020: of employment,” said Dr Christopher Rauh, a report author from the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics. ... published as a working paper through the University of Cambridge Institute for New Economic Thinking:.
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Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/saving-half-earth-for-nature-would-affect-over-a-billion-people18 Nov 2019: Search. Search. Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people. ... Among the most prominent is sparing 50% of the Earth’s surface for nature.
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Greece: austerity takes a heavy toll on public health | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/greece-austerity-takes-a-heavy-toll-on-public-health21 Feb 2014: The Greek government introduced new charges for visits to outpatient clinics and higher costs for medicines. ... For more information about this story contact Alexandra Buxton, Office of Communications, University of Cambridge, amb206@admin.cam.ac.uk
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Fitzwilliam toasts success of Japanese year abroad scheme |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fitzwilliam-toasts-success-of-japanese-year-abroad-scheme9 Jan 2007: Every year Fitzwilliam sends a small group of students to the Daiichi University of Economics in Fukuoka, on Japan's southernmost main island, where they spend a year studying the ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. -
Listen: Cambridge experts talk post-Brexit options for the UK |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/listen-cambridge-experts-talk-post-brexit-options-for-the-uk4 Apr 2017: Graham Gudgin is currently Research Associate at Cambridge's Centre For Business Research and part-time Senior Economic Advisor with Oxford Economics. ... He served as the Member of Parliament for Cambridge between 2005 and 2010.
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Opinion: There’s no such thing as a natural-born gambler | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-natural-born-gambler22 Apr 2016: Inequality is another good indicator for gambling, both statistically and on the ground. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 22 Apr 2016.
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Unlocking the agricultural economics of the 19th century | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unlocking-the-agricultural-economics-of-the-19th-century3 Oct 2012: Search. Search. Unlocking the agricultural economics of the 19th century. Research. ... Unlocking the agricultural economics of the 19th century..
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Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/using-experts-inexpertly-leads-to-policy-failure-warn-researchers14 Oct 2015: A seemingly straightforward question, ‘How many diseased animals are there in the area?’ for example, could be interpreted very differently by different people. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 14 Oct 2015.
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Younger workers hit harder by coronavirus economic shock in UK and US …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/younger-workers-hit-harder-by-coronavirus-economic-shock-in-uk-and-us3 Apr 2020: workers and those at the bottom of the income distribution hit hardest,” said Dr Christopher Rauh from the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics, who led the research. ... Listen to Dr Chris Rauh and Dr Meredith Crowley from the Faculty of
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Poet, activist, bird watcher: exploring John Clare as nature writer | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poet-activist-bird-watcher-exploring-john-clare-as-nature-writer29 Aug 2017: How, for example, does Clare look and watch, and how does he translate what he observes into words? ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 29 Aug 2017.
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Nan Shepherd celebrated: the Scottish writer who knew mountains |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/nan-shepherd-celebrated-the-scottish-writer-who-knew-mountains4 May 2016: For almost all her life, Shepherd lived in the house where she had been born. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 04 May 2016.
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Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-activity-has-halved-during-spains-coronavirus-lockdown-study-suggests15 Apr 2020: As such, a 'back-of-the-envelope calculation' for consumption movement during the pandemic suggests growth of just over 4% prior to lockdown dropped sharply to a -13% decline in average ... Study co-author Professor Sevi Rodriguez Mora, of the University
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How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-yaks-and-humans-have-lived-in-partnership-for-centuries18 Nov 2015: The award-winning film The Yak Herder’s Son documents the friendship between a national park ranger and a young yak herder, asking the vital question of how all those who ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 18 Nov 2015
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Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/loving-beggars-how-to-avoid-the-trap-of-stereotyping8 Aug 2013: As a student of economics, first in Germany and then in the UK, I took part in countless seminars in which poverty was reduced to numbers, statistics, abstract trends. ... The financial crisis confronted me with the impotence of economics and, living in
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Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-damage-could-be-worse-without-lockdown-and-social-distancing-study29 Apr 2020: The study uses US economic and population data, but the researchers say their findings have implications for most developed economies. ... Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics.
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted24 Aug 2013: The current situation with the sanctions is not ideal for reasons other than diplomacy. ... The finger of blame for economic crisis is, therefore, pointed firmly at the West.
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Naughty money: clippers and coiners in 16th-century England |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/naughty-money-clippers-and-coiners-in-16th-century-england12 Apr 2014: For ordinary people, fluctuating values had serious consequences. Prices rose because sellers anticipated a drop in value and adjusted their prices accordingly. ... On the other hand, overseas craftsmen (from Germany and the Low Countries) were much in
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Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-economic-institute-creates-partnership-with-cambridge-economists15 Feb 2013: Applied Economics, Mohammed El Erian, the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, The Isaac Newton Trust and the Faculty of Economics. ... It will help us to consolidate further the status of the Faculty as a leading centre for fundamental
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What is it really like to work in scientific research today? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/what-is-it-really-like-to-work-in-scientific-research-today12 Dec 2013: Course leader for the ‘Cambridge Science: behind the scenes’ programme is Dr Erica Bithell, whose research in crystallography contributes to understanding how the properties of functional materials are related to their ... For more information about
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‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carbon-bubble-coming-that-could-wipe-trillions-from-the-global-economy-study4 Jun 2018: However, new research suggests that the momentum behind technological change in the global power and transportation sectors will lead to a dramatic decline in demand for fossil fuels in the near ... from Cambridge University’s Centre for Environment,
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Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/lessons-from-history-how-europe-did-and-didnt-grow-rich24 Mar 2013: current economic crisis and return to the sustained growth we had begun to take for granted. ... Dr Victoria Bateman is Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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Opinion: Economics has a serious gender problem – it needs more women …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-economics-has-a-serious-gender-problem-it-needs-more-women28 Oct 2016: If economics is to change for the better and not for the worse, economists need to draw on new ideas and new voices. ... In the UK, the proportion of girls studying for an economics degree has been on a downward as opposed to upward trend.
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Opinion: What do our spending habits reveal about our romantic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-what-do-our-spending-habits-reveal-about-our-romantic-intentions16 Feb 2016: on conspicuous luxury goods, for example a new car, a new watch, a new cell phone or a nice holiday. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 16 Feb 2016.
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: a visit to Harare’s biggest township |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-visit-to-harares-biggest-township17 Aug 2013: Despite this, the only election posters I see here are for Zanu-PF. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge.
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Opinion: Why Ethiopia is on track to become Africa’s industrial…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-why-ethiopia-is-on-track-to-become-africas-industrial-powerhouse23 Jun 2016: In 2012 they accounted for 63% of all firms operating in the sector. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 23 Jun 2016.
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: a family in Bulawayo talks about politics |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-family-in-bulawayo-talks-about-politics10 Aug 2013: I first met this family over a year ago when I stayed with them for five weeks. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge.
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Military spending did not 'crowd out' welfare in Middle East…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/military-spending-did-not-crowd-out-welfare-in-middle-east-prior-to-arab-spring24 Jul 2018: Policy analysts should not single out military spending as a main culprit for the lack of investment in public goods. ... They say the study’s findings, published today in the journal Defence and Peace Economics, provide a “cautionary note” against
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Study finds little change in the IMF’s policy advice, despite…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-little-change-in-the-imfs-policy-advice-despite-rhetoric-of-reform24 May 2016: The IMF has publicly acknowledged their objectives to include creating breathing space for borrowing countries, and economic stability combined with social protection,” said lead author Alexander Kentikelenis. ... For image use please see separate
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Agricultural markets and the Great Depression: lessons from the past…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/agricultural-markets-and-the-great-depression-lessons-from-the-past7 May 2014: well as the political difficulties in obtaining compliance from the regulated for the information required,” said Saleuddin. ... The nature of the most severe crisis in over 100 years as well as an understanding of the politics and economics of
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Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/going-underground-cambridge-digs-into-the-history-of-geology-with-landmark-exhibition24 Nov 2017: Five summers were paid for by the Treasury and four from his own pocket. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 24 Nov 2017.
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No country ‘immune’ to COVID-19 economic shock, but Asian nations…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/no-country-immune-to-covid-19-economic-shock-but-asian-nations-will-bounce-back-faster2 Dec 2020: Any analysis of COVID-19 has to go beyond identifying the economic shock and account for its non-linear effects and cross-country spillovers. ... Moreover, nations that adopted less stringent lockdowns – Sweden, for example – will not be shielded
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Head of World Bank to deliver prestigious Roskill Lecture at…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/head-of-world-bank-to-deliver-prestigious-roskill-lecture-at-churchill-college22 Feb 2012: He said: “As the international economy struggles to recover from the greatest blows since the 1930s, developing countries are compensating for the stumbling industrialized world. ... For further information you can view the Archives Centre website
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First COVID-19 lockdown cost UK hospitality and high street £45…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-covid-19-lockdown-cost-uk-hospitality-and-high-street-ps45-billion-in-turnover-researchers18 Feb 2021: and August 2020 with average figures for the same months for the years 2010-2019. ... This is 'consistent with large-scale stockpiling', they say, as people prepared for an indefinite future of home-cooked meals.
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Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/elephant-poaching-costs-african-economies-us-25-million-per-year-in-lost-tourism-revenue1 Nov 2016: Dr. Brendan Fisher, an economist at University of Vermont’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 01 Nov 2016.
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Overcrowded Internet domain space is stifling demand, suggesting a…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/overcrowded-internet-domain-space-is-stifling-demand-suggesting-a-future-not-com-boom1 Mar 2016: The market fits nicely onto classic models of urban economics, he says, and – as with property – a lot rides on location. ... For the study, published today in the Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics, Lindenthal set out to get a rough idea of
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Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/paying-farmers-to-create-woodland-and-wetland-is-the-most-cost-effective-way-to-hit-uk-environment20 Dec 2022: are encouraged to spare portions of land entirely for creating semi-natural habitats. ... On average, farmers in the experiment accepted lower payments per hectare for land sharing practices.
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From Shakespeare to Austen: King’s College celebrates the Thackeray…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/from-shakespeare-to-austen-kings-college-celebrates-the-thackeray-collection-of-rare-books18 Jun 2016: Outreach is a key aspect of the award: planned is a series of exhibitions, talks, open days and workshops for the public. ... to a generous award , scholars worldwide will soon have increased access to an important collection of rare books.
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Opinion: India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-indias-militant-rhino-protectors-are-challenging-traditional-views-of-how-conservation-works13 Feb 2017: Renowned biologist EO Wilson, for instance, wants us to set aside “half the planet”. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 13 Feb 2017.
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How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-9000-lists-written-over-300-years-are-helping-to-test-theories-of-economic-growth3 Jul 2018: Built by a team led by Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie in the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Economics, the database includes court records, guild ledgers, parish registers, village censuses, tax lists ... s a good thing for you, it’s a good thing for
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Cambridge historian and his family members announced as joint winners …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-historian-and-his-family-members-announced-as-joint-winners-of-one-of-the-biggest-cash10 Jul 2019: Research. Cambridge historian and his family members announced as joint winners of one of the biggest cash prizes in world economics.. ... Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloombery Economics, chaired the panel of judges as they looked for the best answers to
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Opinion: G20 finance chiefs meet as China seeks to make a show of its …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-g20-finance-chiefs-meet-as-china-seeks-to-make-a-show-of-its-presidency29 Feb 2016: Breaking a new path for growth. More effective and efficient global economic and financial governance. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 29 Feb 2016.
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Opinion: Forget Super Thursday, the Bank of England can only offer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-forget-super-thursday-the-bank-of-england-can-only-offer-mildly-useful-thursday3 Aug 2016: The new Prime Minister has indicated her support for industrial policy and she has established a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 03 Aug 2016.
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Opinion: Brexit shock has caused a sterling crash of historic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-brexit-shock-has-caused-a-sterling-crash-of-historic-proportions-heres-just-how-bad-it-is11 Jul 2016: A lower pound might be good for British exports, but not for housing or finance. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 11 Jul 2016.
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Brexit: Listen to experts from Cambridge and beyond discuss how, why…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brexit-listen-to-experts-from-cambridge-and-beyond-discuss-how-why-and-what-next-for-brexit-britain2 Nov 2016: Victoria has called for a sexual revolution in economics due to a lack of women in the discipline, and wrote articles in favour of a Remain vote in the run-up ... Wednesday 19th October. As well as holding the Montague Burton Chair at Cambridge, Coen
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Scientists highlight the resurrection of extinct animals as both a…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-highlight-the-resurrection-of-extinct-animals-as-both-a-strong-possibility-and-a-major23 Dec 2013: There has been discussion of this idea for some time but it is now looking more practical and the idea is being taken seriously. ... Demand for the precious horn is ever increasing, resulting in elevated levels of poaching.
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