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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Cambridge Journal of Economics - Call for Papers
Dr Carolina Alves will be editing a special issue in the in the Cambridge Journal of Economics along with Jan Toporowski (SOAS, University of London) and internal editors Sue Konzelmann (Birkbeck, University of London) and Alan Shipman (The Open University). The special issue aims to discuss how Joan Robinson’s writings have influenced economics and continued to advance it in the 21st Century. Deadline for submitting papers via CJE refereeing process is 30 April 2022.
Published on - Monday 11th October 2021
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Indirect Costs of the UK’s Furlough Scheme
Dr. Christopher Rauh was interviewed on "Wake up to Money" on "BBC Radio 5 Live" where he discussed the indirect costs to the economy of the furlough scheme from people staying at home and preventing the economy from adapting to the new normal. He also compared job retention schemes in other countries to the UK's furlough scheme. Starts at 42.20.
Published on - Thursday 29th October 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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Female Researchers and Publications During COVID-19 Podcast
Dr Noriko Amano Patino was interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for International Research’s Ideas & Innovation Talk Series about her joint paper with Elisa Faraglia, Chryssi Giannitsarou and Zeina Hasna titled "The Unequal Effects of Covid-19 on Economists' Research Productivity" which looks at the unequal effects of COVID-19 on research productivity. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 18th September 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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Are Women Publishing Less During the Pandemic?
Dr Noriko Amano Patino's VOXeu article and paper (joint with Elisa Faraglia, Chryssi Giannitsarou and Zeina Hasna), entitled "Who is doing new research in the time of COVID-19? Not the female economists" was quoted in the Nature article "Are Women Publishing Less During the Pandemic?" which looks at the unequal effects of COVID-19 on research productivity. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 29th May 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 third of these webinars "The Firms and Jobs Most Impacted by COVID", will take place on Friday 29th May 2020, at 1.00pm and feature talks by Dr Christopher Rauh and Dr Matthew Elliott. Please see the Cambridge-INET COVID Economics Alumni webinar series webpage for details.
Event Date - Friday 29th May 2020
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COVID-19: Beyond the Virus
Dr. Christopher Rauh has been interviewed about his research in a Naked Scientists podcast entitled "COVID-19: Beyond the Virus" which looks at the impacts of coronavirus beyond the virus: how is it hitting economies, universities and our mental wellbeing plus, researchers come up with a way out of the lockdown.
Published on - Thursday 30th April 2020
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Dr. Christopher Rauh's research into The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Workers has been featured in by number of media outlets, including The Economist, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Wired, Vice, Mirage News, BBC Newsnight and University of Cambridge Research News.
Published on - Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Dr. Christopher Rauh (joint with former PhD student Teodora Boneva, Abi Adams-Prassl and Marta Golin) has just published two working papers looking at the economic impacts of COVID-19 on workers in the UK and US. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 2nd April 2020
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