"economics" blog posts
Why are there so few black football managers?
WATCH! Dr Sam Hoey’s research provides striking evidence of racial discrimination towards black ex-players in football management roles in England.
Posted on: 16 September 2024
The link between adhering to gender norms and career outcomes
Professor Ian Burn’s research uses a novel measure of gender typicality to explore whether conforming to gender norms impacts career opportunities, especially form men.
Posted on: 3 June 2024
Women in Economics: In conversation with Lucy Charnock
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we caught up with First Class Honours Business Economics graduate, Lucy Charnock.
Posted on: 5 March 2024
Lessons learnt from the experience of lasting zero interest rates and non-standard monetary policy measures
Read Bank of Greece Governor, Professor Yannis Stournaras, speech for his guest speaker talk at the University of Liverpool, about the lessons learnt from the experience of lasting zero interest rates and non-standard monetary policy measures, on 26 February 2024.
Posted on: 26 February 2024
Assisting central banks in making optimal monetary decisions
Professor Oliver de Groot presents a toolkit to assist central banks’ monetary policy decisions with optimal projections.
Posted on: 4 January 2024
Job age discrimination for women starts at least 10 years earlier than for men
Professor Ian Burn's research responds to some of the key questions regarding age discrimination in recruitment and explains how this specifically affects women looking for jobs from as early as 40 years of age.
Posted on: 2 March 2023
The impact of domestic violence on female labour supply
With a staggering number of yearly victims of domestic abuse in the UK, Dr Noemi Mantovan explores how partner violence impacts women’s life choices with respect to partnership status, labour supply and fertility.
Posted on: 1 March 2023