UCL Policy Lab Launch
By Suraj Sridhar and Manasa Sanjay, Chief Research Correspondent and Director On Monday 30 May 2022, UCL brought to its research factory...
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- May 18
- 4 min
David Card Talks Policy: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead
By Harvey Nriapia, Chief Economics Correspondent Earlier this month as part of their Nobel Laureate Series, The Economist’s Society...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 13 min
Can Public Money (‘Fiat Currencies’) Survive in a World of Private Digital Money?
To What Extent Can Stablecoins Such As Diem Be Beneficial For Our Current Monetary Systems? Marc Clotet (BSc Economics at University...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
How Netflix Uses Big Data For Consumer Satisfaction
Vedant Kapoor Every 2 days we create as much data as we did from the dawn of time until 2003. The act of accessing and storing large...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Loopholes in the Indian Education Framework
Context behind the need for a Direct Benefit Transfer policy reform Shivam Gujral BSc Economics, UCL Introduction A country’s economic...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Unequal? An analysis of why people prefer to live in an ‘unequal society’
Aditya Jain Most of us have heard and read about the existing unequal pay, and the need for an egalitarian economic system. Yet, even...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 7 min
Unknown continent: On myths, methodologies and missing data on Africa.
Which country has the largest share of women in parliament? Which country contributes the most troops to UN peacekeeping? The answer is...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
What are the effects of Universal Basic Income on Income Inequality in China?
The background knowledge and my research framework DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION According to Philippe Van Parjis (Van Parjis, 2004) and...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Does criminalising the possession of indecent images of children reduce child sexual abuse?
1 Introduction On 6th April 2010, simple possession of non-photographic child pornography became a crime in England, Wales and Northern...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Games and Optimism – The Background
Equilibrium, linear regression, rationality… Most of textbook economics relies on strict assumptions and presents us with simplified...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
The Unexpected Consequences of the One-Child Policy in China (2)
Brief Recap In the last edition, I introduced the impact of the One-Child Policy on wealth inequality in China through an intuitive...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Explore Econ: Christel Najm
“Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Explore Econ: NRA
“Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Explore Econ: The meaning of equality and growth in the Golden Age
1. Suppose that you could choose to be born in any country in the world, and at any point in history. You cannot however choose your...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Unexpected Consequences of the One-Child Policy in China
The One-Child Policy may have been very effective in taming the fast-rising population in China, with the figure expected to peak at 1.45...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Explore Econ: Research for your future careers
Economics graduates, even those from the top universities in the country, often lack essential research skills to analyse the most...
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