http://www.res.org.uk RES News http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4734331/May-31-Application-Deadline-for-Conference-Grant-Scheme--Small-Academic-Expenses.html Members are asked to note that the application deadline for grants to attend Conferences taking place in June, July, August, September or beyond, is 31 May 2013.  The Society is also able to offer financial support to members who require small sums for unexpected expenditures such as travel expenses in connection with independent research work.  More details on Conference Grants  More on Small Academic Expenses 2013-05-15T14:38:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4750021/Young-Economist-essay-competition---deadline-extended-to-30-June.html  RES Young Economist of the Year essay competition deadline for essays to be uploaded has been extended to midnight Sunday 30 June (was Mon 24 June). Further details on the competition here. 2013-05-15T14:29:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4737941/Teaching-Economics-After-the-Crisis-Report-from-the-Steering-Group.html In the April 2012 RES Newsletter, Diane Coyle reported on a conference sponsored by the Bank of England and the UK’s Government Economic Service to discuss the teaching of economics since the recent financial and economic crises. One outcome of the Conference was the formation of a steering group, including both academics and employers of graduate economists, to discuss recommendations for reforms to the teaching of economics students in the UK, In this article, Diane summarises the issues discussed and... 2013-05-13T14:02:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4570971/RES-Conference-2013---view-lectures-and-presentations.html  Webcasts from the RES Annual Conference at Royal Holloway are now available to watch here. 2013-05-09T08:15:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4628181/Letter-from-France.html In recent weeks the headlines in France have been dominated by the news of the rich and famous fleeing the country to avoid the new government’s high rates of tax. In this letter published in the RES Newsletter, Professor Alan Kirman of the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) looks at the difficulties faced by Francois Hollande and his colleagues in pursuing their own version of ‘austérité’.  Alan Kirman is professor emeritus of Economics at the University of Aix-Marseille III and at the Ecole... 2013-04-23T15:10:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4608261/Chinas-export-subsidies-benefit-Western-consumers-to-the-detriment-of-their-own-.html If China removed its export subsidies consumers around the world would see their real income fall by 1% – but China’s national income would rise by 3%,  according to research presented at the Royal Economic Society’s 2013 annual conference by Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño of the University of Nottingham.  Their study argues that a key, under-appreciated factor behind China’s economic growth is the wide range of government incentives aimed at encouraging Chinese firms to produce almost... 2013-04-17T08:12:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4608241/Somali-Piracy-costs-billions-of-dollars-and-millions-of-jobs.html Research by Tim Besley, Thiemo Fetzer and Hannes Mueller, presented at the Royal Economic Society’s 2013 annual conference indicates that for every $120 million seized by pirates operating off the coast of Somalia, the cost to the shipping industry and their customers is as high as $3.3 billion. This money is enough to employ well over a million Somalis for a whole year. The study looks at the effect of pirate attacks on shipping costs, focusing on shipping routes whose shortest path takes them through... 2013-04-17T07:59:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4573991/From-the-RES-Conference-Raising-UK-school-leaving-age-likely-to-reduce-teenage-p.html Raising the compulsory school leaving age in the UK is likely to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy, currently among the highest in Europe is the conclusion of research by Tanya Wilson, presented at the Royal Economic Society’s 2013 annual conference recently. The research predicts that teen fertility rates will fall in response to a legislative change that requires 16 and 17 year olds to participate in education or training. This raising of the compulsory school leaving age will come in to effect in... 2013-04-08T08:04:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4573951/From-the-RES-Conference-UNRETIREMENT-NEW-EVIDENCE-OF-RETIRED-BRITISH-MEN-RETURNI.html Retirement doesn’t mean the end of paid work, according to a study by Ricky Kanabar, presented at the Royal Economic Society’s 2013 annual conference last week.  His research analyses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and findsthat paid work after retirement – so-called ‘unretirement’ – is common among British men, particularly those who were higher earners in career occupations. The study followed 592 retired men, tracking any changes in their reported working status... 2013-04-08T07:16:00Z http://www.res.org.uk/details/news/4573941/From-the-RES-Conference--ROUGH-DIAMONDS-HOW-GREATER-EQUALITY-OF-OPPORTUNITY-HAS-.html Analysis by Theodore Koutmeridis, presented at the Royal Economic Society’s 2013 annual conference last week suggests that rising inequality in the US since the 1970s can be explained by the rising equality of opportunity in education.  His study seeks to explain how countries such as the US have experienced a rise in opportunity over the last few decades as well as a rise in inequality. Read More From: ‘Information, Finance and Wage Inequality’ by Theodore Koutmeridis Theodore Koutmeridis is a... 2013-04-08T07:11:00Z