Media briefings on papers presented at the conference are linked from the headlines below. For more information, please contact the Royal Economic Society's media consultant, Romesh Vaitilingam.
Full versions of the papers presented at the conference are now available.
Faith schools: the impact on academic achievement and segregation
Widening participation in higher education
Investment in an extra year of education pays a high return for all
UK Students have Unrealistic Pay Expectations
Sources of inequality in educational achievement
Designing an ideal university system
The impact of industry collaboration on academic research output
Comparing our income with others makes us unhappy
Income comparisons and suicide
The emerging aversion to inequality
Natural and man-made drivers of ethnic diversity
Family ties and life expectancy
We are living beyond our means
‘Money’s worth’ of compulsory purchase annuities
How much people think their houses are worth
Britain’s weakened trade unions still reduce workplace profits
Incentives for violence in North American ice hockey
Blogging and the economics of attention
Married women's work and use of childcare in Southern Europe
Grandma's reaction to welfare-to-work reform
Expected wages of the unemployed
Key UK export industries suffer most from the recession
Google’s market dominance – and what to do about it
Corruption can increase trade flows
How free trade agreements boost exports
Financial health, exporting and firm survival
Reputation as regulation: lessons from how former Arthur Andersen clients chose their new auditor
When falling commodity prices lead to civil war
From democracy to capitalism, but not necessarily the other way around
Less democratic countries are more susceptible to massive growth reversals
Domestic political instability: the link to international terrorism
Sub-prime, interest rates spreads and the impact on UK monetary policy
The causes and effects of herd behaviour in financial markets
Excessive leverage and asset bubbles: averting Armageddon with Chapter 11?
The economic benefits of mortage-backed securities
Joining the euro changes a country’s business cycle
Finding a new strategy for economic forecasting: select one model or average across models?
Financial Openess leads to deeper domestic financial markets
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