S7 Ep37: When development creates conflict
Economic development, especially in Africa, often implies improving crop agriculture. But many rural populations are pastoralists, grazing their cattle on land that policymakers have earmarked for cro...
2 Elo 202421min
S7 Ep36: Competence vs gender
Women are under-represented in politics. If women aren’t chosen to stand for election, and voters are biased against them when they do, what can break this vicious circle? S Anukriti tells Tim Phillip...
26 Heinä 202430min
S7 Ep35: Improving digital payments for social protection
More new research from the CEPR-PSE Symposium 2024. It’s infuriating when you’re expecting a digital payment to arrive, it is lost in the system somewhere, and no one seems to be able to do anything...
19 Heinä 202424min
S7 Ep34: The next generation: PSE 2024
In our latest podcast from the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2024, we feature three of the young economists who made their mark at the conference. Tim Phillips talks to Alice Chiocchetti about the extent and ...
12 Heinä 202424min
S7 Ep33: The effects of disability hiring quotas
More new research from the CEPR-PSE Symposium 2024. More than 100 countries have some form of quota regulation that requires firms to hire people with disabilities. Does this example of affirmative ...
5 Heinä 202417min
S7 Ep32: Will tax or finance get us to net zero?
If we’re going to get to net zero in time, economists argue that carbon taxation alone is the best policy. But less than a quarter of emissions are subject to any carbon pricing. And even then, the pr...
1 Heinä 202430min
S7 Ep31: Location, location, location
The first in a series of VoxTalks Economics based on some of the most interesting presentations from the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2024. Imagine that one day, you are offered the chance to move to a new, ...
28 Kesä 202423min
S7 Ep30: It’s a dirty job
If we want to help millions of working people who have high-polluting jobs to find news work during the green transition, first we need to know more about what they do and where they are. Orsetta Caus...
21 Kesä 202422min
