S2 Ep14: A green monetary policy
We're not short of policies intended to save us from catastrophic climate change, but should monetary policy be part of this effort? Dirk Schoenmaker of Erasmus University thinks so, and he tells Tim ...
5 Apr 201913min
S2 Ep13: RCTs in the long run
Randomised controlled trials have revolutionised development policy. But do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later? Ted Miguel tells Tim Phillips how he and h...
29 Mar 201921min
S2 Ep12: Why are schools segregated?
Our cities are diverse, but often the schools in these cities are less so. Bas van der Klaauw of VU University Amsterdam tells Tim Phillips that not necessarily where we live that creates school segre...
22 Mar 201912min
S2 Ep11: Love, money and parenting
We all want happy, successful kids, so how can economics help? Fabrizio Zilibotti of Yale talks to Tim Phillips about the research that he and his peers have done into parenting and what it tells us. ...
15 Mar 201927min
S2 Ep10: Innovation policy for Europe
The European Community's FRAME project, of which the CEPR has been a partner, recently held its final conference in London. Tim Phillips talked to the attendees about what FRAME's research into innova...
8 Mar 201919min
S2 Ep9: The Big Data economy
The digital economy makes it possible for data-savvy firms to grow very large, very quickly. Laura Veldkamp of Columbia Business School tells Tim Phillips about her new project to model the Big Data e...
1 Mar 201910min
S2 Ep8: Gender bias in mathematics
Why do girls do less well than boys in school math tests? Paola Giuliano of UCLA explains to Tim Phillips that, for many girls, the problem starts at home.
22 Feb 201915min
S2 Ep7: A history of international finance
A new data set compiles the history of international finance spanning a century and a half, revealing new information about globalisation, crises and capital flows. Rui Esteves of the Graduate Institu...
15 Feb 201918min
