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- Comment
- Posted 4 years ago
The US Economy is Failing Young People
The US economy is improving, so we are told. With the financial crash receding into the distance, almost out of sight, things are looking up, the future is finally brightening. Unemployment reached a 50-year low in 2019, falling to 3.5%, while US employers have added almost 5 million jobs in just two years. These are ‘the best economic numbers our country has ever experienced’, the President declared at Davos, with characteristic humility. And bombast aside, his sentiment is not without foundation, the US economy is posting some good numbers. In addition to jobs, GDP has been growing at close to 3 percent annually, and the Dow Jones has increased by 49% is the last 3 years - all of which is great election fodder for the coming campaign. Democrats should be wary.
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- Ranking
- Posted 9 years ago
Top Summer Schools in Finance & Accounting 2015
Summer schools offer a chance to visit top international universities and get to know their research and academic culture, while learning new skills and spending time with fellow students. Today we're looking at the top schools for Finance and Accounting.
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- A Flawed System
- Posted 3 years ago
The Problems With Development Aid
Development aid: what is it good for? Well, according to much research the answer may well be absolutely nothing. In fact, it may well be worse than nothing. When judged against its aim of ‘instigating economic development and alleviating poverty’, its record is so dismal it looks as though aid actually hinders the achievement of its own stated goals. And the curious thing is this seems to be something of an open secret. Even to an untrained eye the big numbers pertaining to development aid don’t look right. Take Africa, for example. Over $1 trillion dollars has been pumped into the continent in the last 50 years, and how much has it benefited? How many African countries are actually in a better condition now than they were before receiving aid?
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Work visas for the US (for academic & highly qualified professionals)
If you're an academic looking to extend your career and find the right next position for you, many opportunities are available in Northern America. For postdocs and junior lecturers especially, it's important to be able to relocate to the best lab or department that you can for your work. For many disciplines, some of the world-leading institutions and researchers are based in the US, so many academics choose to spend some time working there in order to gain the best experience possible.
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- Senior Researcher / Group Leader Job
- (Partially Remote)
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Research Officer - Microeconometrics/Statistics
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- Blog Post
- Posted 3 years ago
Were We Ready for Brexit?
2021 began not only with an understanding that COVID-19 restrictions would likely continue for some time, but that the effects of Brexit – Great Britain leaving European Union – would also start to be felt. That Brexit would bring about changes to the UK/EU border was known for months. And yet, when it happened, most of the carriers and state institutions were not ready, creating (or rather, extending) the chaos in ports and near the Eurotunnel.
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- Summer School
- Posted 1 month ago
Nobel Laureates in Economics at the I.S.E.O. Summer School - "The World Economy's Shifting Winds"
Starts 15 Jun at Istituto Iseo in Iseo, Italy -
- Internship
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Master MESCI
At University of Rome Tor Vergata in Rome, Italy -
- Master's Program
- Posted 2 months ago
Master in Economics, University of Udine
at University of Udine in Udine, Italy -
- Master's Program
- Posted 1 month ago
Master in Applied Research in Economics and Business (MAREB)
Starts 18 Sep at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain -
- Career Advice Article
- Posted 4 years ago
Plan B: What to do if your PhD Application is Rejected
If you've applied to do a PhD but have been unsuccessful, don't despair! Although having an application rejected can be disheartening, it isn't unusual, and it can often take people a couple of tries until they get accepted onto a course. Here are a few tips on what to do if your PhD application is rejected. If you plan to improve your PhD application this autumn, download our free guide "How to successfully apply to a PhD in Economics"
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Applying to Summer School and How To Make The Most out of Your Summer School Experience
If you're interested in attending a summer school this year, now is the time to start planning. Deadlines are approaching soon, so check out our series of posts on the top summer schools by discipline to find the best summer school opportunities in your subject. Here are some of the ways that you can make the most out of your summer school experience, during both the application period and once the course actually starts.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Resources for economics students to learn statistics
A subject that many new economics students – and some older economics students too – struggle with is statistics. Statistics are an essential tool for economics, allowing data analysis and modelling to be accurate and mathematically correct. More broadly, statistics are of great importance in all of our daily lives as this fantastic infographic on applied statistics from Michigan Tech University illustrates.
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- Study Advice Article, Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Tips for reformatting your manuscript to submit to a new journal
As every academic knows, writing a paper for submission to a journal is a long and arduous process. It is common for papers to be rejected from the first journal that you submit to, so you will have to reformat the manuscript and resubmit it to another journal. This process of reformatting requires quite a bit of work, even when the paper is staying essentially the same and the only changes being made are cosmetic. Every journal has its own rules about formatting such as fonts to be used, margins, the type and number of images allowed, and citation format. To help you with this process, here are our tips for reformatting your manuscript to submit to a new journal.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Tips on Studying Abroad in Spain at the Master's Level
Even if you are not interested in earning a full graduate degree in Spain, there are many alternatives for spending time there as a student. Spain is one of the most popular destination countries for students spending a summer, semester or full year abroad. At the Master’s level, you have a number of different options available to you, which we will outline in this article.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 4 years ago
The Challenges of Microfinance
Since its inception in the 1970s, microfinance has become the darling of development organisations the world over - the idea with the potential to save the planet’s poor. Pioneered by Bangladeshi social entrepreneur and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, it provides the financially marginalized with banking services that, given their impoverishment, would otherwise be out of reach. Such provision, its proponents claim, empowers the poor to take control of their own lives and plot their own path out of poverty - an antidote that is humane, retains the dignity of it recipients, and is lucrative. Aside from bank accounts and insurance, it is mostly implemented in the form of microloans.
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- Seasonal Recruitment
- Posted 1 year ago
How to Recruit Economics Students Over Christmas
While there is a slight slowdown in the immediate period surrounding Christmas and New Year, December is still prime recruitment season and it would be a mistake to wind down your campaigns too early
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- Master's Program
- Posted 1 month ago
Master in Public and International Economics
Starts 1 Oct at Technische Universität Dresden in Dresden, Germany -
- Blog Post
- Posted 4 years ago
What do Millennials Think?
Sandwiched snugly between generations X and Z, Millennials, it's fair to say, have had it tough. Entering the workforce around the time of the Great Recession and now enduring the disorienting forces of the so-called fourth industrial revolution (also known as Industry 4.0), their world has been one of constant flux. History is accelerating faster than ever and technological progress in some areas is exponential, rapidly changing the face of work. And yet, with the possibility of abundance now a reality, Millennials are experiencing their economic opportunities reduce, many privileges enjoyed by their baby-booming forbears – improving living standards, home ownership etc. – increasingly out of reach.
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- Conference
- Posted 2 months ago
13th PhD Student Conference on International Macroeconomics
Between 3 May and 3 May in Nanterre, France -
- Preemptive Action
- Posted 3 years ago
10 Biggest Struggles of PhD Students
Starting a PhD is an incredibly daunting task. Normally at least 3 years, there are some challenges that you are almost certainly going to have to face during the program. Below we look at some of the biggest (and most common) problems that PhD students encounter.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Why Study in Spain? Top 5 Reasons to Head to the Iberian Peninsula
Spain is the first country we will be highlighting in a new series exploring top destinations for students from around the world. Spain is one of the most popular countries in Europe for students interested in either short-term or longer exchange programs, as well as for those looking to earn a full degree in a foreign country.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 4 years ago
How to Write a Cover Letter: Five Steps to Success
Whether you’re still a student, a recent graduate, or already years into your career, mastering the art of cover letter writing is useful at every level. In one form or another, cover letters are a required component of applications to jobs, study programs, conferences, scholarships and many other important opportunities along your career path.
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- Event
- Posted 2 months ago
IOEA 2024 - 21th session of the Institutional and Organizational Economics Academy
Between 20 May and 24 May in Cargèse, France -
- Scholarship, PhD Candidate Job, Postgraduate Scholarship
- Posted 2 weeks ago
PhD Scholarship in Agricultural / Environmental and Resource Economics
At University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg, Denmark
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