We investigate the changes in women's employment patterns across EU countries over the last 20 years both in terms of labour market participation and type of jobs using individual data from ECHP and EUSILC databases. By means of a logistic multilevel model, we then pin down the role played by...

The emergence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping and the rapid advancement of their stock market may results in the acceleration of the appreciation of their respective currencies and ultimately the loss of their trade competitiveness. Conversely, exchange rate...

Success, which is mostly seen as an internal talent within a child, is indeed also influenced by many external factors including the behaviour of their parents during their childhood. Though father is an important figure, the role of the mother in child’s development is indisputable. Perhaps,...

The establishment of the currently negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Ukraine is the next significant step towards Ukraine’s deeper integration into the world economy, widely expected to result in additional welfare gains. Theory suggests that trade liberalization is...

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which was signed by the government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) ended more than 20 years of civil war. According to the CPA, the Sudan’s government has 50% of the oil exploited from the wells existing in the south in...

High and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have remained an urgent priority on the international political agenda since the first Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 1990) and evidence suggests that immediate global action to curb GHG emissions is...

Natural gas plays an important role in the future development of electricity markets as it is the least emission intensive fossil generation option while additionally providing the needed flexibility in plant operation to deal with intermitted renewable generation. As both the electricity and...

Considering the wide range of CPI applications in the economy, the accuracy of estimating changes in an average price of a consumer basket of goods attracts the attention of many economists. How the index of consumer prices is calculated is not, as it might seem, a merely statistical problem....

Our modelling team uses both partial and general equilibrium models to investigate trade and policy reforms scenarios, e.g. CAP reform, FTAs, WTO, and their impact on the agricultural sector, with particular emphasis in the UK. General Equilibrium (GE) models are used in areas where a...

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