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How this year’s Nobel winners changed the thinking on economic growth

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, who was awarded the prize and why? Dr Antonio Navas writes for The Conversation.

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New research into the economic consequences of commodity price volatility

Dr Juan Paez-Farrell has been successful in securing a Leverhulme Fellowship to conduct research into 'Understanding the consequences of commodity dependence in developing countries'.
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Investigating the role of housing policy in local labour markets

An exciting new project, led by Professor Jesse Matheson, aims to throw light on the ways in which housing policies affect local labour markets.
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New project aims to provide fresh insight into Productivity and House Prices

‘Productivity and House Prices’ is a new Leverhulme Trust funded research project that will carefully examine the relationship between house prices and productivity from a macroeconomic and household finance perspective.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023

Women economists are undertaking innovative research projects focused on the disability employability gap, environmental economics, education economics, labour economics, and financial bubbles and crashes.

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On International Women’s Day, the women in the Department of Economics are challenging the traditional perception of Economics.

Unpacking the Disability Employment Gap in the UK

This week marks the climax of UK Disability History Month, an appropriate time to understand the barriers faced by disabled people when trying to access paid employment.
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Research led by the University of Sheffield aims to reveal the long-term consequences of young people’s early labour market experiences for their careers, health and wellbeing

The project investigates the ability of younger workers living in the UK to make successful transitions in the labour market and the barriers that might prevent them from making progress in their careers.
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The Department of Economics obtains excellent results in the National Student Survey 2022

We are proud to announce that our Department of Economics obtained an excellent result for its economics programmes in the most recent NSS survey.