Dr Alberto Prati and Dr Charlotte Saucet have published a new paper in in the Journal of Health Economics.

They surveyed a sample of UK residents about their beliefs on the different COVID-19 vaccines before and after receiving their jab. The findings shows that people tend to display retrospective optimism. Revising one’s own memories and opinions can protect individuals’ wellbeing by reducing fear and anxiety, especially given the irreversible nature of vaccine injection.

The University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre’s press release can be found here.

Branko Milanovic will be presenting his latest book, Visions of Inequality on Monday 4th March at 6:30 PM.

Meticulously extracting each author’s view of income distribution from their often voluminous writings, Milanovic offers an invaluable genealogy of the discourse surrounding inequality. These intellectual portraits are infused not only with a deep understanding of economic theory but also with psychological nuance, reconstructing each thinker’s outlook given what was knowable to them within their historical contexts and methodologies.

Panel:
Carolina Alves: Associate Professor in Economics at the UCL institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)

Marco Ranaldi (Chair): Assistant Professor in Economics at UCL SSEES and Director of the UCL Centre for New Economics Transitions (CNET)

Read the first edition of the CNET Newsletter, where you can find important news and accomplishments of our CNET members

Dr Pawel Bukowski and co-authors, have published a new VoxEU column.

The column “New evidence on spatial wage inequality across North America and Western Europe” presents evidence showing that, contrary to the popular narrative, North America and Europe have followed different patterns on spatial inequality, with inequality actually falling in the European countries studied.

It highlights that spatial inequality in wages is not a major contributor to national income inequality.

Congratulations to Prof Slavo Radosevic, Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies, who has been selected as a Fellow Economist of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs.

The Directorate’s work helps ensure an open, seamless, and resilient internal market, which is one of the cornerstones of European integration.

Prof Slavo Radosevic has been appointed the Member of the International Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Sciences Belgrade.