'What Economists Really Do'

On topics ranging from the climate crisis to labour market discrimination, Oxford economists are working with governments and businesses around the world to improve policy and make the economy work better for everyone. Find out how economics can be used to shed light on some of the biggest issues facing society today in this successful public webinar series, returning for a new series in 2022-23.

2022-23 series

2022-23 series

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'Race Related Research in Economics'

25th October 2022

Associate Professor Arun Advani, University of Warwick

How does economics compare to other social sciences in its study of issues related to race and ethnicity?

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'UK Macro Policy & the Cost of Living Crisis'

16th November 2022, 1pm

Professor Michael McMahon

Michael’s work explores issues related to changing prices (inflation), interest rates (monetary policy) and government spending and tax decisions (fiscal policy). In this talk he will explore the importance of good policy and especially the importance of institutional credibility. He has taken motivation from recent macroeconomic developments in the UK.

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'The political economy of AI - who controls the means of prediction'

20th February 2023, 1pm

Professor Max Kasy

Max works on topics at the intersection of machine learning and AI, economics, and statistics, as well as on economic inequality, job guarantee programs, and basic income. In this talk he will discuss the social impact of AI, what economics can teach us about it, and why we need democratic control of the means of prediction.

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'Violence against women at work'

8th March 2023, 1pm

Professor Abi Adams-Prassl

Abi will discuss her new research on violence at work in which she and her co-authors use every police report in Finland to identify assaults between colleagues, and identify the economic consequences of violence for victims, perpetrators, and firms. They find important differences in the labour market consequences of violence depending on the gender of the victim.

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'What Economists Really Do'