Organisation

London School of Economics and Political Science

Working paper

The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich


This paper uses data from 18 OECD countries over the last five decades to estimate the causal effect of major tax cuts for the rich on income inequality, economic growth, and unemployment.
Blog post

The next decade of data science: rethinking key challenges faced by big data researchers


The vast availability of digital traces of unprecedented form and scale has led many to believe that we are entering a new data revolution. Will these new data sources and tools allow us to improve business processes in transformative ways? Vyacheslav Polonski argues that the more data is available, the more theory is needed to...
Blog post

10 tips for digital citizens’ parents


Guest contributor Anne Collier discusses youth and digital citizenship, and shares ten key insights for parents.
Guide

Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: a guide for academics and researchers


Twitter is a form of free micro-blogging which allows users to send and receive short public messages called tweets. Tweets are limited to no more than 140 characters, and can include links to blogs, web pages, images, videos and all other material online. You can start tweeting in 10 minutes, anytime, from your computer, smart...
Discussion paper

Why EU policy harmonisation undermines refugee burden-sharing


Public policy making on asylum takes place in an environment of intense public scrutiny, strong institutional constraints and international collective action problems. By assessing the relative importance of key pull factors of international migration, this article explains why, even when controlling for their differences in size, some states receive a much larger number of asylum...