• Wendelin Schnedler - Playing 'Hard to Get'
    Wendelin Schnedler talks to Romesh Vaitilingham about instrinsic motivation.
    19 July 2013, 11:34 am
  • Daniel Jones - State Run Lotteries and Charitable Donations
    Daniel Jones talks to Romesh Vaitilingham about state-run lotteries in the US that are intended to increase funding for education.
    19 July 2013, 11:34 am
  • Morag McDermont and Nicole Busby - 'New Sites of Legal Consciousness: Citizens Advice Bureaux and Employment Disputes'
    Morag McDermont (University of Bristol) and Nicole Busby (University of Strathclyde), join Saskia Walcott to discuss their current project - New Sites of Legal Consciousness: Citizens Advice Bureaux and Employment Disputes.
    10 December 2012, 2:34 pm
  • David Renton - Access to Justice in the Employment Tribunal
    David Renton (Garden Court Chambers) joins Saskia Walcott to discuss recent changes to the Employment Tribunal System.
    10 December 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Sarah Smith - 'Charitable giving: what motivates us to give to charity, and the recent cap on tax relief'
    Sarah Smith (CMPO), joins Romesh Vaitilingam to discuss her recent research on charitable giving, both on what influences us to give to charity and the government's recent cap on tax relief of donations.
    19 July 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Simon Burgess - 'How should we treat under-performing schools? A regression discontinuity analysis of school inspections in England'
    Simon Burgess (CMPO), joins Romesh Vaitilingam to discuss his research paper 'How should we treat under-performing schools? A regression discontinuity analysis of school inspections in England' which attracted a lot of media attention.
    9 July 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Carol Propper - 'Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS'
    Carol Propper (CMPO), joins Romesh Vaitilingam to discuss her research paper 'Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS' which has recently been published in the Journal for Health Economics.
    22 June 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Grant Miller - 'Personal research overview'
    Grant Miller of Stanford University, the keynote speaker at CMPO conference 'Public Service Delivery in Developing Countries' talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his recent research, including incentives for health care providers in developing countries such as India, and how policy makers might react to his work.
    4 April 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Pushkar Maitra - 'Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance'
    Pushkar Maitra of Monash University, joins Romesh Vaitilingam to discuss his research on microfinance in India following his presentation at the CMPO conference, 'Public Service Delivery in Developing Countries'.
    4 April 2012, 2:34 pm
  • Bhashkar Mazumder - 'Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth'
    Bhashkar Mazumder speaks to Saskia Walcott about his paper 'Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth'
    28 October 2011, 2:34 pm
  • Kjell Salvanes - 'A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Maternity Leave and Investments in Children During Their First Year of Life'
    Kjell Salvanes speaks to Saskia Walcott about his paper 'A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Maternity Leave and Investments in Children During Their First Year of Life'
    28 October 2011, 2:34 pm
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