Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Economics
Abstract
The transition period will see a strong focus on further impact activities and capacity building, alongside the pursuit of new research opportunities that naturally follow from CAGE1 and CAGE2. CAGE is keen to apply for fully-fledged centre funding in a future ESRC centres call. During the transition period, the overarching theme will continue to be 'succeeding in the global economy' and the Centre will be organised into research themes each with an 'organising question': Theme 1: What Explains Comparative Long-Run Growth Performance?; Theme 2: How do Culture and Institutions Help to Explain Development and Divergence in a Globalising World?; Theme 3: How Can the Measurement of Wellbeing be Improved and What are the Implications for Policy?; Theme 4: What are the Implications of Globalisation and Global Crises for Policymaking and for Economic and Political Outcomes?
During CAGE 1 and 2, research in Theme 1 made excellent progress in establishing a detailed quantitative picture of the dimensions of long-run economic growth over the past 800 years in Europe and Asia and the analysis will now be extended to cover Africa, and move from measuring real GDP per capita to accounting for the sources of growth in terms of factor inputs and their productivity. Research will also analyse the reasons for success and failure over the long-run at a more fundamental level with investigations covering pre-industrial to post-industrial times looking at the roles of geography, institutions, trade costs, and human capital and knowledge as well as economic policy. Theme 2 highlights the local cultural and institutional context of economic development, including identity. Many of our lessons on identity politics and propaganda are of relevance to not just Brexit in the UK, but also the rise of illiberal politics and populism across the world. Future work will focus on the role of illiberal ideas in the form of lack of tolerance of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, and immigrants. A third area of interest will be culture, religion and the rule of law. The enforcement of rules is central to the operation of all societies and organisations. A lot of the ongoing and planned research in theme 2 connects with Economic History and uses historic data. Theme 3 will continue to focus on deepening our understanding of the interactions between wellbeing and behaviour and developing new ways to measure wellbeing at the national level. This goes beyond happiness and into moods in general, personality, psychological traits, cognitive skills, belief-formation, and decision-making. Also Theme 3 links to Economic History with its interest in reconstruction of wellbeing measures from historic books. Theme 4 was added to CAGE during phase 2 after the appointment of a Professor of Quantitative Political Science as a key investment to further the work of CAGE. This research has examined the implications of tax competition for capital mobility and viability of welfare state policies in OECD countries as globalisation has intensified. The research highlights differing exposure to globalisation threats. Research in these areas will continue and expand into developing countries as well. Furthermore, the ongoing research agenda on maternity leave policy in understanding gender equality will continue to be a key area during transition, as it has received immense interest in government (Cabinet Office) and private industry and the university sector.
In conclusion, the distinctive feature of CAGE is that it crosses divides within economics, and explores issues traditionally regarded as at the boundaries of the discipline. CAGE research and policy advice is sensitive to context and based on an empirical approach that does not arbitrarily impose the priors of neoclassical economics. Finally, CAGE brings an informed historical perspective to current policy issues.
During CAGE 1 and 2, research in Theme 1 made excellent progress in establishing a detailed quantitative picture of the dimensions of long-run economic growth over the past 800 years in Europe and Asia and the analysis will now be extended to cover Africa, and move from measuring real GDP per capita to accounting for the sources of growth in terms of factor inputs and their productivity. Research will also analyse the reasons for success and failure over the long-run at a more fundamental level with investigations covering pre-industrial to post-industrial times looking at the roles of geography, institutions, trade costs, and human capital and knowledge as well as economic policy. Theme 2 highlights the local cultural and institutional context of economic development, including identity. Many of our lessons on identity politics and propaganda are of relevance to not just Brexit in the UK, but also the rise of illiberal politics and populism across the world. Future work will focus on the role of illiberal ideas in the form of lack of tolerance of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, and immigrants. A third area of interest will be culture, religion and the rule of law. The enforcement of rules is central to the operation of all societies and organisations. A lot of the ongoing and planned research in theme 2 connects with Economic History and uses historic data. Theme 3 will continue to focus on deepening our understanding of the interactions between wellbeing and behaviour and developing new ways to measure wellbeing at the national level. This goes beyond happiness and into moods in general, personality, psychological traits, cognitive skills, belief-formation, and decision-making. Also Theme 3 links to Economic History with its interest in reconstruction of wellbeing measures from historic books. Theme 4 was added to CAGE during phase 2 after the appointment of a Professor of Quantitative Political Science as a key investment to further the work of CAGE. This research has examined the implications of tax competition for capital mobility and viability of welfare state policies in OECD countries as globalisation has intensified. The research highlights differing exposure to globalisation threats. Research in these areas will continue and expand into developing countries as well. Furthermore, the ongoing research agenda on maternity leave policy in understanding gender equality will continue to be a key area during transition, as it has received immense interest in government (Cabinet Office) and private industry and the university sector.
In conclusion, the distinctive feature of CAGE is that it crosses divides within economics, and explores issues traditionally regarded as at the boundaries of the discipline. CAGE research and policy advice is sensitive to context and based on an empirical approach that does not arbitrarily impose the priors of neoclassical economics. Finally, CAGE brings an informed historical perspective to current policy issues.
Planned Impact
CAGE research is intended to benefit society through deeper understanding of the complex causal chains that contribute to economic growth and performance. The impact will stem from a focus on fundamental global economic challenges for the present and for future generations. This is a broad and ambitious aim for a rich, integrated programme of work. We have sought, therefore, to organise our strategy for realising potential impact through six main pathways, as detailed in the Pathways to Impact.
The intended beneficiaries of CAGE research are UK executive (Government departments: Treasury, Cabinet office, BEIS, DFID), UK Parliament, European Commission and MEPs, International organisations (World Bank) and the general public. The way we achieve this is to go beyond writing papers and instead keep direct contacts with representatives of these organisations and to explain research using best practice of knowledge exchange. Doing this, we build capacity for academic excellence in government.
The Centre will undertake a wide range of knowledge transfer activities to ensure effective engagement with users.
These include
1. Policy papers - Warwick and SMF will produce an appropriate number of policy papers for each of the themes throughout the project. Each paper will be launched at a public meeting to be hosted at SMF. Key public figures will be invited to comment on the paper and to engage in debate. The papers may also be discussed at Brussels policy meetings.
2. Lunchtime policy/user meetings - in London and Brussels.
3. Major Policy Report - we plan major Policy Reports towards the end of the project.
4. Policy Fellowships - we will run a programme of secondments for key user stakeholders (policy and NGO) to work in the Centre for short periods.
5. User Training Workshops - CAGE will run a regular series of training workshops each year.
6. Op-Ed pieces - capitalising on opportunities arising from current events, for papers such as the Financial Times.
7.Twice-yearly magazine "Advantage".
8. Website - the Centre devotes significant time and effort to developing a useful and interactive website. This hosts the CAGE working paper series, along with the Background Briefing paper series, and the Global Perspective Series
9. CAGE has forged links with BEIS, DFID and other Government Departments which will ensure that our research is quickly disseminated to policymakers in those departments and will also enable them to help shape the evolution of the research programme.
The intended beneficiaries of CAGE research are UK executive (Government departments: Treasury, Cabinet office, BEIS, DFID), UK Parliament, European Commission and MEPs, International organisations (World Bank) and the general public. The way we achieve this is to go beyond writing papers and instead keep direct contacts with representatives of these organisations and to explain research using best practice of knowledge exchange. Doing this, we build capacity for academic excellence in government.
The Centre will undertake a wide range of knowledge transfer activities to ensure effective engagement with users.
These include
1. Policy papers - Warwick and SMF will produce an appropriate number of policy papers for each of the themes throughout the project. Each paper will be launched at a public meeting to be hosted at SMF. Key public figures will be invited to comment on the paper and to engage in debate. The papers may also be discussed at Brussels policy meetings.
2. Lunchtime policy/user meetings - in London and Brussels.
3. Major Policy Report - we plan major Policy Reports towards the end of the project.
4. Policy Fellowships - we will run a programme of secondments for key user stakeholders (policy and NGO) to work in the Centre for short periods.
5. User Training Workshops - CAGE will run a regular series of training workshops each year.
6. Op-Ed pieces - capitalising on opportunities arising from current events, for papers such as the Financial Times.
7.Twice-yearly magazine "Advantage".
8. Website - the Centre devotes significant time and effort to developing a useful and interactive website. This hosts the CAGE working paper series, along with the Background Briefing paper series, and the Global Perspective Series
9. CAGE has forged links with BEIS, DFID and other Government Departments which will ensure that our research is quickly disseminated to policymakers in those departments and will also enable them to help shape the evolution of the research programme.
Organisations
- University of Warwick (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) (Collaboration)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (Collaboration)
- Stellenbosch University (Collaboration)
- Resolution Foundation (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
Publications
Fenske J
(2022)
Demographic Shocks and Women's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
in The Journal of Economic History
Haaland I
(2020)
Designing Information Provision Experiments
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Haaland I
(2020)
Designing information provision experiments #484
Chaudhary L
(2020)
Did railways affect literacy? Evidence from India #529
Bove V
(2021)
Did Terrorism Affect Voting in the Brexit Referendum?
in British Journal of Political Science
Dal Borgo M
(2021)
Do bankruptcy protection levels affect households' demand for stocks? #564
| Title | Cities Still Matter: Highlights reel |
| Description | Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government) asks Mirko Draca (CAGE and University of Warwick), Rebecca Riley (West Midlands Combined Authority) and Paul Swinney (Centre for Cities) for one policy change they would make to tackle regional inequality. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/hlc5gpsCFrU |
| Title | Clean water programmes can improve cognitive development |
| Description | This video short, by young filmmaker Sameera Bhalotra Bowers, summarises recent research by Sonia Bhalotra, Theme Leader, Gender, Health and Wellbeing, and colleagues which shows that infants born into an environment with clean water exhibit stronger cognitive performance in adolescence and earn more as adults. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/kP374sjvEFM |
| Title | Do gender attitudes influence the judicial system? |
| Description | Gender attitudes can affect the choices people make, even in high-stakes decision-making roles. CAGE Associate, Arianna Ornaghi explains how attitudes about gender can affect the decisions, reversals and citations made by judges in US circuit courts. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE Research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/jsuwjeynWuM |
| Title | How farming shaped the world |
| Description | Why are some countries so much richer than others? The traditional view, dating back to Adam Smith (d.1790), is that farming brought about food surplus, which in turn allowed hierarchies to develop and led to the establishment of large civilisations. Omer Moav describes exciting new findings that tell a very different story. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/_h2C8Z5yYmY |
| Title | How to raise money without raising taxes |
| Description | Arun Advani found that hiring more tax auditors would be a cost-effective way of bringing in millions of pounds in lost revenue. He explains the impact his research had on policymakers. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/5aLzof25XeM |
| Title | How working women have changed the US labour market |
| Description | Between 1960 and 2000 the proportion of women wanting to work in the US doubled. This had all kinds of positive impacts for women and wages, but there may be an unanticipated negative impact on the economy. Christine Braun, Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, explains. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE Research. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/8VBYqdryu08 |
| Title | How working women have changed the US labour market (subtitled) |
| Description | Between 1960 and 2000 the proportion of women wanting to work in the US doubled. This had all kinds of positive impacts for women and wages, but there may be an unanticipated negative impact on the economy. Christine Braun, CAGE Associate, explains. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/8VBYqdryu08 |
| Title | Institutions and their effects on economic growth |
| Description | Institutions are the laws or structures that control how people are allowed to act. But what effect do bad, or 'extractive', institutions have on economic growth? James Robinson explains the research he did to find out. This video is part of our schools series 'Why isn't the whole world developed?', which draws on economic history to understand the effect of colonisation and imperial interventions. The project is delivered by Discover Economics and the CAGE Research Centre. Please visit https://www.discovereconomics.co.uk/ for further information. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWPgfNxoys |
| Title | Investigating inequality |
| Description | How has inequality changed in the UK, and why is it changing? Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, has been studying HMRC data to find answers to these questions. He explains some surprising findings: when you order people by income and look at the top 1% of people, 1 in 4 of these are migrants. And these migrants aren't bringing income with them, they are working and earning in the UK. The share of income going to the top 1% has been rising. But if you remove the income going to migrants within this group, it drops by 90%. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raises profile of CAGE research and reputation in a new format. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/hMlscNn-hKM |
| Title | Making the ticket market fairer |
| Description | Mike Waterson provides an overview of his government-commissioned report into the secondary ticketing market led to industry changes that protect consumers from being ripped-off. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/p_K-7uw2Q-0 |
| Title | Measuring happiness |
| Description | How do we measure happiness? Daniel Sgroi describes the cutting edge methods CAGE researchers have used to measure national happiness over the last 200 years. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE Research. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ip3mHqZCCYQ |
| Title | Measuring progress with happiness |
| Description | How do we measure societal progress? There's more to life than GDP. Professor Andrew Oswald explains how his research on wellbeing has shaped policymaking in the UK and beyond. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ip3mHqZCCYQ |
| Title | The art of the Trade War |
| Description | Are Trump's tariffs backfiring on his own base? Turns out trade wars are not so 'easy to win': Not when China and the EU can hit Republicans where it hurts - right in the cranberries and bourbon. Presented by Thiemo Fetzer, CAGE Theme Leader for Political Economy. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE Research |
| URL | https://youtu.be/nLvB2BrF8vc |
| Title | The educational price of pollution |
| Description | Children who have been lead poisoned at a young age grow up with more learning and behavioural difficulties. But there are also spillover effects. Ludovica Gazze explains that children who go to school with lead-poisoned kids are more likely to be suspended and are less likely to graduate high school. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/KwE6X2NSk1E |
| Title | Treating maternal depression |
| Description | As many as three in ten women suffer depression in pregnancy, while half of those depressed in pregnancy are still depressed a year later. Sonia Bhalotra explains how treating maternal depression with cognitive behavioural therapy can affect parenting behaviours, encouraging mothers to invest more time and money in their children. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/Vgfjp6j54mo |
| Title | UK Transport Infrastructure: How to get it right?" |
| Description | Managing infrastructure strategy in the wake of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic will be challenging. How can the government get it right? Marta Santamaria, CAGE Associate, takes lessons from the division of Germany in 1945. Original transport infrastructure plans made in the 1930s had taken into account the whole country. The West German government had to alter these plans and reallocate funds in order to create an infrastructure that would work within new geographical boundaries. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE Research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/Lgv2ocLMEkA |
| Title | Who are the UK's 'non-doms'? |
| Description | For years the UK's controversial 'non domiciled' (non-dom) tax arrangements have been the subject of much debate. But have you ever wondered who claims UK 'non-dom' status? This video explores who the UK's non-doms are, where they live and the types of jobs they do. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Raised awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://youtu.be/pEOKFrFC2CM |
| Title | Why is Africa So Poor? |
| Description | The CAGE Research Centre and Discover Economics are releasing a new video series for students aged 15-17 to explore why the economies of Africa and India are less developed than others. Drawing on its world class expertise in economic history and its global academic network, CAGE has brought together internationally renowned experts - associates, friends and alumni of CAGE and the University of Warwick - to explore the long-term impacts of colonisation and imperial interventions on the economy and society of Africa and India. The project is delivered in partnership with Discover Economics, a campaign co-founded by the Royal Economic Society, whose aim is to increase diversity among economics students at university and those studying as an apprenticeship. The team hope that the videos will offer a new depth and variety to colonial history teaching in schools and will demonstrate to students the importance of economics for understanding history, and of economic history for understanding the modern economy. Although primarily aimed at school students, the topics of the videos have a broad appeal. The series tackles some of the big issues debated today: the long-term impacts of slavery, the lingering effects of forced medical programmes, the difficulties of emerging from a colonial economy and the long-run consequences of conquest and invasion. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Raises awareness of CAGE research and reputation |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsi9dlt1pCg |
| Description | CAGE's current transition funding focuses on driving impact from established research and undertaking small-scale further research. This year, our focus has been on supporting agile research that can inform and shape policy in areas where robust data is lacking. Two flagship areas of research have been Dr. Arun Advani's research on the UK's 'Non-doms' and Professor Thiemo Fetzer's and Dr Ludovica Gazze's work on the Energy Price Guarantee. The existence of 'non-dom' status, which allows non-domiciled residents to pay no UK tax on their offshore income, has been debated widely among policymakers in recent years. Critics of the status wish to remove it entirely, enabling the government to collect much needed additional tax revenue. Defenders of the scheme believe that removing 'non-dom' status would cause wealthy individuals to leave the UK, taking their potential investment and spending power with them. Dr Advani's research provides much needed data evidence for this debate. Advani and his colleagues estimated the UK and offshore incomes of non-doms, calculated the potential revenue the UK would receive should non-dom status be abolished (£3.2bn) and, critically, estimated the effect abolishing 'non-dom' status would have on migration. Using migration data from 2017, when 'non-dom' eligibility was significantly restricted, the authors found that the migration effects were low. The research has been read with interest by policymakers and journalists alike, as the first robust evidence on the potential impacts of reforming this area of tax policy. The implementation of the Energy Price Guarantee in 2022 was a swift policy designed to support consumers to cope with rising energy bills. Professor Thiemo Fetzer and Ludovica Gazze conducted agile research to understand the effects of the bill and to consider longer-term policy alternatives. They found that the EPG favoured wealthier households and that it reduced incentives to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes by around 30%. Their analysis also showed that the EPG missed out on an important opportunity to respond to the climate crisis. They found that energy saving investments would pay for themselves over a relatively short space of time. They proposed a number of measures to support homeowners to retrofit their homes. A particular aspect of Professor Fetzer and Dr. Gazze's research was to provide regional information to local authorities about which homes in a region were worst hit by energy prices, and which homes could benefit most from installing new energy efficiencies. They are now working with local policymakers to develop this research into tangible impact. |
| Exploitation Route | Dr Advani's research has already started to form the basis of policy discussions in government and among the opposition parties. The Labour Party are now campaigning for 'non-dom' status to be abolished. The findings are in use by journalists to describe and discuss the debate, particularly as part of a wider discussion about how the wealthy are taxed in the UK. The research has also supported the work of other institutions and think tanks focusing on income inequality and tax reform. Professor Fetzer and Dr Gazze's research is being used by local authorities to better understand incentives and deterrents to improving energy efficiencies at home. The data was used as part of a special feature in the Financial Times used to show which areas of the country are most affected by rising energy prices and energy inefficient homes. The researchers are continuing their work in this area with a view to further influencing policymakers. |
| Sectors | Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/bn38.2022.pdf;https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/bn39.2022.pdf |
| Description | Our research findings have been used by policymakers, journalists, practitioners and the general public to drive policy debate and reform opinion. This year, we have been continuing with our reformed communication strategy, seeking to adjust, extend and broaden this in certain areas. The results have been excellent and our engagement with audiences has been very high. Public engagement We have continued to use our short videos to engage the public with our research material. Our video short on 'How Farming Shaped the World' brought the findings of Omer Moav and colleagues to over 6.7k viewers. We followed up the success of the video with a public event as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, which drew a large audience. Policy impact Our research findings have been debated by policymakers (e.g. Arun Advani, Thiemo Fetzer) and journalists. This year CAGE attended and presented at the Conservative and Labour Party Conference Fringe events to discuss tax policy and 'non-dom' status. The Labour party subsequently took up the policy to abolish 'non-dom' status, citing CAGE research across the media. New research on mental health and economics undertaken by Sonia Bhalotra was discussed at a policy event run by CAGE this year. CAGE identified and reached out to a number of policy actors, NGOs and charities to set up a network of people working in this area. This network is now successfully up and running. Media impact Our research findings have been cited around 350 times in the press across broadsheet and online media. We continue to develop our pathways to impact with our Media Fellowships and this year welcomed John Burn Murdoch (FT) and Duncan Weldon (formerly The Economist). These relationships developed into further opportunities for engagement and impact. John Burn Murdoch has worked with Professor Fetzer on several aspects of his work on environment, and Duncan Weldon has agreed to join our Advisory Board. Schools As part of a new initiative, we have been working with our Economic History network to develop materials for use in schools by economics and history students. Our first video series on the impact of colonialism on economic growth, has just been launched. The first video has been 2.7k times in the first two weeks after launch. We are planning further direct engagement with school teachers and pupils through a special online event. This is the start of a long-term project to improve school materials on economic history and to widen participation in economics and economic history in schools and universities. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Brexit research cited at Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Covid-19: Support for Business debated on 21 July 2020 MP Allan Dorans / Fetzer |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-07-21/debates/308183f3-c6c4-4a11-8c38-f2c89a5081e2/Common... |
| Description | COVID work cited in the DELVE Report: Economic Aspects of the COVID-19 Crisis in the UK / 14 Aug 2020 Fetzer |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://rs-delve.github.io/reports/2020/08/14/economic-aspects-of-the-covid19-crisis-in-the-uk.html |
| Description | Citation in J-Pal Report: Increasing accountability and reducing corruption through government audits / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-insight/increasing-accountability-and-reducing-corruption-th... |
| Description | Citation in Migration Advisory Committee: annual report, 2020 / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-annual-report-2020 |
| Description | Citation in The Fraser of Allander Institute Report: Does the case for reform of wealth taxation outweigh the practical challenges? / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://fraserofallander.org/does-the-case-for-reform-of-wealth-taxation-outweigh-the-practical-chal... |
| Description | Citation in The Office of Tax Simplification - Capital Gains Tax Review: Simplifying by design / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ots-capital-gains-tax-review-simplifying-by-design |
| Description | Citation in a competition call for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development office (FCDO) Next Generation Economics Competition / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-next-generation-economics-competition-diversity-in-e... |
| Description | Evidence given to National Audit Office Report: Environmental tax measures / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Environmental-Tax-Measures.pdf |
| Description | Evidence given to National Audit Office Report: Tackling the tax gap / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tackling-the-tax-gap.pdf |
| Description | Letter of support from ONS for new HMRC project to Improve Measurement of Wealth in the UK / Arun Advani 8 Feb 2021 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Non-dom tax status research heavily cited in Non-domicile Tax Status Volume 727: debated on Tuesday 31 January 2023 / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-01-31/debates/7A361B65-9960-49F1-BE34-EA2A0B5FDD4F/Non-Do... |
| Description | Oral evidence given at the Transport Committee "Reforming public transport after the pandemic" inquiry / Mike Waterson 10Feb 2021 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/fa04e2eb-248a-4221-a885-1c26fd66b530 |
| Description | Participation at Treasury Select Committee "Tax after COVID" inquiry / Arun Advani 18 Nov 2020 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/16a7c02d-4118-4a88-9674-c35a57eb18b1 |
| Description | Wealth Tax research cited at Coronavirus: Job-Support Schemes Volume 678: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2020 MP Dan Carden / Advani |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-07-07/debates/90C7CE09-75C5-403E-956A-74CFA7B3F73A/Corona... |
| Description | Wealth tax research cited at Health and Social Care Levy Bill Volume 700: debated on Tuesday 14 September 2021 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-09-14/debates/AFE1AEDC-E1B4-4287-9AF2-BEBCA0F7BF91/Health... |
| Description | ERC Starting Grant: Media, Economics and Geopolitics (MEGEO) Thiemo Fetzer |
| Amount | £1,247,361 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| End | 04/2027 |
| Description | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Warwick - Arun Advani |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | G.ECAA.0706.EXP |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Warwick - Arun Advani |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | G.ECAA.0705.EXP |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | IAS Vacation school application 2019 (Gupta, Broadberry and Fenske) Summer School 2020 Postponed (COVID) now taking place July 2021 |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IAS/ 26064/19 |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Mapping the production, diffusion and drivers of future technologies |
| Amount | £502,185 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/T002506/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Philip Leverhulme Prize - T Fetzer |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Political Risk and Industrial Investment in Colonial India (Gupta, BA Grant) |
| Amount | £9,999 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SRG20\201444 |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Quantifying and Simulating the Impact of Social Distancing Policies on Firm-Level Productivity |
| Amount | £107,967 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V012754/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Rescuing a `Sick' Labour Market: Using Online Vacancy Data to Track COVID-19's Economic Impact. |
| Amount | £84,826 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V008072/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Should They Stay or Should They Go? Environmental Quality, Mobility, and Children's Opportunities - L Gazze |
| Amount | £235,196 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | R.ECAA.3187 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | The fiscal response to Covid-19: 'Thinking big' on tax policy after the crisis |
| Amount | £106,881 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V012657/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Weathering the Energy Crisis and Tackling Climate Change: Practical Solutions for Local Government - T Fetzer |
| Amount | £48,913 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Development and Economic History Research Group |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-ordinator: Sharun Mukand (Theme Leader, Culture, Behaviour and Development) Deputy Co-ordinator: Clement Imbert (CAGE Associate) Members of the Development and Economic History Research Group combine archival data, lab-in-the-field experiments, randomized controlled trials, text analysis, survey and secondary data along with theoretical tools to study issues in development and economic history. Faculty and students work in the field in South Asia, China and Africa as well as doing archival work in libraries across Europe and Asia. Almost all faculty are members of CAGE and some are also members of Warwick Interdisciplinary Centre for International Development (WICID). There is a regular weekly external seminar, two weekly internal workshops, and high quality PhD students. We also organise international conferences on campus, or in Venice. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As above. |
| Impact | 27 April 20: "The economic consequence of large-scale pandemics: lessons from the history of plague in Europe and the Mediterranean" Hosted by CAGE and Economic History Group with Guido Alfani (CAGE Associate). Peak concurrent attendees: 45 21 May 20: "Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years on - A Panel Discussion" Hosted by CAGE and Economic History Group with Bishnupriya Gupta (Chair), Pauline Grosjean, Mark Harrison, Cormac Ó Gráda and Joachim Voth |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Economic History of Developing Regions Virtual Seminar Series |
| Organisation | University of Stellenbosch |
| Department | Department of Economics |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | James Fenske, Deputy Theme Leader for Economic History, is one of the organisers and the main contact for this series of seminars. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Economic History Society of Southern Africa hosts and promotes this virtual seminar series. |
| Impact | CAGE Associates and members of the Warwick Economics Department are able to attend the seminars. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Government Economic Service (GES) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CAGE is re-configuring the CAGE Policy Fellow program and organising events with GES. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government network of specialists |
| Impact | Events Meetings Visits |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | IFS / Arun Advani |
| Organisation | Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | 1. providing leadership on what the project would look like, detailed comments and review on the paper produced, organisation of a workshop at which they were presented 2. providing the idea for the project, and cowriting" |
| Collaborator Contribution | 1. Produced an evidence paper and hosted the project launch event. 2. led on the datawork for the papers |
| Impact | 1. https://dx.doi.org/10.47445/103 2. https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15133 , https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15261 3. Launch event 4. Press release |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | LSE (Wealth Tax Commission) Arun Advani |
| Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Administrative support, and Working papers copy-edited to professional standard, producing the graphics/front covers, managing the DOI registrations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developed and produced the working papers |
| Impact | tbc |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | OWL Workshops (Oxford, Warwick, LSE) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | One-day workshops take place regularly and brings together scholars in economic history from the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The workshop held in October 2022 was hosted by CAGE and organised by James Fenske, Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History. |
| Impact | It is an opportunity for economic historians, historians, and economists to get insights into the latest research in economic history. In addition, at each workshop an external speaker is invited to give a Keynote Address. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | OWL Workshops (Oxford, Warwick, LSE) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | One-day workshops take place regularly and brings together scholars in economic history from the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The workshop held in October 2022 was hosted by CAGE and organised by James Fenske, Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History. |
| Impact | It is an opportunity for economic historians, historians, and economists to get insights into the latest research in economic history. In addition, at each workshop an external speaker is invited to give a Keynote Address. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Oxford University / Stephen Broadberry |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Stephen Broadberry is the Economic History Theme Leader since 2010. Prof Stephen Broadberry is CAGE Economic History theme leader which addresses the question "What Explains Comparative Long-run Growth Performance?" It is concerned with explaining comparative long run growth performance. This involves the analysis of long run shifts of competitive advantage, such as the growing importance of China in the world economy, and also coping with short run shocks such as the 2008 economic crisis. Shifts of economic leadership have been relatively rare over the last thousand years, and have been drawn out over longer periods of time than most policy makers normally take into consideration. Economic history is therefore an essential part of this theme, which seeks to draw lessons from the success stories of economic development in the past for developing countries today. Building on and extending existing datasets constructed by CAGE researchers, Theme 1's research agenda focuses on competing explanations of the underlying or fundamental sources of growth performance, including geography, institutions and schooling. Historical analysis can also be used to inform debates over relevant policies for dealing with the 2008 crisis. Theme 1 research will draw on analysis of the crisis of the 1930s to consider reforms that may be needed to restore growth in the western world and sustain catch-up growth in developing countries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration agreement for time buy out (in kind contribution) |
| Impact | All Outputs have been recorded in the relevant sections of Researchfish. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Resolution Foundation / Arun Advani |
| Organisation | Resolution Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | TBC |
| Collaborator Contribution | TBC |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | Wealth Tax Commission Tax Simulator |
| Description | Calculate your own tax liability This tool enables you to calculate your own tax liability under the wealth tax you have designed, by entering the value of assets you own. The tax liability calculated is an approximation based on the details you enter. This is likely to differ from the amount you would actually be asked to pay under the proposed tax. In the event of a wealth tax being introduced in the UK, you would not be required to provide all of the information asked for in these pages. Some of this information, such as the value of pension savings, could be provided by pension providers rather than taxpayers. The information you provide here is not collected or stored, and will disappear as soon as the webpage is closed or refreshed. It will not be shared if you use the "create shareable link" tool. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | This tool enables users to design a wealth tax and calculate their own tax liability by entering the value of assets they own. They can also share their tax design, including via social media. Briefly describe any notable impacts resulting from the development of this software or technical product. * Since it has been live (Dec 2020), the website containing the simulator was accessed by 32,000 unique visitors (March 2021). 70.7% of these visitors were from the UK and the rest were international. |
| URL | http://taxsimulator.ukwealth.tax/#/ |
| Description | "Knowledge Exchange" session presenting wealth tax work to practitioners from various accountancies, law firms, etc to get input for research / Arun Advani / 11 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Knowledge Exchange" session presenting wealth tax work to practitioners from various accountancies, law firms, etc to get input for research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 'But how will you pay for it?' Social security and the role of wealth taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This webinar is jointly organised by the Commission on Social Security which has set out proposals for a Decent Social Security System and Tax Justice UK which is a campaigning and advocacy organisation that wants to ensure everyone in the UK benefits from a sustainable, fair and effective tax system. The webinar will directly address the role of wealth taxes as an answer to the 'how are you going to pay for it?' question faced by the Commission on Social Security and others. This took place on 9th March 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/but-how-will-you-pay-for-it-social-security-and-the-role-of-wealth-ta... |
| Description | 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme drove new COVID-19 infections up by between 8 and 17%, new research finds. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This press release showcased new research from one of our Research Theme Leaders. The research has been widely cited in the local, national and international press since its publication. It appeared in all the major broadsheet newspapers. The press release sparked a direct response to the findings from the UK treasury, and continued to be discussed in the news several months after its release. As of February 2021, this press release has been shared 3600 times and has been viewed 31,211 times on our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/30-10-20-eat_out_to_help_out_sche... |
| Description | 2011 housing benefit reform was a false economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/27-02-20-2011_housing_benefit_ref... |
| Description | 75 Years of Independence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Indian and Pakistan gained their independence from the British on the 14th/15th August 1947. To mark the 75th anniversary of this event CAGE Research Director Bishnupriya Gupta and CAGE Associate Rinchan Mirza share their cutting edge research into how independence changed the economic and social development of India and Pakistan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/15-08-22-75_years_of_independence... |
| Description | A few minutes of small talk can improve future social interaction, new research finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research supported by CAGE finds that just four minutes of small talk can reveal personality traits and help us to predict the behaviour of others. They asked a group of 338 participants to complete a personality and IQ test, before engaging in two strategic games in pairs. Half of the participants made small talk by text with their partner for 4 minutes before playing the games. The other half had no interaction. The researchers found that the group that chatted beforehand were better able to predict the IQ and personality of their partner and worked better together in the strategic games. Blog post based on research by Daniel Sgroi and Neha Bose |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/01-09-22-a_few_minutes_of_small_t... |
| Description | Abolishing the non-dom regime would raise more than £3.2 billion each year, finds new report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Non-domiciled residents in the UK ('non-doms') receive at least £10.9 billion in offshore income and capital gains each year, which they are not required to report to HMRC or pay tax on in the UK. Taxing this income would raise more than £3.2 billion in additional tax revenue each year and also remove the current disincentive to invest in the UK. Refuting concerns that abolishing non-dom status could lead to a mass exodus from the UK, the report calculates that only 0.3% of those affected would leave the country (fewer than 100 people), most of whom are paying hardly any tax under the current regime. A blog post based on research by Arun Advani, David Burgherr, Andy Summers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/27-09-22-abolishing_the_non_dom_r... |
| Description | Advani: Party Conferences 2021 (Fringe events) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani took part in the 2021: Party conference (Fringe events) Labour party conference on the 29th September 2021 Conservative party conference on the 3-6 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Advantage Magazine: Austerity 10th Anniversary Special |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests participation in new activities. This issue focused on the impact of Austerity, 10 years after it was introduced. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/uw_cage_mag_sum_20... |
| Description | Advantage Magazine: Autumn 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests participation in new activities. This issue focused on our new Theme: Public Policy and Data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/advantage_aut_20_w... |
| Description | Advantage magazine: Autumn 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests for participation in new activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/uw_cage_mag_aut_22... |
| Description | Advantage magazine: Climate Change and Pollution, Autumn 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests for participation in new activities. This issue was launched the week before COP 26 for an Environment Conference CAGE hosted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/uw_cage_mag_aut_21... |
| Description | Advantage magazine: Economic History Special, Spring 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests for participation in new activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/uw_cage_mag_spr_22... |
| Description | Advantage magazine: Spring 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our bi-annual advantage magazine translates complex economics research for a general audience. The purpose of the activity is to showcase our research to non-academics, including policymakers and journalists. Journalists often pick up some of our articles for discussion in the broadsheet newspapers. Our magazine has also brought about new collaborations and requests for participation in new activities. This issue launched our new Public Policy and Data Theme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/advantage_spr_21_w... |
| Description | Advantage: Austerity Special Edition / In responding to this crisis, we must heed the lessons of austerity / Times article 17 Jun 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Warwick Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy will hold a webinar on the tenth anniversary of the June 2010 budget. One participant, Dr Thiemo Fetzer - also of the Department of Economics, has researched the impact of austerity on the Brexit vote. His research demonstrates that while austerity was one of many factors, it was a swing factor in a close vote. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/in-responding-to-this-crisis-we-must-heed-the-lessons-of-austerit... |
| Description | Andrew Oswald's research into Brexit and happiness cited in Financial Times "Economists must get more in touch with our feelings Financial Times" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 342 cited in the Financial Times "A recent study by Federica Liberini, Andrew Oswald, Eugenio Proto and Michela Redoano looked at the impact of how people feel about their finances. Liberini and her colleagues looked at a question from a long-running academic survey, Understanding Society: "How well would you say you yourself are managing financially these days?". Answers varied from 1 (living comfortably) to 5 (finding it very difficult). The researchers found that people who said they were living comfortably were more likely to support the Remain campaign in the UK. Those who found their finances very difficult tended to sympathise with Vote Leave. Indeed, write the researchers, "UK citizens' feelings about their incomes were a substantially better predictor of pro-Brexit views than their actual incomes."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/598c905e-c1ab-4dbd-9d04-3980b556fec2 |
| Description | Andrew Oswald's research into midlife crisis cited in The Times "The new midlife crisis It's in your (early) fifties" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 641 cited in The Times along with quotes from Andrew Oswald: ""It would be expected that middle-aged adults in the industrialised nations would have extraordinarily cushioned and enjoyable lives," the authors of The Midlife Crisis report write. Those in middle age are more prone to suicide, clinical depression, feeling overwhelmed at work, sleep problems and alcohol dependence, and have problems with debilitating headaches, memory and concentration. "Something elemental appears to be going wrong in the middle of many citizens' lives," says the study, which was produced by the National Bureau of Economic Research in the US, with input from British researchers. Depression and general anxiety rates peak in those aged 45 to 54 and suicide rates are highest among those in their early fifties. Job stress is greatest at 45, as are sleep problems. Peak lifetime earning for those with low education levels occurs in their late forties; for those with high levels it's in their early fifties. "It's a huge paradox," says Andrew Oswald, professor of economics and behavioural science at the University of Warwick, one of the authors. He is a few years past the crisis point but remembers it well. "At that stage an awful lot of us feel overwhelmed with pressures. People feel a lot of responsibility in midlife."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-new-midlife-crisis-its-in-your-early-fifties-zjj75l2f8 |
| Description | Appeared on CoronaNomics / Arun Advani 30 Jul 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Appeared on @CoronaNomics [asked by econfilms https://twitter.com/CoronaNomicsTV/status/1288894917775953922 to talk about Discover Econ and research on what can economics do for racial justice https://www.youtube.com/c/CoronaNomics/videos |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/c/CoronaNomics/videos |
| Description | Article for Times Higher Education: We can make economic research more ethical without compromising its quality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The debate on the ethics of randomised control trials isn't getting us anywhere - it's time for solutions, says Stefano Caria, CAGE Associate. Randomised control trials are one of the most widely used methods for the evaluation of social policies. Yet the ethics of RCTs are coming under increasing scrutiny. In this article for Times Higher Education, Stefano Caria argues that rather than giving up on RCTs altogether, we need to focus on developing this powerful research method to address the ethical controversies that surround it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/28-09-21-we_can_make_economic_res... |
| Description | Article in Financial Times: "Brexit has become an exercise in quiet damage limitation" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Chris Giles links to research by CAGE Associate, Dennis Novy and others published in the International Economic Review. Title of the paper: "The Brexit Vote, Inflation and UK Living Standards" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/55d33996-fef4-4aaa-8f8c-644a20ddf5a5 |
| Description | Article in Financial Times: "UK Labour party plans crackdown on private equity tax loophole |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Just over 2,000 people received £2.3bn in carried interest in 2017, equivalent to more than £1m each, according to research by the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics which used the most recent data available. (research by CAGE Associates Arun Advani and Andy Summers) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/16c17bf6-95eb-449c-91ce-c71bbc806f8c |
| Description | Article in Guardian by Arun Advani: "Why capital gains tax reform should be top of Rishi Sunak's list" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article by Arun Advani (CAGE Associate): Chancellor could go down in history as a great reformer if he fixes the disparity with income tax in Wednesday's budget. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/26/why-capital-gains-tax-reform-should-be-top-of-rishi-... |
| Description | Article in Independent: The real "Brexit dividend" ? Minus £800m a week - and counting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article by Ben Chu (CAGE Media Fellow) citing research by Thiemo Fetzer, CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy, about the regional cost of Brexit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-vote-cost-trade-eu-b1843018.html |
| Description | Article in International Tax Review referring to Arun Advani's research on carbon taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | "If the EU CBAM happens and doesn't exclude low-income countries, African governments will have a choice between taxing carbon and raising revenue themselves, or having the carbon taxed by the EU," said Arun Advani (CAGE Associate), assistant professor in the department of economics at Warwick University. "This will be an additional push towards taxing carbon domestically themselves," added Advani. An EU carbon border is looking increasingly likely as carbon prices climb and industry support for the CBAM grows. In March, the steel and mining company ArcelorMittal called for a CBAM amid concerns from industry that climbing prices in the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) are putting European businesses at a disadvantage against international competitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.internationaltaxreview.com/article/b1rqp7jwn504jz/this-week-in-tax-amazons-tax-filings-r... |
| Description | Article in The Economist: Botched COVID-l19 test results in Britain led to thousands for extra cases" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | An article was written in The Economist about Thiemo Fetzer's, CAGE Political Economy Theme Leader, research into measuring the epidemiological impact of a false negative. It is called "Botched COVID-19 test results in Britain led to thousands of extra cases". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/19-11-21-botched_covid_19_test_re... |
| Description | Article in the Economist by Nicholas Crafts: Britiain's immediate economic prospects are grim |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Nicholas Crafts (CAGE Associate, and former CAGE Director), a leading historian of Britain's economy, argues that the real cause of the British disease was a lack of competition in the domestic economy, which was widely cartelised in the interwar years and sheltered from international competition in the post-war decades. Thatcher, by his reckoning, deserves credit for liberalising markets and deregulating industries but was aided by the wider exposure of firms to international competitive pressure from entry into the EEC and the creation of the European Single Market in the mid-1980s. He reckons that Britain's failure to join the EEC at its creation in 1957 had a substantial cost in terms of lost productivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/01/14/britains-immediate-economic-prospects-are-grim |
| Description | Article in the Financial Times citing Thiemo Fetzer's research into whether an Excel error caused an increase in COVID infections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article by Tim Harford. Back in October, almost 16,000 positive Covid-19 cases disappeared somewhere between testing labs and England's contact-tracing system. An outdated Excel file format had been used which simply didn't have enough rows. The effects of this absurd Excel lapse have been fatal. One estimate, by the economists Thiemo Fetzer (CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy) and Thomas Graeber, is that it led to 125,000 further cases and 1,500 deaths. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/78e42963-8a40-4d13-87f3-9625a6872228 |
| Description | Article in the Financial Times citing Thiemo Fetzer's research into whether an Excel error caused an increase in COVID infections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Two economists, Thiemo Fetzer and Thomas Graeber, did just that. They decided that no catastrophe should be allowed to occur without trying to learn some lessons. They combed through the evidence from Public Health England's mishap. And by comparing the experiences of different regions, they concluded that the error had led to 125,000 additional infections. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/18db20d8-7726-43e2-87f1-c5861ad3dff5 |
| Description | Article in the Financial Times: "The future of UK inheritance tax - lessons from other countries" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) and a member of an independent wealth tax commission that reported last year, says a lifetime gift tax on recipients is "in principle, the way to go". However, he warns it would involve more administration for both HMRC and taxpayers. He says there are other ways to "raise more money for less political pain. I'd be surprised if [reforming IHT] is really where politicians go first." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/c52faece-2e07-4ae3-912d-83cae264093e |
| Description | Article in the Guardian: "Biden's corporate tax plan is simple, yet revolutionary. Will the UK sign up?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article written by CAGE Associates, Arun Advani and Lucie Gadenne |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/15/biden-corporate-tax-uk-economic-covid |
| Description | Article in the Guardian: "Clamour for wealth tax grows after revelations about super-rich's affairs" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | "It may sound shocking," says Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) - assistant professor at the University of Warwick's economics department and a member of the Wealth Tax Commission, which recommends the UK bring in a one-off wealth tax - "but all of this is perfectly legal, and not surprising to anyone who has spent any time thinking about the wealthy and tax." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/12/clamour-for-wealth-tax-grows-after-revelations-abou... |
| Description | Article in the Guardian: "The G7 corporate tax plan could make the world a fairer place to do business" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article written by CAGE Associates Arun Advani and Lucie Gadenne |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/10/g7-corporate-tax-plan-fairer-business |
| Description | Article in the Guardian: "Want to feel at home? Move to a place where people share your political views" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research by Vincenzo Bove (CAGE Associate) funded by CAGE cited in a Guardian article in December 2021: ". for those moving house because it appears our political views don't just drive how we vote, but also where we move. So concludes new research published by Warwick University that examined population movements between 346 local authorities from 2002-2015. It turns out there are significantly more moves between areas with similar political preferences". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/19/ant-to-feel-at-home-move-to-a-place-where-peop... |
| Description | Article in the Guardian: Capital gains tax reform: If the Chancellor wants to go down in history as a great reformer, there are some big tax changes he could make, says Arun Advani |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Today's budget will not be a big revenue raiser. Rishi Sunak has already raised £40 billion in tax this year. A combination of freezing the income tax thresholds while inflation is roaring, and expanding national insurance contributions, mean that he has raised tax as a share of the economy to the highest level in history. But if the Chancellor wants to go down in history as a great reformer, rather than merely a revenue raiser, there are some big tax changes he could make. Arun Advani, CAGE Associate, comments on Capital Gains Tax Reform. This article was first published in The Guardian: Why capital gains tax reform should be top of Rishi Sunak's list, 26 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/27-10-21-if_the_chancellor_wants_... |
| Description | Article in the Independent: "Is a solidarity tax on the economic winners of the pandemic a good idea?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | An independent Wealth Tax Commission, made up of respected academics and tax experts, last year recommended a one-off post-pandemic wealth tax for the UK, which it estimated could raise £260 bn through an annual 1 percent tax on millionaire couples over 5 years. Arun Advani of Warwick University (CAGE Associate) who helped lead the Commission, says the IMF's ideas are firmly in line with its own proposals. "It is great to see the IMF both highlighting the need to tax wealth better and proposing a one-off wealth tax where COVID has created a need for additional tax revenue," he says. "I expect the governments around the world will be studying this carefully." (Article by Ben Chu, CAGE Media Fellow). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Article in the New Statesman: Fix the taxation of capital gains |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Reforming capital gains taxation is an efficient and fair way for the government to raise substantial revenue, says Arun Advani, CAGE Associate. In an article for the New Statesman, Arun Advani assesses the Labour and Conservative approach to tax reform, and argues that capital gains tax reform would improve efficiency, make the tax system fairer and substantially increase revenue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/28-09-21-fix_the_taxation_of_capi... |
| Description | Article in the Sunday Times: "How could a wealth tax work in the UK?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | However, last year the idea was given serious thought by the Wealth Tax Commission, a group of academics from the London School of Economics. In December they published a report suggesting a 1 per cent tax on individual wealth over £500,000 for five years could raise a staggering £260 billion. Dr Arun Advani (CAGE Associate), one of the report's authors, says it came from an awareness that the rich were able to ride out the past year: "If you had a low income it became clear you'd be really badly impacted, but if you had wealth you could sit and live off it. Wealth was clearly helping people in the pandemic." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-wealth-tax-work-uk-xlq5v7qcm |
| Description | Article in the Washington Post citing Thiemo Fetzer's research into previous withdrawals from Afghanistan: What are the Taliban's next moves? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This article cites research by Thiemo Fetzer (CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy) and Pedro Souza (CAGE Associate) into earlier withdrawals from Afghanistan and what that may mean for now. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/10/what-are-talibans-next-moves/ |
| Description | Arun Advani authored article on "mini budget" for the Guardian; "Rationale behind abolition of 45p tax rate reflects failed ideology" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, David Burgherr and Andy Summers authored article in The Guardian referencing their CAGE Policy Briefing 27 & Working Paper 630: "First, there's no doubt that when the rich are handed easy opportunities to minimise their tax, they - like most people - take them. Although headline tax rates rise with income, the super-rich often pay lower effective rates than those on modest incomes, because they can take the money as dividends or capital gains, which face lower rates. Cutting the top rate of income tax to 40% will not stop this behaviour, since the top dividend tax rate has also been cut, and some gains can still be taxed as low as 10%." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/rationale-behind-abolition-of-45p-tax-rate-reflects... |
| Description | Arun Advani authored article on Nadhim Zahawi for The Guardian "Nadhim Zahawi: it was the paltry size of his tax bill that should shock us" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article by Arun Advani citing CAGE Policy Briefing 19: "But most capital gains come not from the sale of second homes by the upper middle classes but from the sale or dissolution of businesses by individuals who both own and manage those businesses. And those gains are incredibly concentrated: half of all taxable gains in the entire country go to about 5,000 people, who each receive more than £1.5m in gains." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/03/nadhim-zahawi-it-was-the-paltry-size-of-his-tax-bill... |
| Description | Arun Advani authored article on taxes for the rich for The Guardian "Timid Jeremy Hunt Fails to Reform How Rich are Taxed" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article by Arun Advani referencing CAGE Policy Briefing 38: "Jeremy Hunt claimed the burden of his autumn statement tax rises would fall on those with the broadest shoulders, saying on Thursday he would "ask those with more to contribute more". Unfortunately, the chancellor's statement was surprising in its timidity. The UK tax system is sadly riddled with problems. Fixing any one of those could have raised substantial revenue, improved growth and gone some way towards improving fairness, not only between rich and poor but also between people with the same incomes, taken home in different ways. Instead, in terms of personal taxes, the budget did three small things." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/18/timid-jeremy-hunt-fails-to-reform-how-rich-are-taxed |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed Anthony Coyne (Head of Data Science) at Department for International Trade on cross government data linking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed Anthony Coyne (Head of Data Science) at Department for International Trade on cross government data linking - 20 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO, union in US) on taxation of wealth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed Damon Silvers the director of policy and special counsel at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations on taxation of wealth (6th March 2023) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed Green Party Treasury team on tax issues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed Green Party Treasury team on tax issues - 19 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed Green Party on wealth taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed the Green Party on wealth taxes (1st December 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed the Trade Union Congress on taxation of wealth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed the Trade Union Congress on taxation of wealth (20th February 2023) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed the Treasury teams on distributional modelling of tax reforms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed the Treasury teams on distributional modelling of tax reforms - 1 February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani briefed the team at World Basic Income on wealth taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani briefed the team at World Basic Income on wealth taxes - 2 February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani interviewed on BBC 5 Live about the effect of National Insurance rise on poorer households |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani interviewed about the effect of National Insurance rise on poorer households (related to CAGE Policy Briefing 33: Fixing National Insurance: A better way to fund social care |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arun Advani interviewed on BBC Newsnight "Where Will The Tax Hikes Hit?" 01/11/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani was interview by Kirsty Wark on BBC's Newsnight 1/11/22 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001ds7z/newsnight-where-will-tax-hikes-hit |
| Description | Arun Advani interviewed on BBC Radio "Wake up to money" about inflation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Associate, interviewed about inflation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arun Advani interviewed on Bloomberg Podcast "The Tory Tax Problem May Be Britain's, Too" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani was interviewed by David Merritt and Francine Lacqua for the Bloomberg Podcast on 25 January 2023 The big story in the UK this week centers on the fate of Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi. His tax affairs have come under scrutiny following a report that he'd paid £4.8 million ($5.4 million) in taxes to His Majesty's Revenue & Customs, including a 30% penalty for not paying on time in the first place. Zahawi's excuse was that he'd been "careless," and so far he's been allowed to stay in his post. But pressure is mounting. In this week's In the City, reporter Alex Wickham joins to assess the damage being done to the Tory party's popularity as a result of the scandal. As Wickham puts it, the incident "feeds into the narrative that the Tories just don't get it during a cost of living crisis." It's an impression that arguably goes over poorly with voters. EMBED If you ask Arun Advani, the interesting part of the story is less about why Zahawi paid the wrong amount, and more how small it was when compared with the earnings he generated. Advani, an associate professor in economics at the University of Warwick and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, explains the UK's current tax structure and where there's room for improvement. "Think about it less as pursuing the wealthy and more as pursuing wealth," Advani says. "The distinction there is it's not about trying to tax people because they're rich, it's about trying to tax money that comes from owning assets and getting return on that relative to taxing labor." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2023-01-25/the-tory-tax-problem-may-be-britain-s-too-podcast |
| Description | Arun Advani interviewed on Channel 4 News "Rishi Sunak: Questions over the Chancellor's tax arrangements" 9/4/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani interview about non-dom tax status by Channel 4 News |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.channel4.com/news/rishi-sunak-questions-over-the-chancellors-tax-arrangements |
| Description | Arun Advani met HM Treasury civil servants to discuss Distributional Analysis of Household Energy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani met HM Treasury civil servants to discuss Distributional Analysis of Household Energy (12th December 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arun Advani met Jeremy Hunt (Chancellor of the Exchequer) as part of a government growth strategy event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani met Jeremy Hunt (Chancellor of the Exchequer) as part of a government growth strategy event - 27 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arun Advani's research cited in BBC News report on non-dom taxation 7/4/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research and data on non-doms cited in BBC News report by Ben Chu |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FWbNo7Zuu3g |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into Capital gains and UK inequality cited in The Guardian "The Guardian view on wealth taxes: UK needs one on millionaires and billionaires" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani and Andy Summer's CAGE Policy Briefing 19 cited in The Guardian: "Official UK statistics hide the true extent of polarisation. Figures for income inequality do not include capital gains, which make the rich considerable sums and attract lower rates of tax. While a comfortably off voter might think about this in terms of second-home sales, these were dwarfed by the sums made from selling or closing down businesses. The economists Arun Advani and Andy Summers found that by including capital gains with income, the average remuneration of the top 0.01% rose from £4.9m to £8.4m in 2017-18. They also found that the richest 5,000 people's share of total UK "wages" was 3.6% rather than the 2.2% recorded - implying that income inequality is much higher than previously thought." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/16/the-guardian-view-on-wealth-taxes-uk-needs-one... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in Financial Times "Why we need a wealth tax" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in Financial Times in Martin Sandbu's column "Why we need a wealth tax" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/video/6f73c51e-a1d8-48db-a8da-892dbd53c08d |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian "Before he slashes services even further, Hunt should look at the state of the UK" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian in Polly Toynbee's column "Before he slashes services even further, Hunt should look at the state of the UK" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/17/hunt-uk-services-nhs |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian "If you're rich there are legal - and not so legal - ways to lower your tax bill" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian in Robert Palmer's column "If you're rich there are legal - and not so legal - ways to lower your tax bill" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/lower-tax-bill-british-tax-system-wealthy-nadh... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian "One of us is a millionaire, the other a care worker. The cruel divide between rich and poor disgusts us both" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian in Julia Davies and Winsome Hill's Op-ed: "One of us is a millionaire, the other a care worker. The cruel divide between rich and poor disgusts us both" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/01/millionaire-care-worker-cruel-divide-rich-poor... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian "The UK is at a perilous tipping point. But what is Truss planning to do about it" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian - Polly Toynbee's column "The UK is at a perilous tipping point. But what is Truss planning to do about it" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/uk-tipping-point-liz-truss-economy-government-... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian "What would a Tory budget that is actually good for the country look like? Here's an idea" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited in The Guardian in Polly Toynbee's column "What would a Tory budget that is actually good for the country look like? Here's an idea" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/14/hunt-budget-chancellor-prime-minister-lose-nex... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited on The Context with Christian Fraser 24/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into a wealth tax cited on BBC radio show "The Context with Christian Fraser" 24/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fkrk |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in Financial Times "Ending UK non-dom regime could raise at least £3.2bn, study finds" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE policy briefing no 38 referenced along with quote from Arun Advani: "The study by researchers at Warwick university and the London School of Economics, based on an analysis of 20 years' worth of anonymised tax returns, also estimated that the unreported offshore earnings of UK residents domiciled overseas totalled £10.9bn in 2018, the latest year for which data is available." [....] "Arun Advani, an associate professor at Warwick university and co-author of the report, said the government's plan to scrap the 45 per cent income tax rate would shrink the estimated £3.2bn tax boost but that "the crash in the pound caused by the mini-budget probably offsets that"." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/02903c0c-0017-4a8e-8b8d-d7b081396278 |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in Financial Times "Kwasi Kwarteng doubles down on tax cuts as Tories brace for investors' verdict" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE policy briefing no 38 cited in Financial Times: "Work by researchers Andy Summers and Arun Advani at the London School of Economics and Warwick University based on data from tax returns suggested that 46 per cent of the gains from the abolition of the 45 per cent rate would go to people with annual incomes over £1mn." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/5b9d1f87-dc78-4626-bb08-507561c6176a?FTCamp=engage/CAPI/webapp/Channel_Mo... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Economist "What are non-doms, and why does it matter that Rishi Sunak's wife is one?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's CAGE Policy Briefing 38 cited and quoted in The Economist: "Although theoretically open to all, non-dom status is overwhelmingly used by the rich. Research carried out by the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics shows that 40% of individuals who earned £5m or more in 2018 have claimed non-dom status at some point, compared with less than 0.3% of those earning less than £100,000. Their number includes 40% of top earners (defined as those earning more than £125,000 per year) in the oil industry, 25% of top earners in the car industry, and one in six sports and film stars. "I think the biggest shock might be to bankers and others working in City jobs, when they realise how many of their colleagues are benefiting from a tax regime they don't have access to," says Arun Advani of the University of Warwick's economics department." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/04/07/what-are-non-doms-and-why-does-it-matter... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Guardian "Akshata Murty is not alone, non-doms are ten a penny in some circles" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE Policy Briefing no. 36 cited "A Warwick and LSE team has released great new research on non-doms - UK residents who aren't required to pay UK tax on their overseas incomes or wealth because this isn't their permanent home. Their timing was impeccable (although I'm assured entirely coincidental), as the rights and wrongs of the chancellor's wife, Akshata Murty, being a non-dom dominated the news." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/10/akshata-murty-is-not-alone-non-doms-are-ten-a-... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Guardian "Number of UK non-doms down by 11% after pandemic travel curbs" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani quoted in The Guardian "Arun Advani, an associate professor at University of Warwick, said: "This is a reminder that while the non-dom regime is alien to most people, use of this tax break is common among the wealthiest. The latest figures show use of this tax perk has continued to remain high, continuing to cost the Treasury money during a cost of living crisis."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/28/number-uk-non-doms-down-pandemic-travel-curbs |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Independent "Labour pledges to scrap non-dom tax break after Rishi Sunak's wife status revealed" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE policy briefing no.36 cited "Four in 10 individuals who earned more than £5m or more in 2018 claimed non-dom status at some point, academics at the London School of Economics and Warwick University found in a recent study. It has been a live policy issue in recent years, with a conditional 15-year limit placed on the tax break introduced in 2017." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-labour-non-dom-tax-break-b2063919.html |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Independent "Non dom status used by nearly 70,000 people to cut tax bills in UK, official figures show" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE policy briefing no. 38 cited and Arun Advani quoted in The Guardian "Arun Advani, associate professor at the University of Warwick, said in response to the figures: "This is a reminder that, while the non-dom regime is alien to most people, use of this tax break is common among the wealthiest. "The latest figures show the use of this tax perk has continued to remain high, continuing to cost the Treasury money during a cost of living crisis."" [....] "A new analysis from the London School of Economics and the University of Warwick shows that one in seven billionaires on the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List (STRL) is unlikely to be resident in the UK for tax purposes." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/non-dom-tax-hmrc-b2133041.html |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited in The Independent "One in five bankers use non-dom tax saving status, study finds" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE Policy Briefing no 38 cited: "Four in ten individuals who earned £5 million or more in 2018 have claimed non-dom status at some point, academics at the London School of Economics and Warwick University found, after they were granted access to a decade of anonymised HMRC data. [....] Arun Advani, assistant professor at the University of Warwick said: "Whilst clearly most people have little idea about the non-dom regime, I think the biggest shock might be to bankers and others working in City jobs, when they realise how many of their colleagues are benefitting from a tax regime they don't have access to."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/nondom-tax-bankers-research-b2052846.html |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited inFinancial Times "How the UK's non-dom status works" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 570 cited "A study published this week by University of Warwick academics, analysing two decades of non-doms' tax data, reveals 93 per cent of non-doms in 2018 were foreign born. Most came from India, the US, western Europe (particularly France) and English-speaking countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa. Since 2000, the strongest increase has come from India and China. Between 2001 and 2018, the Indian total rose from 3,200 in to 22,700, and the Chinese from 400 to 3,100." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/81379a7a-5182-4845-b279-570b99406b5e |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into non-doms cited inThe Guardian "UK politics: Sunak should explain wife's non-domicile tax decision, says Labour - as it happened" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 570 cited in "Arun Advani, assistant professor at the University of Warwick's economics department and an expert on non-dom tax law, said: "Citizenship has nothing to do with whether you choose to/not to claim remittance basis in the UK."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/07/uk-politics-live-tories-energy-strategy-boris-... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into the National Insurance levy cited in an article in the Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | "After this dog's dinner, can we sustain record taxes?" David Smith Even if NI was your chosen tax, there were better ways of doing it, as a useful London School of Economics/Warwick University report pointed out. It estimated that removing existing NI exemptions and earnings limits could raise considerably more than £12 billion a year, making room for a cut rather than an increase in the NI rate. As it is, last week's announcement has further complicated our ludicrously complex tax system and introduced a bigger discrepancy into the tax treatment of the employed and self-employed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/after-this-dogs-dinner-can-we-sustain-record-taxes-qhz8pvpws |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into wealth inequality cited in the Financial Times: "Wealth inequality rises in Britain after decade of stability" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | These are "striking findings" said Arun Advani (CAGE Associate), assistant professor at the University of Warwick, adding the wealth gap had likely been underestimated as "the wealthiest are less likely to respond to the survey". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/d52743ca-c669-4c71-941f-8281230a21b5?FTCamp=engage/CAPI/webapp/Channel_Mo... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into wealth inequality cited in the Independent: "Wealth of the richest 1% in the UK more than 230 times that of the poorest 10%, ONS says" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Researchers at the London School of Economics, Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) and Hannah Tarrant, argued that the ONS figures had underestimated the share of wealth going to the richest households and that the analysis failed to account for business wealth. They also highlighted that in the ONS data the "wealth differences between households from different ethnic groups are stark". "Households whose 'household reference person' [main respondent to the survey] is of white ethnicity are four times more likely to have wealth in excess of £500,000 than households with a black African reference person," they wrote. "Pakistani and Indian households are less likely to hold pension wealth, with home ownership being more important in their asset holdings." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/wealth-richest-one-percent-uk-115422377.html?guccounter=1&guce_ref... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research into wealth tax cited in British Medical Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research into wealth tax was cited in the British Medical Journal article - "Should the UK have a wealth tax? Almost certainly" by Richard Smith |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/379/bmj.o2763.full.pdf |
| Description | Arun Advani's research on a National Insurance levy mentioned in Hansard (14 September 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | James Murray (Shadow Financial Secretary): Our new clause 3 would require the Government to report to the House of Commons on the impact that the Bill will have on tax revenue derived from different sources of income. On the one hand, there is income from employment and self-employment, which the Government have chosen to tax hard. On the other hand, as new clause 3 mentions, there is income from dividends, rental properties and other sources of wealth, which the Government have left untouched. We know that the Government have chosen not to raise taxes for those with large portfolios of stocks and shares, and for landlords renting out multiple properties, but the Bill even lacks any mention of taxes on dividends, despite the Prime Minister saying that they would be taxed more. Perhaps when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury responds, he could explain why the Government have chosen to delay implementing a tax rise in dividends until the next Finance Bill or beyond. Will he give us his word that the increase in tax on dividends will definitely go ahead? Dame Margaret Hodge: Or, as suggested by academics Advani, Summers and others, plug the unfair gaps in national insurance by extending it in full-not just the levy, but all of it-to all investment income and working pensioners: £12 billion. If we scrapped the upper earnings limit and equalised the rates of NICs paid between high and low earners, we would not just raise enough to meet roughly the same amount as the Government propose; we could cut the main rate of NICs by 1.25 percentage points. Rachael Maskell (Shadow Minister for the Voluntary Sector and Charities): Take the London School of Economics wealth tax commission, which reported last December. It found that a tax on assets worth over £500,000 at 5% would draw a pot of £260 billion, which would pay for health and social care and that much-needed pay rise. The tax would be assessed on individuals rather than households, with the rate of tax being 5%, albeit with a standard payment period of five years, allowing a tax rate of 1% to be paid for each of those five years. The amount raised is the equivalent of income tax at 9%. Alternatively, if the threshold was £2 million, £80 billion would still be raised. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-09-14/debates/AFE1AEDC-E1B4-4287-9AF2-BEBCA0F7BF91/Health... |
| Description | Arun Advani's research on non-dom taxation cited on BBC World News "HARDtalk 16/12/22" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani's research on non-dom taxation cited on BBC World News "HARDtalk 16/12/22" - radio show |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct32gx |
| Description | Arun Advani's research on wealth inequality cited in an article in the Guardian: "Richest 1% of UK households are worth at least £3.6m each" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani (CAGE Associate), an assistant professor at the University of Warwick's economics department, said the data revealed "stark" differences between different ethnic groups. "Households whose 'household reference person' is of white ethnicity are four times more likely to have wealth in excess of £500,000 than households with a black African HRP," he said. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jan/07/richest-uk-households-worth-at-least-36m-each |
| Description | Arun Advani: Interview on Uncommons by Nate Erskine-Smith about a one off wealth tax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) is professor of economics and a commissioner of the UK's Wealth Tax Commission, and he joins Nate on this episode to discuss the Commission's call for a one-off wealth tax, and what he thinks of the wealth tax motion Nate has proposed in Parliament. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://uncommons.ca/2021/02/21/one-off-wealth-taxation-with-arun-advani-s2-e9/ |
| Description | Arun Advani: presentation to and discussion with HMRC and HM Treasury on how we produce non-doms numbers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani participated in a presentation to and discussion with HMRC and HM Treasury on how we produce the non-doms numbers for his research (16 December 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Attended a policy conference on the Multilateral Trading System organised by the Foreign Office in April 2021. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, attended a policy conference "Wilton Park Conference on the Multilateral Trading System" organized by the Foreign Office in April 2021. About 100 experts on international trade policy attended. Spoke on the behaviour of UK international trade flows since the Brexit referendum and interacted with various policy officials from multiple countries, including international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Attended a roundtable discussion about VAT at the National Audit Office (NAO) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, attended a roundtable discussion about VAT at the National Audit Office (NAO), led by the Director of the HMRC Value for Money at the NAO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Autumn Newsletter 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/861aaa6f908c/cage-newsletter-autumn-2022 |
| Description | Bishnu Gupta (CAGE Research Director) invited to participate in the Economics Society event at North Collegiate School. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Bishnu Priya, CAGE Research Director, invited to participate in the Economics Society event at North London Collegiate School. Topic: Gender pay gap. Two panellists: Bishnu Gupta and Emily Carver |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Bishnu Gupta interviewed on Radio 4: BBC Open Country: A Fabric Landscape |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Open Country explores the rich history of the cotton trade in Blackburn and the surrounding area, and discusses the complicated relationship it made between Imperial Britain and India. With CAGE Research Director Bishnupriya Gupta. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ytzz |
| Description | Blog: Rebuilding government finances after COVID: Is a wealth tax part of the answer? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/ https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/news/bringing-together-the-social-science-response-to-covid-19/ By Arun Advani (Assistant Professor of Economics and Impact Director of the CAGE Research Centre at the University of Warwick) Four hundred thousand million pounds. That looks set to be the additional borrowing by government this financial year. It is eight times the pre-pandemic borrowing predictions, and comparable only to the world wars in terms of borrowing as a share of national income. Unlike previous recessions, these numbers are in large part the result of active policy decisions, such as the introduction of the furlough and self-employment income support schemes. And as we (one day) come out of the health crisis, further spending is likely to be necessary, if "levelling up" and "building back better" are to be more than warm words. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/news/rebuilding-government-finances-after-covid-is-a-wealth-... |
| Description | Brexit has added £210 to average grocery bills, new study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | New research co-authored by Dr Nikhil Datta of Warwick Economics, CAGE and the LSE finds that leaving the European Union has added an average of £210 to Britain's household food bills over the two years to the end of 2021 - a cost felt more deeply by lower-income households, which spend a greater share of their income on food than the better-off. A blog post based on research by Jan David Bakker, Nikhil Datta, Richard Davies, Josh De Lyon |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/16-01-23-brexit_has_added_210_to_... |
| Description | British Decline Redux: What's gone wrong this time? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Duncan Weldon (CAGE Media Fellow) gave a lecture on the subject of "British Decline Redux: What's gone wrong this time?" on Wednesday 8th March 2023 "The British economy is in a period of relative decline. Consensus forecasts point to a deeper recession and a slower recovery in the U.K. than in any other G7 economy. But the problems run deeper than a bad few years. Productivity growth since 2008 has been abysmal. Real wages for the median worker look set to be no higher in the mid 2020s than they were in the mid 2000s. The country has already had two lost decades of growth. Decline is, on one level, nothing new for the U.K. In a broad sense the economic history of Britain since the 1850s is the history of relative economic decline. Looking back at previous supposed periods of decline - especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the immediate post-second world war decades - is a useful way to measure the current crisis." Link to video of talk: https://youtu.be/OGN5Y7lQcAE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/08-03-23-british_decline_redux_... |
| Description | CAGE Associate Event: Economic History Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An online workshop arranged for CAGE associates only. An opportunity to share latest research with fellow academics with a Q&A session after each presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/05-05-21-cage_economic_history_... |
| Description | CAGE Associate Event: Economic History Workshop (including Crafts Lecture 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A one-day workshop (5th May 2022) that allows CAGE associates to share the latest research with fellow academics with a Q&A session after each presentation. This year the event was combined with the Crafts Lecture "Career and Family: Then and Now" by Professor Claudia Goldin (Harvard University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/05-05-22-cage_2022_economic_his... |
| Description | CAGE Newsletter (June 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide an update of current research, activities and events organised by the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/e485edada6e3/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine |
| Description | CAGE Summer School 2021: Economic growth and development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CAGE holds an annual Summer School. The summer school is intended mainly for PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers. Lectures are held in the morning sessions and invited students and postdocs have the opportunity to present their research in the afternoon, with feedback from lecturers and participants. The theme of the summer school in 2021 is understanding long-run patterns of growth and development in different parts of the world, and the enduring effects of history on economic development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/11-07-21-cage__summer__school__... |
| Description | CAGE Summer School 2022: New research in political economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CAGE holds an annual Summer School intended mainly for PhD student and early postdoctoral researchers. Lectures are held in the morning sessions and invited students and postdocs have the opportunity to present their research in the afternoon, with feedback from lecturers and participants. The theme of the summer school in 2022 is new research in political economy looking at a broad spectrum of research perspectives in political economy, such as economics of the media, social movements, the role of money in politics, and the political economy of developing economies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/27-06-22-cage_summer_school_202... |
| Description | CAGE Winter Newsletter (December 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/dc80918be540/9aaagjrdug |
| Description | CAGE Winter/Spring Newsletter (March 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://us20.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/show?id=13213955 |
| Description | CAGE and Economic History Group online webinar: The economic consequence of large-scale pandemics: lessons from the history of plague in Europe and the Mediterranean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research by Guido Alfani (Bocconi University) on the economic consequences of large-scale pandemics like the Plague, to academics interested in Economic History. There was an opportunity for Q&A after the presentation. This stimulated discussion and the online format allowed academics from Europe and the United Kingdom to engage with CAGE research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/27-04-20-cage_and_economic_hist... |
| Description | CAGE and Economic History online webinar: Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years on - A Panel Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Panel of four speakers presented their research into the economic impact of World War Two to an audience of academics mainly from Europe and the United Kingdom with an interest in Economic History. There was an opportunity for Q&A and discussion after each presentation. This promoted engagement with CAGE Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/21-05-20-economics_of_the_secon... |
| Description | CAGE celebrates International Women's Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) Academic economics remains a male-dominated profession, particularly at the professorial level. But at CAGE we are lucky to host some of the brightest and best women economists, and to be supported by talented women higher-education professionals. On International Women's day, we're celebrating some of the diverse work of these women, which sits at the cutting edge of economics, policy and history and contributes so much to making CAGE a success. Below we have taken a snapshot of just some of the brilliant work that our women economists are working on right now. You can also take a look at the features on our website homepage and follow us on twitter to find out more about some of our women economists' fascinating research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/07-03-22-cage_celebrates_internat... |
| Description | CAGE explores the impact of austerity on the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/22-06-20-press_release/ |
| Description | CAGE lunchtime seminar: Untangling the Budget |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE hosted a lunchtime seminar, "Untangling the Budget" to explain and discuss the personal tax implications of the March 2021 Budget. CAGE Associates, Arun Advani and Dennis Novy were the speakers, with CAGE Research Director, Bishnu Gupta, as Chair. The purpose of the event was to explain the budget to non-economists and post-graduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CAGE releases special series on race and economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The special series demonstrates how economics can inform debate on racial inequality and shape the development of new policy. But there is still a long way to go to achieve equality and diversity of representation within the discipline. This week, in a special web edit, CAGE has released a series of articles on race and diversity in economics. Last year, the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked protests across the globe. Institutions, disciplines and individuals questioned how they could improve equality and diversity for the long-term. One year on, we're exploring the important role economics can play in highlighting and shaping race-related debate and policy. We also take a look at diversity within our own discipline. In a subject that lags behind many others, both in the diversity of its personnel and in the amount of race-related research undertaken, the road towards equality is likely to be long. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/21-05-21-cage_releases_special_se... |
| Description | COVID recovery: What can we learn from post-World War II economic history? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This online event was part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences. In this online discussion, economic historian Nicholas Crafts and journalist and author Duncan Weldon will remove the rose-tinted glasses and explore both the positive and negative effects of post-war reform. Offering critical insights, the panel will investigate how lessons from history can help us build new economic policies for our post-pandemic future. Chair: Bishnu Gupta, CAGE Research Director |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/24-11-21-covid_recovery_what_ca... |
| Description | Call with Gurpreet Narwan, Times Economics Editor, to discuss work on capital gains tax and behavioural responsiveness of individuals to taxes (February 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Telephone call with Gurpreet Narwan, Times Economics Editor, to discuss Arun Advani's, CAGE Impact Director, work on Capital Gains Tax and individuals' behavioural responsiveness to taxes. (11.02.21). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Channel 4 Dispatches (24.02.2021): Britain's £400bn COVID Bill - Who will pay? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Liam Halligan investigates the financial cost of the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses tax options and recent recommendations from the Wealth Tax Commission with Arun Advani. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-400bn-covid-bill-dispatches?fbclid=IwAR2waDcORHt6f95j9J... |
| Description | Childhood creativity has a positive impact on earnings in adulthood, new study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Creative people reach higher levels of educational attainment, are more likely to find employment and earn more during their careers, according to research published in the CAGE working paper series. A blog post based on research by David Gill and Victoria Prowse |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/31-01-23-childhood_creativity_has... |
| Description | Christopher Roth presented at ASSA Annual Meeting 2022 on "Popular rationales as excuses for intolerant expression". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Roth, CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Political Economy, presented at ASSA Annual Meeting 2022 on "Popular rationales as excuses for intolerant expression". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/2022/aea-session-recordings |
| Description | Cities still matter: the role of urban centres in tackling regional inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Online event to mark the launch of a new Policy Report by the CAGE Research Centre 'Economic challenges and success in the post-covid era' which includes new research on the impact of COVID on regional structure. Panellists: Mirko Draca, CAGE Director, Rebecca Riley (WMCA), Paul Swinney (Centre for Cities) Chair: Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/18-11-21-cities_still_matter_th... |
| Description | Commentary by Polly Toynbee in the Guardian: Research by Arun Advani cited |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Undertaxed, unearned wealth is soaring, but Sunak's preferred choice is to raise National Insurance from everyone else. Capital gains trebled to £63bn in the eight years before the pandemic: Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) of Warwick University reports the rise of "super gainers" who declare more than £1m a year of their income as a capital gain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/07/levelling-up-chancellor-rishi-sunak-tax-injust... |
| Description | Conservation area restrictions are stifling climate action, new research finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Homes in conservation areas may be responsible for between 3 and 4 million tons of avoidable CO2 emissions every year. Retrofitting homes can not only improve energy efficiency, but also reduce household bills and lower carbon footprint. Retrofitting can be a complex and costly process for any household. But new research shows that additional restrictions in conservation areas are putting residents off making changes to their homes, changes that could reduce the UK's CO2 emissions by between 3 and 4 million tonnes every year. A blog post based on research by Thiemo Fetzer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/13-02-23-conservation_area_restri... |
| Description | Consultation meetings with the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) to review Capital Gains Tax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani was invited to form part of a Consultative Committee to look at Capital Gains Tax. Attended 4 committee meetings 2020-21 in this capacity. In July 2020, the Chancellor wrote to the OTS, to ask the OTS to undertake a review of Capital Gains Tax and aspects of the taxation of chargeable gains, in relation to individuals and smaller businesses. As well as looking at opportunities to simplify administration and the impact of technical issues, the review will explore areas where the present rules can distort behaviour or do not meet their policy intent, to help ensure the system is fit for purpose. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chancellor-requests-ots-review-of-capital-gains-tax |
| Description | Could more flexible working make it easier for women to have a career and a family? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Flexible working schemes have the potential to improve workplace equality in the living-with-COVID era. But employers must get the implementation right. Blog post based on Claudia Goldin's Crafts Lecture 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/11-05-22-could_more_flexible_work... |
| Description | Crafts Lecture 2021: Origins of extremism: insights from the rise of the Nazi party (Professor Joachim Voth) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE hosts an annual Crafts Lecture to which an academic is invited to present their research. At this year's lecture, Professor Joachim Voth (University of Zurich) was invited to present on his research "Origins of extremism: insights from the rise of the Nazi party" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/13-07-21-crafts_lecture_2021/ |
| Description | Daniel Sgroi Academic Lead / Global Research Priority (GRP) Behaviour, Brain and Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Sgroi became one of the three academic leads on the University of Warwick's global research priority Behaviour, Brain and Society. The other leads are based in Psychology and WBS. This GRP now oversees the DR@W Centre and coordinates interdisciplinary work in the behavioural sciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/behaviour-brain-society/ |
| Description | Daniel Sgroi interviewed on YouTube channel, Data Driven, on the topic of "Wellbeing in crisis and beyond: How can data science and behavioural science help us to understand what makes us happy?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel leads Theme 3 (Behavioural Economics & Wellbeing) of the ESRC-funded CAGE centre which seeks better ways to understand and measure subjective #wellbeing ("happiness") and related behavioural concepts and is Co-ordinator of the Experimental and #BehaviouralEconomics Research Group in the economics department. Raised awareness of CAGE research through his association with the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHJkB3V3CKI |
| Description | Daniel Sgroi's research into small talk cited in The Guardian "Four minutes of small talk can reveal key personality traits, study says" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 409 extensively cited in The Guardian along with quotes from Daniel Sgroi: ""It might seem like a drain on time and productivity but our research suggests small talk is an important way to learn about the personality of others, which in turn helps us to better predict how they will behave in the future," said Prof Daniel Sgroi from the University of Warwick, the co-author of the study published in the journal PLoS ONE (pdf). The researchers recruited 338 participants and divided them into two groups before they met in person, with each participant asked to complete a personality and IQ test. Within each group, participants were paired up and either engaged in a four-minute conversation by text or had no contact with their partner. The participants then had to guess aspects of their partner's personality, such as how extroverted they were, and predict whether they would act cooperatively or selfishly in two money-based strategic games. The team found those who chatted scored more highly on predicting their partner's IQ and answers to the personality test, although they were also more likely to project their own personality traits on to their partner. "In even a few minutes we will start to form a mental model of the person we are talking with: are they extroverted or introverted, do they seem upbeat or downbeat, cooperative or uncooperative? These sorts of impressions won't be perfect, but they will be useful," said Sgroi. Next, the participants met and played with their conversation partner - or with a stranger if they were in the no-contact group - which allowed the scientists to assess the impact of prior small talk on their tactics. The researchers gave each participant £20 and asked them to contribute to a communal pot shared with their partner, a cognitive experiment called the public goods game. The team say those who had chatted to their partners were more likely to correctly predict their contribution to the pot. What's more those who had chatted beforehand contributed 30% more than those who had not - a finding the researchers suggest was also down to the relationship they had established through small talk. "Those who engaged in small talk with their partner had a better understanding of their partner's personality - they scored much better at predicting their character traits and in turn this helped them to predict how they would behave," said Sgroi. "The bottom line is that they performed better and earned more money than those who didn't have the opportunity to chat." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/31/four-minutes-of-small-talk-can-reveal-key-personalit... |
| Description | Daniel Sgroi's research into small talk cited in The Observer "Call it trivial, but we still need to master the art of small talk" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Sgroi's research into small talk extensively referenced in The Observer: "Now, economists Professor Daniel Sgroi and Neha Bose from the University of Warwick have conducted what they think is the first study of its kind, putting 338 individuals through an IQ and personality test before placing them in pairs to play two money games in which the extent of cooperation affected the outcome. The study found that just four minutes of passing the time with a stranger can give away key aspects of personality which, in turn, influences later behaviour. "Small talk matters," they conclude. In their paper, the academics quote an example of two diplomats engaged in week-long negotiations that are progressing slowly until, on the Wednesday, one chats to the other that he needs to be home by Friday to attend an opera with his wife. "Immediately a connection was formed on two fronts: a shared dislike of opera and a shared interest in keeping spouses happy The pace picked up, and the diplomat went home as scheduled with a signed agreement in hand."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/03/call-it-trivial-but-we-still-need-to-master-the-art-... |
| Description | Daniel Sgroi's research into sunk cost effect cited in The Times Higher Education: Is the 'sunk cost fallacy' sinking your career? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The work of David Ronayne, and CAGE Associates, Daniel Sgroi and Anthony Tuckwell from the University of Warwick in 2021 identifies the factors of effort, belief, emotion and time alongside money as key drivers in being susceptible to the sunk cost fallacy. Those first three might be felt much more personally than the more measurable metrics of time and money. Reassuringly, they also highlight that the brain power required to avoid the fallacy is "slight" once we have noticed it. We need to apply information and experience in a structured, rational way to avoid the trap. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/sunk-cost-fallacy-sinking-your-career |
| Description | Dennis Novy interviewed by Kyiv Post "How the West can crank up pressure on Russia's economy to weaken its military" 27/01/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy was interviewed by Kyiv Post on the subject of "How the West can crank up pressure on Russia's economy to weaken its military" 27/01/23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6B43Qd7hf8 |
| Description | Department of Education Skills and Productivity Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, has been appointed to the DofE Skills and Productivity Advisory Board. The Skills and Productivity Board is an expert committee providing independent, evidence-based advice to ministers at the Department for Education on matters relating to skills and their contribution to productivity. To this end....the board will prioritise the following questions over the next 12 months: • Which areas of the economy face the most significant skills mismatches or present growing areas of skills need? • Can the board identify the changing skills needs of several priority areas within the economy over the next 5-10 years? • How can skills and the skills system promote productivity growth in areas of the country that are poorer performing economically? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9350... |
| Description | Discussion of importing inequality work with the Department of Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a discussion with the Department of Education about his work on importing inequality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussion on Wealth Tax with KPMG / Arun Advani / 06 Aug 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussing ("knowledge exchange") wealth tax work at "responsible tax roundtable" organised by KPMG Event/Presentation for Sept 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussion with "Sunday Briefing" team about green taxes to report back to policymakers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, discussed green taxes with "Sunday Briefing" team. Their write-ups are sent to policymakers, but aren't available publicly. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Discussion with Bright Blue Think Tank / Arun Advani / 14 Aug 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussing my wealth tax work and capital gains tax work with Sam Robinson from Bright Blue thinktank |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://brightblue.org.uk/ |
| Description | Discussion with Government Equalities Office (GEO) about pay transparency and gender equality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Emma Duchini, CAGE Associate, and her co-authors have been contacted by the Government Equalities Office (GEO) to discuss about their paper 'Pay Transparency and Gender Equality'. The GEO wants to conduct an evaluation of the UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting policy and has asked them to collaborate with them on this, given that their paper studies the effects of this policy across a large variety of outcomes. In the first meeting they extensively discussed their findings. As a next step, they will send them their codes so that they can replicate their analysis. Then, the GEO envisage to cite their results in the final report they have to produce by the end of March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Discussion with HMRC about wealth tax, particularly about design aspects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a discussion with HMRC about his wealth tax work, particularly about design aspects (July 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussion with Ian Mulheirn (Tony Blair Institute) about Wealth Tax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a virtual meeting with Ian Mulheirn, representing the Tony Blair Institute, to discuss his wealth tax work. (July 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://institute.global/policy/it-time-one-wealth-tax |
| Description | Discussion with stakeholders in Caribbean (particularly in Barbados) regarding trade policy and the effects of Brexit in the Carribbean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, reached out to stakeholders in the Caribbean, in particular the Shridath Ramphal Centre at the University of West Indies in Barbados, who are interested in trade policy and the effects of Brexit on the Caribbean region. He also had meetings with Avinash Persaud, an eminent financial economist, and the Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Barbados. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Disguising prejudice: Popular rationales as excuses for intolerant expression |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. Widespread claims that justify intolerance can give people the excuse they need to vocalise their racial prejudice: Leonardo Bursztyn, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao, and CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Political Economy, Christopher Roth highlight the powerful effect of public figures and biased media in encouraging racist behaviour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/19-05-21-disguising_prejudice_pop... |
| Description | ERINN Annual Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was an online conference of Economic Research on Identity, Norms, and Narratives (ERINN), hosted by CAGE. The organisers were Sharun Mukand, Theme Leader, Culture, behaviour and development, and Robert Akerlof, Deputy Theme Leader, Culture, behaviour and development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/15-04-21-erinn_annual_conferenc... |
| Description | Eat Out to Help Out Research Press Activity 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BROADCASTS Sky News (29.10.20): Research from the University of Warwick suggests that the Eat Out to Help Out scheme led to up to a 17% rise in Covid-19 cases. ALSO used in news headlines (often multiple times) on the following radio stations: Splash FM x2, The Breeze (East Hampshire) x3, Kerrang, Forth 2 AM Edinburgh x2, Radio Borders x2, Free Radio Birmingham x2, West Sound x2, Magic Tyne and Wear x2, Greatest Hits West Yorkshire x2, Greatest Hits Manchester x2, talkSport (Radio) x2, Northsound 1 Aberdeen, Gem 106, Kingdom FM x3, talkRADIO x3, Palm FM, Swansea Sound, Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country x2, GTFM x2, City Talk FM Liverpool x2, Hallam FM Sheffield x2, Clyde One FM Glasgow x2, Tay FM Dundee x2 , Rock FM Preston x2, Bro Radio x2, Forth One FM Edinburgh x2, Hits Radio Manchester x2, Magic London x2, Viking FM Humberside x2, Lincolnshire FM x3, TFM Teeside x2, Wave 105.2 x2, Times Radio x3, Swansea Sound, Absolute Radio, Academy FM (Thanet), 107 Jack FM (Berkshire), BRfm, Moray Firth Radio, CFM Radio Carlisle, Northsound 1 Aberdeen, Central 103.1 FM x2, Heart West Midlands, Virgin Radio UK 30.10.20 Central 103 FM; Times Radio; talkRADIO; Heart West Midlands; Lincolnshire FM; Kingdom FM; Chris Evans Breakfast Show Virgin Radio; Wave 102; The Breeze (East Hampshire); Sky News The Early Rundown (Interview with Professor Themo Fetzer about the Warwick research which says Eat Out to Help Out caused COVID cases to increase and drop when the scheme finished. Journalist brings up students returning to university having a possible effect on the number of COVID cases); West Sound; Absolute Radio; Sky News (Interview with Dominic Raab - interviewer raises the University of Warwick study on the Eat Out to Help Out scheme causing COVID cases to rise); Bro Radio; GTFM; Radio Borders; BRfm; CFm Radio Carlisle; LBC; Capital; Radio Pembrokeshire; Swansea Sound; Times Radio; Radio Carmarthenshire; Greatest Hits West Yorkshire; RT; Sky News; BBC Radio London Times Radio (31.10.20): Interview with Dr Thiemo Fetzer talking about Eat Out to Help Out's contribution to the number of COVID cases. Channel 5 Jeremy Vine: 13.11.20 Discussion of a study by University of Warwick about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme's contribution to the spread of COVID and the Stanford study about the spread of COVID in the hospitality industry in the US which concluded full capacity restaurants act as super spreaders. ABC Radio (Australia) (20.01.21): 'UK sets new record for COVID-19 deaths as mortuaries warn they are being overwhelmed'. Quotes research by Dr Thiemo Fetzer of Economics BBC Radio 5 Live (06.02.21) Mention of the Warwick research on Eat Out to Help Out which says it could have lead to increased infections. BBC Essex (16.02.21) In a story on hospitality businesses pushing for more relief measures and the return of Eat Out to Help Out, Dr Thiemo Fetzer of the Department of Economics discusses his study of the scheme that linked it with an increase in infections. Repeated in news bulletins x2 BBC CWR (21.02.21) Clip of Dr Thiemo Fetzer from Economics on the risk on reopening restaurants at a time when not 100% of the population is vaccinated. Repeated in bulletins. PRESS SkyNews (30.10.20): Coronavirus: Revealed - the impact Eat Out to Help Out had on infection rates (https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-eat-out-to-help-out-accelerated-second-wave-of-covid-19-study-says-12118285) The Guardian (30.12.20): "Eat out to help out" may have caused fifth of Covid clusters over summer (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/30/treasury-rejects-theory-eat-out-to-help-out-caused-rise-in-covid) The Spectator (30.10.20): Did Eat Out to Help Out spark a second wave? (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/did-eat-out-to-help-out-spark-a-second-wave-) The Hindu Businessline (31.10.20): UK govt's 'Eat out to help out' policy closely linked to Covid-19 second wave: Study (https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/uk-govts-eat-out-to-help-out-policy-closely-linked-to-covid-19-second-wave-study/article32989634.ece) The Times (31.10.20): Your three-minute digest (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/your-three-minute-digest-3pr639s5p) ALSO IN: Marseille News - France; SBS News - Korea; El Confidencial - Spain; Rosng - Russia; Ta Kung Pao - Hong Kong; News 24 - France; FD - Netherlands; World Socialist Website - Germany; HKET - Hong Kong; Bisnis Travelling - Indonesia. The Independent (01.11.20): Don't blame Chancellor's Eat Out to Help Out for second Covid wave says epidemiologist Neil Ferguson (https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-blame-chancellor-eat-210000960.html) The Times (01.11.20): Sunak's bridge to normality proves to be rickety one (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunaks-bridge-to-normality-proves-to-be-a-rickety-one-dgr5vc6d7) Fox News (5.11.20): UK's increased coronavirus cases linked to discount dining program, study claims (https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/uk-coronavirus-cases-discount-dining) Guardian (Australia) (06.11.20): NSW government considers restaurant and café vouchers to boost Covid-hit industry (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/06/nsw-government-considers-restaurant-and-cafe-vouchers-to-boost-covid-hit-industry) Guardian (08.11.20): GDP is still looking lean, despite - or because of - August's discount dinners (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/08/gdp-is-still-looking-lean-despite-or-because-of-augusts-discount-dinners) Independent (08.11.20): Sunak fall short of ruling out return of Eat Out to Help Out scheme despite virus spread fears (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-eat-out-to-help-out-coronavirus-spread-winter-lockdown-b1722175.html) La Repubblica (11.11.20) - Italy (https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/11/11/news/ristoranti_palestre_chiese_i_luoghi_a_maggio_rischio_contagio_secondo_uno_studio_usa-274018424/) ALSO IN: Urban Fusions - France; Ezanime - Spain; DER SPIEGEL - Germany; Valor Economico - Brazil; NotiPress - Mexico; T-Online - Germany; Der Tagesspiegel - Germany; Valor Investe - Brazil; Napi - Hungary; El Periodico Mediterrano - Spain; Chosun - Korea; Diario Cordoba - Spain Globalist - Italy; Visao - Portugal; Watson - Switzerland ; Palabras Claras - Mexico ABC Science (17.11.20): Restaurants are high-risk locations for COVID-19. Will Melbourne follow in the UK's footsteps? (https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-11-17/melbourne-uk-coronavirus-restaurants-cafes-pub-dining-covid/12886496) Sky News (25.11.20): 'Eat Out to Help Out: Businesses claimed £849m through scheme for 160 million meals'. (https://news.sky.com/story/eat-out-to-help-out-businesses-claimed-849m-through-scheme-for-160-million-meals-12141769) The Guardian (25.11.20) 'Eat out to help out': venues claimed more than £849m through scheme (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/25/eat-out-to-help-out-venues-claimed-more-than-849m-through-scheme) ABC News (Australia) (30.11.20): 'I watched Scotland's coronavirus second wave unfold. What can we learn as summer begins?' (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-01/learning-from-the-scotland-second-wave-as-australia-hits-summer/12930228) Urban Fusions (06.12.20) - France The Guardian (6.12.20): Tiers and scotch eggs: rules for pubs expose a class divide (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/06/tiers-and-scotch-eggs-why-rules-for-pubs-expose-a-class-divide) Time (13.01.21): ''It's Unimaginably Bad.' How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.'s Health System Into Crisis'.(https://time.com/5929246/uk-coronavirus-third-wave/) ABC Radio (Australia) (20.01.21): Station web site (see also broadcast log for this): (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-20/uk-covid-19-crisis-worsens-london-mortuaries-struggle-to-keep-up/13059998) The Guardian (24.01.21): 'The pandemic one year on: 100,000 dead in the UK from coronavirus'. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/the-pandemic-one-year-on-100000-dead-in-the-uk-from-coronavirus) Independent (27.01.21): Dither and delay brought the country to this point (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-deaths-nhs-delays-boris-johnson-b1790208.html) February 2021 Wide coverage in local press about take up on "Eat Out to Help Out" by area and speculation whether this caused the second spike in Coronavirus infections in October. The Times (09.03.21): Rishi Sunak was the main person responsible for Covid's second wave (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-sunak-covid-second-wave-failures-of-state-book-3ndvdq6ff) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Economic History Society (Virtual) Annual Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Fenske, CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History, presented a paper on "The Columbian exchange and conflict in Asia" on 9 April 2021 at the Economic History Society (Virtual) Annual Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://files.ehs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/29060655/Conference-programme-2021.pdf |
| Description | Economics and the study of race |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short written commentary on a topical issue aimed at a wide general audience. In 2020, the Econometric Society World Congress convened a panel event to ask 'What can economics do for racial justice?' A clear answer was that, alongside the tentative advances in teaching and the pressure to improve representation, economists need to study the causes and consequences of racial inequality. Arun Advani, Elliott Ash, David Cai and Imran Rasul examine how much economists have actually been doing this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/21-05-21-economics_and_the_study_... |
| Description | Epidemic disease and real wages during the British Industrial Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary on a topical issue aimed to appeal to a wide general audience. Nowadays, the conquest of epidemic disease through vaccination is unambiguously good news. But before the Industrial Revolution it would have been more of a mixed blessing; lower mortality rates threatened falls in real wages. During the Industrial Revolution however, although the population of Britain grew rapidly- in part due to vaccinations - real wages also grew (albeit slowly). This, Nicholas Crafts argues, lends an important perspective to the impact of the Industrial Revolution on living standards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/05-02-21-epidemic_disease_and_rea... |
| Description | Equalising opportunity: the long-term effects of the Second World War on racial diversity in the US labour market |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short written commentary on a topical issue aimed at a wide general audience. Employment inequality has long been a feature of US labour markets. But between 1940 and 1970, Black workers in the South experienced a significant and long-term improvement in their access to semi- and high-skilled jobs. What was behind this change in occupational structure? Andreas Ferrara shows that permanent labour shortages as a result of the Second World War reduced the racial barriers that had previously made such jobs inaccessible to Black workers. His research demonstrates how important equalising opportunity can be for improving the prosperity of minority groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/19-05-21-equalising_opportunity_t... |
| Description | Extensive media coverage of Thiemo Fetzer's research about whether the Government's "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme caused further COVID tests |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | There was extensive coverage in the broad press (Guardian, Independent, The Times, etc) as well as in regional and local press citing research by Thiemo Fetzer (CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy) about whether the Government's "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme drove a "significant" increase in new infections. This was published in articles January through to May 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Financing UK Democracy: Are we heading for a crisis? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In 2000, the reporting of political donations was made mandatory in the UK. More than 20 years on, political donations are on the rise, particularly from individual givers. This could have big consequences for the fairness of UK politics, as Colin Green explains. A blog post based on research by Mirko Draca, Colin Green and Swarnodeep Homroy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/23-11-22-financing_uk_democracy_a... |
| Description | Forecast for COVID-19 cases in the UK: Updated modelling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/29-04-20-forecast_for_covid_19_ca... |
| Description | Government Economic Service (GES) online networking event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 15 February 2022 CAGE helped organise an online networking event with GES members. 8 CAGE Associates and 8 GES members were given 5 minutes to introduce themselves and their research or area of interest to each of the participants. This would be followed up with further discussion if a particular areas of interest and research matched. This was valued and appreciated by participants and future events will be arranged, although allowing participants to spend 10 minutes together. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Government Economic Service (GES) seminar on Environment Economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 1 December 2021, CAGE organised and hosted an online seminar on Environment Economics. Ludovica Gazze, Deputy Theme Leader, Public Policy and Data, and CAGE Associates, Stefano Caria and Giorgia Barboni presented their research to GES members for discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Green Alliance Report: "The green light for change: What people think about environmental tax reforms". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Green Alliance Report: "The green light for change: What people think about environmental tax reforms". Thanks and acknowledgement to Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) fo rhis insights as part of the Advisory Board of the TransformTax project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://green-alliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/green_light_for_change.pdf |
| Description | GrowthChat Podcast:"India's transition from a Colonial Economy". Bishnupriya Gupta |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A chat with Bishnu Gupta (CAGE Research Director), hosted by Sascha Becker (CAGE Associate) and Marco Lecci, about her paper "Falling Behind and Catching Up - India's Transition from a Colonial Economy". GrowthChat is a podcast on the social and cultural journey of humankind. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikf9S4DkDj4&t=626s |
| Description | How UK households could save £10bn a year by making homes more energy efficient |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 16th November 2022 the Financial Times published an interactive "explainer" using research conducted by CAGE Theme Leaders Thiemo Fetzer and Ludovica Gazze with Menna Bishop. The article illustrates the untapped potential for the UK to make major gains in the energy efficiency of its housing stock through retrofitting. Measures which would ease the "cost of living crisis" facing households and reduce pressures on the public budget from subsidies like the Energy Price guarantee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/16-11-22-how_uk_households_could_... |
| Description | How can a safe lockdown exit be designed? The case for a rolling age-release strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. This press release was shared 206 times and has been viewed 1748 times on our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/29-04-20-how_can_a_safe_lockdown_... |
| Description | How the 1918 influenza pandemic exacerbated racial inequalities in South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary on a topical issue aimed to appeal to a wide general audience. The 1918 influenza pandemic in South Africa was one of the country's worst human tragedies. The virus killed an estimated 300,000 South Africans - 6% of the population - within three months. But there were large differences in mortality rates across subgroups, with particularly high numbers of deaths among black South Africans. Johan Fourie and Jonathan Jayes show that poor access to healthcare could explain why. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/08-01-21-how_the_1918_influenza_p... |
| Description | Ideas for India Podcast: The role of history in shaping India's economic development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As India is now completing 75 years of Independence, two big questions loom over the conversation around India's economic development: How successful was the Indian economy before and during colonial rule, as compared to the postcolonial period? What is the role of history - historical events, actors, and institutions - in shaping India's development trajectory? Cage Research Director, Bishnupriya Gupta and CAGE Associate, Professor Lakshmi Iyer deliberate on how applying a historical lens may change our conclusions about India's progress -particularly how demand-side estimates of GDP (gross domestic product) per capita date the beginning of India's economic decline to a century before British colonial rule. Professor Gupta also discusses the misperception that Indian industrialisation was stifled during colonial rule, how we should evaluate 20th century economic progress in light of the historical evidence, and the long-run effects of historical land-tenure institutions and education policies. She then highlights new areas of research in India's economic history, including the availability of detailed migration records of indentured workers, and the historical roots of India's low female labour force participation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/25-02-22-the_role_of_history_in_s... |
| Description | Interview with BBC Five Live all BBC stations and regional stations: Arun Advani discusses published GDP figures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Associate, is interviewed by BBC Five Live and broadcast on all BBC stations and BBC regional programmes discussing the published GDP figures and the impact of COVID (January and February 2021) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview with ICEUR-Vienna on the impact and possible unintended consequences of economic sanctions on Russia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Mark Harrison, CAGE Associate, gave an interview to ICEUR-Vienna on the impact and possible unintended consequences of economic sanctions on Russia.(11 February 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfHEedYv2c |
| Description | Interview with Visão (Portuguese newspaper) re: Wealth Taxes / Arun Advani 28 Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Visão (Portuguese newspaper) re wealth taxes expert advice from Arun Advani |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://visao.sapo.pt/ |
| Description | Interviews on BBC Radio 5 live and all BBC stations and BBC regional stations citing Thiemo Fetzer's research on whether the Govt's "EOHO" scheme contributed to increased COVID infections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviews on BBC Radio 5 live and all BBC stations and BBC regional stations citing Thiemo Fetzer's research (CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy) on whether the Govt's "EOHO" scheme contributed to increased COVID infections |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interviews on BBC TV News, BBC Radio Five Live and BBC regional radio stations with Arun Advani on Government spending and public policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Extensive coverage of interviews with Arun Advani (CAGE Associate) about Government spending and public policy after the publication of the latest ONS figures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Investor's Chronicle (14.01.21): A wealth tax isn't perfect by it's better than the alternatives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opinion piece written by Arun Advani about his work with the Wealth Tax Commission and the proposal for a one-off wealth tax. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/01/14/a-wealth-tax-isn-t-perfect-but-it-s-better-than... |
| Description | Invitation to be on panel of "Meet the expert", arranged by law firm, Maurice Turnor Gardner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, was invited to be on the panel at a "Meet the Expert" webinar organised by law firm, Maurice Turnor Gardner to discuss wealth taxes. This MEET | THE | EXPERTS webinar on Thursday 9 July explores the balance required to stimulate the economy and replenish the coffers, and will focus on: The possible reform of existing taxes and reliefs Whether there could be a new tax in sight The timescale for change Factors that may influence tax policy decision makers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.mauriceturnorgardner.com/news-analysis/brief/2020/06/25/meet-experts-how-will-we-pay-cov... |
| Description | Is a new UK-wide transport strategy the answer to fast recovery? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. The government's pan-UK approach to transport, laid out in its recent report on union connectivity, is refreshing. But, Marta Santamaria, CAGE Associate, argues, the report overlooks some important considerations to enable resilient and flexible infrastructure for the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/27-04-21-is_a_new_uk_wide_transpo... |
| Description | Is the VAT threshold in the UK too high? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In the UK, small and medium size firms (SMEs), which are firms with less than 250 employees, are very important to the economy: they account for three fifths of the employment and around half of turnover in the UK private sector. So, it is not surprising that the UK government has has a wide variety of initiatives to support small business growth, from loans to technical advice. A blog post based on research by by Ben Lockwood, Li Liu, Eddy Tam |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/01-11-22-is_the_vat_threshold_in_... |
| Description | It is possible to raise money by taxing wealthbut there remains a big political choice in who pays, and how much |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. As the economic damage of the COVID pandemic starts to come more sharply into focus, the government is faced with the daunting question of how to pay for it. Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, argues that, when the time comes, a wealth tax could be a solution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/09-12-20-it_is_possible_to_raise_... |
| Description | It's not what you know: how professional networks helped Jewish academics flee Nazi Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary on a topical issue aimed to appeal to a wide general audience. In 1933, the Nazi party passed a law to 'retire' academics and other civil servants of Jewish descent from their positions. In the scramble to escape growing persecution, many academics of Jewish heritage sought to emigrate. Sascha O. Becker and Sharun Mukand explain that, for these academics, connections to colleagues - rather than friends - could make all the difference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/24-03-21-its_not_what_you_know_ho... |
| Description | Launch event at NIESR in Westminster on Oct 26, 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer had a launch event at the National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NIESR) in Westminster on Oct 26, 2022 - this was themed on the Energy Price Guarantee but in my presentation he spoke much more broadly about the economic policy response and the economic context in which we are currently are at. Based on CAGE Policy Briefing 39 - "Beyond the Energy Price Guarantee. With or without?" by Thiemo Fetzer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.niesr.ac.uk/events/beyond-energy-price-guarantee-what-next |
| Description | Lecture by James Fenske: "On Origins of African States" for the Wheeler Institute's "African History through the lens of economics" course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Fenske, CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History, presented a lecture on "On origins of African states" for the Wheeler Institute's "African History through the lens of economics" course. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu18EsYICxk |
| Description | Live Broadcast on Euronews about Wealth Taxes / Arun Avani 29 Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani giving specialist advice/knowledge on Wealth Taxes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.euronews.com/ |
| Description | Lockdown Exit Strategies Press Activity (2020/21) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Irish Independent (07.04.20): 'Sending young back to work will save UK economy, says academic' (https://www.independent.ie/business/world/sending-young-back-to-work-will-save-uk-economy-says-academic-39108814.html) Financial Times (08.04.20): 'Britain banks on youth to lead way out of lockdown' (https://www.ft.com/content/fb1a6279-a3f8-4181-ac64-3369b2ed1ae2) The Times (08.04.20): 'Cineworld has us on the edge of our seats' (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cineworld-has-us-on-edge-of-our-seats-zgsw2qwn6) Time Magazine (09.04.20): Governments Are Weighing How to Ease Coronavirus Lockdowns. Letting Young Adults Out First ... (https://time.com/5818593/young-people-leave-coronavirus-lockdown/) The Independent (10.04.20) UK lockdown will be relaxed for certain age groups and areas first, scientist advising government says (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-uk-lockdown-end-when-age-neil-ferguson-a9459071.html) The Guardian (10.04.20): Lifting the lockdown: what are the UK's options? (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/09/lifting-lockdown-uk-options-graded-return-normality) Manchester Evening News (10.04.20) (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-considering-plans-release-young-18073695) The National Scotland (11.04.20): Coronavirus: Under-30s may be first group to leave lockdown (https://www.thenational.scot/news/18373745.coronavirus-under-30s-may-first-group-leave-lockdown/) The Australian Financial Review (12.04.20): After the lockdown, Europe debates exit strategies (https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/coronavirus-after-the-lockdown-20200413-p54jbs) The Irish Times (15.04.20) Containment vs economics: how will we strike a balance? (https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/containment-vs-economics-how-will-we-strike-a-balance-1.4228926) Financial Times Chinese Edition (15.04.20): Under the epidemic: countries are looking for a way for cities to "relieve" (http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001087231?archive) The Week (16.04.20) What is 'segmenting' - and could it end the lockdown? (https://www.theweek.co.uk/106648/what-is-segmenting-and-could-it-end-the-lockdown) La Razon (17.04.20) - Spain (https://www.larazon.es/internacional/20200417/kaz4civqfnb2vlp62wfpvzstoa.html) ALSO: Extensive coverage in regional and local press in the UK. The Times (Scotland) (11.05.20): 'Public put at risk by the spread of confusion'. (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/public-put-at-risk-by-the-spread-of-confusion-5wczgd2fv?--xx-meta=denied_for_visit%3D0%26visit_number%3D0%26visit_remaining%3D0%26visit_used%3D0&--xx-mvt-opted-out=false&--xx-uuid=7c7b066704944a10b25a3f56d6cf95fb?-statuscode=acsaz-307) The Independent (Ireland) (28.05.20): 'Legal warnings over return to work'. (https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/legal-warnings-over-return-to-work-39239415.html) Wales Online (01.06.2020): 'This was Mark Drakeford's response when asked if Wales' cautious lockdown policy would hit the economy, jobs and young people'. (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/economy-jobs-employment-coronavirus-recession-18343788) Financial Times (13.12.20): Keeping the young cooped up makes scant economic sense (https://www.ft.com/content/32b5a894-c0b1-49e7-9378-90b23774ed93) BROADCASTS Radio 5Live (16.04.20): Long guest slot with Professor Andrew Oswald on behavioural science, on easing lockdown, on research about releasing 20-30 year olds back to work to rescue the economy and other ideas. RT (16.04.20): Mention of Warwick research on releasing 20-30 year olds from lockdown first. BBC Radio Wales (17.04.20): Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald, on easing lockdown, on research about releasing 20-30 year olds back to work to rescue the economy and other ideas. GMB (30.04.20): Dr Hillary discusses the new Oswald/Powdthavee paper TalkRadio (30.04.20) Andrew Oswald on the Ian Collins show, 15.05 ish. BBC Radio Kent (04.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on the research on easing lockdown by age group/ rolling age release. BBC Radio Berkshire (04.05.20) Mention of research on easing lockdown by age group. BBC Radio CWR (04.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on the research on easing lockdown by age group/ rolling age release. Clips repeated in 6 news bulletins. BBC Radio Ulster (04.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on the research on easing lockdown by age group/ rolling age release. BBC Radio Foyle (04.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on the research on easing lockdown by age group/ rolling age release. BBC World News (10.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on a staged easing of lockdown - young people first. BBC News Channel (10.05.20) Interview with Professor Andrew Oswald on a staged easing of lockdown - young people first. Times Radio (01.08.20) Mention of Prof Andrew Oswald's research on letting younger people out of lockdown first - on the back of the proposed 'differential shielding' idea. BBC Radio WM (03.08.20) Interview with Prof Nick Powdthavee, WBS, about the possible strategy that people over 50 remain shielded and younger people go out to work. Repeated in bulletins. BBC Radio 2 (03.08.20) Interview with Prof Andrew Oswald about the possible strategy that people over 50 remain shielded and younger people go out to work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Making sense of the Russia-Ukraine conflict |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE-hosted event. CAGE Director, Mirko Draca in conversation with Cold War expert Professor Mark Harrison to delve into the complex history of Russia and Ukraine and make sense of the current conflict. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/10-03-22-making_sense_of_the_ru... |
| Description | Mark Harrison quoted in Financial Times "Who is losing the economic war Ukraine, the west or Russia" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mark Harrison's column for VoxEU cited in the Financial Times: "Much debate in the west centres on the extent to which sanctions are weakening the Russian war effort. Here's another article on voxeu.org(opens a new window), by Mark Harrison, emeritus professor of economics at the UK's University of Warwick. He contends that sanctions are working because they are cutting Russian imports and causing capital flight. "Russia's economy is suffering arterial blood loss at an increasing rate."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/10d6f5cb-6a1d-4858-9d6e-dc1a9191994c |
| Description | Martin Sandbu,Financial Times Article "Economics and its identity crisis" / Arun Advani 20 Aug 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Financial Times article "Economics and its identity crisis" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/4f953365-6661-4329-a615-1018f5756758 |
| Description | Meeting with Jesse Norman (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) and Tim Leunig (Economic Advisor to the Chancellor) to discuss his work on tax audits and resourcing HMRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, met with Jesse Norman (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) and Tim Leunig (Economic Advisor to the Chancellor) to discuss his work on tax audits and resourcing the HMRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with ONS and HMRC about creating a new survey of high wealth individuals in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani had a virtual meeting with ONS and HMRC about creating a new survey of high wealth individuals in the UK. (January 2021). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with officials from the Home Office regarding his migration work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, met with officials from the Home Office Migration Statistics - Analysis and Insight team regarding his migration work and their interest in managing the points based migration system (March 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with researchers at Demos to discuss work on capital gains tax and non-dom regime, and historic work on carbon taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, spoke with researchers at Demos to discuss his on-going work on capital gains tax and the non-doms regime, as well as historic work on carbon taxes, as part of their work in understanding how one might reform the tax system. Demos is a champion of people, ideas, and democracy. We bring people together. We bridge divides. We listen and we understand. We are practical about the problems we face, but endlessly optimistic and ambitious about our capacity, together, to overcome them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://demos.co.uk/research-2/ |
| Description | Mike Waterson interviewed on BBC Radio 4 "Understand the Economy 15: Energy Market" 10 February 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Mike Waterson was interviewed by Dr Victoria Bateman on BBC Radio 4's "Understand the Economy 15: Energy Market" 10 February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hx88 |
| Description | Minority ethnic economists under-represented at top UK universities / The Guardian 26 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, CAGE Impact Director, and co-chair of Discover Economics, a campaign to increase diversity in economics, said: "Our research shows that ethnic minority students are more likely than white students to study economics at the undergraduate level. However, they are less likely to study at Russell Group universities, to get top degrees, or to go on to further study. Further research is required to better understand the causes of these differences." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/26/minority-ethnic-economists-under-represented-at-to... |
| Description | Mirko Draca interviewed on The Visible Hand Podcast "Episode 40 Sanctions and Elite Policymaking in Iran" 28/06/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | CAGE director Mirko Draca was interviewed on The Visible Hand Podcast "Episode 40 Sanctions and Elite Policymaking in Iran" 28/06/22 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/episode-40 |
| Description | Mirko Draca met with Juan Mateos-Garcia (Social Impact Measurment Group) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mirko Draca met with Juan Mateos-Garcia from the DeepMind - Social Impact Measurment Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Mirko Draca met with the Office for National Statistics - Economic Expect Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mirko Draca met with the ONS Economic Experts Advisory Group on the following dates: 22nd September 2022, 17th November 2022, 19th January 2023, 8th February 2023, 27th February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Mirko Draca presented paper at NBER Summer Institute - 21 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mirko presented the paper "Bootstrapping Science? The Impact of a Return Human Capital Programme on Chinese Research Productivity" at the NBER Summer Institute on 21st July in Boston. This was in the policy-focused 'Science of Science Funding' sub-programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-science-science-funding |
| Description | Mirko Draca's research into political donations cited in The Independent "Surge in private gifts to parties gives 'super-donors' growing influence on UK politics, report finds" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mirko Draca's CAGE working paper cited in The Independent: "Almost half of political donations in the UK - and 60 per cent in the run-up to the 2019 general election - now come from wealthy individuals, compared to around 40 per cent in the early 2000s, found academics from the University of Warwick's CAGE Research Centre. And the gifts from so-called "super-donors" are going disproportionately to the Conservative Party, which received £21.5m from 71 private individuals in 2019. The CAGE report found that the surge in private donations came against a backdrop of a steep rise in political gifts, which almost trebled from £41m in 2001 to £101m in 2019." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/political-party-donations-conservative-labour-b223156... |
| Description | More than one in five top earning bankers has benefited from non-dom status, finds new report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | More than one in five top earning bankers has benefited from non-dom status, according to a new report. Non-doms also make up a sizeable share of top earners - those in the top 1%, earning over £125,000 - in other industries, with two out five top earners in the oil industry and one in four top earners in the car industry having claimed non-dom status at some point. One in six top earning sports and film stars living in the UK have claimed non-dom status, with an average income of £2 million each. These findings come from new research which gained unprecedented access to the tax records of the UK's non-doms. Based on research by Arun Advani, David Burgherr, Mike Savage, Andy Summers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/07-04-22-more_than_one_in_five_to... |
| Description | New research into threat posed to climate change policies by the rise of the populist right |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newly published researchLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window from the University of Warwick and the University of Sussex Business School reveals that the influence of left-of-centre parties increase the strength of a government's climate policy score by about 22% relative to the average score while the influence of right-wing populist parties leads to a 24% reduction relative to the same average. Based on research by Ben Lockwood and Matthew Lockwood. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/25-04-22-new_research_into_threat... |
| Description | Non-doms are not fleeing tax hikes - blog post by Arun Advani and David Burgherr |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent HMRC statistics show a fall in the number of non-domiciled residents (non-doms) in the UK-people living in the country who benefit from generous tax exemptions on their foreign assets and investment returns. The number has fallen not because non-doms have left, but because they stopped claiming, write Arun Advani and David Burgherr. Misinterpretation of these statistics, and of the policy more generally, risks leaving the UK with a policy that is costly, unfair, and bad for growth. Blog post from LSE Business Review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2023/01/20/non-doms-are-not-fleeing-tax-hikes/ |
| Description | OWL Workshop (Oxford, Warwick, LSE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One-day workshop (18th November 2022) bringing together scholars in economic history from the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. It is an opportunity from economic historians, historians, and economists to get insights into the latest research in economic history. Organised by James Fenske, Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/18-11-22-owl_workshop_2022/ |
| Description | OWL Workshop (Oxford, Warwick, LSE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This one-day workshop takes place regularly and brings together scholars in economic history from the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. It is an opportunity for economic historians, historians, and economists to get insights into the latest research in economic history. In addition, at each workshop an external speaker is invited to give a Keynote Address. Organiser: James Fenske, Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/22-10-21-owl_workshop_oxford_wa... |
| Description | Official statistics underestimate wealth inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The latest statistics on Household Total Wealth in Great Britain from the ONS are a welcome but limited insight into what has been happening to wealth in Great Britain. Limitations in survey response means they will underestimate the share of wealth at the top. While they will not tell us what has happened as a result of the pandemic, we can use them to provide an educated guess. Article based on research by Arun Advani, CAGE Associate, and Hannah Tarrant The article was also published on the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. Following this Arun was contacted by HM Treasury to talk to them about improving the measurement of the wealth of the wealthiest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/07-01-22-official_statistics_unde... |
| Description | Online Briefing given to Officers of the British Army armoured unit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mark Harrison, CAGE Associate, at the invitation of the Commanding Officer, gave an informal online briefing to the officers of a British Army armoured unit soon to be rotated to Estonia on the subject of how Russia sees Europe, the world, and the Baltic countries. (10 January 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Online Event: Austerity: Where next? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 22nd June 2010 George Osborne announced an austerity budget aimed to reduce the government deficit after the 2008 financial crisis. Ten years on, as the government assures us we have left austerity behind, we're reflecting on the impact of these measures. CAGE brought together expert commentators to draw out lessons from the economic policies of the last decade. What were the lasting effects of austerity on the economy and society? How did it compare with other austerity periods? And, in the wake of a new economic crisis, how could (or should) we do things differently this time? CAGE hosted a live panel discussion to debate these questions. Following presentations of some of the highlights, leading experts will discuss the lasting impact of austerity and how its legacy might influence policymakers' decisions in response to the COVID-19 crisis. A wide audience of civil servants, general public and academics were invited to this event and promoted engagement and discussion of CAGE research activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/22-06-20-austerity_where_next/ |
| Description | Online Event: Economic History of Race in the United States |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAGE and the Economic History Group hosted a panel discussion about the enduring racial disparities in education, labour markets and other economic outcomes and how history has impacted on cultural and political behaviour. Speakers were invited from the United States. A broad audience attended, including members of the general public, postgraduate and undergraduate students, as well as academics. The discussion was well-received and highlighted CAGE's support and engagement with these important questions, particularly in the light of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/22-06-20-economic_history_of_ra... |
| Description | Online Event: Report of the UK Wealth Tax Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute, the Department of Law and the CAGE Research Centre at the University of Warwick, this event launched the final report of a major new project investigating the desirability and feasibility of a 'wealth tax' for the UK. The unprecedented public spending required to tackle COVID-19 has been followed by debates about how to rebuild finances and tackle inequalities exposed by the crisis. Building on contributions by a network of world-leading experts on tax policy, the report will make recommendations to government on how to tax wealth more effectively. A wide audience of general public, academics and policy practitioners attend this event. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/09-12-20-report_of_the_uk_wealth_tax_commission/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/12/202012091000/tax |
| Description | Online Event: The road to COVID recovery: Weighing up costs, benefits, and intergenerational fairness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The UK, like many other countries, has once again chosen 'lock down' as a means of curbing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and saving lives. But is there another way? Join Andrew Oswald and Thijs van Rens to discuss the policy design for UK recovery from the pandemic, the ethics of locking down and the problem of intergenerational unfairness. This talk will consider the delicate balance policymakers face - between physical health, mental health and the health of the economy - and discuss possible ways to release parts of the labour force while continuing to suppress the virus. Online Event held in which some ideas about exiting lockdown were shared, followed by a Q&A session. This engaged a wide audience including academics, general pubic and policy practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/25-11-20-the_road_to_covid_reco... |
| Description | Online Webinar: CAGE Research Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speakers were invited to present a paper at this online event and other CAGE Associates based at Warwick University listened and discussed the papers. The programme included 5 half hour slots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/30-11-20-cage_research_day/ |
| Description | Pandemics and Inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary on a topical issue aimed to engage with a wide general audience. Pandemics of the past have had major consequences for inequality, not all of them positive. What lessons can we learn about the potential redistributive effects of COVID-19? Guido Alfani explores the impact of plague and influenza on inequality, and asks how infection spread and mortality rates affect wealth and income redistribution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/03-12-20-pandemics_and_inequality... |
| Description | Pandemics and women's labour market participation in India: A long view |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. The 1918 influenza pandemic had a positive effect on women's labour force participation in India, but this effect was short-lived. Ashwini Deshpande and Bishnupriya Gupta consider the labour market effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and ask whether this time women's labour force participation might change for the long term. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/19-11-20-pandemics_and_womens_lab... |
| Description | Panel discussion: Bold policies for uncertain times: paths to economic and social success |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A panel discussion on what policies are needed for the UK featuring Dr. Arun Advani (University of Warwick(CAGE)/LSE), Liam Byrne MP (Birmingham Hodge Hill), Andy Haldane (Royal Society of Arts) and Clare McNeil (London Progression Collaboration/IPPR). Followed by Q&As from the audience at the end. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/26-01-23-bold_policies_for_unce... |
| Description | Policymakers must recognise the value of human health, experts argue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal, a group of interdisciplinary experts including CAGE Theme Leader Sonia Bhalotra argue that we must value human health as a measure for a successful society. A blog post based on the research by Neena Modi, Sonia Bhalotra, Flavia Bustreo, Mark Hanson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/26-01-23-policymakers_must_recogn... |
| Description | Presentation about wealth tax modelling to HMRC / Arun Advani / 16 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented his wealth tax modelling research to the HMRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at London School of Economics (LSE) on non-doms research / Arun Advani / 30 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented at London School of Economics (LSE) on non-doms research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation by Daniel Sgroi on measuring national happiness with music to the Government Economic Service (GES) network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Sgroi, CAGE Associate, presented a talk on measuring national happiness with music to the Government Economic Service (GES) network on 16 March 2022. 124 people joined the online seminar. Bishnu Gupta, CAGE Research Director, chaired the session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation of Wealth Tax research at KPMG Event / Arun Advani / 15 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented about his wealth tax work at an event at KPMG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation of capital gains tax work in a seminar at the OECD / Arun Advani / 21 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented his work on Capital Gains tax at an OECD seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation of draft of the final report by the Wealth Tax Commission to HMRC and Treasury officials / Arun Advani / 19 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented a draft of the final report from the Wealth Tax Commission to HMRC and Treasury officials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation of paper "An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan" by Stefano Caria at the 2nd KCL/EBRD Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stefano Caria, CAGE Associate, presented his paper on "An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan" at the 2nd KCL/EBRD Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration (22 April 2021). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/2nd-ebrd-and-kings-college-london-workshop-on-the-economics-and-politic... |
| Description | Presentation of paper "Tradition and Mortality: Evidence from Twin Infanticide in Africa" at University of Lund seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Fenske, CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History, presented his research on "Tradition and Mortality: Evidence from Twin Infanticide in Africa" as part of a departmental seminar series at the University of Lund (December 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://nek.lu.se/en/calendar/departmental-seminar-james-fenske-warwick |
| Description | Presentation on "The impact of Brexit on UK trade, investment and inflation" at the Office for National Statistics Global Trade & Investment User Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy (CAGE Impact Director) gave a presentation on "The impact of Brexit on UK trade, investment and inflation" at the Office for National Statistics Global Trade & Investment User Event in May 2022. There were about 70 participants from various government departments, think tanks and academia. The talk was introduced by Scott Dennison, Deputy Director, Global Trade and Investment at the ONS. Dennis also met Mike Keoghan, Deputy National Statistician, Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics Group at the ONS, Dean Scott (ONS), as well as Jane Naylor, Chief Statistician at the Department for International Trade. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation on Capital Gains Tax and Wealth Tax research to Lord Balfe (House of Lords) / Arun Advani / 22 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director presented to Lord Balfe on Capital Gains Tax and Wealth Tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation on Capital Gains Tax and top incomes more generally to tax practitioners at Mcfarlanes / Arun Advani / 9 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented work on a capital gains tax and top incomes more generally to David Gauke (former Financial Secretary to the Treasury) and other tax practitioners at Macfarlanes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation on Wealth Tax work to HMRC and Her Majesty's Treasury / Arun Advani / 29 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to HMRC and HMT on his wealth tax work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to "Exploring Economics" group at the GES on work done with Discover Economics on racial justice / Arun Advani / 13 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to the "Exploring Economics" group at the GES on his work with Discover Economics on what can economics do for racial justice (referencing article in Financial Times on 12 Aug 20). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Anneliese Dodds MP (Shadow Chancellor) on "How much tax do the rich really pay?", CAGE Working Paper / Arun Advani / 29 Jun 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented his CAGE Working Paper "How much tax to the rich really pay?" to Anneliese Dodds MP (Shadow Chancellor). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Civil Servants at No 10 (within "Office for Talent") unit on research into inequality / Arun Advani / 7 Jan 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Civil Servants at No 10. (within "Office for Talent" unit) about his research into inequality |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Civil Society Groups (including Oxfam, Tax Justice, ICRIT) / Arun Advani / 03 Dec 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, on his Wealth Tax work to Civil Society Groups, including Oxfam, Tax Justice and ICRIT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Clerk of the Treasury Select Committee on capital gains tax and wealth tax research as part of "Tax after Coronavirus" enquiry / Arun Advani / 10 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to the clerk of the Treasury Select Committee on capital gains tax and wealth tax research as part of the "Tax after Coronavirus" enquiry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Country Landowners' Association, National Farmers' and Historic Houses about wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 10 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Country Landowners' Association, National Farmers' and Historic Houses about wealth tax research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Dan Carden MP and Labour Shadow Treasury team on capital gains tax and tax audits research / Arun Advani / 6 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Dan Carden MP and Labour Shadow Treasury team on capital gains tax and tax audit research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to David Gauke (former Financial Secretary to the Treasury) on possible wealth tax / Arun Advani / 1 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to David Gauke (former Financial Secretary to the Treasury) on possible wealth tax by Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to HMRC Valuation Office about valuation parts of draft of final Wealth Tax Commission report / Arun Advani / 25 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to HMRC Valuation Office about valuation parts of draft of final Wealth Tax Commission report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to HMRC and ONS on how wealth is measured in the UK / Arun Advani / 1 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to HMRC and ONS on how we are measuring wealth in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Home Office officials on research on migration / Arun Advani / 25 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Home Office officials about his research into migration, particularly importing inequality paper. Key contacts are Christopher Lynch and Thomas Fischer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to International Institute of Public Finance on new CAGE Working Paper "Importing Inequality" / Arun Advani / 4 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to the International Institute of Public Finance on new CAGE Working Paper "Importing Inequality". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.iipf.org |
| Description | Presentation to John Stevenson MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 8 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director presented to John Stevenson MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Labour Shadow Treasury Team on Capital Gains Tax Research / Arun Advani / 17 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Labour Shadow Treasury Team on his capital gains tax research. His key contact is Spencer Thompson, Head of Research for the Shadow Chancellor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Labour Shadow Treasury team on wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 4 Dec 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Labour Shadow Treasury team on wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Margaret Hodge MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 20 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Rob Roberts MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to National Audit Office (NAO) on environmental taxation and protecting the poor (CAGE Policy Report) as part of an enquiry they are currently undertaking / Arun Advani / 13 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to National Audit Office on environmental taxation and protecting the poor as part of an enquiry they are currently doing (based on his fiscal studies and chapter in the last CAGE Policy report). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Office of National Statistics (ONS) on capital gains tax research / Arun Advani / 14 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Office for National Statistics (ONS) on capital gains tax research - may be a chance they will recommend changes to income inequality measurement in the UK as a result of this work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Oxford MsC students in tax as part of a Tax Policy Roundtable event / Arun Advani / 11 Jan 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Oxford MsC students in tax as part of a Tax Policy Roundtable event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Private Equity Managers on wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 11 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Private Equity Managers on wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Rob Roberts MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 22 Sept 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Rob Roberts MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Scottish Fiscal Commission on capital gains tax research / Arun Advani / 13 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented the Scottish Fiscal Commission on capital gains tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Tim Leunig (Chief Economic Advisor to the Chancellor) on wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 4 Dec 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Tim Leunig (Chief Economic Advisor to the Chancellor) on his wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Tim Pitt (former advisor to Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond) on capital gains tax and wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 24 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Tim Pitt (former advisor to Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond) on capital gains tax and wealth tax research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Treasury officials on Wealth Tax work / Arun Advani / 29 Jun 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Treasury officials on Wealth Tax work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Treasury officials on research on Non-doms / Arun Advani / 4 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani presented to Treasury officials on research he has done on Non-Doms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to individuals from various organisations on capital gains tax and inequality to individuals research / Arun Advani / 9 Apr 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to individuals from Resolution Foundation, ONS, OBR, HMRC, NIESR, ESCoE, IPPR, DWP, IFS, International Inequalities Institute, Pump Court Tax Chambers on capital gains tax and inequality to individuals research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to senior officials at the HMRC on Capital Gains Tax / Arun Advani / 12 Mar 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented his research on Capital Gains Tax to senior officials at HMRC, including the "Director of wealthy individuals and mid-sized business compliance" group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to the High Pay Centre on Capital Gains Tax and importing inequality / Arun Advani / 6 Oct 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented work on Capital Gains Tax and on importing inequality to the High Pay Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) as part of work for capital gains tax review / Arun Advani / 23 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) on capital gains tax research as part of work on capital gains tax review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation: Australian Tax Policy Institute / Arun Advani/ 23 Jun 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun presented his work to Australian Tax Policy Institute: How much tax do rich really pay work can link to CAGE pol brief: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/bn27.2020.pdf Enhanced the reputation of CAGE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/ |
| Description | Presentation: David Hume Institute / How much tax do the rich really pay? / Arun Advani 18 Jun 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani presented his work on How much tax do the rich really pay? at the David Hume Institute on 18/06/2020 Then was invited to take part in the event: DHI: Bites Talking Tax Event 8th July 2020 With Dr Arun Advani, Dr Andrew Summers and Charlotte Barbour The authors of recently published research discussed their findings with Charlotte Barbour, Director of Tax for ICAS and Susan Murray, Director of the David Hume Institute to reflect on the implications for Scotland. https://www.davidhumeinstitute.com/latest-publications/2020/7/8/dhi-bites-talking-tax-with-dr-arun-advani-dr-andrew-summers-and-charlotte-barbour Also event planned for 22nd March 2021: Diversity and Economics - what do the data tell us? https://www.davidhumeinstitute.com/upcoming-events/2021/3/22/diversity-and-economics-what-do-the-data-tell-us |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.davidhumeinstitute.com/ |
| Description | Presentations to DIFID regarding work on Carbon Taxes in Ethiopia / Arun Advani / 25 Jun 20 and 3 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations by Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, to DFID regarding work on Carbon Taxes in Ethiopia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentations to Dan Carden MP ( Shadow Financial Chief Secretary) on wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 29 Jun 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Dan Carden MP (Shadow Financial Chief Secretary) on wealth tax research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentations to Stephen Hammond MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research / Arun Advani / 30 Sept 20 and 3 Dec 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, presented to Stephen Hammond MP on capital gains tax and wealth tax research on 2 occassions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presented paper "The Columbian Exchange and Conflict in Asia" at the North-East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Fenske, CAGE Deputy Theme Leader, Economic History presented his research at the NEUCD Conference 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/dartmouth.edu/neudc2020/schedule-papers/schedule-day-1 |
| Description | Press Release: 'Investment in cities, not towns, is the best way to tackle regional inequality for the long-term,' finds CAGE Research Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Contrary to reports of a rise in rural living, new research from CAGE shows the COVID pandemic has done little to change the economic geography of the UK. But the preference for urban living revealed in the report offers an opportunity for the government to tackle regional inequality. In a new report launched today, the CAGE Research Centre has studied the impact of the pandemic on the UK's regional structure. (Launch of CAGE Policy Report). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/18-11-21-press_release_investment... |
| Description | Radio Interview: Wake up to Money / Arun Advani 12 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani giving specialist knowledge on Tax etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070lr5 |
| Description | Radio Interview: Wake up to Money / Arun Advani 15 Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani giving specialist knowledge on Tax etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070lr5 |
| Description | Radio Interview: Why the Covid-19 crisis is exacerbating racial inequality / Roland Rathelot Jun 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Roland Rathelot interviewed by France 24 - English (which is the French equivalent of BBC World News) on ethnic discrimination on French labour markets. The global protests following the death of George Floyd have put a spotlight on racial disparities in the United States and around the world. In this programme, we take a closer look at the economic inequalities faced by African Americans, and how the coronavirus pandemic has affected different communities in different ways. We also discuss the situation in France, a country where comparable data on race and wealth isn't collected, but where studies have found evidence of discrimination in hiring practices. Damon JONES, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Roland RATHELOT, Associate professor of Economics, Warwick University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.france24.com/en/business/20200611-people-profit-why-the-covid-19-crisis-is-exacerbating-... |
| Description | Reference in OECD Economic Survey: UK to IFS Green Budget and work of Arun Advani |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Calls are made in the OECD Economic Survey: United Kingdom, released in October 2020 for more targeted tax audits. They reference the IFS Green Budget 2018 for this point, which in turn references work by Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director. IFS Green Budget 2018 (https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/budgets/gb2018/GB2018.pdf) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.oecd.org/economy/surveys/United-Kingdom-2020-OECD-economic-survey-overview.pdf |
| Description | Refugees and human capital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over the past month the world has witnessed Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfold, and, with it, the largest movement of refugees in Europe since the Second World War. Claudia Rei explores data from the forced migration of the 1940s to understand what types of people make the difficult choice to leave their home during times of war. Based on research by Matthias Blum and Claudia Rei. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/01-04-22-refugees_and_human_capit... |
| Description | Regional impact of Brexit / Brexit vote hits leave areas the hardest / Financial Times 16 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press coverage of CAGE research into the regional impact of Brexit by Thiemo Fetzer, Theme Leader for Political Economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/90e9880d-8162-4d44-8d8d-8f59ae97d1ff |
| Description | Regional impact of Brexit / Brexit, Coronavirus, oil and the struggles of Scotland's north-east / The National (Scotland) 3 Aug 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | According to a Warwick University study, Aberdeen City has seen the highest Brexit cost per head in Scotland at £9000. The combined Covid-19 pandemic and oil crash saw the oil price dive into negative numbers for the first time in history. Also wide coverage in smaller regional press in Scotland, and radio broadcasts. Research undertaken by Thiemo Fetzer, Theme Leader for CAGE Political Economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.thenational.scot/news/18623634.brexit-coronavirus-oil-struggles-scotlands-north-east/ |
| Description | Regional impact of Brexit / If only Michael Gove heeded 'Captain Foresight' on Brexit / Financial Times 17 Jul 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Warwick University researchers, including Dr Thiemo Fetzer of Economics, have concluded that areas that voted Leave, notably the West Midlands, have suffered the biggest economic hit since the Brexit vote. Who should residents hold responsible? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/b45525dc-0d9b-4c22-80b7-1c397cc23473 |
| Description | Report on UK-US Free Trade Agreement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ed Balls cited Dennis Novy's research (CAGE Associate) in a report, "Will prioritising a UK-US free trade agreement make or break Global Britain? Transatlantic Trade and Economic Cooperation through the Pandemic" published in May 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/files/136_Final_AWP.pdf |
| Description | Research article in Science: Community policing does not build citizen trust in police or reduce crime in the Global South |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lack of trust in law enforcement can be a barrier to reducing crime. Initiatives to increase police community engagement have been put forward as a solution: they offer the chance for residents to work together with local police officers to reduce crime in their areas. But do these initiatives work? New research published today in Science analyses the effectiveness of community policing in the Global South. The research was compiled by an international group of 17 authors, including Professor Thiemo Fetzer, CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy, and Dr Pedro Souza, CAGE Associate. Their recent research has also analysed the effectiveness of policy body-worn cameras in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and found that body-worn cameras were effective at reducing police brutality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/26-11-21-community_engagement_ini... |
| Description | Research on trade costs cited in World Trade Organisation (WTO) report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Various papers on trade costs by Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, cited in the background paper to the new World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade cost index "How to measure international trade costs", World Trade Organisation (WTO) report. (01 May 2021). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://tradecosts.wto.org/docs/Trade_Cost_Index_Background_Note_24-03-2021.pdf |
| Description | Research reveals 'climate-change complacency' across Europe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/14-09-20-research_reveals_climate... |
| Description | Revolution in progress? The future of remote work in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Online webinar hosted by CAGE. What is the future of the commuting, 9-5 office workplace model what existed before the pandemic? In this webinar, CAGE Director Mirko Draca introduced new research that points towards the '80-20' labour market, where around 20-30% of workers will be working remotely for some part of their week. There are also indications that a whole class of jobs in sales and administration are at risk of being eliminated due to the remote-work-related restructuring. This 'restructuring risk' could rival automation as the biggest threat to white collar work as we know it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/26-05-21-revolution_in_progress... |
| Description | Rich pay more tax than ever, but burden unequally shared |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/02-07-20-rich_pay_more_tax_than_e... |
| Description | Royal Economic Society Schools Outreach Subcommittee meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani met with other members of the Schools Outreach Subcommittee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sanctions and the targeting of 'elite' interests: the effectiveness of targeting in the case of Iran |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The targeting of elite interests has been at the centre of recent sanctions policies, and will be a major strategic concern as the world responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mirko Draca, CAGE Director, Jason Garred, and Nele Warrinnier look at the effectiveness of targeting in the case of Iran during the 2010s. They find that political elites within Iran faced a tangible economic incentive to negotiate the removal of sanctions. Blog post from LSE British Politics and Policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/iran-sanctions-targeting/ |
| Description | Sascha O Becker's research into EU regional policy cited in The Economist "Warnings from history for a new era of industrial policy" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sascha O Becker's Working Paper 271 cited in The Economist: "Governments, for their part, must be willing to cut off help, so that winners eventually swim while losers sink. Otherwise zombie firms will tie up capital and labour, and drag down growth. Local conditions matter. A study of eu investment funds provided to poorer regions, by Sascha Becker of the University of Warwick and Peter Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich of eth Zurich, found that the cash translated into faster growth in investment and income-but only in places with strong institutions and educated workers." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/01/11/warnings-from-history-for-a-new-era-of-in... |
| Description | Should the UK have a wealth tax? The Wealth Tax Commission publishes its recommendations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This press release launched the final report of the Wealth Tax Commission, which was co-led by CAGE's Impact Director Arun Advani. The release of the research has led to significant engagement with the findings by policymakers, journalists and the general public. Already, national and international politicians are starting to show their support publicly for the findings and to take action. The press release was co-launched with the LSE. As of February 2021, this press release has been shared 171 times and has been viewed 3989 times on the CAGE website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/09-12-20-should_the_uk_have_a_wea... |
| Description | Six takeaways from the 'mini budget' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A blog post in which CAGE Research associates Arun Advani, Ludovica Gazze, Amrita Kulka, Dennis Novy, Mike Waterson give their take on Kwasi Kwarteng's 'mini budget' on September 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/26-09-22-six_takeaways_from_the_m... |
| Description | Skills are crucial to boosting productivity - but they cannot do the job alone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Today marks the launch of the Department for Education's new Unit for Future Skills (UFS). Its remit is to use existing data - and champion the creation of new data - to better understand the skills businesses want and whether the education and training system is delivering them. Blog post by Arun Advani and Claire Crawford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/25-05-22-skills_are_crucial_to_bo... |
| Description | So, you want to raise £10 billion? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Suppose that the Chancellor wanted to raise £10 billion, so that he could cut a £1000 cheque to 10 million households this winter. Would it be possible to raise the money, in a way that doesn't just tax the same people he would be trying to help? I can think of at least three options, any of which would do the job, and all of which would make the tax system better as well. Blog post by Arun Advani |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/20-05-22-so_you_want_to_raise_10_... |
| Description | Sonia Bhalotra presented her research on domestic violence in Brazil and Chile at a UK Government Open Innovation Team seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sonia Bhalotra, CAGE Associate, presented her research on domestic violence in Brazil and Chile (two different research papers) at a UK Government Open Innovation Team seminar series on COVID on 28 October 2021. There were about 120 policymakers on the Zoom seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Spring Newsletter 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/dd2b7a5aa618/9aaagjrdug-15932570 |
| Description | Stefano Caria presented at a CEPR/LEAP Workshop in Development Economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stefano Caria, CAGE Associate, presented his paper "An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan" at the CEPR/LEAP Workshop in Development Economics on 20 May 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cepr.org/7094/programme |
| Description | Stefano Caria was a speaker at the CEGA/IPA webinar on Forced Displacement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stefano Caria, CAGE Associate, was invited to speak at the CEGA/IPA webinar on Forced Displacement on 2 June 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cega.berkeley.edu/event/covid-19-and-forced-displacement-in-the-global-south-integration/ |
| Description | Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A new study sheds new light on the mechanisms by which the adoption of agriculture led to complex hierarchies and states. It challenges the conventional "productivity theory" which holds that regional differences in land productivity explain regional disparities in the development of hierarchies and states, by theoretical arguments and empirical analysis. Researchers find that it was not an increase in food production that led to complex hierarchies and states, but rather the transition to reliance on easily portable cereals. The main finding is that the key factor in state development is the suitability of land to cereal farming and not to root and tuber crops. Based on research by Joram Mayshar, Omer Moav, and Luigi Pascali |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/11-04-22-study_sheds_new_light_on... |
| Description | Subsidy would improve fruit and veg intake by as much as 15%, new research shows |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade close to marginal cost, a new study demonstrates. Based on research by Thijs Van Rens |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/31-03-22-subsidy_would_improve_fr... |
| Description | Summer Newsletter 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/eff86b9b2b47/9aaagjrdug-13488899 |
| Description | TV Interview: Lifting the Lockdown / BBC News Channel / Andrew Oswald 10 May 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Andrew Oswald, of the University of Warwick's Department of Economics, speaks to the BBC News Channel on his recently published research of the potential 'rolling age' lifting of the COVID19 lockdown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNSsYYQWMmM |
| Description | Talk on "British Trade in the post-Brexit era" to the Liberal Democrats Business Network in Coventry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy (CAGE Impact Director) gave a talk on "British Trade in the post-Brexit era" to the Liberal Democrats Business Network at an event in Coventry. He spoke about the economic impact of Brexit on the UK economy with a focus on international trade and investment and about the outlook for future UK trade policy and trade agreements. The event was organized by Simon Curtis, chair of the Liberal Democrats Business Network. Other speakers included Juergen Maier, former CEO of Siemens UK and Vice-Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and Lord Jeremy Purvis, House of Lords. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Taxation and migration by the super-rich talk at Tilburg University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani delivered a seminar based on the working paper "Taxation and migration by the super-rich" (A. Advani, D. Burgherr and A. Summers) at Tilburg University on 22 February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/economics-and-management/news-and-events/seminars/ec... |
| Description | Telephone call with Dan Carden MP (Shadow Financial Secretary to Treasury) about work on tax and inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a telephone call with Dan Carden MP (Shadow Financial Secretary for the Treasury) about his work on inequality and taxation at the top. Dan quoted some of the research in a speech to the House of Commons in July 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-07-07/debates/90C7CE09-75C5-403E-956A-74CFA7B3F73A/Corona... |
| Description | Telephone call with Economic Divide, news show, about wealth taxes. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, contacted by Economic Divide, a news channel, about a show they are doing discussing wealth taxes (February 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Telephone call with HMRC Scientific Pandemic Influenza (SPI) team regarding issues with their data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, met with HMRC Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group (SPI) to discuss issues with their data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Telephone call with Labour Party Special Advisors Team about tax inequality, effective average tax rates, and new wealth tax plans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, met with Labour Party Treasury Special Advisors Team relating to his work on inequality, effective average tax rates, and net wealth tax plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Telephone call with Marc Morgan, World Inequalities Database (WID) about updating data they hold on UK top-income inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a telephone call with Marc Morgan from the World Inequality Database (WID) about potentially updating the data they hold for UK top-income inequality by using the data series Arun and his co-author, Andy Summers, had created. This likely to happen once Arun has provided them with the finalised version. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://wid.world/team/ |
| Description | Telephone call with Osama Rahman (Department for Education's Director of Analysis and Chief Scientific Adviser) to discuss diversity in Economics. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a telephone call with Osama Rahman (Department for Education's Director of Analysis and Chief Scientific Adviser) o discuss is work on diversity in Economics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Telephone call with Ruth Stanier (Director General, Customer Strategy and Tax Design) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, discussed his work on HMRC resourcing, proposal for additional work on improving HMRC audit targeting, and his work on Capital Gains Tax. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Telephone call with Tax Justice UK to discuss options for wealth tax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani had telephone calls with Tax Justice UK to discuss options for taxing income (Capital Gains Tax in particular) and taxing wealth to pay for the economic impacts of the crisis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.taxjustice.uk/blog/ultra-wealthy-londoners-unfair-tax-windfall-revealed |
| Description | Telephone call with Treasury regarding an effective average tax rate and modelling an alternative minimum tax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a telephone call with the Treasury to discuss his work on an effective average tax rate and modelling for an alternative minimum tax. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Telephone calls with Ipsos Mori about involvement in the Net Wealth Tax project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, took some telephone calls from Ipsos Mori about involvement in the Net Wealth Tax project. (April 2020) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/britons-support-paying-more-tax-fund-public-services-most-pop... |
| Description | Telephone calls with Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence (KAI) Team about Capital Gains Tax review by the Office for Tax Simplification |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a call with Sam Cuthbertson, Minyo Minev, Phil Murfitt, Penny Nixon and Miriam Glover to discuss work he has done on capital gains, the team presenting the policy costings work they do, and then discussing how these interact. There was a follow-up call about the spill over effects of tax audits. (April 2020) In May, there was a further call about raising funding for their datalab. The Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence (KAI) directorate is HMRC's central analytical team, which provides analysis and research on all areas of the tax system to HMRC and HM Treasury. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Telephone meetings with officials from the South African Revenue Service about improving measures of compliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, spoke with officials from the South African Revenue Service about improving their measures of compliance, building on his UK work (March 2020). He had a further telephone meeting discussing tax audit work with South African Revenue Authority and SA National Treasury in Sept 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Test and Trace research / Data glitch 'may have led to more than 1.500 COVID deaths in England' / Guardian 25 Nov 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer (Theme Leader for CAGE Political Economy) and Thomas Graeber, economists at Warwick, uncovered the effect thanks to a statistical anomaly in the data. Different parts of England were affected by the error to different degrees - and the number of cases they lost, the academics say, is random enough to treat the error as a "quasi-experiment". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/data-glitch-may-have-led-to-more-than-1500-covid-death... |
| Description | The 'mid-life crisis' is more than just a theory, new study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | People in their midlife are disproportionately more likely to suffer from clinical depression, take their own lives, become dependent on alcohol, have trouble sleeping, and exhibit other extreme-stress ailments. A blog post based on research by Osea Giuntella, Sally McManus, Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Ahmed Tohamy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/14-02-23-the_mid_life_crisis_is_m... |
| Description | The Black Death in Spain: A European Perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary on a topical issue aimed to appeal to a wide general audience. For many European countries, the aftermath of the Black Death in the fourteenth century saw an increase in average income and a reduction in income inequality. As labour became more scarce, the bargaining power of workers rose and so did their wages. But this was not the case in Spain. Here, incomes fell and inequality rose. Carlos Álvarez- Nogal, Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Carlos Santiago-Caballero investigate why Spain fared so differently to its neighbours. Their findings suggest that the economic effects of a pandemic depend a great deal on the economic conditions of a country before the pandemic began. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/17-12-20-the_black_death_in_spain... |
| Description | The Long-Term Impacts of Forced Displacement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | History teaches us that a high fraction of refugees fleeing war and persecution end up settling permanently in the countries they emigrate to. As Ukrainian refugees flee their homeland for different parts of Europe, Rinchan Ali Mirza offers European governments some insights from history on the potential long-term effects permanent refugee settlement could have in their respective countries. Based on research by Rinchan Ali Mirza |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/11-04-22-the_long_term_impacts_of... |
| Description | The Times of India: report on roundtable discussion at the International Conference on Indian Business and Economic History |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | CAGE Research Director, Bishnupriya Gupta, and CAGE Associates, Guido Alfani and Tirthankar Roy, were invited to participate in a virtual roundtable to discuss the impact of pandemic on economies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/new-normal-was-seen-in-1918-crisis/articleshow/85... |
| Description | The hidden effects of pollution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The hidden effects of pollution are affecting our daily lives - in ways we can't yet fully measure. A blog post based on research by Ludovica Gazze, Claudia Persico and Sandra Spirovska |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/06-06-22-the_hidden_effects_of_po... |
| Description | The impact of COVID-19 on India's rural youth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | New CAGE working paper presents evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young migrant workers from rural areas in India The authors followed a cohort of 2,260 young workers from rural areas in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand who had participated in a national vocational training scheme that provides trade-specific training to disadvantaged rural youth and places them into formal salaried jobs, often in other states. They interviewed the same individuals three times after the first national lockdown in 2020, between June 2020 and December 2021. Blog post based on research by Bhaskar Chakravorty, Apurav Yash Bhatiya, Clement Imbert, Maximilian Lohnert, Poonam Panda and Roland Rathelot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/22-07-22-the_impact_of_covid_19_o... |
| Description | The regional economic impact of Brexit to date: many losers, few winners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. This press release was shared 198 times and has been viewed 1652 times on our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/16-07-20-the_regional_economic_im... |
| Description | The state of the union |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE news article on website showcasing CAGE research related to the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and Wales. The Scottish parliamentary election is on Thursday 6 May, with the Scottish National Party expected to take the largest share of the votes. Large scale support for the SNP could have major implications for the state of the union. On Monday 3 May, the Telegraph reported that the Conservative government is seriously concerned about support for a second referendum on Scottish independence. It is developing plans to strengthen ties with Scotland by boosting pan-UK transport infrastructure, investing in healthcare and encouraging educational exchange. This week we're showcasing research and commentary from our associates relevant to these plans: |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/04-05-21-the_state_of_the_union/ |
| Description | The truth about our lockdown diets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | New research opens in a new window led by a CAGE researcher has shed light on how eating and exercise habits changed during lock-down - or, in fact, how they changed a lot less than people believe. Prof. Thijs van Rens and colleagues surveyed just over 1000 West Midlands residents in May 2020, several weeks into the UK's strict lockdown when activities outside the home were severely restricted, and again in September 2020 when the rules had been relaxed. A blog post based on research by Thijs van Rens, Petra Hanson, Oyinlola Oyebode, Lukasz Walasek, Thomas M Barber, and Lena Al-Khudairy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/12-01-23-cage_researcher_part_of_... |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer and Ludovica Gazze's research into energy prices cited by Institute for Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CAGE working paper 644 - "Distributional and climate implications of policy responses to the energy crisis: Lessons from the UK" cited in an article for Institute for Government. "The government has also offered universal subsidies to energy prices - such as the Energy Price Guarantee - which provide benefits that are proportional to energy use. But subsidising the unit price of energy means energy users do not face the true cost of energy. This means they face less incentive to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. By helping everyone regardless of need 2 the policy is also costly due to deadweight. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/better-data-energy-support-policies |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer and Ludovica Gazze's research into energy prices cited in Financial Times "How UK households could save £10bn a year by making homes more energy efficient" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer and Ludovica Gazze's CAGE Working Paper 644 extensively cited in Financial Times: "New research reveals the scale of this energy efficiency gap. It finds that across England and Wales, more than £10bn could be saved on energy bills each year if leaky homes were upgraded to higher standards. For the average household, this works out as a £390 annual saving - even after accounting for a government support package that will absorb part of the fuel price increase this winter. How might efficiency upgrades change your bills? If you live in England and Wales, enter your postcode below to find out." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ig.ft.com/uk-energy-efficiency-gap/ |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer interviewed on Sky News about his research into the pandemic pressures on the Public Health Service in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer, CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy, interviewed about pressures of pandemic and the impact on non-COVID deaths. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/warwicknewsroom/status/1485943748584480770 |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer quoted in The Guardian "Brexit row threatens £250 million in UK Research Funding from EU" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer quoted in The Guardian: "Thiemo Fetzer, a professor of economics at Warwick University who was approved for €1.5m of funding, said: "We all had reason to believe that the UK association was just a matter of the UK implementing the free trade agreement. Now we are waking up to the reality. It is very devastating."" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/apr/25/brexit-row-threatens-250m-in-uk-research-funding-f... |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer's research into "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme cited in British Medical Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer's research into the "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme cited in the British Medical Journal article "Rishi's Sunak's covid record - and what it tells us about his view on health, wealth, and the value of science" by Richard Vize. An analysis by Thiemo Fetzer of the CAGE economic research centre at Warwick University, published in the Economic Journal, found that areas that had higher take-up of Eat Out to Help Out had a notably higher incidence of infections within a week of the scheme starting and a drop in infections within two weeks of the scheme ending. Fetzer estimated that the scheme may have been responsible for around 8% to 17% of all new SARS-CoV-2 infections during the period it was active, which he says tallies with Public Health England data showing a surge in the proportion of infections traced to food outlets from 5% to almost 20%. He says the public health and indirect economic costs of Eat Out to Help Out "vastly outstrip its short-term economic benefits." Fetzer told Sky News, "The UK saw a massive explosion of cases in a way that was not seen in other countries. It's that scheme that has helped to bring about an earlier second lockdown and restrictions on the restaurant sector that it was determined to help economically." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2715 |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer's research into conservation cited in Financial Times "It's not easy being green when you live in a conservation area" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer's CAGE working paper 654 extensively cited in the Financial Times: "Planning restrictions in conservation areas are directly responsible for up to 3.2mn tonnes of excess domestic CO2 emissions, according to Professor Thiemo Fetzer from the University of Warwick. He compared properties of similar ages, sizes, types and locations inside and outside the areas to isolate the differences in energy use and installed insulation." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/02e104fa-5959-4723-8da0-7b2b072b6474 |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer's research into pandemic pressures cited in The Economist: "Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer's CAGE Working Paper 607 cited in The Economist: "Covid continues to add to demand, too. A recent paper by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a think-tank in London, estimates that the disease is reducing the available number of beds in the nhs by 2-7%. As covid-positive patients draw in resources, providers offer everyone worse care. Research by Thiemo Fetzer of Warwick University and Christopher Rauh of Cambridge University suggests that for every 30 or so extra covid deaths, one non-covid patient dies, "caused by the disruption to the quality of care"." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/01/15/why-health-care-services-are-in-chaos-eve... |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer's research into the Energy Price Guarantee picked up by multiple regional newspapers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thiemo Fetzer's research on the energy price guarantee was picked by multiple regional newspapers across the UK. https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23083514.financial-expert-gives-advice-ipswich-energy-bills-soar/ https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23085141.will-energy-crisis-affect-households-wirral/ https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/untitled-348/ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/who-is-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-what-were-his-previous-roles-in-government-how-did-he-get-into-politics-and-where-in-yorkshire-does-he-own-a-house-3893091 https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/windsor/181445/energy-price-shock-will-affect-all-households-in-windsor-and-maidenhead-study-finds.html https://rdg.today/average-reading-energy-bill-could-rise-by-1000/ https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/energy-shock-to-cost-enfield-residents-110m-a-year-research-finds/ https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/economists-reveal-just-how-hard-the-energy-crisis-could-hit-lewisham/ https://www.devonlive.com/news/cost-of-living/north-devon-residents-lose-further-7765425 https://todayuknews.com/economy/how-much-money-could-you-save-by-making-your-house-more-energy-efficient/ https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/energy-bill-hike-shock-could-7825464 https://twitter.com/ThatsWiltshire/status/1588107146411102209 https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/windsor/181445/energy-price-shock-will-affect-all-households-in-windsor-and-maidenhead-study-finds.html https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23148085.suffolk-council-rejects-home-insulation-project-plans/ https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/help-available-to-make-edmonton-homes-zero-carbon/ https://www.thecomet.net/news/23156592.research-shows-average-energy-bill-increase-stevenage-households/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Thiemo Fetzer's research into the Government's "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme mentioned in Parliament by Valerie Vaz MP (17 May 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 17th May 2022 - 4.02pm Valerie Vaz MP ".....And £71 million was wasted on the Chancellor's eat out to help out scheme, which Warwick University said accelerated the second wave of the pandemic." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-05-17/debates/66D4E191-DD58-4477-B533-D90BC3348D06/Tackli... |
| Description | Times Red Box: The rich pay more tax than ever - but some hand over more than others / Arun Advani 2 Jul 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Times Red Box article written by Arun Advani and Andy Summers According to new figures published by HMRC last Friday, the top 1 per cent now pay a higher share of income tax receipts than at any time in past twenty years. Close to three in every ten pounds that the government receives in income tax is paid by just over 300,000 individuals. Even as Covid-19 puts increasing pressure on public finances, this statistic will be grist to the mill of those who argue that the rich cannot be asked to pay more. But does it tell the whole story? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rich-pay-more-tax-than-ever-but-some-hand-over-more-than-othe... |
| Description | Top 1% receive a sixth of the nation's income (pre-crisis) due to hidden rise of capital gains |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/21-05-20-top_1_receive_a_sixth_of... |
| Description | Trade wars: The ghost of Smoot-Hawley tells why America isn't too big to avoid retaliation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The US Smoot-Hawley legislation of 1930 raised import duties in a bid to protect American businesses and farmers. New evidence shows that these measures encouraged widespread retaliation from trade partners. American exports to retaliating countries fell by as much as 32%. The findings offer new insights on the potential impact of modern US protectionist trade policies, and shows that the lucrative American market is not too big to avoid retaliation. Article by CAGE Associates, Kris Mitchener and Kevin O'Rourke, with co-author Kirsten Wandschneider republished from Vox EU. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/10-02-22-trade_wars_the_ghost_of_... |
| Description | TransformTax Advisory Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, who was appointed to this Advisory Board was asked to discuss his environmental work. (July 2020). He had a further meeting in January 2021 to discuss his work on green taxes. Think tank Green Alliance, supported by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, is launching a project to build a strong public and political mandate for tax reform to drive low impact lifestyles, jobs and economic prosperity. The project will run for three years and will look at how tax can be made more beneficial for the environment and help people make sustainable decisions. It will add practical suggestions to the increasingly loud calls for major reform. For example, the Committee on Climate Change and the Grantham Institute at the LSE have argued that carbon pricing must feature in a green recovery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://t.co/RYcz1RLDkf?amp=1 |
| Description | Treating maternal depression isn't costly, and the benefits are substantial |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Simple, cost-effective interventions to support women's mental health during pregnancy and early motherhood can have lasting positive effects on wellbeing, parenting and empowerment. When we talk about mental health, maternal mental health isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Yet in the UK, as many as 1 in 5 women suffer mental health difficulties during pregnancy and/or early motherhood. This problem has significant impacts not just on women suffering maternal depression, but also on their families. A blog post based on the research by Victoria Baranov, Sonia Bhalotra, Pietro Biroli, Joanna Maselko |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/01-08-22-treating_maternal_depres... |
| Description | Twitter thread: Wealth Tax / MP Mel Stride / Arun Advani 15 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chair of treasury select committee just came out in favour of one off wealth tax, based on our report, and my +Emma's appearance before treasury select committee in Oct 2020. Quote from thread: "I think what might be more promising in terms of effectively raising more tax might be a one-off wealth tax" Mel Stride, Tory MP and chair of the Treasury select committee, says this could be the way to raise more tax to pay for coronavirus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/arunadvaniecon/status/1361286984778530821 |
| Description | UK Trade Remedies Authority discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, met with Trade Minister Ranil Jayawardena, MP Online meeting (November 2020). He is part of the UK Trade Remedies Authority, a new independent body set up since Brexit to deal with unfair trade practices and import surges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UK could have zero new COVID-19 cases as early as 10th May |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We send out press releases to showcase our flagship research to journalists and policymakers. Our press releases commonly result in citations in top broadsheet newspapers and significant numbers of citations on online media platforms. Our releases often lead to an increase in social media followers, newsletter signups and event participants. They also draw new audiences to our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/09-04-20-covid_19_cases_in_the_uk... |
| Description | US-UK Trade Agreement and Global Britain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, was interviewed and cited in Harvard Kennedy School regarding the US-UK Trade Agreement and Global Britain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Understanding the causes of domestic violence: job loss and unemployment benefit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. One in three women worldwide report having experienced domestic violence at some stage in their lives. Domestic violence has risen worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic, leading the UN to call it a shadow pandemic. But the reason for this rise is not entirely clear. CAGE Associate, Sonia Bhalotra, with co-authors Diogo Britto, Paolo Pinotti and Breno Sampaio use administrative data from Brazil to understand the effect of job loss and unemployment benefit payments on domestic violence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/05-10-21-understanding_the_causes... |
| Description | Various presentations on Wealth Tax research in preparation for release of final report by the Wealth Tax Commission / Arun Advani / 3 and 4 Dec 20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Various presentations on Wealth Tax research in preparation for release of final report by the Wealth Tax Commission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Video with: Centre for Study of Financial Innovation / Wealth Tax Arun Advani / Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Wealth Tax for the UK: is this an idea whose time has come? With Arun Advani & Edward Troup - CSFI https://www.csfi.org/ CSFI and Covid-19 We continue to operate during the epidemic with a busy programme of virtual events and publications, all available online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ymCMOvfEoXQ&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Virtual "knowledge exchange" session presenting wealth tax work to practitioners from various accountancy and law firms. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, and others took part in a virtual "knowledge exchange" session presenting our wealth tax work to practitioners from various accountancies, law firms, etc to get input. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual meeting with Becks Gowland from Patriotic Millionaires to discuss wealth taxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, has met with Becks Gowland from an American organisation, Patriotic Millionaires, to discuss hsi work on Wealth Taxes (January 2021). "I don't want to add to my personal net worth at the expense of my fellow Americans. I can pay more, I should pay more, and I reject the false concept that we wealthy Americans are the job creators who will leave the country with our money if we're asked to pay our fair share. -Karen Stewart, Patriotic Millionaire and Angel Investor" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://patrioticmillionaires.org/ |
| Description | Virtual meeting with Ecorys to discuss carbon pricing in the UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, contacted by Ecorys, a leading European research consultancy, to discuss work he has done on carbon pricing in the UK. (April 2020) The European Commission (DG TAXUD) has recently requested Ecorys, a leading European research consultancy, and the Austrian Institute of Economic Research to perform a study on "Taxation in support of green transition: an overview and assessment of existing tax practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions". The objective of the study is to map existing tax measures that aim to reduce GHG emissions in the EU as well as an additional five countries. For the study, we focus on taxes, as well as tax incentives (breaks and exemptions) in order to identify good practices at national levels. In addition, we have been asked to identify key harmful tax subsidies which incentivise increases in GHG emissions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ecorys.com/united-kingdom/our-company |
| Description | Virtual meeting with Laura Webster (Head of Personal Tax, Treasury) to discuss tax issues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a virtual meeting with Laura Webster (Head of Personal Tax, Her Majesty's Treasury) to discuss his work on wealth taxes, capital gains tax, non-doms, and income tax rates at the top. (January 2021). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Virtual meeting/call with Home Office about research on top income earner migration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, had a virtual meeting with a number of people from the Home Office regarding his research into top income earner migration (April 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | VoxTalks Podcast: Sascha Becker on 'forced displacement, then and now'. Friday 8 Apr 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this new podcast for VoxTalks, Sascha Becker tells Tim Phillips about new research that is discovering the economic impact of mass displacement in history, both on refugees and on communities - and the lessons we can learn from the past. This mainly cited from Becker's CAGE working paper 611 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://cepr.org/multimedia/forced-displacement-then-and-now |
| Description | Warwick press release: Final withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan could see drastic increase in violent activity, new research suggests |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Evidence from the first phase of NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan between 2011 and 2014 indicates that insurgents purposefully held back violent activity until after foreign troops had withdrawn. Professor Thiemo Fetzer, CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy, said, 'In communicating a roadmap for the 2021 military withdrawal to an electorate tired of this war in the US and Europe, political leaders may have undermined the ability of NATO to leave the country with a functioning security apparatus. It has encouraged the Taliban to simply wait out the withdrawal of foreign troops up to the point at which the political costs to Western leaders for a U-turn on Afghanistan will become too high'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/07-07-21-press_release_final_with... |
| Description | Warwick press release: New evidence of the long- and short-term impacts of the pandemic on non-COVID-related healthcare |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Delays to cancer referrals and treatment times have led to an estimated 32,000 missing cancer patients that should have already started receiving treatment. Meanwhile, pandemic pressures have adversely affected the quality of care received by non-Covid patients resulting in at least 4,000 additional deaths that could otherwise have been avoided in England. During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals and policymakers were faced with tough choices to delay or cancel some hospital services including cancer treatments. The huge influx of Covid-19 patients during the worst waves of the pandemic also affected the quality of treatment for non-Covid-related emergency care. New research by Professor Thiemo Fetzer (CAGE Theme Leader, Political Economy) and Dr Christopher Rauh (University of Cambridge) measures the short- and long-term impacts of these challenges on non-Covid-related healthcare services in England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/11-02-22-press_release_new_eviden... |
| Description | We are all Nate Silver now: Mirko Draca considers the future of economics in the age of information overload |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short commentary written about a topical issue which would appeal to a wide non-specialist audience. Mirko Draca, CAGE Director, considers the future of economics in the age of information overload. The COVID pandemic will be noted for many things, but when it comes to the policy sphere there has never before been a time when the use of data and statistics has been so prominent. Political press conferences in last six months - including those featuring the centre-of-attention-loving President Trump - have often had the added feature of graph-filled slide packs. This was very rare in the pre-COVID-19 era. I'm also regularly reading wonkish and thoughtfully argued data-focused pieces in the popular press, which previously mainly served to inform me about the travails of celebrities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/20-01-21-we_are_all_nate_silver_n... |
| Description | Wealth Tax Commission Research Press Coverage (2020/21) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Macau Business (05.06.2020): 'Tax the rich? Post-pandemic recovery idea finds favour in UK' (https://www.macaubusiness.com/tax-the-rich-post-pandemic-recovery-idea-finds-favour-in-uk/) Financial Times (14.06.2020): 'Wealthy pay less tax than official headline rates, study finds' (https://www.ft.com/content/09f373cb-bda7-4989-8793-472ac338956a) The Times (15.06.20): Minimum tax on wealthy 'would raise an extra £11bn' (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/minimum-tax-on-wealthy-would-raise-an-extra-11bn-dtkgkb6g9) Anderson Tax News (31.07.20): The Study: A Reply (https://uk.andersen.com/newsletter/tax-news-july-2020/) Financial Times (08.09.20): Private equity says payouts levy rise would drive industry out of UK (https://www.ft.com/content/c9b36086-0b0f-4d31-8ff7-ab6c6ad4a6ad) Guardian (21.09.20): About a quarter of the UK's top earners are migrants, data shows (https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/sep/20/about-a-quarter-of-the-uks-top-earners-are-migrants-data-shows?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1600615209) Forbes (21.09.20): Nearly a quarter of U.K.'s top one percent are migrants (https://www.forbes.com/sites/chantaldasilva/2020/09/21/nearly-a-quarter-of-uks-top-one-percent-are-migrants-study-finds/?sh=5497ec01935b) The Times (23.09.20): Foreigners don't take our jobs - they create them and boost the Treasury (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/foreigners-don-t-take-jobs-they-create-them-and-boost-the-treasury-m8fmx6z3w) The Economist (26.09.20): Does immigration import inequality? (https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/09/24/does-immigration-import-inequality) La Libre (30.09.20) - Belgium (https://www.lalibre.be/economie/conjoncture/financer-les-deficits-records-l-equation-a-multiples-inconnues-du-chancelier-britannique-5f7450577b50a677fbe3c951) Financial Times (09.11.20): 'Will the UK axe private equity tax break worth millions?' (https://www.ft.com/content/3771030c-b8ad-4da6-b0af-0311a8e82ec8) Financial Times (15.11.20): Carried interest is pure fiscal "cakeism" (https://www.ft.com/content/d7ac4424-9cf2-46a7-8ea2-fe1a479a8412) Financial Times (20.11.20): 'Wealth tax risks worsening defective CGT system' (https://www.ft.com/content/af239665-df0f-45f5-9b23-279bdbabe965) BBC (09.12.20): "Tax the wealthy to pay for coronavirus"(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55236851) The Guardian (09.12.20): Economic cost of Covid crisis prompts call for one-off UK wealth tax (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/09/economic-cost-of-covid-crisis-prompts-call-for-one-off-uk-wealth-tax) Foreign Policy (US) (09.12.20): Morning Brief (https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/09/senate-to-vote-on-blocking-23-billion-uae-arms-sale/) El Economista (09.12.20) - Spain (https://www.eleconomista.es/opinion-blogs/noticias/10934134/12/20/La-reforma-tributaria-programada-para-el-primer-trimestre-de-2021.html) News 24 (09.12.20) - France (https://news-24.fr/taxer-les-riches-serait-le-meilleur-moyen-de-sauver-leconomie-de-covid-selon-un-groupe-dexperts/) Monitor Mercantil (09.12.20) - Brazil (https://monitormercantil.com.br/reino-unido-estuda-taxacao-sobre-grandes-fortunas/) Finversia (09.12.20) - Russia (https://www.finversia.ru/publication/v-velikobritanii-mogut-vvesti-nalog-na-bogatstvo-86423) Il Fatto Quotidiano (09.12.20) - Italy (https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/12/09/una-tassa-sulle-grandi-ricchezze-e-il-modo-piu-equo-ed-efficiente-per-trovare-risorse-contro-il-covid-lo-dice-uno-studio-di-economisti-inglesi/6031575/) Financial Times (11.12.20): Wealth tax report gives 'political cover' for raising existing taxes (https://www.ft.com/content/43d55129-6a9f-4846-b6a8-938dbba83f3d) The Independent (13.12.20): 'Is it time for politicians to start discussing a wealth tax?' (https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/politics-explained/wealth-tax-tory-manifesto-promise-mansion-tax-real-estate-b1771234.html) Accountancy Today (15.12.20): Wealth tax not 'politically or economically sensible' (https://www.accountancytoday.co.uk/2020/12/10/aat-wealth-tax-not-politically-or-economically-sensible/) Le Figaro (23.12.20) - France (https://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/quand-les-anglais-reflechissent-a-un-impot-exceptionnel-sur-la-fortune-20201223) The Observer (03.01.2021): 'Richest 1% have almost a quarter of UK wealth, study claims'. (https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2021/jan/03/richest-1-have-almost-a-quarter-of-uk-wealth-study-claims) The Times (06.01.21): A wealth tax would be popular - but that does not make it right (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-wealth-tax-would-be-popular-but-that-does-not-make-it-right-2ckfcjbn2) Investor's Chronicle (14.01.21): After the pandemic: the tax changes to expect (https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/ideas/2021/01/14/after-the-pandemic-the-tax-changes-to-expect/) Investor's Chronicle (11.02.21): Lesson's from history: France's wealth tax did more harm than good (https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/education/2021/02/11/lessons-from-history-france-s-wealth-tax-did-more-harm-than-good/) BROADCASTS LBC (09.12.20) Mention of Warwick/ LSE research saying a one off tax on wealth could raise 260billion and cover the cost of tackling COVID without having to raise income tax. Paying for COVID - phone in. Mention of the one-off wealth tax idea suggested by Warwick and LSE study which says the rich have the broadest shoulders financially and could be in a position to potentially help millions of people. talkRADIO (09.12.20) Discussion on the idea of the wealth tax, as proposed by Warwick and LSE to cover costs of tackling COVID. Share Radio (16.12.20 and 17.12.20) Discussion of the paper from Warwick and LSE on how taxing the richest could cover the costs of corona virus. BBC Five Live, and all BBC regional programmes (15.01.21) Interview with Arun Advani on the impact of COVID on GDP, ahead of results published today. BBC 5 Live and all BBC stations and regional stations (12.02.21) Interview with Dr Arun Advani from economics talking about GDP figures - shrinking economy - worst for three years. Whether we are technically in recession - two quarters of negative growth. BBC Radio Five Live (04.03.21) Dr Arun Advani of CAGE and the Department of Economics discusses the newly unveiled budget from the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Welfare cuts and crime in 19th century England and Wales |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short written commentary on a topical issue aimed at a wide general audience. In 1834, the New Poor Law completely overhauled the system of poor relief across England and Wales and dramatically reduced welfare payments to the poor. Eric Melander and Martina Miotto explore an unintended consequence of these cuts: an increase in petty property crime. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/26-03-21-welfare_cuts_and_crime_i... |
| Description | What's in our backyards? Environmental exposure, health, human capital, and housing values" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organised by Ludovica Gazze, Deputy Theme Leader, Public Policy and Data. Hybrid half-day conference, followed by a policy roundtable discussion. A growing literature in economics shows that place plays a key role in perpetuating inequality along economic and racial lines. Where people live and work shapes every dimension of their lives, including the air they breathe. Environmental exposure affects individuals starting in utero, as well as throughout their formative and productive years, and even leaving a mark on their children and grandchildren. Yet, even green policies generate winners and losers. Understanding these distributional concerns is key to deploying effective policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/events/20-10-21-whats_in_our_backyards... |
| Description | Who are the super-rich? The wealth and connections of the Sunday Times Rich List |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over the past two years, while most households struggled with the pandemic and rising cost of living, the wealth of the very richest grew substantially. The top 250 individuals or families with strong ties to the UK, as recorded in the Sunday Times Rich List (STRL), saw their wealth rise by 25%. These individuals - who make up just 0.0005% of the adult population - have a combined net worth of £710 billion, roughly 4% of total wealth. Blog post based on research by Arun Advani, Andy Summers, and Hannah Tarrant |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/28-07-22-who_are_the_super_rich_t... |
| Description | Winter Newsletter 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAGE newsletters provide subscribers with an update about current CAGE research, activities and upcoming events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/c3098b081843/9aaagjrdug-13509152 |
| Description | interview/video Canadian Politics with Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Canadian MP) / Arun Advani 21 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "One-off wealth taxation with Arun Advani | S2 / E9 In which a Canadian MP says that a new motion he tabled is a result of our work (at the start, and again about 15mins in). Nate Erskine-Smith, Canadian MP, has tabled a new motion for a one-off wealth tax in Canada. The motion was informed by the UK Wealth Tax Commission's recent report. He speaks to @arunadvaniecon of the Commission (& CAGE) about the research." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://uncommons.ca/2021/02/21/one-off-wealth-taxation-with-arun-advani-s2-e9/ |