Past Events

The Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Status Index 2018

8 November, 2018 - 17:30 to 18:30

How does the status of teachers vary across different countries? And how does it compare to other occupations like doctors, nurses, policemen? Is there any correlation between the status of teachers and the academic performance of pupils? If we pay teachers better do we get better outcomes for pupils?

Please note attendance is by invitation only

NIESR Economists’ Briefing – NIESR November 2018 Review

31 October, 2018 - 17:00 to 18:30

We will present and discuss analysis associated with NIESR's quarterly UK and global economic forecasts, published that morning.

Please note: attendance is by invitation only

National Institute Economic Review Press Conference - The economic outlook in the last Budget five months before Brexit

25 October, 2018 - 10:30 to 12:00

Please note this event is for journalists and by invitation only

The IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)

19 October, 2018 - 14:30 to 16:00

A team from the IMF will present highlights from the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).

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Post-Brexit Immigration Policy: Reconciling Public Perceptions with Economic Evidence

11 October, 2018 - 08:30 to 10:15

There is a consensus that anti-immigration sentiments played a role in the referendum vote. To examine what is behind these attitudes, a team from NIESR and Birkbeck, University of London carried out 12 experimental focus groups with 105 Leave and Remain voters in the town of Sittingbourne in Kent. The research was funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Please note this is an invitation only event

Measuring public sector productivity

4 October, 2018 - 12:30 to 14:00

This workshop will bring together recent work by Garry Young and Peter Dolton of NIESR as well as the research led by Stephen Aldridge, Director for Analysis and Data at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Lunchtime Seminar

Please note this is an invitation only event

Gender Inequalities in Extending Working Lives

26 September, 2018 - 09:30 to 15:30

This workshop is organised as part of the FACTAGE project. FACTAGE is a Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) “More Years Better Lives” project and is financed by the national research foundations of Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain and the UK. The project is led by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, in partnership with NIESR, Statistics Austria, the University of Koblenz-Landau and the University of the Basque Country.

The workshop is free to attend - please RSVP by emailing press [at] niesr.ac.uk

Book Launch - Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

19 September, 2018 - 17:30 to 19:00

Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. They pull the regulatory and financial levers of our economic well-being, yet unlike democratically elected leaders, their power does not come directly from the people.

These are among the issues addressed in his latest book by Sir Paul Tucker, fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the Systemic Risk Council.

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NIESR Economists’ Briefing – NIESR August 2018 Review

1 August, 2018 - 17:00 to 18:30

We will present and discuss analysis associated with NIESR's quarterly UK and global economic forecasts, published that morning.

Please note: attendance is by invitation only.

National Institute Economic Review August 2018 Press Conference

31 July, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00

Please note this event is for journalists and by invitation only

At our press conference on Tuesday 31st July we will present NIESR's quarterly UK and global economic forecasts, published in the August issue of the NIESR Review (No 245 - "Housing and the Economy").

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