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Chris Darko

@chriskdarko

Associate Professor, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham

Joined June 2016
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On almost every measure of educational success from pre-K to postgrad, boys and young men now lag well behind their female classmates. In one of our don’t-miss stories of the year, @RichardvReeves argues that there’s a way to help boys do better: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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"Economics is the least socioeconomically and racially diverse of any major PhD discipline" ... piie.com/research/piie-chart…
US economics PhDs are less socioeconomically and racially diverse than other major fields

US economics PhDs are less socioeconomically and racially diverse than other major fields

Economics is the least socioeconomically and racially diverse of any major PhD discipline. US-born economics PhD recipients are much more likely to identify as White non-Hispanic and have highly...

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Applications welcome! 🙂 Assistant Professor in Industrial Economics or Business Economics (Research & Education) - Birmingham Business School - Grade 8 - 100905 linkedin.com/jobs/view/34025…
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Applications welcome! 🙂 Check out this job at University of Birmingham: Associate Professor in Industrial Economics or Business Economics (Research & Education) - Birmingham Business School - Grade 9 - 58374 linkedin.com/jobs/view/34025…
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Applications welcome! Associate Prof position in Business/Labour Economics @BLE_BBS @UoB_Business working with a great group of people edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…

Associate Professor in Industrial Economics or Business Economics (Research & Education) - Birmin...

The Department of Management at the University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor (Teaching and Research) in Industrial Economics or Business Economics. Important areas of...

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Applications welcome! Assistant Prof position in Business/Labour Economics @BLE_BBS @UoB_Business with a great group of people. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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Fiona Carmichael, Christian Darko, Shireen Kanji, and Nicholas Vasilakos show that young women and girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap. Now online: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The Contribution of Girls’ Longer Hours in Unpaid Work to Gender Gaps in Early Adult Employment:...

The Contribution of Girls’ Longer Hours in Unpaid Work to Gender Gaps in Early Adult Employment:...

Across many countries, girls perform more unpaid work than boys. This article shows how the time young women and girls spend in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap that is alrea...

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Every day, they are delivering. Now it's your turn. Join us for #F4GC: bit.ly/3obp4Gk #breakthroughs #guaranteed
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Register now for the inaugural #F4GC and take advantage of early bird discounted rates. EB registration closes 3 March, don’t miss out! Join us from 3 to 5 May 2022 at the ICC in Birmingham, UK: bit.ly/3phyXDB #Conference #Challenges #Solutions
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Which firms enter export markets? And which gain the most from it? Findings from World Bank Enterprise Survey data published in JIBS show that it depends on the firm’s home market economic development: rdcu.be/cEAPM @fvendrell @chriskdarko @UoB_Business @UVAMcIntire
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Four new FULL scholarships (+ stipend etc) for MSc students from sub-Saharan Africa to study at @TheBartlettUCL !! Please share the word!! @PhDinAfrica @UrbanAfricaACC @The_BIEA @arin_africa @UrbanActionLab @Udadisi @KNUSTGH @UnilagNigeria @ARISEHub ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2021…
The Bartlett expands flagship Promise Scholarship to Sub-Saharan Africa | UCL Bartlett Faculty of...

The Bartlett expands flagship Promise Scholarship to Sub-Saharan Africa | UCL Bartlett Faculty of...

The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, today launches the extension of its flagship Bartlett Promise Scholarship scheme to applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa.

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We welcome proposals for our topic on #Education and #Employment Futures for young people. Contributions focused on possible solutions to key challenges facing #youth encouraged! @CcnUob @gcyfrg @GeogEd_RGS @LES_UniBham
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The role of Parliamentarians in addressing climate change threats within the #Commonwealth's most vulnerable nations is examined by sustainability expert, Dr Nana O Bonsu in the latest issue of The Parliamentarian ⬇️ issuu.com/theparliamentarian…
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Researchers from @unibirmingham, @interfields and @chriskdarko, along with @uniofeastanglia have found that not all work is good work, and that these types of work have a negative impact on wellbeing: birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest…
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New in #JDevStudies: Darko [@unibirmingham] Occhiali [@ICTDTax] & @EnricoVanino use an IV approach across 24 SSA countries to find Chinese imports ⬆️ firm productivity, mainly through imports of intermediate inputs tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Education technology can do many good things, but its natural tendency is to exacerbate inequality, not reduce it.
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Epistemic humility is a crucial enabler to legitimate educational 'solutions' - as is foregrounding the perspectives of teachers, students and other marginalised groups.
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Our final speaker today is @EduRes_Mitchell, Co-director @CIRE_Bristol, and investigator with @TransformingESF - a @GCRF Network Plus focusing on education and sustainability in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
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Fascinating insight from Dr Namita Datta, discussing rapid change in how young people think about jobs, what training is truly helpful, and how governments need to embed these evolving ideas into their systems.
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@EduRes_Mitchell adds that next year's Forum for Global Challenges needs to feature African-led research. We couldn't agree more!
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