Impact and influence

The School delivers policy impact through conducting data-intensive research. Ranked top 5 in the UK for Economics and Econometrics "world leading" impact and top 5 in UK for Economics and Econometrics research output (REF 2021).

Here you will find some of our studies that are influencing policy and creating real-world impact:

Why reading to children matters to their social mobility

Location, segregation, confusion: Secondary school admissions in England

Bristol economist helped COVAX get the world back on track from the pandemic

Housewife or space-engineer? How conforming to gender norms affects your life outcomes

Arnaud Philippe on the economics of crime and punishment

A mother’s diet in pregnancy supports her child for life

Who gets in? Where you live matters for where you go to school

Charity fundraising: the small prompts that bring big donations