News

Disadvantaged boys benefit most from early school years

Research by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Cornelissen finds that boys from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit most from early schooling, helping to narrow the skills gap (60-80%) with boys from high socio-economic backgrounds.

Press Release

Housing costs have exacerbated income equality in Germany

CReAM Research by Christian Dustmann and co-authors finds that changes in housing expenditures dramatically exacerbated the rise in income inequality in Germany since the mid-1990s. The research was covered on the German press.

Immigrant and disadvantaged children benefit most from early childcare

Attending universal childcare from age three significantly improves the school readiness of children from immigrant and disadvantaged family backgrounds.

Brexit

BBC Three Counties

Christian Dustmann discussing Theresa May's comments on EU workers 'jumping the queue' on BBC Three Counties.

External Research Fellow

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Email: hans.gronqvist@nek.uu.se

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Hans Grönqvist

Hans Grönqvist is Assistant Professor of Economics at SOFI. He completed his Ph.D. at Uppsala University in 2009. He has also spent time as a vistor at both Harvard University and University College London. Hans research concerns labor and demographic economics with a special interest in policy evaluation. Specific topics include: neighborhood and peer effects, family, and crime.

Hans Grönqvist joined CReAM as an external affiliate in December 2010.