Policy Matters: Franz and Matt Matter...
In this episode of Policy Matters, hosts Franz Buscha and Matt Dickson talk to\u2026 Matt Dickson and Franz Buscha! It\u2019s been a while since we talked about the policy-relevant research that we are currently pursuing both together and individually, so in this episode we take some time to find out what is floating our research boats at the moment.\n\nMatt talks about a couple of research projects looking at the impact of education on labour market and health outcomes \u2013 using different \u2018natural experiments\u2019 to try and identify how much education actually affects these things. Franz then tells us about his recent research project on the geography of social mobility in the UK, exploring the nuanced story of social mobility differences between and within regions. \n\nThe discussion concludes with consideration of recent developments in data availability and how that can benefit researchers and policymakers going forward.