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Overview

Richard Disney is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans an interdisciplinary range within social sciences and economics, focusing on topics such as housing market economics, crime patterns, financial literacy, and inequality.

Their main fields of study include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with subfields covering Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Finance, and Soil Science.

Research topics regularly addressed by Disney include:

  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Richard Disney has authored several papers published across multiple venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Does Homeownership Reduce Crime? A Radical Housing Reform from the UK, 2023, The Economic Journal
  • Household inequality and remittances in rural Thailand: a life-cycle perspective, 2022, Oxford Economic Papers
  • Does Homeownership Reduce Crime? A Radical Housing Reform from the UK, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Human Capital from Childhood Exposure to Homeownership: Evidence from Right-to-Buy, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The persistent urbanising effect of refugee camps: evidence from Tanzania, 1985-2015, 2023, Spatial Economic Analysis

Publication venues where Disney frequently contributes include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Economic Journal
  • Oxford Economic Papers
  • Spatial Economic Analysis

Collaborative work features coauthors with multiple joint publications. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Stephen Machin
  • John Gathergood
  • Matteo Sandi
  • Andy McKay
  • C. Rashaad Shabab

Best Publications

  • Restructuring and productivity growth in uk manufacturing

    Richard Disney;Jonathan Haskel;Ylva Heden

  • Ill health and retirement in Britain: a panel data-based analysis.

    Richard Disney;Carl Emmerson;Matthew Wakefield

  • Entry, Exit and Establishment Survival in UK Manufacturing

    Richard Disney;Jonathan Haskel;Ylva Heden

  • Financial literacy and consumer credit portfolios

    Richard Disney;John Gathergood

  • Debt and depression.

    Sarah Bridges;Richard Disney

  • Does it pay to work in the public sector

    Richard Disney;Amanda Gosling

  • Are contributions to public pension programmes a tax on employment

    Richard Disney

  • House price shocks, negative equity and household consumption in the United Kingdom

    Richard Disney;John Gathergood;Andrew Henley

  • Crises in Public Pension Programmes in OECD: What are the Reform Options?

    Richard Disney

  • Can We Afford to Grow Older

    Richard Disney

  • Use of credit and arrears on debt among low‐income families in the United Kingdom

    Sarah Bridges;Richard Disney

  • THE LABOUR SUPPLY EFFECT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE EARNINGS RULE FOR OLDER WORKERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

    Richard Disney;Sarah Smith

  • Explanations of the Decline in Trade Union Density In Britain: an Appraisal

    Richard Disney

  • Pension systems and retirement incomes across OECD countries

    Richard Disney;Paul Johnson

  • Can we afford to grow older? : a perspective on the economics of aging

    Richard Disney

  • Restructuring and Productivity Growth in UK Manufacturing

    Richard F. Disney;Jonathan Haskel;Jonathan Haskel;Jonathan Haskel;Ylva Heden Westerdahl

  • L'investissement francais dans les colonies (1876-1940) : Une autre analyse de l'enquete de gouvernement de Vichy (1943)

    Alan Carruth;Richard Disney

  • Population ageing and the size of the welfare state: Is there a puzzle to explain?

    Richard Disney

  • Housing wealth, liquidity constraints and self-employment

    Richard Disney;John Gathergood

  • Averting the Old Age Crisis: Policies to Protect the Old and Promote Growth.

    Richard Disney

  • Cross-country comparisons of pensioners’ incomes

    Richard Disney;Edward Whitehouse

  • RESTRUCTURING AND P RODUCTIVITY G ROWTH IN U K M ANUFACTURING

    Richard Disney;Jonathan Haskel;Ylva Heden

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
John Creedy
John Creedy Victoria University of Wellington
Jonathan Haskel
Jonathan Haskel Imperial College London
James Banks
James Banks University of Manchester
Andrew Henley
Andrew Henley Cardiff University
John Van Reenen
John Van Reenen London School of Economics and Political Science
Vincenzo Galasso
Vincenzo Galasso Bocconi University
Gary Burtless
Gary Burtless Brookings Institution
Costas Meghir
Costas Meghir Yale University
Emily Grundy
Emily Grundy University of Essex

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