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Davide Rigo

@daviderigo.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham Technological Change; Digitalisation; Innovation; International Economics First gen

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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New report out 📊 Remote Work and Firm Productivity: Which UK Firms Benefit and Why What makes the difference is not whether firms allow #RemoteWork, but what they invest alongside it. And smaller firms outside London benefit far less — raising real questions about #Regionalinequality.
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Thank you Nigel for putting work from home back on the political agenda - Timing couldn't be better 😀
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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Our new VoxEU column is out! 👇
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Look forward to commuting on the most expensive (and fancy) railway in the world 😅 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway
HS2 is set to cost more per kilometre than any other rail project in the world as total bill could surpass £100bn
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Very happy to see our research cited in the @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk report “Is working from home working?” Honoured to contribute evidence on #WFH, productivity & inclusion. Report below 👇 Thanks @leverhulme.ac.uk , LSE and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for supporting this research! 🙏
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2025
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Excited like it’s the first day of school 🎒— starting a new chapter as Assistant Professor at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to all the brilliant people at LSE (too many to tag!) for the support and inspiration along the way 🙌
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Davide Rigo @daviderigo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Very honoured to present at the UK House of Lords on remote work in the UK & Europe, and its impact on productivity & labour markets. Check the link to the full session 👇 For more, see my ongoing research daviderigo.weebly.com/wfh.html Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting this work.
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House of Lords Home-based Working Committee @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · 16/05/2025
🌍 How does remote and hybrid working in Europe, the USA and Japan compare to the UK? On Monday 19 May 2.15pm we investigate international comparisons on home working with: - Dr Steve Pickering, University of Amsterdam - @daviderigo.bsky.social, LSE - Dr Emma Harrington, University of Virginia
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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Creative destruction through innovation bursts By Giuseppe Berlingieri, Maarten De Ridder, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo Read at: ow.ly/LGzu50VKmeI
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Programme on Innovation and Diffusion @poid-lse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Creative destruction through innovation bursts" Read the latest #POIDWorkingPaper by Giuseppe Berlingieri, @deriddermaarten.bsky.social, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS...
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
There is still a time to apply for our Master in International Economics Third and final deadline on April 15 @gvagrad.bsky.social @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @johannesmboehm.bsky.social Please repost
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