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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy to share that our Applied Microeconomics Research Group will host the Workshop on Health in Developing Countries on 23–24 Sep. 📍 Room C309, Tait Building (Northampton Square) 📎 Preliminary program attached 🔗 Please register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... #EconSky #EconConf

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Great discussion by @mrao.bsky.social on the how dev econ research is subsequently used by policymakers. She shows the importance of timely evaluations (get your research out there!), but also that constancy of political power may help link evidence -> policy. youtube.com/watch?v=FNzZ...

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The evidence gap on evidence use | Michelle Rao | Ideas in Development

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Only 2 days left to apply for two newly funded PhD positions in Economics. Join a rapidly expanding, research-intensive department spanning applied and theoretical microeconomics, macroeconomics, and finance. Deadline: 13 May 2026. #EconSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRK358/f...

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Fully-funded PhD in Economics at City St George’s, University of London – Starting date: October 2026 at City St George’s, University of London

Find a Fully-funded PhD in Economics at City St George’s, University of London – Starting date: October 2026 on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"Low skilled workers" has always been a frustration. Jugglers are obviously very skilled, but it's not a particular renumerative career. Whether a career path makes a lot of money or not is historically contingent. Being good at math doesn't necessarily help you much in medieval times.

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Anaïs Galdin @anaisgaldin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

🚨 Predoc Opportunity (Dartmouth) I'm hiring with Felipe Barbieri (@barbierifelipe.bsky.social) a full-time predoc research fellow to work on projects in international trade, IO, and urban/spatial. Info + application: apply.interfolio.com/181447 Please share widely! #econ_ra #econsky #predoc

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

NEW: How did the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) change London’s geography of work? In a new @theifs.bsky.social paper, @joelkariel.bsky.social, Fizza Jabbar and I have taken a look – and it turns out people adapt in surprising ways. A thread. 1/

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The CMA Microeconomics Unit's State of UK Competition 2024 report is in the running for the ONS Research Excellence Awards 2025 in the Government-led Impact of Analysis and People's Choice Award categories.

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Attention IO job market candidates: Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper. Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November! We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more. 1/2

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

📢 We are hiring 📢 RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining. Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...

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Research Assistant

We at RFBerlin are seeking a highly skilled and motivated research assistant to provide support for a project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining, led by Christian Dustmann and Jan Kn...

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2... Please submit before 25th September if you work on: - UK productivity slowdown - Aggregate market power - Business dynamism - Industrial policy - Supply chains - Determinants of innovation and R&D

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

How does competition influence investment? The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social). 1/2

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Investment and competition over the business lifecycle

Review of the existing literature on the relationship between competition and investment as a business grows.

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects. IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon. Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Predoctoral Researcher

MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Call for papers for our economics workshop! Deadline in just over two weeks.

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept. Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains. cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

It's well-established that UK firms engaged in international trade are more productive, but why? New analysis from @christinavpalmou.bsky.social and Kyle Jones (ONS) offers new evidence: tinyurl.com/5c9mazpa

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Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

📅 June 18, 2025: Day 1 of the PSE - @cepr.org Policy Forum "AI & Labor Reallocation" Featuring: 🎙️ Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk) 🎯 @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu)

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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📢 Calling early-career researchers! A 3-year postdoc in urban & regional economics at @alliancembs.bsky.social is open - guided by TPI experts & backed by Sir Terry Leahy. 🗓️ Apply by 18 June 2025 🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #PostdocJobs #EconomicGeography #ResearchOpportunity

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The Sir Terry Leahy Post Doctoral Research Fellowship :Manchester

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Carmen Villa @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🚨 I'm hiring a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 🚨 This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work. The position is based in London and starting this autumn. Please apply below or share 🙂 app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...

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Research Assistance (Crime and Justice)

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is hiring a Research Assistant to support ongoing work on the effects of youth clubs on youth development. The Research Assistant will work closely with Dr. Carm...

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Please reach out if you'd like to know more about our research team and how we might collaborate on this fellowship.

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

For Earth Day 2025, an awesome paper on the long-term environmental impact of this particular activist event: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... Bad weather on Earth Day in 1970 is associated with far worse air pollution 50 years later. That is not the case for bad weather the day before or after!

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Looking to do a fully funded, policy-relevant PhD in economics? The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics. Please share widely and apply!

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ESRC CASE PhD Studentship - Lancaster University

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The new @oxrepjournal.bsky.social on "New Directions in Competition Policy" is out. My colleagues @joelkariel.bsky.social, Mike Walker and I survey recent labour market competition cases, summarise lessons from our report on labour market power in the UK and highlight some open questions. 1/3

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Competition policy and labour market power: new evidence and open questions

Abstract. Emerging evidence on pervasive and rising market power in US labour markets has led some competition agencies to wonder if the prevailing focus o

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Warwick Economics @warwickecon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

📰A project by Professor Thiemo Fetzer @trfetzer.com Dr Jakob Schneebacher, and Dr Christina Palmou has won one of this year's Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards. Read more: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Interested in an econ PhD on market power? Check out this great ESRC opportunity. I can't pretend I'm unbiased given my 8 years at Oxford & current role at the CMA, but it's a great chance to work on an important & interesting topic with brilliant researchers! www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/beyond-marku...

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Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What does this all mean? In our State of Competition report, we show that other countries share similar secular trends in markups and business dynamism, and try to understand their potential causes. I have summarised the main findings here: www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-compe... 3/3

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How is competition changing across the UK economy? - Economics Observatory

Competition creates an opportunity for new ideas to enter the economy, allows more dynamic entrants to displace inefficient incumbents and offers incentives for firms to keep innovating. A new Competi...

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

For economics/polsci graduate students interested in UK policy, HMT has published its areas of research interest, which might spark some research ideas! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673207...

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Dani Sandler @dismalscientist86.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Resharing the government economists starter pack. go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi Plenty of room to add more, so ping me if you should be included.

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Returned to my alma mater for the weekend. Little has changed since I started my graduate studies in 2016; it's still beautiful in the autumn, my favourite cafe is thriving, and social science students are debating "how the Democrats recover from this"

Colourful autumnal trees along a path in University Parks, Oxford UK.

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

How is competition changing across the UK economy? by by Jakob Schneebacher, (Competition & Markets Authority) - JUST PUBLISHED on the Economics Observatory buff.ly/3AufJ5N #Economics #Econ

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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

🚀 I’m looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow for 2025-2026! Join me at Penn to study e.g. monopsony power in the labor market, technology, jobs & inequality, and income support programs. Apply: sp2.upenn.edu/employment/#.... Please share with your network! 🙏

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Employment - School of Social Policy & Practice

Learn about employment opportunities available at SP2.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

🚀 IZA (soon on Bluesky) is hiring Postdoctoral Researchers! If you specialize in applied (labor, education, environmental) or behavioral economics, apply to our collaborative environent. Up to 3 y term, no teaching required. Apply by Nov 17, 2024 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/10...

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

It's quite striking that UK markups haven't moved much since the GFC. Is this about competition policy, technology adoption, business dynamism, regional variation across firms, or something else? Our report isn't definitive, but suggests lots of interesting paths to explore.

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

How has competition changed across the UK economy over the past two decades? The CMA has just released our report on the state of UK competition. Let me pick out a few key narratives. #EconSky www.gov.uk/government/publications/… 1/

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

The ONS has today released results from two new data collection efforts on public-sector productivity: a public-sector version of the existing Management and Expectations Survey and a public-sector time use survey. Overall, management practices look similar in the public and private sectors. 1/

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Very excited to present work with @jschneebacher.bsky.social on pollution pricing at the NBER Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century this Friday! Please reach out if you want to discuss our work, share feedback or see the draft. www.nber.org/conferences/...

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Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Fall 2024

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