Reposted by Lucie Gadennewill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal. 32975151
Reposted by Lucie GadenneMax Warner @maxwarner.bsky.social · 15/05/2026It wasn’t the biggest story yesterday, but the NHS in England hit its intermediate target that 65% of patients should be waiting 18 weeks or less for elective care by Mar26. That’s after big recent improvements from 61.5% in Jan to 65.3% in March. So how was this achieved?🧵 31913
Reposted by Lucie GadenneCSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 19/11/2025CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated. 215367
Reposted by Lucie GadenneSteven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 15/11/20251/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...nytimes.comFor Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021) 211477358
Reposted by Lucie GadenneBen Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 12/11/2025🚨Economics students! People who know or teach economics students!🚨 The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share. ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...ifs.org.ukIFS recruitment event 2025: Summer students | Institute for Fiscal StudiesWe're offering an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students. 138
Reposted by Lucie GadenneJulien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The #econjobmarket is not (totally) dead! 3 positions this year to join our amazing team at @crestumr.bsky.social ! This is a great environnent with amazing colleagues and students please consider applying! Feel free to contact any of us if you have questions 043
Reposted by Lucie GadenneJennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I’ve decided not to post my annual “women on the Econ job market” thread this year. Social media has splintered too much, and now that I’ve left academia I’m focused on other priorities. 15513
Reposted by Lucie GadenneSarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 14/10/2025Investors are betting big bucks on the idea that AI will create an explosion of leisure time...e.g. it was a key part of the public rationale for the massive $55bn takeover of video games maker Electronic Arts. But are they right?? (short thread linked to my column today www.ft.com/content/4011...) 126321
Reposted by Lucie GadenneIEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Join us for today's seminar: "When Private Firms Provide Public Goods: The Allocation of CSR Spending" 🎙️ @lgadenne.bsky.social (Queen Mary University of London) 📅 Today, Tuesday Sep. 16 🕝 14:30h (CET) 📍 UB, Room 108 ℹ️ f.mtr.cool/xydqyvaory #IEBSeminars: 011
Lucie Gadenne @lgadenne.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Extremely proud of @mattfavas.bsky.social! Huge congratulations, and so well deserved. 030
Reposted by Lucie Gadennewincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This year's Wincott Journalist of the Year - Matthieu Favas of @economist.com ! Congratulations Matthieu 031
Reposted by Lucie GadenneMatthieu Favas @mattfavas.bsky.social · 25/03/2025What if America lifts sanctions on Russia but Europe does not? Access to US tech, currency and payment networks, some say, is what Russia really wants. But the old continent has its own weapons. Ignored and threatened, it may be tempted to use them www.economist.com/finance-and-...economist.comHow Europe can hurt Russia’s economyEven if America lifts sanctions, the old continent has its own weapons 02310
Lucie Gadenne @lgadenne.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Huge congratulations to @helenmiller.bsky.social ! She's an absolutely fantastic choice, I am really looking forward to her leadership of the IFS. 040
Reposted by Lucie GadenneSam Altmann @saltmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Econ PhD students and Postdocs!!! Make sure you submit your papers to the QMUL workshop - the deadline to submit is next Friday. We’ve got some great keynotes! :) And don’t believe the rumours about London weather in May. I hear it’ll be glorious and sunny. 011
Reposted by Lucie GadenneQM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Actually @therestpolitics.bsky.social, make that a topic of your conversation please: why is it so hard to make people outside of UK Higher Education see how dire and dangerous the structurally failing sector is? Local economies about to sink; R&D all but stagnated; education blandified. 253
Reposted by Lucie GadenneSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 26/02/2025With electrification so central to net-zero & delivering 60% of emissions cuts by 2040, top CCC recommendation is to make electricity prices cheaper (Weirdly, most news coverage focused on low-carbon choices eg diet, despite the much greater role for other solutions) 10/10 48832
Reposted by Lucie GadenneCSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 12/02/2025We're excited to welcome @lgadenne.bsky.social to Oxford today for the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar. What are the social effects of corporate contributions to public goods (specifically Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending)? Join us at 12:30 in Oxford to find out👇 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events 022
Reposted by Lucie GadenneErwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 10/01/2025NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C. 20958802764
Reposted by Lucie GadenneMatthieu Favas @mattfavas.bsky.social · 18/12/2024For the first time since 2022, it looks like Ukraine is winning the economic war. But it faces strong headwinds: the uptick of war, the downtick of domestic resources... and Donald Trump www.economist.com/finance-and-... Great to collaborate with @olliecarroll.bsky.socialeconomist.comUkraine is winning the economic war against RussiaWhether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money 0178
Reposted by Lucie GadenneMarshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Cool RCT on air purifiers -> test scores in China. Air purifiers on day of test improved scores by 0.1sd! Reduction in indoor PM2.5 from purifiers was ~20ug in their setting. So, effect would prob be smaller at avg US PM levels, but maybe larger on wildfire smoke day. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...pubs.acs.orgReducing Indoor Particulate Air Pollution Improves Student Test Scores: A Randomized Double-Blind Crossover StudyShort-term exposure to air pollution is associated with a decline in cognitive function. Standardized test scores have been employed to evaluate the effects of air pollution exposure on cognitive perf... 02914
Reposted by Lucie GadenneMarshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 10/12/2024New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023. Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v... Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke Quick thread: 14414
Reposted by Lucie GadenneJustin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social · 16/12/2024New @cgdev.org policy paper: *MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out. We examine why, and how to go faster. 🧵 9235105
Reposted by Lucie GadenneJournal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list. go.bsky.app/4kR21vX 14370137
Reposted by Lucie GadenneM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 15/12/2024French cities with higher supply elasticity see lower price growth. This variation in supply elasticity is explained by variation in the restrictiveness of local land-use regulations. 518847
Reposted by Lucie GadenneAlice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 10/12/2024“Renewable energy from wind, solar and hydropower will account for more of the UK’s electricity output this year than fossil fuels” 🌧️💨🌞 on.ft.com/49utgXY 210020
Reposted by Lucie GadenneFrançois Gerard @fgerard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Please send your papers to Shafik and me (and a fantastic team of expert scientific committee members) and join us for this first edition of the IIPF Congress in East Africa! 064
Lucie Gadenne @lgadenne.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7) ifs.org.uk/publications...ifs.org.ukExposure to air pollution in England, 2003–23 | Institute for Fiscal StudiesWe set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age. 35221
Reposted by Lucie GadenneEyal Frank @eyalfrank.bsky.social · 05/09/2024Biodiversity is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344), and tells a complex story about how those are connected. 5234100
Reposted by Lucie GadenneTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 15/11/2023New working paper alert! @julianreif.bsky.social and I tackle the question of "What can we learn about the effects of chronic pollution exposure from shorter-run estimates?" www.nber.org/papers/w31858 1216
Reposted by Lucie GadenneAndreas Peichl @apeichl.bsky.social · 14/11/2023The open letter from 400+ IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA is online: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comLetter Deutsche Post Foundation 311175
Reposted by Lucie GadenneJoshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 10/11/2023If you're a senior male economist and would be interested in discussing the drafting of an open letter re the newly announced IZA leadership change, e-mail me. Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them. 314848