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Nikki Shure

@nikkishure.bsky.social
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🇺🇸🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 Professor of Economics and Social Policy at UCL Social Research Institute and Research Fellow at IZA interested in gender and socioeconomic inequality in access to higher education and the labo(u)r market

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know. @adameczanna.bsky.social @mattdickson.bsky.social & @nikkishure.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know - Impact of Social Sciences
Without using additional data points and survey data, earnings figures can paint a misleading picture of gender differences in graduate earnings.
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🎓 Degrees boost women's income, but by how much? A new @lseimpactblog.bsky.social published by @ucl.ac.uk researchers argues that only using annual earnings figures is not enough to answer the question. Analysis using Next Steps data can paint a more reliable picture. Find out more👉 buff.ly/Z6D45di
Infographic about how much do graduates earn compared to non-graduates.
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
💥New: Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know ✍️ @adameczanna.bsky.social, @mattdickson.bsky.social & @nikkishure.bsky.social #GraduatePremium #HigherEducation
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Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know - Impact of Social Sciences
Without using additional data points and survey data, earnings figures can paint a misleading picture of gender differences in graduate earnings.
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Xiaowei Xu @xiaoweixu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Excited about discussing regional inequalities at the Fiscal Studies symposium event next week! We've got a star-studded lineup of @andyburnham.bsky.social, Paul Collier, Philip McCann, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @amcanning.bsky.social and more. Summary of new papers below 🧵👇
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How can policy tackle regional inequalities? | Institute for Fiscal Studies
At this policy conference, researchers will present new evidence on the scale and causes of regional inequalities.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We are very fortunate to have these @ukri.org funded studies in the UK. This is especially true of Next Steps—the only Millennial cohort study in England!
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This work highlights the importance of the @clscohorts.bsky.social British cohort studies. Without information on hours worked, we can’t get the full picture on the returns to graduation.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
There's still time to register for this week's CEPEO seminar! We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Autumn Seminar Series 2025
The effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes
Dr Judith Delaney (University of Bath)
Thursday 27th November 2025, 3pm (UK Time)
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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 05/11/2025
UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience! 💫 We can’t wait to welcome students, staff, alumni and our wider community and launching a year of celebrations for our 200th birthday! 📅11-13 February 2026. Find out more: bit.ly/439g5Kk
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UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience: Save the date to celebrate together!
The countdown has officially begun! Save the date for UCL Illuminated – a spectacular sound and light experience that will kick off our bicentennial celebrations from 11-13 February 2026.
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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Jessica Grose’s nice piece citing our new research: For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o... @sriucl.bsky.social
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Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I cannot recommend this exhibition enough—go see it! #tatebritain
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'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two
The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I found Miller’s photo of @ucl.ac.uk taken during WWII quite surreal. I walk through the Wilkins Building on a regular basis and never stopped to think of all it has seen. Looking forward to (hopefully!) learning more as part of #ucl200
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I went to see the Lee Miller exhibition at @tate.bsky.social last weekend (curated by my brilliant friend Hilary 🌟) and was struck by the range of Miller’s work. It is to quote Hilary: “fearless, poetic, and surreal”.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Today marks my 10 (!!!) year anniversary at @sriucl.bsky.social and my first day as a full professor. Grateful for all the people who helped me get here, especially my amazing QSS colleagues. Here’s to the next 10!
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Research by @adameczanna.bsky.social @suncicavujic.bsky.social and Anna Lovász finds that women who are the first in their family to graduate are less likely to become mothers than non-graduates or continuing-generation graduates. Covered by The Times yesterday www.thetimes.com/uk/education....
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Fewer first-generation female graduates have children, study finds
Women who were the first member of their family to gain a degree were found to be less likely to choose to become mothers
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings" @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 29/09/2025
Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social: 📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx 📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7 📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL 📌Chevening: www.chevening.org Applications open from October 13!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
16/ TL;DR: The UK system isn’t mysterious, it just runs differently. Tailor your cover letter to the criteria, foreground your teaching, and remember: the letter is everything.
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Important research by our very own @alexbryson.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Opinion: Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Social Research Institute) outlines his new research that highlights a peak of unhappiness among the young, which then declines with age. He exp...
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Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Pleased to write about working class access to the media industry in @theguardian.com today. Our Elitist Britain research out today shows that almost half of columnists, commentators and top podcast hosts went to private schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane
Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society, says Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy ...
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Dingeman Wiertz @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
New paper, using conjoint experiments to study ingroup preferences across multiple settings (neighborhoods, civic orgs, sports clubs) and social dimensions (age, ethnicity, education). We also link people's choices in the experiments to the real-world contexts they are embedded in. More info 👇
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Lisa Calderwood @drlisac.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Very happy to be taking on this role. @sllshome.bsky.social is so important for our worldwide longitudinal family through the conference, journal and many wider activities. I look forward to helping it to continue to go from strength to strength.
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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Since we're hiring off-cycle, we're aware typical dissemination channels might be less effective... please do share with anyone you think might be interested #EconSky
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Come join us at QSS @sriucl.bsky.social! We have the best colleagues ♥️
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Conference Announcement: 16th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE - www.iwaee.org) will be held on the 15th and 16th of June, 2026. More information, including call for papers, to follow
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Join us on September 23rd and 24th for an online (and free!) introduction to using the National Pupil Database and its linked data. Our experienced team will showcase some of our research using the NPD and guide you on how to apply to use it. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
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CEPEO ADRUK Introduction to the National Pupil Database and its linked data
Join us for this online intro to the National Pupil Database and some of the other admin datasets to which it contributes (LEO, GRADE, GUiE)
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Ran Shorrer @ranshorrer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
And on a more serious note: @snageebali.bsky.social and i have a recent paper in @aeajournals.bsky.social that shows that application portfolios become more aggressive when beliefs are more optimistic: rshorrer.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/...
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I just need to work it into a paper title! Will pick your brain in the future 😊
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The @sriucl.bsky.social has been the best place to do this research ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Now with amazing colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk we are going to look at how over-/underconfidence explains gender and SES gaps in real world job application outcomes.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In related work with @adameczanna.bsky.social we show that boy twins also overestimate their math ability as compared to their girl twin and their parents and teachers do the same link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment - Journal of Population Economics
It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the drivers of the gender gap in self-assessed mathematics ...
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Writing this paper with John Jerrim and Phil Parker got me started on a whole journey about gender differences in over-/underconfidence.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Love seeing great work from early career researchers in @sriucl.bsky.social 🌟
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
When Danilo started his PhD, we developed this idea thinking it'd keep him busy for a year. He had full results within a few weeks. Out now and it's brilliant! Rising star.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Our @gillwyness.bsky.social is navigating the economics of UK higher education in the @ioe.bsky.social podcast this week! check it out below: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
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Navigating the economics of UK higher education | RFTRW: S25E01
Delving into the economic factors influencing universities today, including the implications of tuition fee policies and the structure of student loan repayments.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I have the best colleagues ♥️
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Book your place for the CEPEO Annual Lecture with Chloe Gibbs on 10th July 2025. She will be discussing the latest evidence about investments in early childhood education. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
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CEPEO Annual Lecture 2025: Making smart investments in early childhood education
Hear Chloe Gibbs draw together evidence from across her research portfolio to provide insights into making smart investments in early childhood education.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Co-editing this special issue with @emmatominey.bsky.social was a great experience and I would happily do it again!
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
These papers were presented at the 2024 SJPE Gender Norms workshop at the University of York, which was a great opportunity for all the authors to meet in person and watch some of the 2024 Euros.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Contributions from @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social @abicadams.bsky.social @maltesandner.bsky.social @almudenasevilla.bsky.social and more
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The papers span topics such as the persistence of social norms, workplace sexual harassment, global attitudes from Facebook data, gendered labour market outcomes after childbirth and university, and the role of norms in job satisfaction and parenting.
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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This special issue of the @scot-j-pol-econ.bsky.social brings together seven international papers that advance our understanding of gender norms in economics, featuring new theoretical models, novel data, and empirical analyses (what more could you want #econsky ??).
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Emma Tominey @emmatominey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Great to have our special issue on gender norms (co-edited along with @nikkishure.bsky.social) out in print. The issue is dedicated to Anita Ratcliffe. @almudenasevilla.bsky.social @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social @abicadams.bsky.social @maltesandner.bsky.social @suncicavujic.bsky.social &more
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Scottish Journal of Political Economy @scot-j-pol-econ.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Very pleased to announce our special issue on Gender Norms, edited by @emmatominey.bsky.social and @nikkishure.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 21/05/2025
🎬 UCL’s Bloomsbury campus keeps stealing the spotlight Batman Begins (2005) - Medawar Building Starter for 10 (2006) - Main Quad Our Kind of Traitor (2016) - Gustave Tuck LT Killing Eve (2022) Gustave Tuck LT Follow the link and see even more filming spots in Portico Magazine: bit.ly/44gJBz6
A person holds up a photograph of a scene from the movie "Batman Begins",  aligning it with the actual filming location visible in the background.A person holds up a photograph of a scene from the movie "Starter of 10",  aligning it with the actual filming location visible in the background.A person holds up a photograph of a scene from the movie "Our Kind of Traitor",  aligning it with the actual filming location visible in the background.A person holds up a photograph of a scene from the movie "Killing Eve",  aligning it with the actual filming location visible in the background.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Any questions about this role I'm happy to answer them. This is a permanent academic post with decent teaching load and good promotion prospects, equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US.
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Dingeman Wiertz @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Can participation in volunteer activities reduce older people’s reliance on antidepressants? In a new study with HP Qvist & @jeevitha-q.bsky.social, we explore this, merging longitudinal survey data with register data on antidepressant prescriptions. Link: tinyurl.com/3brw3fy3 @sriucl.bsky.social
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Does volunteering reduce antidepressant use among older adults? Longitudinal register-based evidence from Denmark
Antidepressant use among older adults has surged in recent years. This is concerning since antidepressants have serious side effects and limited effic…
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
For the twelfth year running, our faculty IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, remains the top place in the world to study Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
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QS rankings confirm IOE as world-leading for Education for 12th year | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
For the twelfth year running, IOE - UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society remains the top place in the world to study Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Does it matter that university tuition fees are soon likely to break through the £10k psychological barrier? CEPEO's deputy director @gillwyness.bsky.social comments in this Times Higher Education article: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rising-...
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Rising inflation sends English fee towards £10K – does it matter?
Passing five-figure milestone would only involve a small monetary rise but could it change the psychology of the debate around higher education?
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