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Marcos Vera-Hernandez

@papiteide.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics at University College London and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Research on the Economics of Health and Health Care. Opinions are my own.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When the G7 capped Russian oil at $60 in 2022, many expected production cuts and a global price spike. We spoke with Lukasz Rachel of @ucl.ac.uk and Catherine Wolfram of @mit.edu about why this textbook intuition on price caps fails in Russia’s case. www.aeaweb.org/research/pri...
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The economics of sanctioning a petrostate
Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram discuss the G7 price cap on Russian oil and why it defied textbook predictions.
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Need to compute sample sizes for a cluster randomized control trial where treatment costs more than control? @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social and I have a paper to help you maximize power or minimize cost. 📄 doi.org/10.1086/739610 + Stata & R routines included.
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More Powerful Cluster Randomized Control Trials | Economic Development and Cultural Change: Vol 0, No ja
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Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Very interesting analysis by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. It is (I think) a priori surprising that the graduate premium has held up so well in other countries during growth in participation. www.ft.com/content/649d...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Sharp argument from the chief scientific officer at @nature.com that promoting diversity in science is needed to get over misperceptions about where great research is happening and a tendency amongst some to just collaborate with ‘your mates’ www.thetimes.com/article/e5ee...
When they choose which scientists to collaborate with, cite or work with as peer-reviewers or editors, they still "pick people they know", she said. Her message is simple: "Don't pick your mates."
"More diverse voices being published in research literature leads to more diverse collaborations [between the west and Asia, and will lead to better science, better drugs,’ she said.
Dhand cited a study from UK Research and Innovation showing that when British scientists collaborate with their Indian counterparts, their joint research ends up having a greater score for its impact than either nationality achieves independently.
"Both were benefiting", she said.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The Council for Science & Technology which advises the PM is looking for a new member ‘with social & behavioural science expertise’. Great opportunity to bring a social science perspective to the heart of policymaking. Apply by 19 Jan apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9075
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Appointment details – Council for Science and Technology Member – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A gentle reminder that the deadline to submit your paper to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics Working Group is approaching (1 Dec). More information about the conference and how to submit: ⬇️ @bancalaria.bsky.social @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social @radhikajain.bsky.social
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
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ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…
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Brendon McConnell @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...
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Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library
Basic methods to compute required sample sizes are well understood and supported by widely available software. However, researchers often oversimplify their sample size calculations, overlooking rele...
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social
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Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
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ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.
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ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
A new future for universities: how can universities help support national renewal and local pride? it Monday 29 September • 15:15 - 16:15pm ® Sherwood Room 6, ACC Liverpool
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo
National renewal discussion at the labour party conference.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/
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Institute for Government
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Would you take better care of your health today if you knew you’d be richer in retirement? We study Chile’s 1981 pension reform with a fuzzy Regression Kink Design on linked admin + household panel data. Answer: yes. Preventive care rises (healthy behaviours modestly), and old-age mortality falls.
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Martin Weidner @weidnerecon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Calling Econ PhD candidates: Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Deadline: September 30 Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!
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EJM - Econ Job Market
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Daniele Girardi @dgirardi.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions.... [1/4]
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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4
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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...
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Executive Opportunities | Russell Reynolds Associates
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.
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CORE Econ @coreecon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
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Simon Johnson: How do good institutions influence economic growth?
YouTube video by CORE Econ
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Antonella Bancalari @bancalaria.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social
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Antonella Bancalari @bancalaria.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social
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MCHE at UoM @mche-uom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027. For full details and to apply, visit www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road
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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Join @ucleconomics.bsky.social this May for this year's annual Gorman Lecture and Conference 2025. Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️
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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I work outside the university system but use academic papers a lot. I agree with this. I’ve never been refused. And what Jo Wolff says is true. They are grateful to be asked. I wish the system was different but until then don’t hesitate to ask.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“Our priority is reducing net migration,” a Home Office source said. "Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister. To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Rachel Reeves softens stance over youth mobility scheme with EU
The chancellor is potentially at odds with home secretary, Yvette Cooper, over her support for loosening visa rules for young Europeans
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Clément de Chaisemartin @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
This book introduces applied researchers to modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) methods, that they can use to obtain credible answers to hard causal inferen
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 18/04/2025
CGD is hiring! We're seeking an experienced communications professional to join our dynamic Communications team as a Communications Manager. The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact. Apply! ⬇️
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Communications Manager - Center for Global Development - Career Page
Apply to Communications Manager at Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
‼️We are hiring‼️ 🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education ➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ ➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs ➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE ➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier ⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Global scientists that apply for an ERC to relocated to the EU+UK can now apply for 2m + the ERC (which is 1.5, 2, or 2.5) + startup for large facilities (another potential 0.5). Chance of getting it isnt astronomical but with a resume and plan worth a try! Good time to spend a ~decade in the EU?
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A striking part of this rich piece on Brzezinski and Kissinger by @edwardluce.bsky.social is that they both had an understanding of tragedy. In my own world this speaks to the importance of a humanities perspective in matters such as international relations on.ft.com/3E6FQSd
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The last grand strategists: what Brzezinski and Kissinger could teach Trump
Living parallel lives, they counselled presidents and changed the course of the cold war. How would they steer America today?
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Interesting (and punchy!) from @chrisgiles.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2433...
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Britain’s fiscal framework is not fit for purpose
There is nothing accountable or legitimate about unelected officials setting taxation and spending policy
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Fantastic closing panel of university leaders for our inaugural annual conference for humanities, social sciences & the arts. We have Julia Black (President of The British Academy) Irene Tracey (VC of University of Oxford) and Sally Mapstone (President of Universities UK). It’s been a brilliant day!
Professor Julia Black (President of The British Academy) Professor Irene Tracey (Vice Chancellor of University of Oxford) and Professor Sally Mapstone (Vice Chancellor of University of St Andrews and President of Universities UK).
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I think this is a good one - a colleague described it as "having slightly manic energy, but in a good way". Worth a listen in my extremely biased opinion.
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The research group at the Workd Bank is doing an off-cycle hire for a trade economist worldbankgroup.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Research Economist
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solv...
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Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The next 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 is approaching! 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 will present 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Join us on Zoom on ̲𝙰̲̲𝚙̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝟽̲ at ̲𝟹̲:̲𝟹̲𝟶̲ pm UTC! Add to your calendar: healtheconomics.org/wp-content/u... #healtheconomics #econsky
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Jaap Abbring @jaap.abbring.org · 20/03/2025
#EctJ published a SI celebrating the seminal contributions of Philip G. Wright to causal inference in economics. Both our editorial & reproduction of Wright (1928) are free to read. @resmedia.bsky.social @p-hunermund.com @borusyak.bsky.social @instrumenthull.bsky.social res.org.uk/celebrating-...
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Celebrating Philip G. Wright’s legacy: directed acyclic graphs and instrumental variables - Royal Economic Society
The Econometrics Journal published a special issue celebrating the seminal contributions of Philip G. Wright (1928).
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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📢📢We would like to remind you of some exciting volunteer opportunities at RES! We encourage you to apply or share these opportunities with others in your network. 👉 bit.ly/3DhHCiG #RESVolunteer #Vacancies #volunteer #EconSky
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pleased to be placing multiple academics through our Global Innovation Fellowships to embed their research insight in organisations around the world including in Lesotho working on water, in Turkey on refugees/asylum seekers, and in Indonesia on housing www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...
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The British Academy announces the first recipients of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships 2024
Awards are expected to involve significant time devoted to dialogue and communication between the institutions involved so that links can be built and enhanced, ways of working can be adapted, and bes...
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Key chart on this: the post-pandemic increase in disability and incapacity claims is a UK-specific issue. It does not appear to have happened elsewhere (apart from a little bit in Denmark). In many countries the number of claimants has fallen post-Covid. ifs.org.uk/publications...
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This week the Latin American and Caribbean Inequality Review has published a supplement in Oxford Open Economics! IFS' @richardblundell.bsky.social, Sonya Krutikova, @bancalaria.bsky.social & @papiteide.bsky.social have contributed chapters to the review. 📗Find out more:
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Latin American and Caribbean Inequality Review (LACIR) supplement launches in Oxford Open Economics | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The supplement contains a set of 27 papers and an editorial summary on five key themes of inequality, from 74 authors from wide range of disciplines.
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Always a pleasure to get stuck into the numbers on BBC More or Less - this time, on UK defence spending, the end of the "peace dividend" and associated fiscal challenges. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths
The numbers behind Ukraine’s rare earth worth and the UK’s defence spending ambitions.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Such a travesty that the Demographic and Health Survey program was terminated this week. I realize the Gates Foundation can't pick up all the pieces, but this one seems like a natural one for them to pick up given that the DHS is the go-to data source for many of their focus areas.
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Antonella Bancalari @bancalaria.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Workshop alert 🚨 Submit your paper on health economics focused on LMICs by Feb 15! News: ADBI will sponsor 3 presenters whose work aligns with their research agenda to come to present in London @theifs.bsky.social 🌟 ifs.org.uk/events/call-...
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Call for papers: IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025 | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Submissions are open until 15th February for the IFS-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMIC 2025
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📢We’re accepting entries for our 2025 Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards, sponsored by the Economic & Social Research Council This year there are 4 categories to enter... Data vis Explaining the facts Investigative Best stats commentary by a non-journalist Submit your entry by 12 March
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Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards open for entries
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Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The adverse effects of trade and globalization have become politically salient in a way that many of the other determinants of inequality have not. | Trade and Inequality | The IFS-Deaton Review | all open access | academic.oup.com/ooec/article...
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Trade and globalization
Greater openness to international trade has had significant impacts on the structure of the UK and other advanced economies. The role that this greater ope
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Luis A. Puch @lpuch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
fin de semana de aranceles y represalias comerciales cuya comprensión nos había adelantado excelentemente @paupujolas.bsky.social el pasado martes en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social
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