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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📢 Interested in working at the Institute for Fiscal Studies? We are currently recruiting Research Economists to join the IFS team in Autumn 2027. ➡️ Apply via this link by 8 November 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/udmayp...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We're looking for a temporary lecturer in economics of education, labour economics, applied econometrics, for 1 year to cover for parental leave. Apply by August 4: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hi #EconSky 📣 Introducing "Applied Econ Collective" 📣 Academia is full of fees: for submissions, workshops, software...😔 @yajnagovind.bsky.social, @ckronenberg.bsky.social & I created an initiative to cover these costs Read more, apply or donate here: opencollective.com/applied-econ...

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Applied Econ Collective - Open Collective

We are a collective of applied economics researchers providing financial support for early-career colleagues to cover journal submission fees, conference fees software licenses and similar costs.

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Oh #Bristol. Two days of sunshine and it’s #summertime already. Love it!

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Prof. Lindsey Macmillan (@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social) is delivering her inaugural lecture as a professor (just a couple of years late!) The lecture hall is quite literally full of her friends and colleagues. We are so proud of her and everything she has achieved. Congratulations Lindsey!

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Today is National Offer Day, when half a million pupils find out which secondary school they have been assigned to. But the school admissions system in England is not fair; it perpetuates inequality. Poorer pupils are less likely to access effective schools. #EconSky #EduSky (1/4)

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Education White Paper aspires “Access to high performing local schools should not be dependent on factors such as families’ household income or local house prices” Great! We have policy proposals and analysis that can help: www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Y’days Education White Paper aspires “Access to high performing local schools should not be dependent on factors such as families’ household income or local house prices” Great! We have policy proposals and analysis that can help: www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨 CEPEO is a really great place to work and you'll be contributing to 2 important projects. This post-doc role involves engaging with practitioners and employers to ensure high-impact research! For more info and to apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK316/p...

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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at UCL

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We’re hiring @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social! Come and join our team of researchers to work across two cool projects with really exciting, unique data. This role involves engaging with practitioners and employers regularly for high impact research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK316/p...

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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at UCL

Explore an exciting academic career as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 26/01/2026

BÆM💥5 days left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings! 🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi 👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides ⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås 👉 baem.info

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person. Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... R.I.P., dear Jon.

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I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away. https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B We must have first met at several conferences…...

I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away. https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B We must have first met at several conferences ...

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I am going to try and say a few words about Jon, who was one of the most influential people in my life, and an extraordinary person (very short thread below)

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Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen @andbjn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

🚀 Postdoc in School Choice & Admissions Join our research team at Uni Copenhagen with @gandil.bsky.social, Neilson & Oosterbeek. Work with unique high-resolution admissions data, long-run outcomes, and a large-scale field experiment. 📅 Apply by Feb 8 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Talentech - Postdoctoral Position in School Choice Modeling and Simulation

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 13/01/2026

📢 Less than 3 weeks left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). Come join us! 🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi 👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides ⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås 👉 baem.info

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Bristol Applied Economics Meetings

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

One of the side projects I've been involved in over the last few years is the Centre for Education Systems - doing big comparative reviews of 14 systems around the world. We've now published our first three reports on curriculum, accountability and SEND. www.ces.partners/copy-of-latest

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The Centre For Education Systems | CES Partners

Centre for Education Systems (CES) exists to improve the effectiveness of education policy by learning from education systems around the world

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT) The price of aid cuts.

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Great to see the brilliant work from the education researchers at @theifs.bsky.social recognised in this way.

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Christine Farquharson @ckfarquharson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Absolutely delighted our research has won the ONS' Research Excellence prize for impact! I always say to people that the ideal @theifs.bsky.social work is rigorous enough to publish in top journals, and relevant enough to be on the front page. I think we've ticked that box here!

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 01/12/2025

School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "We estimate large positive marginal effects of local educational spending on Black students’ enrollment, attainment, and lifetime earnings."

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School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940

Mississippi’s 1920 school finance equalization program failed to benefit many of the state’s Black students—an outcome emblematic of broader patterns …

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Heartening to see this level of intellectual ambition & breadth in the new 'London Consensus' agenda set out by Tim Besley & many colleagues at the LSE (& beyond). www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...

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Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

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The Economic Impact of Brexit

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FFT Education Datalab @fftedudatalab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

NEW POST: What difference will the proposed changes to Attainment 8 and Progress 8 make? The proposed new method of calculating Attainment 8 will not affect schools' Progress 8 scores greatly but will shift the incentives to enter particular subjects. vist.ly/4esnb

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What difference will the proposed changes to Attainment 8 and Progress 8 make? - FFT Education Datalab

The proposed new method of calculating Attainment 8 will not affect schools' Progress 8 scores greatly but will shift the incentives to enter particular subjects

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Felix C Tropf @fctropf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Behavioral, social and health scientists: if you’d like to combine social and genetic data, this is for you: shorturl.at/8gUcu. This course in London features all aspects from data collection to model estimation in our local cohort data - and the incredible @timtmorris.bsky.social as instructor.

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Introduction to genetic data analysis in the social, behavioural, and health sciences

This 4-day course will provide social scientists with the knowledge and skills needed to analyse genetic data, critically interpret results, and integrate genetics into their research.

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LISER's Living Conditions department @liser-lc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🆕 Report ‘Modifying school choice for more equitable access in England’ Pupils from affluent households are more likely to gain a place at a top 2ry school. ✍️ @profsimonb.bsky.social @estellecantillon.bsky.social @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social & E. Greaves. ℹ️ www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

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November: Affluent pupils are more likely to gain a place at a top secondary school | News and features | University of Bristol

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NBER @nber.org · 12/11/2025

Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459 "by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/scho... #econsky

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School choice and performance gaps in England: a report by Burgess, Cantillon, Greaves and Cavallo

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Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Important research on how to improve school results of poor kids. A Labour government will surely want to do this? Well done @simonburgess.bsky.social and co-authors.

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Estelle Cantillon @estellecantillon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Super important work by @profsimonb.bsky.social and the team 👍 How do we make sure kids get access good school? Check this ⬇️ work analysing policy alternatives!

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I wanted to do this 15 years ago but only got support to create the option for schools to do this voluntarily. Would make a big difference.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A quota of 15% of school places should be given to pupils eligible for free school meals to ensure they have an equitable chance of attending an effective school, @bristoluni.bsky.social research suggests

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Call for schools to have FSM pupil places quota

Giving pupils who receive free school meals priority for 15 per cent of places in schools could create a more equitable admissions system, researchers suggest

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script. It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks. (How is this economics? Everything is economics!)

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 16/07/2025

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀 Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟 Please share widely 🙏🙏 Link below 👇

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Our paper made it to TikTok! lnkd.in/e5U3ECp9 #econsky

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 04/06/2025

Proud to have named this new seminar series designed to help education researchers navigate the new landscape we're in. I hope the name conveys the optimism that there is a destination worth reaching on the other side of this. Sign-up here for the first session: aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The Harvard Graduate School of Education started a small online master's program for education leaders during COVID It has been a great success Now we are launching an online program for *international* education leaders Apps due in early July www.gse.harvard.edu/degrees/mast...

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

Chart shows the effects of Sure Start on academic achievements by age, SEN support by age, probability of hospitalisation by age and criminal behaviour up to age 16.

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2025

Day 3 of the 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! After two fantastic days on development economics, we continue with the meeting on “Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital”. Stay tuned for some excellent papers!

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Eleonora Guarnieri @eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

@saralowes.bsky.social delivers a keynote lecture on "Culture and Development Policy" discussing how culture shapes incentives, persists and evolves, and documenting cultural mismatches between policymakers and target populations

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Eleonora Guarnieri @eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Welcome to the 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! We’re kicking off with Development Economics. We have an exciting lineup of speakers, incl. @saralowes.bsky.social as keynote and Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social as invited speakers. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk!

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"ChatGPT as Economics Tutor: Capabilities and Limitations" econpapers.repec.org/paper/briuob...

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Romesh Vaitilingam @econromesh.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

New funding & immigration schemes to attract top scientific talent from abroad to EU universities would have a measurable impact on European innovation over a 5-year horizon - 87% of top European economists agree @kentclarkcenter.bsky.social #ChooseEurope www.kentclarkcenter.org/filterable-c...

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America’s Loss, Europe’s Gain? - Clark Center Forum

American science may be under threat. Last week the Financial Times looked at the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding. As the FT reported: Last month, almost 2,000 ...

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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This lunchtime

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