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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This deserves so much more interest and attention.

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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’m not sure about the lack of long term academic impact. We have little in terms of absolute marking through the pandemic. We do have the NRT but it’s designed to inform about average scores; it can’t say anything about lower scores. Other countries report big academic losses. So - I’m not sure.

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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Agh - one day!! (But what a wonderful event!!)

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I would come to listen, but I’m teaching from now all day. Great title! Welcome to Bristol!

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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

We propose a simple, feasible, cheap and effective change to admissions criteria through the School Admissions Code, moving us closer to the aim of the White Paper. This will significantly reduce the gap in average effectiveness of school attended between poor and non-poor pupils. (3/4)

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

Our current system means that we are a long way from the White Paper’s aspiration that: "Access to high performing local schools should not be dependent on … household income". We show that places where geographic criteria are used to assign places have much more unequal allocation of places. (2/4)

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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

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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Everything that Paddy and Ludger @woessmann.bsky.social say here is true. Jon was first and foremost a wonderful person. We never wrote a paper together, but he was my colleague for almost 20 years. I always enjoyed talking with him, and always learnt a lot. We need more people like Jon.

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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Congratulations!! Hope you treat it like a sports trophy and raise it above your head shouting your team.

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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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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We also have a full report on methods, data, modelling and full results, a satisfying 110 pages long: www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... Many thanks for funding to Nuffield Foundation www.nuffieldfoundation.org Hosted by Uni of Bristol Economics. 7/9

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We consider many objections to the policy (see blog). Just one: family background definitely more important than school; BUT narrowing differences in family background is very hard for policy, so that route near-impossible. This policy reform is feasible and cheap and works. 6/9

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This reform strikes a good balance between equity (more equal access to effective schools) and community (pupils and families in a school live nearby). Access to highly effective schools will raise GCSE scores for FSM-eligible pupils, reduce the attainment gap and ultimately impact inequality. 5/9

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Simon Burgess @profsimonb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Very effective: the average effectiveness of schools to which FSM-eligible pupils are assigned under this reform is 16% higher than baseline. Under the reform, almost all FSM-eligible pupils get their first choice. Very targeted: 94% of all pupils are assigned to the same school as baseline 4/9

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