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Out now! The high levels of pupil absence in England since the pandemic are likely due to a shift in attitudes towards school attendance induced by restrictions at the time.
Stephen Gibbons
@Sandra_McNally
and Piero Montebruno
@NuffieldFound
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“It is despicable to label migrants as ‘abusers’ of the system when everything they have done is legal under rules set by the government.”
@alanmanning4
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CEP’s Summer Internship programme is now open – this is an excellent opportunity for Economics graduates and postgraduates to gain experience of research in practice.
Closing: Monday 15 April
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Research Assistant wanted to help prepare large data sets and carry out initial analysis for projects looking at education and crime.
Closing date: 23 May
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TODAY: we start a new series of seminars examining the policy implications of recent globalisation research.
@rodrikdani
presents the first in the series, ‘The future of economic development strategies.’ For further details and registration, visit:
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New! Brexit has cost UK consumers £5.8bn in higher food bills.
By
@JanDavidBakker
@Nik_Datta
@RD_Economist
and
@joshdelyon
@LSEnews
@ESRC
@cage_warwick
@BristolUniEcon
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Professor Daniel Sturm to lead a £1.6m research project on the economics of cities.
Funded by
@ERC_Research
@LSEEcon
@lse_news
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The Brexit vote led to a fall in wages and training for British workers.
A big drop in the pound caused a rise in import prices, which businesses absorbed by lowering pay and investment in skills.
New CEP work
By
@s_machin_
@swatdhingraLSE
and Rui Costa
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COMING SOON: places are available to join the next
@cepr_org
-
@DIE_GDI
- CEP Globalisation seminar with
@pol_antras
discussing the future of global value chains. Details at:
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Congratulations! to
@swatdhingraLSE
of
@LSEEcon
on joining the
@bankofengland
monetary policy committee.
@LSEnews
More:
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🎺Congratulations! to
@henryoverman
of
@LSEGeography
& CEP research director on being elected a fellow of
@BritishAcademy_
@LSEnews
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A new quantitative spatial model by
@ReddingEcon
and
@daniel_m_sturm
helps show the long-run effects of wartime destruction on the socioeconomic make-up of London neighbourhoods.
Read:
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New! The impact of Brexit on food price inflation
@RD_Economist
@JanDavidBakker
@Nik_Datta
@joshdelyon
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The "Great Gatsby" curve shows the strong association between inequality and intergenerational mobility. Higher income inequality corresponds to lower social mobility.
@s_machin_
in CentrePiece magazine
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It's here!
The much-anticipated video of
@rodrikdani
from
@Kennedy_School
(introduced by our director
@s_machin_
) speaking at our Industrial Policy conference in May is now online.
@LSEEcon
@LSEnews
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The 2022 CEPR/LSE Annual Symposium in Labour Economics is due to take place on 9-10 June 2022 in London.
Keynote speakers:
@sulealan_econ
and
@johnvanreenen
@cepr_org
@LSEnews
Submission deadline: Fri 18 Feb (6pm GMT)
Full details:
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Alan Krueger’s passing is a shock to those at the CEP that knew, admired and worked with him. From our director,
@S_Machin_
:
“Very sad news, a brilliant economist and one of CEP’s great supporters over the years. RIP, Alan, you will be massively missed.”
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Romance? Bah. Economists find marriage can act as a form of insurance against job insecurity, especially for women.
#valentinesday
❤️
Andrew E. Clark,
@ConchDAmbrosio
&
@ALepinteur
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Switching from in-person to fully virtual interviewing for the economics job market saved thousands of tons of CO2-eq emissions and millions of euros for universities.
Olivier Chanel, Alberto Prati and
@Morgan_Raux
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The slides from presenters at our Industrial Policy conference are now online.
@rodrikdani
vid ASAP.
@swatdhingraLSE
@henryoverman
@iammaxnathan
@johnvanreenen
@s_machin_
@mondpanther
@ufukakcigit
@RainNewtonSmith
@pm_steinberg
@BertelsmannSt
@gimpullitti
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We’re seeking a full-time research assistant to work with
@daniel_m_sturm
on quantitative models of cities. Ideal for someone considering applying for a PhD in economics or related fields.
Closing date: Wed 15 Feb
For more info, visit:
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New report from CEP shows independence would hit the Scottish economy 2 to 3 times harder than Brexit
Authors: Hanwei Huang
@thom_sampson
@patricksecon
@lse_news
@ESRC
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We’re hosting an Industrial Policy conference.
Keynote
@Harvard
@Kennedy_School
’s
@rodrikdani
, a policy panel that includes Chief Economists Andy Haldane (
@bankofengland
) &
@RainNewtonSmith
(
@CBItweets
), & talks from
@johnvanreenen
@swatdhingraLSE
@ufukakcigit
+
@LSEnews
@LSEEcon
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THREAD: Seminars next week at CEP…
@FelixTintelnot
(U Chicago) presents Wednesday’s CEP/LSE International Economics Seminar on how firms respond to foreign demand shocks to domestic production networks. More details:
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New! Women are more likely to lose their jobs than men in the Covid-19 economic crisis – and they are more likely to be taking on extra housework & childcare whether working or not.
Authors:
@claudiahupkau
of
@CUNEF
& Barbara Petrongolo of
@QMUL
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THREAD: Seminars next week at CEP… on Monday
@abicadams
(Oxford) talks about the impact of living with an abusive spouse on labour market outcomes for women. Part of the
@CEP_LSE
and
@STICERD_LSE
Applications seminars:
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In May, CEP hosted a workshop on Industrial Policy.
#YearInReview2019
#CEP2019
Watch here
Slides from:
@rodrikdani
@swatdhingraLSE
@johnvanreenen
@s_machin_
@mondpanther
@imperialcollege
; Ernest Liu of
@Princeton
& Andres Rodriguez-Clare of
@UCBerkeley
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We invite you to submit a paper or express interest in attending the 2022 CEPR/LSE Annual Symposium in Labour Economics, bringing together leading economists working in any area of labour economics, on 9-10 June 2022. Full details:
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We’re hiring a research assistant to assist with data matching, processing, modelling and analysis for research related to productivity.
@johnvanreenen
@poid_lse
@econ_ra
Closing: 31 Jan
More info:
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Great to have
@BarbaraBiasi
speaking about her work, joint with
@ProfSongMa
at the CEP
@STICERD_LSE
Applications Seminar.
Sign up for the seminar series here:
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Closing soon! We’re seeking a research assistant to work with
@s_machin_
&
@McmSandi
on projects about education and crime. Experience in using Stata for analysing large scale micro data sets is essential.
Closing: 23 May
More info:
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New CEP research on the gig economy and other “atypical” work:
UK workers would give up ~35% of their hourly wage for holiday and sick pay. In the US it’s 27%.
British workers would give up ~50% of their pay to have a steady job.
Work by
@Nik_Datta
.
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Productivity growth means we can do more with less. It really matters for people's pay and people's standard of living says
@johnvanreenen
at
#LSEEnvironmentWeek
event
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The linear algebra of economic geography models by
@BennyKleinman
@ErnestLiuEcon
&
@ReddingEcon
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Will Covid-19 lead to a big city exodus?
@henryoverman
&
@iammaxnathan
look at how forced alterations to our lives could affect cities in the long term.
In CentrePiece magazine - out today
Editor:
@econromesh
@LSEnews
@LSEGeography
@CASAUCL
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New! Economists call for lockdown decision to consider a wide range of factors affecting people’s wellbeing.
#covid19
By Richard Layard, Andrew Clark
@jedeneve
Christian Krekel
@Daisy_Fancourt
Nancy Hey
@Work_Life_You
@WhatWorksWB
& Gus O’Donnell
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Female students perform better when taught by female lecturers – but only in smaller classes, indicating that direct interactions, than just a role model effect, have an impact on performance.
@maurer_se
Guido Schwerdt &
@SimonWiederhold
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A thorough live-tweeted thread on the keynote talk by
@rodrikdani
this morning at our
#CEPindustrial
policy conference, from
@iammaxnathan
.
Am at the
@CEP_LSE
industrial policy conference. Here’s
@rodrikdani
giving the first keynote.
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Policies to raise human capital raise productivity via a direct impact on worker skills, and via an indirect effect as firms with a skilled workforce are more likely to adopt better management practices, write
@asvalero
and Andy Feng
via
@LSEforBusiness
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Why do people want to live in cities? This study looks at the value of being able to access not just work - but restaurants, coffee shops, bars, shops, the cinema, theatre, music venues and museums.
@MiyauchiYuhei
Kentaro Nakajima &
@ReddingEcon
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.
@ReddingEcon
reviews quantitative urban models and shows that concentration of economic activity in cities cannot be explained by natural advantages alone, but are also due to substantial agglomeration forces.
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We’re seeking two occasional research assistants to work with
@KirchmaierTom
&
@m_dominguezp
on projects examining police demand and criminal outcomes in the UK.
@econ_ra
Closing: 15 Nov
More info:
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Women face a greater risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings than men in the first 2 years after losing a job, reveal
@RiaIvandic
and
@AnSoLassen
In CentrePiece magazine.
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🎺 Congratulations to Richard Layard! 🎺
Winner of the
@ISQOLS_org
2020 Distinguished quality-of-life researcher award.
More here:
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We’re seeking a research assistant to work on projects relating to education and crime. The role includes assisting with the cleaning, merging, and preparation of large micro data sources for modelling & analysis.
@econ_ra
Closing: 23 May
More info:
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We’re hiring! Apply for this Research Economist role, to work with Christian Krekel & Richard Layard on the impacts and cost-effectiveness of policy options on the wellbeing of those affected in the population.
Closing: Mon 13 Mar
For more, visit:
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New! A review of the theoretical and empirical literature on trade and innovation by Marc Melitz and
@ReddingEcon
Read:
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Out now! The Self-Employment Trap? by
@RobABlackburn
@s_machin_
and
@MariaVentura05
Around two-in-five self-employed workers would switch to a salaried job if they could get the same pay.
@LSEnews
@LivUnivEntrep
@LivUni
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Employee wellbeing = profitability.
Companies w/ higher employee satisfaction have higher productivity, higher customer loyalty & lower turnover.
New CEP work by
@jedeneve
, Christian Krekel,
@georgewward
.
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VACANCY: We're looking to appoint a full time Research Economist assisting Professors Stephen Machin and Henry Overman with work on the Economy 2030 project, exploring themes of people, places, firms, Covid-19, Brexit and Net Zero. For more detail, visit:
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Have experience of analysing large-scale micro data sets and an interest in wellbeing & public policy? We’re seeking an RA to work on the cost-effectiveness of govt policy in terms of the wellbeing it generates.
@econ_ra
Closing: 8 May
More info:
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THREAD seminars next week at CEP:
@dix_rafael
explores how to understand migration responses in ways that overcome issues in commonly used models. The first of 2023’s International Economics seminars:
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Have experience of using programming languages to analyse data sets & think through economic problems analytically?
@daniel_m_sturm
is seeking a research assistant for a project on the economics of cities
Closing date: Wed 15 Feb
For more info, visit:
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Does parental job insecurity affect children’s educational outcomes? New research from
@RuizvalenzuelaJ
suggests children whose fathers are on fixed-term contracts are more likely to leave education at age 16 than those whose fathers have permanent jobs.
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New! Areas with dense populations are more likely to have an early outbreak of Covid-19, but not more likely to have a severe outbreak.
@CarozziFelipe
Sandro Provenzano
@Sefi_Roth_
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Very exciting!
@johnvanreenen
to lead a programme to find ways in which the UK’s most innovative products, services and technologies can boost productivity across the country.
via
@ESRC
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Welcome to
@rodrikdani
@kennedy_school
speaking on the future of economic development strategies.
The first in the new series of joint monthly seminars from CEP
@cepr_org
&
@DIE_GDI
Livestream here:
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VACANCY: CEP is looking for an occasional RA to work with Dr.
@pwlbukowski
and
@JiaqiLi_Yes
collecting firm- and patent-level data, and conducting statistical analysis. For full details and to apply, visit:
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New research! Eat Out To Help Out scheme had ‘limited effect’ on business and jobs.
Authors:
@NicolsGonzlezP4
Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim Katharina Ziegler
@whatworksgrowth
@LSEnews
@ESRC
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Papers wanted from PhD students and faculty in all areas of the economics of environment and energy.
LSE Environment Week Conference
London
20-23 Sep 2022
Deadline for papers: Mon 18 July
@POID_LSE
@STICERD_LSE
@The_IGC
@ESRC
@ERC_Research
@GRI_LSE
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New analysis! The Covid-19 recession is having a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable workers.
Authors: Brian Bell of
@KingsCollegeLon
,Mihai Codreanu of
@OxfordEconDept
and CEP director
@s_machin_
Read more here:
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The Covid generation faces a ‘dark age’ of low social mobility and long-term damage to future life prospects.
New report! out today from
@Lem_Exeter
and
@s_machin_
Read here:
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Closing soon! We're seeking a research assistant to work with
@johnvanreenen
on researching how to boost productivity through nurturing innovation. Experience of analysing large scale datasets is essential.
Closing: Tue 28 Feb
@POID_LSE
@econ_ra
More:
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New! To mark
#IWD2023
, some of our economists talk about why they chose to work in economics, their research, and its importance to our society.
@swatdhingraLSE
Ekaterina Oparina
@mariaventura05
@asvalero
@ChiaraCavaglia
@LSEnews
@POID_LSE
@ESRC
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Do you have the ability to:
✅ Use Stata or similar programs
✅ Interpret and analyse trends in data
✅ Convey complex info in simple terms
Then apply for our RA role working on ed and crime research.
Closing: 23 May
More:
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How has economic growth changed over 300 years?
@csaladenes
@RD_Economist
&
@charlie_meyrick
unravel how the global economy has changed in terms of life expectancy, gdp growth, energy, technological advancements, and work.
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Great to see
@StephanHeblich
@ReddingEcon
& Hans-Joachim Voth ‘s paper Slavery and the Industrial Revolution, covered in
@TheEconomist
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“Net-zero investments are attractive investments, which in addition to addressing the climate crisis can improve energy security and resource efficiency, and generate a variety of co-benefits.”
@asvalero
@johnvanreenen
Esin Serin
2
7
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Double whammy of Brexit and Covid-19 will trigger fall in UK house prices
New analysis out today
From Paul Cheshire
@ChrisAHilber
& Olivier Schöni
@LSEGeography
@LSEnews
Read:
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9
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You’re not going to get a happy society if everyone is just pursuing their own happiness, says Richard Layard.
#WHR2023
@UNSDSN
@HappinessRpt
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New! Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much?
By Philippe Aghion
@a_bergeaud
and
@johnvanreenen
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In France, the relationship between the size of firms and number of firms breaks down around 50 employees – as regulations kick in. How does this affect innovation?
Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud
@johnvanreenen
in CentrePiece
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Well-managed firms make more accurate forecasts of both their own growth and GDP growth.
By Nicholas Bloom, Takafumi Kawakubo, Charlotte Meng,
@MizenPaul
@rebeccasriley
Tatsuro Senga
@johnvanreenen
@LSEEcon
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Why must the UK protect its science budget?
1 R&D may be underestimated
2 R&D is key to restoring productivity growth
3 Public investment in R&D can generate wider benefits
@asvalero
@johnvanreenen
1
9
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Soldier deaths within a community during WWI strongly predict a community’s losses in WWII, as well as the likelihood of local soldiers receiving medals for bravery.
Edward Pinchbeck
@CarozziFelipe
&
@luca_repetto_c
@LSEGeography
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6
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TODAY: Our online Wellbeing seminars continue with ‘Now unions increase job satisfaction and wellbeing’ by
@AlexanderBryson
(UCL), joint with
@D_Blanchflower
(Dartmouth). Series details:
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.
@JonathanColmer
Mary F. Evans &
@jayshimshack
provide comprehensive evidence on citizen complaints related to environmental concerns. They find citizen complaints enhanced regulatory efficiency.
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'COVID-19, along with climate change, could be the equivalent of the Great Depression and WWII in forcing a sea change in economic thinking and policy' say Samuel Bowles and Wendy Carlin
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Great to welcome Simon Jäger from
@MIT
to London for his CEP /
@STICERD_LSE
seminar 'Labor in the Boardroom'. Read the full paper here:
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We’re seeking a Research Economist to work on the wellbeing cost-effectiveness of major gov’t policy options. The project will lead to a high-profile published report, where the successful candidate will be a co-author.
Closing: Mon 13 Mar
More info:
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This paper looks at the evidence on human capital policies for stimulating innovation: eg expand the home-grown workforce, foster immigration, boost universities & reduce barriers into inventor careers, esp for under-represented groups
@johnvanreenen
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Today’s second speaker is
@MichelaTincani
from CEPR and
@EconUCL
presenting Incentive effects of preferential admissions under biased beliefs: Evidence from a policy randomization and a structural model co-authored with Fabian Kosse (LMU Munich) and Enrico Miglino (UCL)
#LE2020
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The UK had the second worst real wage growth among developed countries (OECD) between 2007 and 2018 – only Greece did worse. CEP Election Analysis on the labour market from Rui Costa and
@s_machin_
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VACANCY: We’re seeking a full-time Research Assistant to assist
@s_machin_
and
@McmSandi
on projects relating to education and crime.
Closing date: Mon 23 May
More info:
1
11
21
Much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of advanced management practices.
By new
#NobelPrize
winner David Card, with Stefan Bender, Nicholas Bloom,
@johnvanreenen
and Stefanie Wolter
Read:
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Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London
By
@ReddingEcon
and
@daniel_m_sturm
Read:
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The Spring 2019 CentrePiece, CEP's magazine, is out today!
"Lessons from Economic History"-engaging reads on leading research.
THE PRINTING PRESS
REAGANOMICS
BERLIN WALL
IRON AGE TRADE
STEAM RAILWAYS
1930s GERMANY
CLEAN GROWTH
@econromesh
@LSEnews
@LSEEcon
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Research on endogenous innovation and growth has delivered fundamental new insights about the nature of economic growth and the role played by international trade.
By Marc Melitz and
@ReddingEcon
Read:
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Children's educational outcomes are affected by how secure their fathers' jobs are. Research from
@RuizvalenzuelaJ
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We're hiring! CEP is looking for a research assistant to work on a project looking at spatial inequality. Ideal for economists with experience of micro data and an interest in policy-relevant analysis. for more details, visit:
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