This is a good policy. Tax wonks are pretty united on national insurance being a bad tax, because it means labour income is taxed more than other forms, and adds to complexity

Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne! Applications close November 23, 2025 Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...

REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.

📣 New analysis published today 📣 Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax could raise £6 billion, at the same time as protecting workers’ pay packets. See our full proposals for revenue and reform at the Autumn Budget here ⤵️ buff.ly/uLWun7f

Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax could raise £6 billion, while protecting workers’ pay packets. This would mean that landlords pay a similar rate of tax on their rental income as their tenants do on their employment income. Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/uLWun7f

Starmer on 'vile lies' of Musk et al: “When populist politicians, convicted criminals + foreign billionaires take to the stage to encourage violence, make racist comments, and threaten our democracy, it casts a dark shadow of fear and violence across our society” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Fascinating read about the relationships between politics and social media from @samfr.bsky.social. Not seen anywhere discuss the issue so succinctly and with personalness blended in like this. With the disillusioned youth leading global shifts, more Reform/RW gains could be inevitable.

📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris. 📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1! ▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor... @pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social

More or Less on DWP's (rubbish) out-of-work benefits data. They asked the right person (@benbgeiger.bsky.social) to explain all this. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Important commentary

Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I could have sworn I created this before on our Previous Parish, but couldn't find it so made it fresh. I present: OUR BLESSED mixed models // THEIR BARBAROUS fixed effects

🚨 We desperately need #Starmer/ other ministers to say that while we need to work with #Trump, his values are not the values of the great majority of the British people. This is the same as the need for [them] to fight back against the rising tide of domestic racism and intolerance 🚨 Bravo!!

📢 Only a few days left to apply! Applications for all three of our roles are closing first thing on Friday morning. Find out more and apply now ➡️ buff.ly/GPBwRkS

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

Glorious bit of shitposting by Khan here. Top man.

Very interesting post on how the non-profit Feeding America implemented an auction system with its own currency which massively improved allocation of food to food banks. www.worksinprogress.news/p/how-market...

Really good, concise and astute summary from @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social of the underlying pressures driving some of the government’s more bewildering actions. And a great final para.

🔴 🌐First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available 👇 wid.world/news-article... @cmtneztt.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @alisodano.bsky.social @anmol-smnch.bsky.social @jonasdietrich.bsky.social @gatonievas.bsky.social

📢 Join The Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub at LSE on 24 Oct 2025 for Early Interventions and Human Capital: From Cradle to Capability. A full-day workshop on how early-life policies shape health, learning & futures. Register here:

EXC - Keir Starmer condemns far right racism and violence at yesterday's march Says there will be "no surrender" of British flag to those who promote hate Our story here - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“Thank you for agreeing to do several hours unpaid labour reviewing a paper for our journal. As a bonus please fill in these horrible web forms before we let you even see the paper.”

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Not too late to sign up for our event on low-to-middle income Britain's financial resilience (on tomorrow/Wednesday morning). www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/stron...

Are you a new or soon-to-be PhD? Do you work on socio-economic inequality, poverty, and/or mobility? Do you study income, wealth, or earnings? Are you passionate about research as well as policy analyses? If so, we may be the perfect home for you, starting in fall 2026? Take a look! 🍎 #postdoc 👇👇👇

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Two new openings for postdoctoral scholars with us at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality in NYC - Apply by Nov 3 @stone-lis.bsky.social

Don't miss a three-part blog post by Branko Milanovic on multiple facets of the "New Capitalism in America". 👇👇👇 @brankomilan.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social link here: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/category/new...

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

🚨 New mentoring programme for mid-career #WomeninEcon! RES Women’s Committee & @isweconomics.bsky.social launch a pilot to support women aiming for Professor roles. 📅 Apply by 15 Sept 2025 🔗 bit.ly/40w08fV #Mentoring #EconSky #MidCareer

📢We're hiring!📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️

We can’t fix what we don’t track. That’s why Australia needs an official poverty measure theconversation.com/we-cant-fix-...

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

Join us at on 18 Sept for New Directions in Inequality Research, a panel event exploring the biggest gaps, challenges and future priorities in the field. 🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer 🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT

What the world needs: peace, justice, prosperity. What it's getting: another bleeding Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com This has most of my old Typepad posts (the less execrable ones) since the start of 2021. More may be added.

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu! 📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors). 🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

Out tomorrow: our expert, cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission report. We propose a new social contract & plan to lift 4.2 million people out of poverty, incl 2.2 million stranded in deep poverty. Thanks @patrickjbutler.bsky.social for the insightful write up www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Interested: Socioeconomic & intergenerational inequalities Demographic changes & family dynamics Education, skills & learning Child and adolescent psychosocial well-being & mental health Public health & health equity Apply for a PhD researcher post by Sept 12 ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

Thinking of performing a quantitative bias analysis for measurement error or misclassification? Then our recent software review, by Codie Wood, Kate Tilling, myself and Rachael Hughes, may be of interest: rdcu.be/eDRn2

I'm putting together a talk on a new applied micro paper, and I'm reminded that (I believe) it's very hard to outperform the structure proposed in this piece by Jesse Shapiro. shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.

📢 Working Paper! "Rising Inequality, Declining Mobility: The Evolution of Intergenerational Mobility in Germany" ✍️ Julia Baarck, Moritz Bode @apeichl.bsky.social This paper is the first to show that intergenerational income mobility in Germany has decreased over time. www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

📣 Call for Papers is open! In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de @uni-konstanz.de

🚨 Job! 🚨 Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived). Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655 Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

Jobs at a great place for social science today.

📣Conference announcement: Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below. Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London Conference date: 26 Nov 2025 Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr

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/...

Lucid, convincing case for a tax on high-value property, from the UK's most eminent housing economist, John Muellbauer. Would raise revenue *and* be good for growth. ://www.ft.com/content/bb4e7566-4bc6-45c9-87e4-271cc40c66a5

"Talk of mass deportation is Nazi fucking bullshit. You can pretend otherwise, but that's what it is. In order to even countenance it, you must reach a point of hatred towards a minority group which is reminiscent of the very worst moments of human history".