Tomorrow at King's, Waterloo Campus!

Related to that: in the UK, stamp duty (a transaction tax on property purchases) is effectively a regressive wealth tax. For most homeowners it's a one-off tax on wealth paid once or twice in a lifetime, and falls disproportionately on the middle class. (from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)

KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 📅Date: 26 Nov 2025 🏟️Place: KCL Waterloo Campus 🎤Keynote: Prof. Jonathan Wolff 📊Sessions: Interdisciplinary & Policy-oriented (see ⤵︎for details) 📝Register here: kclppe4pp.github.io Please come join us!! #PPE #Econsky #Philsky #Polisky #Policysky

📢Call for Abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King’s College London 📅 Date: 26th Nov 2025 ✍️ CfA: 400 words (by 29th Sep) ➡️ Details & Application Form: tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr #CfA #CfP #PPE #Econsky #Philsky #Polisky #Policysky

Why do social class and income still stick together after 100 years? @thaning.bsky.social has the Swedish data – and the answers. June 24, 12:15 Hosted by @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social Because meritocracy is more of a vibe than a reality. #isimunich #sociology #inequality #lmu

There exist a wide range of measures of social heterogeneity, leading to a rich literature on their effects on socioeconomic outcomes, from Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín, and Romain Wacziarg https://www.nber.org/papers/w33896

Examining whether Confucianism is to blame for why China missed the Industrial Revolution and did not democratize, from Ruixue Jia and James Kai-sing Kung https://www.nber.org/papers/w33883

The sunshine at #RC28meeting in Milan. Grateful for the inspiring sessions and everything in Milan those days.