(3/9) Sex, Lies and Birth Statistics by Manuel Bagues, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social Evidence of inconsistencies in Spanish birth data sheds light on missing women in official statistics. www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

According to official birth registry data, in 1981 Spain had the highest sex ratio in the world (109 boys per 100 girls). Prior work attributed this anomaly to demographic/behavioural patterns. In a new WP, we show the high ratio is due to data errors 🧵with Manuel Bagues 1/n

🚨📰New WP 🚨📰 How does social housing design affect neighborhoods decades later? We study London gangs to show that postwar urban planning—specifically high-rise public housing construction—had lasting effects on gang formation @cep-lse.bsky.social

A few years ago I started a productivity diary to stay motivated when progress felt invisible. Every day I log productivity (on a 1-4 scale), or whether I took the day off. Here's what 3 years of data reveal about my work patterns. 🧵 x.com/carmenvillae...

Eine neue Studie von @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social zeigt, dass die Anhebung des gesetzlichen Mindestalters für den Alkoholkonsum von 16 auf 18 Jahre, die schulischen Leistungen und die psychische Gesundheit von Jugendlichen deutlich verbessert.👇 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/alkohol-bei-...

🧵 UPDATED WP OUT 🧵What happens when you pay disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school? We evaluated England's Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), which paid low-income 16-19 year olds up to £1,400/year to remain in education. @theifs.bsky.social @nickridpath.bsky.social

“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4enr3dej

Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below. @warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social

A warm welcome on board 😀 to: Martina Pons, as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞. And Carmen Villa (@carmenvillaecon.bsky.social), as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

Excited, honoured, and proud on my first day as Assistant Professor at @econ.uzh.ch. Thanks for the kind welcome!

🚨 I'm hiring a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 🚨 This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work. The position is based in London and starting this autumn. Please apply below or share 🙂 app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...

Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin. Save the date: 26-27 September 2025. CfP follows next month #econsky

If you're an academic job market candidate studying causal questions related to crime/CJ policy, and you're still looking for a job for next year, could you email me? I'm trying to keep track/would love to help if I can.

NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school by Jack Britton, @nickridpath.bsky.social, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & Ben Waltmann. Read here: https://buff.ly/43eeAuU

“The EMA, which cost billions through the 2000s, did not have the hoped-for positive effects.” Read Jack Britton, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social, @nickridpath.bsky.social and Ben Waltmann's report: https://buff.ly/3EVJIWb Watch our 11am launch event: https://buff.ly/4b6CHO6 [10/10]

Call for papers: The Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime - one of the best conferences in this area - will be held in Berlin, Sep 26-27. ** Deadline for paper submissions: May 2 ** bit.ly/4183vJ8

What happens when you increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 18? Manuel Bagues & @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social explore this question in the context of Spain. They find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes. 🍻🚫📚 wol.iza.org/opinions/aca...

Are you working on crime topics? Do you want to meet a lot of cool colleagues and get great feedback? Apply! 🔽👇🔻🙃

Join our team at the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at UChicago as an RP! Our RPs gain valuable pre-doctoral experience in all stages of conducting field and lab experiments and survey research as a cohort member in the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics pre-doc program. Please share!

If you are working with USoc data I highly recommend to apply and attend!

🍷📒🍷New column summarising our work on the effects of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age on educational outcomes on @cepr_org 🍷📒🍷 cepr.org/voxeu/column... @warwickecon.bsky.social

🚨New entry in @policyimpacts.bsky.social on the effects of youth club closures in London. Thanks to Ellen, Mira, and the rest of the team. If you haven’t explored Policy Impacts yet, it’s a powerful tool for comparing MVPF calculations across policies. Check it out! policyimpacts.org/policy-impac...

New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research

Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely to commit crimes. @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social examines the impact of youth club closures on teen offending rates and educational outcomes:

I don’t have a good answer, but this old McSweeny’s piece denying Indiana Jones tenure lives rent free in my mind! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/bac...

(In Spanish) Nuevo artículo en @nadaesgratis que resume nuestro trabajo sobre cómo afecta el rendimiento educativo aumentar la edad mínima para el consumo de alcohol. ¡Muchas gracias al equipo editor! nadaesgratis.es/bagues/consu...

Between 2010 and 2019, 30% of youth clubs in London closed. In the areas affected, youths aged 10 to 17 became 14% more likely to commit crime. 🔎 Read @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on the effects of youth club closures https://buff.ly/3ZGG6PC. #ChartOfTheDay #YouthClubs

Yo! @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social has written a tremendous paper on what works to improve disadvantaged men's pathways. Today, I discuss her fantastic contribution. She is currently on the Job Market cc @essobecker.bsky.social

Did Austerity Scar Young Men? Budget cuts led to widespread closures of youth centers & police stations, creating two distinct natural experiments by @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & @elisafacchetti.bsky.social Fantastic new papers on what works to prevent crime open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...

What happens when you increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 18? 🤔 We explore this question in the context of Spain. We find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes📒🥂 - with Manuel Bagues @warwickecon.bsky.social #MLDA

📰 @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social 's job market paper is cited by @torstenbell.bsky.social MP in The Observer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📜 Just published in the Journal of Public Economics 📜 "Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain" I am lucky to have worked with @martammatute.bsky.social and @jorgeghombrados in this paper and thankful for all I learned from them. Thread below!

Since there are almost no people left at X, I would like to share here our publication at @jpube.bsky.social. "Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: evidence from Spain" by @jorgeghombrados @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & myself. ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85 ifs.org.uk/publications...

📰 PhD researcher @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social is quoted in the Independent discussing her research on the consequences of closing youth clubs: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gcse...

The work of @warwickecon.bsky.social PhD student & job market candidate @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social is cited in today's newspaper 🎉🥂 You should hire Carmen! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gcse...

🚨📜I am excited to share my Job Market Paper, where I study the effects of youth clubs on education and crime. The paper highlights the broader value of after-school activities and the potential benefits of public provision. 1/10

What a way to start my bsky adventures! My job market paper is out as an IFS working paper. Thread with summary with follow. Comment and article linked below.