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.

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨 My Job Market Paper asks: 💡 How do parents manage their children’s social media use, and can we help them do it better?

Amid reports that MPs and an advisory taskforce will recommend scrapping the two-child limit on benefits, it's worth noting that this step would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty ⤵️

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability. Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.

Terrible chiffre en Une de La Croix ce matin: 57 enfants sont déjà morts de faim du fait du blocus de Gaza, selon l'OMS.

Amen Do better teaching your sons how to be good people, good men, good citizens. Take the game systems away Encourage them to socialize Clamp down hard on bullying and misogyny www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rich...

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

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What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?

Hey everyone! I’m officially on Bluesky! 🌟 #EconSky Excited to dive into conversations on parenting, child development, gender, and education. Let’s connect—follow along!

"As our study shows, [international students] don’t harm the educational or labour market outcomes of the domestic students they study alongside" NEW: Julián Costas-Fernández @gretamorando.bsky.social & Angus Holford outline their research on international students. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplor...

Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average). But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.

If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701

Given the trouble universities are facing, someone should share this research with the chancellor, or maybe her economic advisory council. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 Call for papers: 🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynote: Alexander Willen PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.cesifo.org/en/event/202... Deadline: 16 Feb 2025 Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky

We're have an economics of education conference at CEP LSE on 29-30 May. Don't miss the submission deadline!

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This Wednesday, 25th October, 1-2 pm, Felix Tropf will present at the QSS-CLS seminar. He will discuss some recent genetic discovery studies for traits of demographic interest! Join us in person or online! shorturl.at/bdpy3

Next speaker in the QSS-CLS seminar series is: Marco Francesconi (University of Essex) Wednesday 18th Oct (13-14 UTC/GMT+1) Join us in person or online! ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...