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📢 Call for papers! The EAYE Annual Meeting welcomes submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (4-8K characters) in all fields of economics 👉 18–20 May '26, University of the Basque Country ⏲️ Submission deadline extended to 28 December 2025!

NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades. @helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:

New at JIE: "Household responses to trade shocks" by Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique (@aitor-if.bsky.social), Peter Levell (@peterlevell.bsky.social), Matthias Parey doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

The University of the Basque Country (@ehu.eus) is hosting the 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting. 2026ko EAYE konferentzia Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean izango da. Artikuluak bidaltzeko epea zabalik dago, abenduaren 1era bitarte. Informazio guztia hemen: www.eaye.info/eayeam/2026-...

EVENT: IFS recruitment event 2025 Wednesday 1 October | 5pm – 6pm | Online via Zoom Want to work at IFS? Join our recruitment event to meet our staff, ask questions about life at IFS and find out more about our hiring process. ➡️ Find out more and sign up here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...

"AI is probably more impactful for employment even than the Dot-com revolution of the nineties. This is more like the industrial revolution of the 19th century" Sir Philip Augar discusses the impact of AI on the labour market. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...

🌍 Thank you for joining us at the 21st EUROFRAME Conference: The Future of Labour! We are deeply grateful to all participants and speakers who made this year’s conference in Warsaw such a vibrant and insightful event. See you next year! Photo credit: Magdalena Kępa

📗 Read our briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wor... 📗 Read the journal article published in Labour Economics: ifs.org.uk/journals/imp...

Join us for our 2025 IFS Annual Lecture on trade wars and the future of globalisation, presented by Professor @meredith-crowley.bsky.social Tuesday 20 May | 18:30–20:00 | The View, Royal College of Surgeons, London Find out more and sign up here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-a...

1/ The labour market has seen significant changes in recent decades. With automation accelerating, more is coming. Can workers switch jobs fast enough to keep up? We study how reallocation across occupations shapes wages, employment and inequality. #EconSky New WP ⬇️ ifs.org.uk/publications...

How much do regional inequalities shift when we swap income for consumption? New estimates of household spending (net of housing) show smaller gaps — and a different map. Methodologically rigorous, policy-relevant work from my colleagues @peterlevell.bsky.social and Gautam Vyas #EconSky

"It's almost entirely passed on to domestic consumers." Who pays the costs of tariffs? @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social and @peterlevell.bsky.social discuss in our podcast episode on tariffs from earlier this year. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/do-...

We are delighted to announce that @helenmiller.bsky.social has been appointed as the next IFS Director, following on from @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social in July 2025. Find out more:

NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: The welfare effects of price shocks and household relief packages: Evidence from the European Energy Crisis Read @peterlevell.bsky.social, Martin O'Connell and Kate Smith's paper: ifs.org.uk/publications...

We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux.

#Podcast #Trade #Tariffs | Why do countries trade? Are tariffs good or bad? Who pays the price? Do listen to @peterlevell.bsky.social on this episode as he breaks it all down with clarity and common sense. #EconSky

New working paper out! Governments in many countries have raised early retirement ages (ERAs) in response to public finance pressures from ageing populations. These policies have consistently been found to lead to increased employment rates among older workers. This paper asks: why? 🤔

#EconSky #EconConf | Don't miss out. Submit your abstracts by 3rd January and meet my former colleagues in Colchester this spring. 2 days of exciting conversations around research + keynotes by Imran Rasul (UCL, IFS) and Ben Etheridge (Essex). All the info here: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Where does the UK fall in the international employment rate league table? There are uncertainties around the data, but we know around 75%-76% of 16-64-year-olds are in work in the UK. This puts the UK above the average for the OECD, but a way back on the four countries who have already hit 80%.

NEW: Air pollution in England has halved since 2003 after falling substantially during the pandemic, but inequalities in exposure remain. @lgadenne.bsky.social @leroutierm.bsky.social Rodrigo Toneto and Bobbie Upton’s new report examines how air pollution has changed in England over 20 years:

Important analysis on differential household responses to sectoral change driven by global trade!

NEW PODCAST: How can we make government more productive? @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, @benzaranko.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social examine public sector productivity, including government reforms and lessons from the private sector. Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

The Essex PhD Conference in Applied Economics is back with its 3rd edition! #EconSky #EconConf 📆 March 20-21, 2025 🏫 University of Essex 🎙️ Keynotes: Imran Rasul (@theifs.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social) & Ben Etheridge (Essex) ⏳ Submit by 3rd Jan'25 💻 Info: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Are poorer households hit harder by inflation during cost-of-living crisis? We already know higher share of their spending is on necessities such as food and drink with higher inflation. But it turns out not to be the full story: our paper takes a detailed look on the recent crisis. 🧵

📈 Explore the data using our map here: ifs.org.uk/calculators/... 📗 Read Elaine Drayton, @peterlevell.bsky.social and @david-sturrock.bsky.social's briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/eng... 📗 Read the working paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications... [8/8]

The rise of Chinese exports in the 2000s led to significant job losses for workers in certain industries in the West. We study how workers in England and Wales and their households responded to these changes. Let's take a look... 🧐 (1/13) #EconSky

On the economics job market? Opportunities for PhDs to join as Research Economists in labour/crime, public finance, and education/nutrition/health at the IFS @theifs.bsky.social econjobmarket.org/positions/10... #EconSky

Are you on the economics job market? Opportunities for PhDs to join as post docs (one and three year post docs available) @theifs.bsky.social econjobmarket.org/positions/10... #EconSky

🙋🏼‍♂️Happy to join bsky! Here, I'll share research, articles, podcasts, notes. Primarily on Economics. Mostly in English. Occasionally in Basque (euskara) or Spanish. My research agenda aims to study the changing structure of the labour market and its impact on local places and individuals. #EconSky

NEW PODCAST: How big are the UK's demographic challenges? Paul Johnson, @melindacmills.bsky.social and Carl Emmerson explore the implications of record low fertility rates, other demographic shifts and the potential impact on the public finances. 🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/3YD8S1P