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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)

📢 We’re hiring! King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics. Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-... Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social

CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome! Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford). Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline 23 Jan. 🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷

We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2

Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social): open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social. Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.

📄 The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan Read it now ⬇️ buff.ly/9GwqB3v

📣 New vacancy: The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality. They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities. Apply by 13 November ⬇️ buff.ly/zs3T0hj

📢 Event Announcement! Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop. We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby! ✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12

Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates: - If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive - The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)

Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates: - If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive - The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)

Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇 bit.ly/40TZR6J

Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky

📢 Mark your calendars! The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London. We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned! Hope to see many of you there.

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe" Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Also, if anyone wants to reform stamp duty, we can start by making it truly progressive in house price (data from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674db6... ):

Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation." Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J

In the class-based society of the “old” capitalism, there was a clear contradiction between capital and labour. But today, the richest capitalists & the richest workers are increasingly the same people. What should we make of this, asks @brankomilan.bsky.social? #LSEInequalitiesBlog

📣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

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

🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup! Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected]. 📅 Full schedule 👇

🎉 Join us for a free online event. 📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT. With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J

📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August. cepr.org/events/ghaza... #EconSky

School's out for summer, but the hard work has just begun. Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚 Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...

🚨Publication alert!🚨 Thread below👇

The 2nd Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) is now history! A fabulous 2-day workshop with a stellar group of economists & public finance scholars, surrounded by the stunning peaks & sea views that only the Lofoten islands can offer. Thread below

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

Definition of a good airport @StockholmArlandaAirport

Only a few days left to apply! 👇

Super interesting conversation between @pkrugman.bsky.social and @brankomilan.bsky.social

🚨🚨Job alert!!🚨🚨 The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/

🚨 Major release alert We’re thrilled to launch lissyrtools v0.2.0 — our R package that makes working with LIS & LWS microdata simpler, faster, and clearer 📦 🧵 1/12

🚨 We're hiring! King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway. Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... Please share! Happy to answer questions about the role/department!

REMINDER: The next LIN workshop will take place next week in Oxford! You're welcome to join. For details see below 👇

Applications are now open for Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the India Observatory for 2025-26! We invite early career academics involved in social science research from India or other South Asian countries to apply by 30 June. Find out more: buff.ly/owE50Fs

Great first day at the conference yesterday at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, ending with an excellent keynote by Rani Spiegler. Looking forward to the next two days!

Welfare benefit cuts and other UK austerity measures after 2010 lowered life expectancy — and the effect was nearly twice as great on women, according to the new WP by Stone Center associated researcher @yonatanberman.com and Tora Hovland. bit.ly/4jkSc7K

We had a great day yesterday. On to the third and last day. Thanks to all speakers, discussants and guests!

Happy to announce our upcoming workshop that will take place on June 9th afternoon @ox.ac.uk. We have three excellent speakers: @natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine) Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])

If anyone needed a reminder... @nickbloom.bsky.social on the macro effects of Brexit

What are the Trends in Inheritance Across Developed Economies? Why is this important & What are the major drivers? Why has the Progressivity of inheritance tax been declining globally? I have talked about these issues in the Economist (@economist.com) podcast "Money Talks". tinyurl.com/khaekyre

I recently reviewed a paper for The BMJ, a top medical journal. Their model is open peer review: my name and affiliation were visible to the authors with my report, and if the paper is published, so is my report and identity. Interesting experience. Any thoughts for #EconSky?

The human cost of austerity: How UK fiscal policies led to 190,000 excess deaths. New IZA World of Labor op-ed by Yonatan Berman and Tora Hovland, based on their latest IZA DP. wol.iza.org/opinions/hum...

Happy to host @kristoberg.bsky.social (University of Cambridge) this Wednesday (April 30) for a seminar! Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Programme is out for 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, this year it's in Madrid! 👇👇👇