New research (using Understanding Society) from Eleni Karagiannaki @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social finds that wealth differences between ethnic groups in the UK have widened significantly since 2012/14. www.lse.ac.uk/news/uk-ethn...

The next round of our #STICERDGrants to fund research and research-related activities by LSE members is coming up soon. The deadline is 31 January 2026. Find out more in the link below: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/grants/

How the Scottish child payment has made a real difference – and not discouraged parents from working By @kittyjstewart.bsky.social and Emma Tominey www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵

No evidence Scottish child payment really encourages worklessness, study finds #TheIndependent reports on CASE research lead by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social & Emma Tominey www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives. Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity. We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.

This is @linchuanxu.bsky.social an LSE Economic PhD student working in the fields of development economics, macroeconomics and environmental economics. He's on the 2025-26 job market. His JMP is "Profit From Wedges? Evidence from Labor Recruitment Agencies in China"

Andrés Velasco and Tim Besley are joined by Tim Phillips @voxeu.org who asks why the London Economic Consensus book was created, how policymakers can use it, and whether we should be wary of economists bearing paradigms. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/news/ab...

Peter Ward Griffin is an LSE Economics JM Candidate. His primary fields are behavioral and experimental economics, with applications to development and political economy. JMP: "UNCOVERING AND ADDRESSING DISPARITY IN CROSS-GROUP INFERENCE: THE MISMEASURE OF WOMEN" sites.google.com/view/peterwa...

Our last in the series Social Exclusion seminar was given by @danieledmiston.bsky.social who spoke about changing hosuehold types, poverty riks and welfare effectiveness across Europe. If you missed it, the video & audio recording are available on our website sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/ev...

"Difference-in-differences with interval data" New #econometricspaper by Daisuke Kurisu, Yuta Okamoto and Taisuke Otsu sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

Providing us with a rich, in-depth longitudinal perspective, Anne Power’s (#LSEHousing) study examines the drivers of the emergence & persistence of low-income neighbourhoods in England & Wales Via @LeverhulmeTrust media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/apower

@ilonapin.bsky.social pointed out that children with foreign-born parents are more likely to experience poverty, including deep poverty, partly due to ‘no recourse to public funds’ restrictions. Extending settlement routes for more children risks leaving many without vital support and in poverty.

#CASEresearch by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social & @kerriscooper.bsky.social on household income affecting children's outcomes is cited in government's publication: ‘Costs of Child Poverty: A rapid evidence review of the effect of income on child outcomes #ChildPovertyStrategy www.gov.uk/government/p...

#STICERDresearch on accessing child benefit during pregnancy by Mary Reader is cited in government's publication: ‘Costs of Child Poverty: A rapid evidence review of the effect of income on child outcomes,’ linked to the #ChildPovertyStrategy www.gov.uk/government/p...

This is Caterina Soto-Vieira an LSE Economics Job Market candidate. Her research interests are Urban, Trade and Development Economics. Her Job Market Paper is "Home Production in the City" caterinasotovieira.com

This is Tatiana Pazem a Job Market candidate in the LSE Dept of Economics. She is specialising in public and labour economics. Her Job Market paper is "Pension Reforms and Consumption in Retirement: Evidence from French Transactions and Bank Data" sites.google.com/view/tatiana...

SIMEST CEO Regina Corradini D'Arienzo and CDP awarded the De Sanctis Prize for Economic Sciences to LSE's Oriana Bandiera at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Rome. She was honoured for her pioneering research on inequality, poverty traps & social mobility. Congratulations Oriana!

This is Ananya Kotia, an LSE Economics Job Market candidate. He's the Founder of the India Data Lab Initiative. Ananya is working in the fields of development economics, finance, and trade. His Job Market paper is "When Competition Compels Change: Trade, Management, and Productivity" ananyakotia.com

New STICERD #EconometricsPaper "Empirical likelihood for random forests and ensembles" By Harold D Chiang and Taisuke Otsu sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICA...

Meet @amenjalal.bsky.social , an LSE Economics JM candidate. She won an Outstanding Paper Award at the EEA's Discrimination & Diversity Workshop. Her research interests are in development, environmental & labor economics. JMP: "Screening Women Out? Pay Transparency in Job Postings" amenjalal.com

There's still time to register for this week's #SocialExclusionSeminar, happening this Wednesday! Speaker: Daniel Edmiston from @uab.cat Our seminars are free and open to all! Sign up via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/case-socia...

LSE Economics PhD student and job market candidate Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser's research interests are in development economics, political economy and industrial organisation. His JM paper is "Soft Power Through (Humanitarian) Aid: Evidence from an RCT in Pakistan. sites.google.com/view/mfajard...

Zhiyao Deng is an Economics PhD student job market candidate at LSE. His research interests are environmental economics, macroeconomics and corporate finance. His job market paper is "Will Moving Towards a Digital Service Economy Insulate the Economy Against Environmental Shocks?"

Callum Shaw is and LSE Economics PhD Job Market candidate specializing in applied microeconomics, industrial organisation, and the economics of media. His Job market paper is "Quantifying Echo Chambers and Their Impact on News Engagement: Evidence from a Facebook Algorithm Update."

In our next #SocialExclusionSeminar, Daniel Edmiston will introduce a new analysis that moves beyond an examination of the absorptive functions of family to consider how household structures affect access to, and adequacy, of working-age welfare. How to attend: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/ev...

If you have missed the #MorishimaLecture you can check our video and audio recordings available via our YouTube and SoundCloud channels and on the event page.

Lisa Beihy Pacheco is a PhD student (LSE Economics) Job Market candidate this year. She works on energy and environment topics in developing countries. Her JMP is "Power Move: Solar Adoption Among Firms"

Meet our PhD Candidate Ignacio Banares-Sanchez (LSE Econ) He's an applied environmental economist studying urban environmental challenges in low and middle income countries. His Job Market Paper is 'Trading Trash on Tricycles'

1/3 This week we'll be introducing our JM PhDs. To start we have Sarah Winton (LSE Econ) Her JMP “Refugees’ Right to Work: Efficiency and Equity in Host Country Labor Markets” examines labor market impacts of granting Syrian refugees in Jordan the right to work. slwinton.github.io/Papers/winto...

New @lseinequalities.bsky.social blog post by Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social & Michael Vaughan on #EWL as a social indicator that defines a level at which the harms associated with concentrations of wealth intensify & are not considered acceptable anymore blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

What can be *said* about extreme wealth – and what should be *done*? The two should not be conflated. An extreme wealth line is a social indicator – the starting point for discussion, write Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social & @michaelvaughan.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/SDu1oki

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

Don't miss our upcoming #Hayek Public Lecture on 'John Rawls and unequivocal justice' by Christopher Freiman on Tuesday 25 November at 6.30pm sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

New research from #CASE shows why tackling child poverty requires removing the two-child limit and benefit cap. www.lse.ac.uk/news/employm...

New CASE research underlines the importance of child benefits in tackling child poverty. Read our latest brief by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Aaron Reeves @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...

The government's #childpoverty strategy must have social security at its heart: New #CASE research by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Aaron Reeves and @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social shows parental employment alone will not deliver: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...

Professor Stern's new book is out now #OpenAccess with LSE Press and is free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

"Causal inference with auxiliary objeservations" New #econometricspaper by Takahiro Hoshino, Yuta Ota, and Taisuke Otsu sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

The @financialtimes.com features 'The Child Penalty Atlas' paper by Camille Landais, Henrik Kleven, & Gabriel Leite Mariante which challenges the idea that gender specialisation is universal, with significant implications. www.ft.com/content/6eca...

The event recording is now available: www.youtube.com/live/2kNriCf...

Happy publication day to The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern 🎉 Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social

The @financialtimes.com highlights 'The Child Penalty Atlas' paper with C Landais H Kleven & Gabriel @leitemariante.bsky.social recognised by @overton.io among its leading papers. It challenges the idea that gender specialisation is universal, with significant implications www.ft.com/content/6eca...

Don't miss the opportunity to register for this week's #SocialExclusionSeminar, happening on Wednesday, 5th November! Speakers: @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki Our seminars are free and open to all! Sign up via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/case-socia...

On Thursday 6 November don't miss our upcoming #STICERD #MorishimaLecture by Chris Udry who will be speaking on agricultural productivity, social organisation and economic transformation in rural Africa. Find out more and how to attend in the link below: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Join us for the launch of The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action at LSE next week. ⬇️ Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-2... #OpenAccess @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social

"How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict" If you have missed this #CohesiveCapitalism event with Nick Clegg, you can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkKF...

@lexpress.fr profiles Xavier Jaravel “The Economist who wants to Raise the Level of Students” He calls for evidence based reforms: smaller classes to structured maths, teaching to promote excellence &equality in education, drawing on lessons from the Singapore method www.lexpress.fr/societe/educ...

Join us for the launch of the highly anticipated new book by @brankomilan.bsky.social 📖 He reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world, with global neoliberalism on its last legs. As the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles, he asks what remains in its wake? 🎟️ buff.ly/ggNJ4pW

STICERD Morishima Lecture. Prof Chris Udry "Agricultural Productivity, Social Organization and Economic Transformation in Rural Africa" Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 18:00–19:30 | LSE #devecon #africa #nigeria #ghana #mali #economics sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...