Carmen Villa
carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
Carmen Villa
@carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor at ‪@econ.uzh.ch‬ and ‪@jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social‬. I am also a Research Affiliate at
‪@theifs.bsky.social‬.
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“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

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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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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.
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? - Economics Observatory
The widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s, driven by government austerity measures, led to falling educational performance and increasing rates of youth offending. The long-term…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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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.
September 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Excited, honoured, and proud on my first day as Assistant Professor at @econ.uzh.ch. Thanks for the kind welcome!
A warm welcome to our new junior faculty colleagues Martina Pons and @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social who join us at @econ.uzh.ch today!
September 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 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 🙂
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Research Assistance (Crime and Justice)
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is hiring a Research Assistant to support ongoing work on the effects of youth clubs on youth development. The Research Assistant will work closely with Dr. Carm...
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May 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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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
January 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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.
March 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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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 short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school | Institute for Fiscal Studies
This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“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

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February 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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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 **

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February 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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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. 🍻🚫📚

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Academic benefits of reducing teenage alcohol consumption
Teenage drinking has significant costs, affecting public health, risky behavior, and cognitive development. Raising the minimum legal drinking age can substantially enhance academic performance.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Are you working on crime topics? Do you want to meet a lot of cool colleagues and get great feedback? Apply! 🔽👇🔻🙃
📣 Submit your crime paper by Feb 14.

🔸 4th Workshop on the Economics of Crime for Junior Scholars
🔸 29-30 May, 2025
🔸 Quattrone Center, UPenn
🔸 Keynote: @amandayagan.bsky.social
🔹 Send your paper to:
WEC.Jr.Econ@gmail.com

@emmarackstraw.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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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!
In partnership with @beckerfriedman.bsky.social we're looking for a talented Research Professional (Pre-doctoral Fellow) to join our team. Please share widely with candidates considering the PhD track who are excited about field research! job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
Research Professional | Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab
Chicago, IL
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January 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If you are working with USoc data I highly recommend to apply and attend!
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚨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!
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Policy Impacts Library | Youth Club Closures in London
Youth clubs are community-based after-school programs that offer a place for teenagers to participate in sports and arts, gain mentorship, and socialize with peers in the hours after-school for free. ...
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January 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research
Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...
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January 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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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:
How cuts to youth clubs affected teen crime and education | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely to commit crimes.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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I don’t have a good answer, but this old McSweeny’s piece denying Indiana Jones tenure lives rent free in my mind!

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Back from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied
January 22, 1939 Assistant Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. Department of Anthropology Chapman Hall 227B Marshall College Dr. Jones: As chairman...
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December 31, 2024 at 1:52 PM
(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!
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Consumo de alcohol entre los adolescentes y rendimiento educativo
Por Manuel Bagues y Carmen Villa El aumento de la edad mínima legal para beber alcohol de 16 a 18 años ha logrado reducir parcialmente el consumo entre menores y ha tenido efectos positivos, aunque...
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December 18, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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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
December 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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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...
December 8, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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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...
December 8, 2024 at 2:19 PM