Francesca Foliano
@francescafolia1.bsky.social
Education and Labour economist @UCL, visiting fellow @LSE Social Policy and @SSE, @ESCoE associate, @ADR UK fellow. Ex NIESR. Assistant prof of economics at Southampton from Sept 2025. From Bari, Europe.
Pinned
Looking forward to presenting new findings on remote work in the UK based on equally new ONS time use data at the CRIW/NBER conference: The Changing Nature of Work (6-7 March)
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Just launched: our @escoeorg.bsky.social project page on working from home in the UK, using the new ONS Online Time Use Survey (OTUS) data. Working paper coming soon!
www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/the...
www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/the...
The changing nature of work - ESCoE
This work uses Time Use Survey data to explore how time allocation between activities differs between remote and office workers.
www.escoe.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Just launched: our @escoeorg.bsky.social project page on working from home in the UK, using the new ONS Online Time Use Survey (OTUS) data. Working paper coming soon!
www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/the...
www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/the...
Excited to be at the Remote Work Conference at
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
and present our @escoeorg.bsky.social
research! Looking forward to sharing our findings and connecting with others exploring remote/hybrid work.
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
and present our @escoeorg.bsky.social
research! Looking forward to sharing our findings and connecting with others exploring remote/hybrid work.
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Excited to be at the Remote Work Conference at
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
and present our @escoeorg.bsky.social
research! Looking forward to sharing our findings and connecting with others exploring remote/hybrid work.
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
and present our @escoeorg.bsky.social
research! Looking forward to sharing our findings and connecting with others exploring remote/hybrid work.
Achievement unlocked! One of my idols in economics, @timharford.ft.com, has mentioned our work on the Growth Mindset! 🥳🥳🥳
www.ft.com/content/ad92... via @ft
www.ft.com/content/ad92... via @ft
How a well-timed kind word can change everything
I’d been planning to drop economics, until a tutor congratulated me and convinced me to stick with it
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July 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Achievement unlocked! One of my idols in economics, @timharford.ft.com, has mentioned our work on the Growth Mindset! 🥳🥳🥳
www.ft.com/content/ad92... via @ft
www.ft.com/content/ad92... via @ft
By the way, I’ll be joining the department of economics of the University of Southampton from next September. I’m very happy to be part of this growing department, with amazing colleagues and new hires to come! Really looking forward to this new adventure!
🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Professor of Economics
The University of Southampton’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Professorship position. This recruitment follows the successful hiring in Autumn 2024 of two Lecturers, one Associate...
jobs.soton.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
By the way, I’ll be joining the department of economics of the University of Southampton from next September. I’m very happy to be part of this growing department, with amazing colleagues and new hires to come! Really looking forward to this new adventure!
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🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Professor of Economics
The University of Southampton’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Professorship position. This recruitment follows the successful hiring in Autumn 2024 of two Lecturers, one Associate...
jobs.soton.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
I really really really hope this is not true
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I really really really hope this is not true
🚨🚨🚨The Department of Economics at Southampton is hiring a Professor with priority given to scholars with expertise in applied economics, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science.
Link here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV345/p...
Link here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV345/p...
Professor of Economics at University of Southampton
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April 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨🚨🚨The Department of Economics at Southampton is hiring a Professor with priority given to scholars with expertise in applied economics, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science.
Link here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV345/p...
Link here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV345/p...
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
One of the perks of working in Stockholm and Uppsala is that there are so many great seminar series around. I just updated my page aggregating all econ seminars in Stockholm and Uppsala:
jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html
@iies.su.se #EconSky 📉📈
jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html
@iies.su.se #EconSky 📉📈
We have a great group of researchers giving seminars in the IIES Seminar Series this Spring!
Make sure to check out the calendar at: www.su.se/institute-fo...
Make sure to check out the calendar at: www.su.se/institute-fo...
February 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
One of the perks of working in Stockholm and Uppsala is that there are so many great seminar series around. I just updated my page aggregating all econ seminars in Stockholm and Uppsala:
jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html
@iies.su.se #EconSky 📉📈
jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html
@iies.su.se #EconSky 📉📈
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
This is important. More than 700 Harvard faculty, with diverse views, have now signed a letter urging the university administration to "publicly condemn attacks on universities," "legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom" and +
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is important. More than 700 Harvard faculty, with diverse views, have now signed a letter urging the university administration to "publicly condemn attacks on universities," "legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom" and +
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The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...
Lecturer in Economics at University of Southampton
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March 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...
The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...
Lecturer in Economics at University of Southampton
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Economics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
The Greater London Authority have published a new London Building Stock Model, showing estimated energy efficiency (and many housing characteristics) for every home and residential building in the city. All data is downloadable and there's a cool interactive map data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Greater London Authority have published a new London Building Stock Model, showing estimated energy efficiency (and many housing characteristics) for every home and residential building in the city. All data is downloadable and there's a cool interactive map data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
Looking forward to presenting new findings on remote work in the UK based on equally new ONS time use data at the CRIW/NBER conference: The Changing Nature of Work (6-7 March)
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
March 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Looking forward to presenting new findings on remote work in the UK based on equally new ONS time use data at the CRIW/NBER conference: The Changing Nature of Work (6-7 March)
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!
January 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!
Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!
January 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!
There’s still time to register!
In this ONS Research Excellence
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
ONS Research Excellence Series 2025
Join us to hear about the innovative use of research data and the public good achieved.
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January 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There’s still time to register!
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
We're have an economics of education conference at CEP LSE on 29-30 May. Don't miss the submission deadline!
Call for papers extended 🚨
Education submissions extended until 24:00 (GMT) on Monday, 10 February, and we've secured a limited budget available to support travel costs for junior researchers. 🛫
For details, visit ow.ly/R3Lh50UNBke
Education submissions extended until 24:00 (GMT) on Monday, 10 February, and we've secured a limited budget available to support travel costs for junior researchers. 🛫
For details, visit ow.ly/R3Lh50UNBke
January 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We're have an economics of education conference at CEP LSE on 29-30 May. Don't miss the submission deadline!
Reposted by Francesca Foliano
The adverse effects of trade and globalization have become politically salient in a way that many of the other determinants of inequality have not. | Dimensions of Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review | academic.oup.com/ooec/article...
Trade and globalization
Greater openness to international trade has had significant impacts on the structure of the UK and other advanced economies. The role that this greater ope
academic.oup.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The adverse effects of trade and globalization have become politically salient in a way that many of the other determinants of inequality have not. | Dimensions of Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review | academic.oup.com/ooec/article...
In this ONS Research Excellence
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
ONS Research Excellence Series 2025
Join us to hear about the innovative use of research data and the public good achieved.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In this ONS Research Excellence
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
webinar Xiaowei Xu (@theifs.bsky.social) and I will present some very new results from our joint work on geographical mobility and social mobility. Interested in the topic? Register here ⬇️:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-resear...
It was great presenting results from joint work with colleagues @theifs.bsky.social today. Thanks to brilliant discussion from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social and to those who turned up and asked questions. In particular to the person who asked our wish list for the LEO data! 😅 It’s a long one!
⏰There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's webinar on spatial mobility across England with @uclofficial.bsky.social's /ESCoE's @francescafolia1.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/y2nbece8
Geography of Opportunity: Spatial Differences in Social Mobility in England - ESCoE
Presented by Francesca Foliano, UCL This webinar examines spatial differences in social mobility for men […]
tinyurl.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
It was great presenting results from joint work with colleagues @theifs.bsky.social today. Thanks to brilliant discussion from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social and to those who turned up and asked questions. In particular to the person who asked our wish list for the LEO data! 😅 It’s a long one!
Do you have suggestions on where to read an informed discussion about the new assisted dying bill in the UK? Thanks!
November 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Do you have suggestions on where to read an informed discussion about the new assisted dying bill in the UK? Thanks!
My wonderful colleague James Laurence (not on Bluesky yet unfortunately) is looking for a postdoc in quantitative social science at UCL Social Research Institute. Here the job ad: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:55 AM
My wonderful colleague James Laurence (not on Bluesky yet unfortunately) is looking for a postdoc in quantitative social science at UCL Social Research Institute. Here the job ad: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Fascinating new articles on gender in @J_HumanResource #Econtwitter #Econsky! In China: ⬆️ import competition in fact ⬇️ gender gaps in the workforce, due to expanding female-intensive industries + ⬆️ computerization (Wang et al.)
jhr.uwpress.org/cont...
jhr.uwpress.org/cont...
November 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Fascinating new articles on gender in @J_HumanResource #Econtwitter #Econsky! In China: ⬆️ import competition in fact ⬇️ gender gaps in the workforce, due to expanding female-intensive industries + ⬆️ computerization (Wang et al.)
jhr.uwpress.org/cont...
jhr.uwpress.org/cont...
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A starter pack for UK-based economists. Seemed rude not to have one :) please let me know if you would like to be added.
go.bsky.app/4AevdVH
go.bsky.app/4AevdVH
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
A starter pack for UK-based economists. Seemed rude not to have one :) please let me know if you would like to be added.
go.bsky.app/4AevdVH
go.bsky.app/4AevdVH
Hi everyone! Is there a starter pack for Gender Economics? Thanks!
November 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hi everyone! Is there a starter pack for Gender Economics? Thanks!