Greta Morando
gretamorando.bsky.social
Greta Morando
@gretamorando.bsky.social
Econ Assistant Prof at Sheffield | IZA Research Fellow | Visiting Fellow at LSE and UCL | Parenting, child development, gender, education, social mobility | From Genoa, living in London | First Gen in HE | Mum of 2 | https://gretamorando.weebly.com/
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🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨

My Job Market Paper asks:

💡 How do parents manage their children’s social media use, and can we help them do it better?
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Amid reports that MPs and an advisory taskforce will recommend scrapping the two-child limit on benefits, it's worth noting that this step would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty ⤵️
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)
September 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability.

Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.
May 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Terrible chiffre en Une de La Croix ce matin: 57 enfants sont déjà morts de faim du fait du blocus de Gaza, selon l'OMS.
May 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Amen
Do better teaching your sons how to be good people, good men, good citizens.
Take the game systems away
Encourage them to socialize
Clamp down hard on bullying and misogyny
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rich...
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
💥💥💥Pre-Doc Position

Interested in cutting edge research on genetics and social media? Join Rita (www.ritadiaspereira.com) and I to work as a pre-doc!

#predoc #econ_ra #EconSky

More info:
February 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?
What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?

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In the short run, their risk of death rises.

In the long run, they have...

-more health issues,
-lower education/labor-force participation, and
-higher rates of single motherhood, poverty, and reliance on government assistance
January 31, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Hey everyone! I’m officially on Bluesky! 🌟 #EconSky Excited to dive into conversations on parenting, child development, gender, and education. Let’s connect—follow along!
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"As our study shows, [international students] don’t harm the educational or labour market outcomes of the domestic students they study alongside"

NEW: Julián Costas-Fernández @gretamorando.bsky.social & Angus Holford outline their research on international students.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplor...
The unexplored impacts of international students - UK in a changing Europe
Dr Julian Costas-Fernandez, Dr Angus Holford, and Dr Greta Morando outline their recent research on the impact of international students.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 19, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average).

But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.
January 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Given the trouble universities are facing, someone should share this research with the chancellor, or maybe her economic advisory council.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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📢 Call for papers:

🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳

12-13 May 2025, Munich

Keynote: Alexander Willen

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Deadline: 16 Feb 2025

Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky
January 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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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
January 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This should never have happened—and must never happen again!
January 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fantastic workshop! Apply!
One month to go! Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Gender, Diversity and Human Capital, 8-9 May!

📢 Keynote by Michele Tertilt (U Mannheim)
📅 Submission deadline: Feb 28.
👉Details at baem.info
January 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This Wednesday, 25th October, 1-2 pm,
Felix Tropf will present at the QSS-CLS seminar. He will discuss some recent genetic discovery studies for traits of demographic interest! Join us in person or online! shorturl.at/bdpy3
October 23, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Next speaker in the QSS-CLS seminar series is: Marco Francesconi (University of Essex)

Wednesday 18th Oct (13-14 UTC/GMT+1)

Join us in person or online! ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
October 13, 2023 at 11:47 AM