Jakob Schneebacher
@jschneebacher.bsky.social
Economist at the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Interested in firms, productivity, markets, management and growth. Previously at ONS, Nuffield College Oxford. All views my own.
www.jakobschneebacher.com
www.jakobschneebacher.com
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The UK will soon have a new industrial strategy. What can we learn from past policies, and from examining the sectors in the government's recent green paper?
Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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🚨🚨Update: for the next @cepr.org -IO gathering on NOV 7, 2025 at 2PM CET, we've got a great set of IO job candidates lined up to give 10min versions of their JMP talks and then discuss them with audience members.
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨🚨Update: for the next @cepr.org -IO gathering on NOV 7, 2025 at 2PM CET, we've got a great set of IO job candidates lined up to give 10min versions of their JMP talks and then discuss them with audience members.
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
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It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please see @joshua-goodman.com's great initiative below. Happy to do the same for PhD students working on productivity, in org econ or IO.
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Please see @joshua-goodman.com's great initiative below. Happy to do the same for PhD students working on productivity, in org econ or IO.
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NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades.
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades.
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
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ESCoE will hold its next annual conference, organised in partnership with the UK Office for National Statistics, on 19-21 May 2026 @kingsbschool.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ESCoE will hold its next annual conference, organised in partnership with the UK Office for National Statistics, on 19-21 May 2026 @kingsbschool.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
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Vertical integration in Chinese films raises welfare on average, but reduces welfare when films are close substitutes and there is limited downstream competition, from Charles Hodgson and Shilong Sun www.nber.org/papers/w34390
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Vertical integration in Chinese films raises welfare on average, but reduces welfare when films are close substitutes and there is limited downstream competition, from Charles Hodgson and Shilong Sun www.nber.org/papers/w34390
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Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Fall 2025
www.nber.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
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📢 #CallForPapers - CEPR-IO Virtual Gathering
#PhD candidates are invited to submit their #jobmarket paper for an opportunity to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering. Don't miss out - the deadline is 26 October!
#EconConf #EconSky @ershovd.bsky.social
#PhD candidates are invited to submit their #jobmarket paper for an opportunity to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering. Don't miss out - the deadline is 26 October!
#EconConf #EconSky @ershovd.bsky.social
📢 #CallForPapers - CEPR-IO Virtual Gathering
Interested PhD candidates attending European universities are invited to submit a draft of their job market paper by 26 October for consideration to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering.
More information: cepr.org/events/cepr-...
#EconSky
Interested PhD candidates attending European universities are invited to submit a draft of their job market paper by 26 October for consideration to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering.
More information: cepr.org/events/cepr-...
#EconSky
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 #CallForPapers - CEPR-IO Virtual Gathering
#PhD candidates are invited to submit their #jobmarket paper for an opportunity to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering. Don't miss out - the deadline is 26 October!
#EconConf #EconSky @ershovd.bsky.social
#PhD candidates are invited to submit their #jobmarket paper for an opportunity to present at the next CEPR-IO virtual gathering. Don't miss out - the deadline is 26 October!
#EconConf #EconSky @ershovd.bsky.social
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It was a pleasure to work on this report with Amanda Ereyi, Fizza Jabbar, Rajssa Mechelli, Luke McWatters, Max Read, @jschneebacher.bsky.social and Nicole Scholz.
If you found the report useful or you want to see more evidence-based economic policy, please vote here: www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/what...
If you found the report useful or you want to see more evidence-based economic policy, please vote here: www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/what...
ONS Research Excellence Awards 2025 - Office for National Statistics
www.ons.gov.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It was a pleasure to work on this report with Amanda Ereyi, Fizza Jabbar, Rajssa Mechelli, Luke McWatters, Max Read, @jschneebacher.bsky.social and Nicole Scholz.
If you found the report useful or you want to see more evidence-based economic policy, please vote here: www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/what...
If you found the report useful or you want to see more evidence-based economic policy, please vote here: www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/what...
Our State of Competition report has been shortlisted at the ONS Research Excellence Awards!
Nice to see this work recognised as a contribution to evidence-based policy. Read my colleague @joelkariel.bsky.social’s thread for more.
Nice to see this work recognised as a contribution to evidence-based policy. Read my colleague @joelkariel.bsky.social’s thread for more.
The CMA Microeconomics Unit's State of UK Competition 2024 report is in the running for the ONS Research Excellence Awards 2025 in the Government-led Impact of Analysis and People's Choice Award categories.
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our State of Competition report has been shortlisted at the ONS Research Excellence Awards!
Nice to see this work recognised as a contribution to evidence-based policy. Read my colleague @joelkariel.bsky.social’s thread for more.
Nice to see this work recognised as a contribution to evidence-based policy. Read my colleague @joelkariel.bsky.social’s thread for more.
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The CMA has just published its provisional decision in the Vets market investigation, which includes a great piece of econometric analysis. We use a diff-in-diff design to show that corporate acquisitions cause average prices to increase by 9% within 4 years.
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The CMA has just published its provisional decision in the Vets market investigation, which includes a great piece of econometric analysis. We use a diff-in-diff design to show that corporate acquisitions cause average prices to increase by 9% within 4 years.
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Very much second this!
Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Very much second this!
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Transparency helps innovation ... until it doesn't.
My new paper with Cunningham, Hodgson, and Wang (on the JM!) studies the 2017 FDA Final Rule, which required drug firms to publicly disclose all clinical trial results.
Disclosure increased, but innovation slowed.
cowles.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
My new paper with Cunningham, Hodgson, and Wang (on the JM!) studies the 2017 FDA Final Rule, which required drug firms to publicly disclose all clinical trial results.
Disclosure increased, but innovation slowed.
cowles.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Transparency helps innovation ... until it doesn't.
My new paper with Cunningham, Hodgson, and Wang (on the JM!) studies the 2017 FDA Final Rule, which required drug firms to publicly disclose all clinical trial results.
Disclosure increased, but innovation slowed.
cowles.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
My new paper with Cunningham, Hodgson, and Wang (on the JM!) studies the 2017 FDA Final Rule, which required drug firms to publicly disclose all clinical trial results.
Disclosure increased, but innovation slowed.
cowles.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
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The downward trend of the US declining global production centrality captures its specialization in hydrocarbons, while CN has, through smart long term industrial policy become ever more central by specializing on the “future” industries (think: clean tech, electrification)
full transparency over end use. This data makes up the core of businesses operating in trade intermediation. It captures the weaponisation of the eroded productive base in EU/US. In the paper we document more broad patterns highlighting CNs growing centrality in production of...
October 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The downward trend of the US declining global production centrality captures its specialization in hydrocarbons, while CN has, through smart long term industrial policy become ever more central by specializing on the “future” industries (think: clean tech, electrification)
Great opportunity for IO job market candidates!
❗❗❗🚨🚨🚨 Next @cepr.org IO Virtual Gathering is taking place on NOVEMBER 7 at 2pm CET. 1st hr is dedicated to JM presentations by IO candidates graduating from Eur / UK schools. If interested, please submit a draft of your JMP & CV at: t.co/aUTPTWSten by OCTOBER 26! 🚨🚨🚨 ❗❗❗ #econjobmarket
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Great opportunity for IO job market candidates!
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Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr for a well deserved Nobel Prize. It was nice to see the US Census Bureau's Business Dynamic Statistics featured in the motivating evidence in the scientific writeup: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025...
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr for a well deserved Nobel Prize. It was nice to see the US Census Bureau's Business Dynamic Statistics featured in the motivating evidence in the scientific writeup: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025...
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You are working on competition-related topics (or want to, or are just curious)?
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?
Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).
#economics #law #policy #competition
#EconSky
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?
Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).
#economics #law #policy #competition
#EconSky
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨
🎓 #MaCCI Annual Conference 2026
📅 When: March 19-20, 2026
🎯 Where: @zew.de
📅Submit by November 15!!
#Competition #economics, #law, & #policy - #regulated industries, competition + #innovation
More info: www.zew.de/MacciAnnual2026
#EconSky #ConfSky
🎓 #MaCCI Annual Conference 2026
📅 When: March 19-20, 2026
🎯 Where: @zew.de
📅Submit by November 15!!
#Competition #economics, #law, & #policy - #regulated industries, competition + #innovation
More info: www.zew.de/MacciAnnual2026
#EconSky #ConfSky
October 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You are working on competition-related topics (or want to, or are just curious)?
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?
Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).
#economics #law #policy #competition
#EconSky
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?
Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).
#economics #law #policy #competition
#EconSky
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Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
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We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
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The programme is now out and includes ESCoE's @joshmartinecon.bsky.social and @yannisgalanakis.bsky.social, with a keynote from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Jonathan Haskel: tinyurl.com/7st5fv73
@jschneebacher.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
@jschneebacher.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
📢 Call for papers!
Join the 4th CMA- @durham-university.bsky.social workshop on productivity, business dynamism & market power.
📍 Durham University
📅 20–21 Nov 2025
🗓️ Submit by 25 Sept: tinyurl.com/ybsmsvdv
Join the 4th CMA- @durham-university.bsky.social workshop on productivity, business dynamism & market power.
📍 Durham University
📅 20–21 Nov 2025
🗓️ Submit by 25 Sept: tinyurl.com/ybsmsvdv
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The programme is now out and includes ESCoE's @joshmartinecon.bsky.social and @yannisgalanakis.bsky.social, with a keynote from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Jonathan Haskel: tinyurl.com/7st5fv73
@jschneebacher.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
@jschneebacher.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
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We're looking for outstanding applicants to join the IFS for our 2026 intake of Research Economists.
➡️ Find out more and apply here by 11pm, Sunday 26 October: app.beapplied.com/apply/tgjfew...
➡️ Those on the PhD job market can apply here: econjobmarket.org/organization...
➡️ Find out more and apply here by 11pm, Sunday 26 October: app.beapplied.com/apply/tgjfew...
➡️ Those on the PhD job market can apply here: econjobmarket.org/organization...
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're looking for outstanding applicants to join the IFS for our 2026 intake of Research Economists.
➡️ Find out more and apply here by 11pm, Sunday 26 October: app.beapplied.com/apply/tgjfew...
➡️ Those on the PhD job market can apply here: econjobmarket.org/organization...
➡️ Find out more and apply here by 11pm, Sunday 26 October: app.beapplied.com/apply/tgjfew...
➡️ Those on the PhD job market can apply here: econjobmarket.org/organization...