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Richard Blundell
@richardblundell.bsky.social

Ricardo Professor of Political Economy, @EconUCL http://ucl.ac.uk/~uctp39a/
Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, @TheIFS http://ifs.org.uk/inequality/

Sir Richard William Blundell CBE FBA is a British economist and econometrician.

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Dimensions of Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review @TheIFS The whole evidence volume of the Review, including all the remarkable articles examining the many dimensions of inequality, published open access by OUP at academic.oup.com/ooec/issue/3...

How do durables affect consumption smoothing? Asymmetric information lowers their value as a smoothing tool. We measure lemons penalty for cars using Danish data and show income shocks sustain used car market @richardblundell.bsky.social @ran-gu.bsky.social buff.ly/3j30eyQ

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NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: Income inequality and the role of the state in Latin America: an overview

📗 Read @richardblundell.bsky.social, Mariano Bosch, Nora Lustig and Marcela Melendez's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

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Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years.

It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK.

Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years
A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.
www.ukri.org
NEW: How aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks affect household income dynamics.

📗 Read @manoloarellano.bsky.social, Martín Almuzara, @richardblundell.bsky.social and Stéphane Bonhomme's new cemmap working paper: ifs.org.uk/publications...

#econsky

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With better enforcement, smarter design, and global cooperation, governments may yet find a way to tax wealth without seeing some of it vanish.

New from Juliana Londoño-Vélez (UCLA) and Javier Ávila-Mahecha:

Based on Colombia’s long experience with wealth taxes, a new study reveals both promise and peril.

Read our new article here: microeconomicinsights.org/taxing-wealt...
Taxing wealth: Some lessons from Colombia | Microeconomic Insights
Yet because few countries levy wealth taxes, relatively little is known about the actual responses of wealthy individuals when governments tax their assets – especially in countries outside Europe. Th...
microeconomicinsights.org

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🎓 Book your #virtualtix for the #DeatonReview session at #RES2025 Mon 30 June! By @nuffieldfoundation.org & @richardblundell.bsky.social

🎙️ Kate Smith & Sir Tim Besley @LSE and Paul Johnson & Xiaowei Xu @theifs.bsky.social
🪑Baroness Sharon White
🔗 bit.ly/47D8h4y

#EconSky #EconConf

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A very insightful Stone Centre public lecture and Q&A on the effects of higher education on #inequality. Huge thanks to Susan @dynarski.bsky.social , @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, Bethan Staton and all involved. Stay tuned for a link to the full video.

This year's @resmedia.bsky.social Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social‬, @xiaoweixu.bsky.social‬, Kate Smith and Tim Besley and chaired by Dame Sharon White.

Find out more: ifs.org.uk/news/ifs-dea...