Yonatan Berman
@yonatanberman.com
Associate Professor in Economics, King's College London
Also @iza.org, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, @stone-lis.bsky.social
Economics, inequality, mobility, politics
https://www.yonatanberman.com/
Also @iza.org, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, @stone-lis.bsky.social
Economics, inequality, mobility, politics
https://www.yonatanberman.com/
Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social):
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Top Links 916 Homoploutia. China's urban agglomerations. Backing Millei & mangles in Glasgow.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social):
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
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It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
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📄 The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📄 The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
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📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
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📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
12th London Inequality Workshop
The London Inequality Workshop brings together researchers studying economic inequality, based in and around London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
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Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
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Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇
bit.ly/40TZR6J
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇
bit.ly/40TZR6J
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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📢 Mark your calendars!
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
October 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📢 Mark your calendars!
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
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This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
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Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Also, if anyone wants to reform stamp duty, we can start by making it truly progressive in house price (data from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674db6... ):
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Also, if anyone wants to reform stamp duty, we can start by making it truly progressive in house price (data from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674db6... ):
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Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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In the class-based society of the “old” capitalism, there was a clear contradiction between capital and labour. But today, the richest capitalists & the richest workers are increasingly the same people. What should we make of this, asks @brankomilan.bsky.social? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
New Capitalism in America
The richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people: replacing a class-based society, we now have an elite-ruled society
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September 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In the class-based society of the “old” capitalism, there was a clear contradiction between capital and labour. But today, the richest capitalists & the richest workers are increasingly the same people. What should we make of this, asks @brankomilan.bsky.social? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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📣Conference announcement:
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce the PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference, taking place on November 26th, 2025, at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL). The conf...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📣Conference announcement:
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
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Join us at on 18 Sept for New Directions in Inequality Research, a panel event exploring the biggest gaps, challenges and future priorities in the field.
🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer
🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT
🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer
🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT
August 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Join us at on 18 Sept for New Directions in Inequality Research, a panel event exploring the biggest gaps, challenges and future priorities in the field.
🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer
🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT
🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer
🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT
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🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
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🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
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We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky
July 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky
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School's out for summer, but the hard work has just begun.
Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚
Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...
Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚
Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...
July 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
School's out for summer, but the hard work has just begun.
Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚
Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...
Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚
Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...
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🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
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Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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July 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
Thread below👇