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Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique
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Economist. Research Officer at the Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social https://ifs.org.uk/people/aitor-irastorza-fadrique
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📢 Call for papers!

The EAYE Annual Meeting welcomes submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (4-8K characters) in all fields of economics

👉 18–20 May '26, University of the Basque Country

⏲️ Submission deadline extended to 28 December 2025!
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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:
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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New at JIE: "Household responses to trade shocks" by Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique (@aitor-if.bsky.social), Peter Levell (@peterlevell.bsky.social), Matthias Parey

doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
September 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The University of the Basque Country (@ehu.eus) is hosting the 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting.

2026ko EAYE konferentzia Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean izango da. Artikuluak bidaltzeko epea zabalik dago, abenduaren 1era bitarte. Informazio guztia hemen: www.eaye.info/eayeam/2026-...
🚨 Call for Papers!

The 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting will take place at the University of the Basque Country 🇪🇸 on 18–20 May 2026

📅 Submit your paper or extended abstract by 1 Dec 2025 via CMT

#EAYE2026
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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EVENT: IFS recruitment event 2025

Wednesday 1 October | 5pm – 6pm | Online via Zoom

Want to work at IFS? Join our recruitment event to meet our staff, ask questions about life at IFS and find out more about our hiring process.

➡️ Find out more and sign up here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
September 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"AI is probably more impactful for employment even than the Dot-com revolution of the nineties. This is more like the industrial revolution of the 19th century"

Sir Philip Augar discusses the impact of AI on the labour market.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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🌍 Thank you for joining us at the 21st EUROFRAME Conference: The Future of Labour!

We are deeply grateful to all participants and speakers who made this year’s conference in Warsaw such a vibrant and insightful event.

See you next year!

Photo credit: Magdalena Kępa
June 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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📗 Read our briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wor...

📗 Read the journal article published in Labour Economics: ifs.org.uk/journals/imp...
Working in your 60s: a way to stay young for some | Institute for Fiscal Studies
On average, women who remained in work for longer following increases in the state pension age saw improved cognition and less physical disability.
ifs.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Join us for our 2025 IFS Annual Lecture on trade wars and the future of globalisation, presented by Professor @meredith-crowley.bsky.social

Tuesday 20 May | 18:30–20:00 | The View, Royal College of Surgeons, London

Find out more and sign up here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-a...
April 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
1/ The labour market has seen significant changes in recent decades. With automation accelerating, more is coming.

Can workers switch jobs fast enough to keep up?

We study how reallocation across occupations shapes wages, employment and inequality. #EconSky

New WP ⬇️

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NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous

Michael J. Böhm, Ben Etheridge and @aitor-if.bsky.social's model quantifies the heterogeneous impacts of labour demand shifts on wages and employment: ifs.org.uk/publications...
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
How much do regional inequalities shift when we swap income for consumption?

New estimates of household spending (net of housing) show smaller gaps — and a different map.

Methodologically rigorous, policy-relevant work from my colleagues @peterlevell.bsky.social and Gautam Vyas

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“Living standards across areas depend greatly on how you measure them.”

📊 Read the full comment and explore the data here: ifs.org.uk/articles/whi...
📗 Read the working paper: ifs.org.uk/publications...
April 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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"It's almost entirely passed on to domestic consumers."

Who pays the costs of tariffs? @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social and
@peterlevell.bsky.social discuss in our podcast episode on tariffs from earlier this year.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/do-...
April 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We are delighted to announce that @helenmiller.bsky.social has been appointed as the next IFS Director, following on from @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social in July 2025.

Find out more:
Helen Miller appointed as new Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is delighted to announce that Helen Miller has been appointed as its next Director.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: The welfare effects of price shocks and household relief packages: Evidence from the European Energy Crisis

Read @peterlevell.bsky.social, Martin O'Connell and Kate Smith's paper: ifs.org.uk/publications...
The welfare effects of price shocks and household relief packages: Evidence from the European Energy Crisis | Institute for Fiscal Studies
How should governments respond to rapid increases in the cost of living driven by shocks to the prices of staple goods?
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February 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux.
Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics Published
We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux. Recognized as a leading resource in the field, the Handbook brin...
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February 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#Podcast #Trade #Tariffs | Why do countries trade? Are tariffs good or bad? Who pays the price? Do listen to @peterlevell.bsky.social on this episode as he breaks it all down with clarity and common sense. #EconSky
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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New working paper out!

Governments in many countries have raised early retirement ages (ERAs) in response to public finance pressures from ageing populations.

These policies have consistently been found to lead to increased employment rates among older workers.

This paper asks: why? 🤔
NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: Why does raising the early retirement age affect employment?

Courtney Coile, Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson & @laurenceobrien.bsky.social study ten years of UK reforms increasing the early retirement age for women to assess why workers delay retirement: https://buff.ly/4fWo2Wy
January 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#EconSky #EconConf | Don't miss out. Submit your abstracts by 3rd January and meet my former colleagues in Colchester this spring.

2 days of exciting conversations around research + keynotes by Imran Rasul (UCL, IFS) and Ben Etheridge (Essex).

All the info here: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
The Essex PhD Conference in Applied Economics is back with its 3rd edition! #EconSky #EconConf

📆 March 20-21, 2025
🏫 University of Essex
🎙️ Keynotes: Imran Rasul (@theifs.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social) & Ben Etheridge (Essex)
⏳ Submit by 3rd Jan'25
💻 Info: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
December 23, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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Where does the UK fall in the international employment rate league table? There are uncertainties around the data, but we know around 75%-76% of 16-64-year-olds are in work in the UK. This puts the UK above the average for the OECD, but a way back on the four countries who have already hit 80%.
December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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NEW: Air pollution in England has halved since 2003 after falling substantially during the pandemic, but inequalities in exposure remain.

@lgadenne.bsky.social @leroutierm.bsky.social Rodrigo Toneto and Bobbie Upton’s new report examines how air pollution has changed in England over 20 years:
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Important analysis on differential household responses to sectoral change driven by global trade!
The rise of Chinese exports in the 2000s led to significant job losses for workers in certain industries in the West. We study how workers in England and Wales and their households responded to these changes.

Let's take a look... 🧐 (1/13) #EconSky
NEW updated #IFSWorkingPaper: Household responses to trade shocks

@aitor-if.bsky.social , @peterlevell.bsky.social and Matthias Parey study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales.

Read here: https://buff.ly/3UVynKO
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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NEW PODCAST: How can we make government more productive?

@pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, @benzaranko.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social examine public sector productivity, including government reforms and lessons from the private sector.

Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
December 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The Essex PhD Conference in Applied Economics is back with its 3rd edition! #EconSky #EconConf

📆 March 20-21, 2025
🏫 University of Essex
🎙️ Keynotes: Imran Rasul (@theifs.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social) & Ben Etheridge (Essex)
⏳ Submit by 3rd Jan'25
💻 Info: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
December 2, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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Are poorer households hit harder by inflation during cost-of-living crisis? We already know higher share of their spending is on necessities such as food and drink with higher inflation. But it turns out not to be the full story: our paper takes a detailed look on the recent crisis. 🧵
A new ESCoE discussion paper from @taochen.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social, @peterlevell.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social and Martin O'Connell delves into "cheapflation" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

🛒Paper. ➡️ tinyurl.com/53xp5y6z
🛒Webinar recording. ➡️ tinyurl.com/msc3r4z4
November 27, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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