Anna Stansbury
@annastansbury.bsky.social
Economist: Labo(u)r, Macro, Inequality || Ass't Prof @MITSloan @MIT_IWER || Nonres fellow @piie
One thing I haven't seen in discussions about the UK minimum wage increase: the higher the bite, the greater the incentive for non-compliance
In research w @resolutionfoundation.org
in 2020 we found that the current system of penalties and enforcement was insufficient to ensure compliance
In research w @resolutionfoundation.org
in 2020 we found that the current system of penalties and enforcement was insufficient to ensure compliance
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
One thing I haven't seen in discussions about the UK minimum wage increase: the higher the bite, the greater the incentive for non-compliance
In research w @resolutionfoundation.org
in 2020 we found that the current system of penalties and enforcement was insufficient to ensure compliance
In research w @resolutionfoundation.org
in 2020 we found that the current system of penalties and enforcement was insufficient to ensure compliance
Tight labor markets in the last decade reduced US community college enrollment.
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tight labor markets in the last decade reduced US community college enrollment.
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
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When I was in high school/undergrad I found these particularly interesting/thought provoking:
The Worldly Philosophers
The Affluent Society
The Ascent of Money
The Return of Depression Economics
Development as Freedom
Dead Aid
The Bottom Billion
The Worldly Philosophers
The Affluent Society
The Ascent of Money
The Return of Depression Economics
Development as Freedom
Dead Aid
The Bottom Billion
December 2, 2024 at 11:15 PM
When I was in high school/undergrad I found these particularly interesting/thought provoking:
The Worldly Philosophers
The Affluent Society
The Ascent of Money
The Return of Depression Economics
Development as Freedom
Dead Aid
The Bottom Billion
The Worldly Philosophers
The Affluent Society
The Ascent of Money
The Return of Depression Economics
Development as Freedom
Dead Aid
The Bottom Billion
Importantly, making unfair dismissal a "Day One" right would likely have been counterproductive for workers.
It would induce firms not to "take a chance" on candidates who seem risky or have unusual profiles.
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It would induce firms not to "take a chance" on candidates who seem risky or have unusual profiles.
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The Government is right to keep but reduce ‘qualifying periods’ for unfair dismissal protection.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Importantly, making unfair dismissal a "Day One" right would likely have been counterproductive for workers.
It would induce firms not to "take a chance" on candidates who seem risky or have unusual profiles.
...
It would induce firms not to "take a chance" on candidates who seem risky or have unusual profiles.
...
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The Government is right to keep but reduce ‘qualifying periods’ for unfair dismissal protection.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Government is right to keep but reduce ‘qualifying periods’ for unfair dismissal protection.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
Making unfair dismissal a ‘day one’ right would have taken the UK from one internation extreme to another.
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"28 more effective than cash transfers in a baseline scenario and 3732 (!!!) times in an optimistic scenario"
It's early in the evaluation process, but still:
Malengo is such a cool program!
It's early in the evaluation process, but still:
Malengo is such a cool program!
Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"28 more effective than cash transfers in a baseline scenario and 3732 (!!!) times in an optimistic scenario"
It's early in the evaluation process, but still:
Malengo is such a cool program!
It's early in the evaluation process, but still:
Malengo is such a cool program!
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ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Working paper on options for reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
1/2
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
1/2
Jakob and the CMA have done really superb economic research over the last years - this is a great "best of" thread
Yesterday was my last day at the CMA.
It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Jakob and the CMA have done really superb economic research over the last years - this is a great "best of" thread
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If you are in Cambridge, MA on December 10, join us at a panel on Rebuilding State Capacity with Don Moynihan, Jen Pahlka, and Elizabeth Linos www.hks.harvard.edu/events/rebui...
Rebuilding State Capacity for Inclusive Economic Transformation
Join us for the fourth "Economics in Beyond" event, featuring experts Don Moynihan and Jennifer Pahlka in conversation with Elizabeth Linos. This year’s focus: how state capacity can help build an economy that works for everyone.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you are in Cambridge, MA on December 10, join us at a panel on Rebuilding State Capacity with Don Moynihan, Jen Pahlka, and Elizabeth Linos www.hks.harvard.edu/events/rebui...
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Very interesting looking paper. @nikdatta.bsky.social has a related paper on zero-hour contracts in the UK: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gel89...
www.dropbox.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Very interesting looking paper. @nikdatta.bsky.social has a related paper on zero-hour contracts in the UK: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gel89...
This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data.
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data.
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
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🚨 New working paper!
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 New working paper!
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
I don’t agree with lots in this article, but do agree it’s important to highlight that minimum wages can affect other aspects of job quality.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
For years, governments have made incautious rises to the minimum wage. That has caused economists to fret that wage floors are as high as they should go
Economists get cold feet about high minimum wages
Governments are pushing the policy to its limits
econ.st
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I don’t agree with lots in this article, but do agree it’s important to highlight that minimum wages can affect other aspects of job quality.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
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This showed up in the other place. I'm amused!
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This showed up in the other place. I'm amused!
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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"Three Key Takeaways" from the outstanding @stoneeconucl.bsky.social dialogue on inequality in the history of economic and political thought. With @brankomilan.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social, and @undercoverhist.bsky.social.
Stone Centre Online Inequality Dialogue: Three key takeaways
The discussion centred on the tension between philosophical and economic approaches to inequality, and the shift from historical concerns to modern data-driven analysis.
www.stone-econ.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Three Key Takeaways" from the outstanding @stoneeconucl.bsky.social dialogue on inequality in the history of economic and political thought. With @brankomilan.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social, and @undercoverhist.bsky.social.
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Calling anyone interested in inequality and why so many economists ignored it for so long!
Watch here for the illuminating thoughts of @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social,
@undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social
Thanks to Wendy Carlin for asking me to moderate.
Watch here for the illuminating thoughts of @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social,
@undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social
Thanks to Wendy Carlin for asking me to moderate.
The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Calling anyone interested in inequality and why so many economists ignored it for so long!
Watch here for the illuminating thoughts of @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social,
@undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social
Thanks to Wendy Carlin for asking me to moderate.
Watch here for the illuminating thoughts of @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social,
@undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social
Thanks to Wendy Carlin for asking me to moderate.
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Last was a star-studded panel on inequality in the history of economic & political thought at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social w/@brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5N_... (6/6)
Stone Centre Dialogue on Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought
YouTube video by Stone Centre at UCL
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Last was a star-studded panel on inequality in the history of economic & political thought at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social w/@brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5N_... (6/6)
I *highly* recommend @brankomilan.bsky.social and @laywilliams.bsky.social superb books on the history of thought on economic inequality.
And if you want to see them discussing these topics, with @undercoverhist.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social and myself, video below.
And if you want to see them discussing these topics, with @undercoverhist.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social and myself, video below.
The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I *highly* recommend @brankomilan.bsky.social and @laywilliams.bsky.social superb books on the history of thought on economic inequality.
And if you want to see them discussing these topics, with @undercoverhist.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social and myself, video below.
And if you want to see them discussing these topics, with @undercoverhist.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social and myself, video below.
Looking forward to this discussion on the History of Thought on Economic Inequality today - around the superb books by @brankomilan.bsky.social and @laywilliams.bsky.social !
Register below.
Register below.
Super excited for this @stoneeconucl.bsky.social event next Tuesday! With @brankomilan.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social. On-line and open registration.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stone Centre Dialogue on Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...
A Panel Conversation, featuring Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams.
As inequality has grown, so has interest in its roots and implications. This online event will explore the intellectual histor...
ucl.zoom.us
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to this discussion on the History of Thought on Economic Inequality today - around the superb books by @brankomilan.bsky.social and @laywilliams.bsky.social !
Register below.
Register below.
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Super excited for this @stoneeconucl.bsky.social event next Tuesday! With @brankomilan.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social. On-line and open registration.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stone Centre Dialogue on Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...
A Panel Conversation, featuring Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams.
As inequality has grown, so has interest in its roots and implications. This online event will explore the intellectual histor...
ucl.zoom.us
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Super excited for this @stoneeconucl.bsky.social event next Tuesday! With @brankomilan.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social. On-line and open registration.
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Econ RA with @annastansbury.bsky.social at MIT! careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
September 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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