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When do employers share? Rent sharing, monopsony and minimum wages
By Ihsaan Bassier and Joshua Budlender
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By Ihsaan Bassier and Joshua Budlender
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
When do employers share? Rent sharing, monopsony and minimum wages
By Ihsaan Bassier and Joshua Budlender
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By Ihsaan Bassier and Joshua Budlender
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Cleaner energy, higher risk? Firm-level exposure to critical minerals
By Viet Nguyen-Tien
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By Viet Nguyen-Tien
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cleaner energy, higher risk? Firm-level exposure to critical minerals
By Viet Nguyen-Tien
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By Viet Nguyen-Tien
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A familiar offence: how households shape juvenile reoffending
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
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By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A familiar offence: how households shape juvenile reoffending
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
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By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
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The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month. In November:
✏️ Upcoming CEP-ADR UK Workshop
👩 How caring for teens affects women’s work
💷 Trade regime equilibrium
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✏️ Upcoming CEP-ADR UK Workshop
👩 How caring for teens affects women’s work
💷 Trade regime equilibrium
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month. In November:
✏️ Upcoming CEP-ADR UK Workshop
👩 How caring for teens affects women’s work
💷 Trade regime equilibrium
Read and subscribe: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/contact...
✏️ Upcoming CEP-ADR UK Workshop
👩 How caring for teens affects women’s work
💷 Trade regime equilibrium
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📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Youth Criminal Justice
Work with Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta & Matteo Sandi on a major project linking education and youth justice data to study diversion and system change 📊⚖️
Apply by 30 Nov → ow.ly/V8PT50Xn1l5
Work with Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta & Matteo Sandi on a major project linking education and youth justice data to study diversion and system change 📊⚖️
Apply by 30 Nov → ow.ly/V8PT50Xn1l5
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Youth Criminal Justice
Work with Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta & Matteo Sandi on a major project linking education and youth justice data to study diversion and system change 📊⚖️
Apply by 30 Nov → ow.ly/V8PT50Xn1l5
Work with Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta & Matteo Sandi on a major project linking education and youth justice data to study diversion and system change 📊⚖️
Apply by 30 Nov → ow.ly/V8PT50Xn1l5
In the latest issue of CentrePiece magazine - Chris Pissarides recommends the book that he thinks economists must read.
"I'd talk to Richard, we'd have informal lunches - a sandwich in his office - and he'd tell me how important it [wellbeing] was...."
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"I'd talk to Richard, we'd have informal lunches - a sandwich in his office - and he'd tell me how important it [wellbeing] was...."
cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In the latest issue of CentrePiece magazine - Chris Pissarides recommends the book that he thinks economists must read.
"I'd talk to Richard, we'd have informal lunches - a sandwich in his office - and he'd tell me how important it [wellbeing] was...."
cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
"I'd talk to Richard, we'd have informal lunches - a sandwich in his office - and he'd tell me how important it [wellbeing] was...."
cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
Anatomy of automation: CNC machines and industrial robots in UK manufacturing, 2005-2023
By Aniket Baksy, Daniel Chandler and Peter Lambert
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By Aniket Baksy, Daniel Chandler and Peter Lambert
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Anatomy of automation: CNC machines and industrial robots in UK manufacturing, 2005-2023
By Aniket Baksy, Daniel Chandler and Peter Lambert
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By Aniket Baksy, Daniel Chandler and Peter Lambert
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Better stealing than dealing: how do felony theft thresholds impact crime?
By Stephen B. Billings, Michael D. Makowsky, Kevin Schnepel and Adam Soliman
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By Stephen B. Billings, Michael D. Makowsky, Kevin Schnepel and Adam Soliman
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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Better stealing than dealing: how do felony theft thresholds impact crime?
By Stephen B. Billings, Michael D. Makowsky, Kevin Schnepel and Adam Soliman
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By Stephen B. Billings, Michael D. Makowsky, Kevin Schnepel and Adam Soliman
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How outsourcing management of sponsored academy schools to independent organisations led to improved pupil performance by attracting higher-performing teachers.
Emma Duchini, Victor Lavy, Stephen Machin & Shqiponja Telhaj
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Emma Duchini, Victor Lavy, Stephen Machin & Shqiponja Telhaj
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October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How outsourcing management of sponsored academy schools to independent organisations led to improved pupil performance by attracting higher-performing teachers.
Emma Duchini, Victor Lavy, Stephen Machin & Shqiponja Telhaj
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Emma Duchini, Victor Lavy, Stephen Machin & Shqiponja Telhaj
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🎉 A warm welcome for Philippe Aghion, co-recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who visited the Department of Economics and @cep-lse.bsky.social this morning! The LSE and CEP community proudly celebrated his remarkable achievement — congratulations, Philippe! 👏
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🎉 A warm welcome for Philippe Aghion, co-recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who visited the Department of Economics and @cep-lse.bsky.social this morning! The LSE and CEP community proudly celebrated his remarkable achievement — congratulations, Philippe! 👏
Equilibrium trade regimes: power- vs. rules-based
By Cecilia Carvalho, Daniel Monte and Emanuel Ornelas
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By Cecilia Carvalho, Daniel Monte and Emanuel Ornelas
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October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Equilibrium trade regimes: power- vs. rules-based
By Cecilia Carvalho, Daniel Monte and Emanuel Ornelas
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By Cecilia Carvalho, Daniel Monte and Emanuel Ornelas
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What the pandemic reveals about the risks that people are willing to take at work by felix.bsky.social and @massimo-anelli.bsky.social
In CentrePiece magazine
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In CentrePiece magazine
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October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What the pandemic reveals about the risks that people are willing to take at work by felix.bsky.social and @massimo-anelli.bsky.social
In CentrePiece magazine
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In CentrePiece magazine
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Out now! AI and the future of work. Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides and productivity expert Prof Mary O’Mahony on what’s changing and how to prepare.
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
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In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Out now! AI and the future of work. Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides and productivity expert Prof Mary O’Mahony on what’s changing and how to prepare.
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
Sneak peek at the new look CentrePiece – out tomorrow!
Featuring: AI and jobs, post-Brexit service exports, tariffs & trade diversion, safety at work, paternity leave policy, rebuilding Hiroshima, city parks, book buying…
Featuring: AI and jobs, post-Brexit service exports, tariffs & trade diversion, safety at work, paternity leave policy, rebuilding Hiroshima, city parks, book buying…
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sneak peek at the new look CentrePiece – out tomorrow!
Featuring: AI and jobs, post-Brexit service exports, tariffs & trade diversion, safety at work, paternity leave policy, rebuilding Hiroshima, city parks, book buying…
Featuring: AI and jobs, post-Brexit service exports, tariffs & trade diversion, safety at work, paternity leave policy, rebuilding Hiroshima, city parks, book buying…
Philippe Aghion’s work with @abergeaud.bsky.social and John Van Reenen, suggesting that regulations can hamper innovation – but the negative effects are only for incremental innovations, not radical innovations.
In CEP’s CentrePiece magazine:
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
In CEP’s CentrePiece magazine:
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Philippe Aghion’s work with @abergeaud.bsky.social and John Van Reenen, suggesting that regulations can hamper innovation – but the negative effects are only for incremental innovations, not radical innovations.
In CEP’s CentrePiece magazine:
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
In CEP’s CentrePiece magazine:
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
Philippe Aghion’s most recent CEP discussion paper from April 2025 - with @abergeaud.bsky.social Mathias Dewatripont and Johannes Matt
Firm dynamics and growth with soft budget constraints
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Firm dynamics and growth with soft budget constraints
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Philippe Aghion’s most recent CEP discussion paper from April 2025 - with @abergeaud.bsky.social Mathias Dewatripont and Johannes Matt
Firm dynamics and growth with soft budget constraints
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Firm dynamics and growth with soft budget constraints
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Nice work if you can get it? The distribution of employment and earnings during the early years of the clean energy transition
By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis
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By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis
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October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nice work if you can get it? The distribution of employment and earnings during the early years of the clean energy transition
By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis
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By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis
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New Policy Brief! Domestic abuse: improving risk assessment
and response by the police?
Evidence and recommendations from Tom Kirchmaier, @drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social, Jeffrey Grogger, and @riaivandic.bsky.social
Written by
@aadyabahl.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New Policy Brief! Domestic abuse: improving risk assessment
and response by the police?
Evidence and recommendations from Tom Kirchmaier, @drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social, Jeffrey Grogger, and @riaivandic.bsky.social
Written by
@aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read more at:
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
A new model of parental time investments: A paradigm shift for addressing gender inequality in the labor market
By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla
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By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla
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September 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A new model of parental time investments: A paradigm shift for addressing gender inequality in the labor market
By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla
Read at: ow.ly/egTq50X062S
By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla
Read at: ow.ly/egTq50X062S
📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Labour Markets
Work with Prof. Stephen Machin on projects analysing labour markets & labour policy 📊⚖️
Full-time | 1 year
Apply by 8 Oct → ow.ly/oyuZ50X1kVm
Work with Prof. Stephen Machin on projects analysing labour markets & labour policy 📊⚖️
Full-time | 1 year
Apply by 8 Oct → ow.ly/oyuZ50X1kVm
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Labour Markets
Work with Prof. Stephen Machin on projects analysing labour markets & labour policy 📊⚖️
Full-time | 1 year
Apply by 8 Oct → ow.ly/oyuZ50X1kVm
Work with Prof. Stephen Machin on projects analysing labour markets & labour policy 📊⚖️
Full-time | 1 year
Apply by 8 Oct → ow.ly/oyuZ50X1kVm
Segregation, spillovers and the locus of racial change
By Donald R. Davis, Matthew Easton and Stephan Thies
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By Donald R. Davis, Matthew Easton and Stephan Thies
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Segregation, spillovers and the locus of racial change
By Donald R. Davis, Matthew Easton and Stephan Thies
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By Donald R. Davis, Matthew Easton and Stephan Thies
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Citizen training and the urban waste footprint
By Swati Dhingra, Fjolla Kondirolli and Stephen Machin
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By Swati Dhingra, Fjolla Kondirolli and Stephen Machin
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September 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Citizen training and the urban waste footprint
By Swati Dhingra, Fjolla Kondirolli and Stephen Machin
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By Swati Dhingra, Fjolla Kondirolli and Stephen Machin
Read at: ow.ly/iWVg50X05So
New Policy Brief! How do you measure a child’s wellbeing?
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
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Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
New Policy Brief! How do you measure a child’s wellbeing?
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
The social spillovers of homeownership: evidence from institutional
investors by Stephen B. Billings and Adam Soliman
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investors by Stephen B. Billings and Adam Soliman
Read more at: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The social spillovers of homeownership: evidence from institutional
investors by Stephen B. Billings and Adam Soliman
Read more at: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
investors by Stephen B. Billings and Adam Soliman
Read more at: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month.
In September:
🌍 Upcoming 2025 LSE Environment Week
👩🔬 Preferences among women for STEM programmes
🏡 Stamp duty overhaul
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In September:
🌍 Upcoming 2025 LSE Environment Week
👩🔬 Preferences among women for STEM programmes
🏡 Stamp duty overhaul
Read and subscribe: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/c...
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month.
In September:
🌍 Upcoming 2025 LSE Environment Week
👩🔬 Preferences among women for STEM programmes
🏡 Stamp duty overhaul
Read and subscribe: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/c...
In September:
🌍 Upcoming 2025 LSE Environment Week
👩🔬 Preferences among women for STEM programmes
🏡 Stamp duty overhaul
Read and subscribe: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/c...