Joel Kariel
@joelkariel.bsky.social
Doing economics research @CMAgovUK.
Previously: PhD @UniofOxford
Macro, firms, productivity, labour.
www.joelkariel.com
Previously: PhD @UniofOxford
Macro, firms, productivity, labour.
www.joelkariel.com
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Joel Kariel
@joelkariel.bsky.social
· Sep 8
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
Call for papers for our economics workshop!
Deadline in just over two weeks.
Deadline in just over two weeks.
The CMA Microeconomics Unit's State of UK Competition 2024 report is in the running for the ONS Research Excellence Awards 2025 in the Government-led Impact of Analysis and People's Choice Award categories.
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The CMA Microeconomics Unit's State of UK Competition 2024 report is in the running for the ONS Research Excellence Awards 2025 in the Government-led Impact of Analysis and People's Choice Award categories.
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Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
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Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
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We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.
1/2
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📢 We are hiring 📢
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
Research Assistant
We at RFBerlin are seeking a highly skilled and motivated research assistant to provide support for a project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining, led by Christian Dustmann and Jan Kn...
www.rfberlin.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 We are hiring 📢
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
Deadline in two days!
Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Deadline in two days!
Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
Please submit before 25th September if you work on:
- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D
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How does competition influence investment?
The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).
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The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).
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Investment and competition over the business lifecycle
Review of the existing literature on the relationship between competition and investment as a business grows.
www.gov.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How does competition influence investment?
The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).
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The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).
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📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Predoctoral Researcher
MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139
careers.peopleclick.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Call for papers for our economics workshop!
Deadline in just over two weeks.
Deadline in just over two weeks.
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Call for papers for our economics workshop!
Deadline in just over two weeks.
Deadline in just over two weeks.
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
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It's well-established that UK firms engaged in international trade are more productive, but why?
New analysis from @christinavpalmou.bsky.social and Kyle Jones (ONS) offers new evidence: tinyurl.com/5c9mazpa
New analysis from @christinavpalmou.bsky.social and Kyle Jones (ONS) offers new evidence: tinyurl.com/5c9mazpa
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's well-established that UK firms engaged in international trade are more productive, but why?
New analysis from @christinavpalmou.bsky.social and Kyle Jones (ONS) offers new evidence: tinyurl.com/5c9mazpa
New analysis from @christinavpalmou.bsky.social and Kyle Jones (ONS) offers new evidence: tinyurl.com/5c9mazpa
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📅 June 18, 2025: Day 1 of the PSE - @cepr.org Policy Forum
"AI & Labor Reallocation"
Featuring:
🎙️ Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk)
🎯 @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu)
"AI & Labor Reallocation"
Featuring:
🎙️ Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk)
🎯 @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu)
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
📅 June 18, 2025: Day 1 of the PSE - @cepr.org Policy Forum
"AI & Labor Reallocation"
Featuring:
🎙️ Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk)
🎯 @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu)
"AI & Labor Reallocation"
Featuring:
🎙️ Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk)
🎯 @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu)
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📢 Calling early-career researchers! A 3-year postdoc in urban & regional economics at @alliancembs.bsky.social is open - guided by TPI experts & backed by Sir Terry Leahy.
🗓️ Apply by 18 June 2025
🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#PostdocJobs #EconomicGeography #ResearchOpportunity
🗓️ Apply by 18 June 2025
🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#PostdocJobs #EconomicGeography #ResearchOpportunity
The Sir Terry Leahy Post Doctoral Research Fellowship :Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 Calling early-career researchers! A 3-year postdoc in urban & regional economics at @alliancembs.bsky.social is open - guided by TPI experts & backed by Sir Terry Leahy.
🗓️ Apply by 18 June 2025
🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#PostdocJobs #EconomicGeography #ResearchOpportunity
🗓️ Apply by 18 June 2025
🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#PostdocJobs #EconomicGeography #ResearchOpportunity
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🚨 I'm hiring a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 🚨
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work.
The position is based in London and starting this autumn.
Please apply below or share 🙂
app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work.
The position is based in London and starting this autumn.
Please apply below or share 🙂
app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...
Research Assistance (Crime and Justice)
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is hiring a Research Assistant to support ongoing work on the effects of youth clubs on youth development. The Research Assistant will work closely with Dr. Carm...
app.beapplied.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🚨 I'm hiring a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 🚨
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work.
The position is based in London and starting this autumn.
Please apply below or share 🙂
app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work.
The position is based in London and starting this autumn.
Please apply below or share 🙂
app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...
Looking forward to presenting @escoeorg.bsky.social today!
May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Looking forward to presenting @escoeorg.bsky.social today!
Please reach out if you'd like to know more about our research team and how we might collaborate on this fellowship.
Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months!
Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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UKRI policy fellowships 2025
Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national an...
www.ukri.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Please reach out if you'd like to know more about our research team and how we might collaborate on this fellowship.
For Earth Day 2025, an awesome paper on the long-term environmental impact of this particular activist event: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Bad weather on Earth Day in 1970 is associated with far worse air pollution 50 years later. That is not the case for bad weather the day before or after!
Bad weather on Earth Day in 1970 is associated with far worse air pollution 50 years later. That is not the case for bad weather the day before or after!
April 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
For Earth Day 2025, an awesome paper on the long-term environmental impact of this particular activist event: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Bad weather on Earth Day in 1970 is associated with far worse air pollution 50 years later. That is not the case for bad weather the day before or after!
Bad weather on Earth Day in 1970 is associated with far worse air pollution 50 years later. That is not the case for bad weather the day before or after!
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Looking to do a fully funded, policy-relevant PhD in economics?
The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics.
Please share widely and apply!
The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics.
Please share widely and apply!
ESRC CASE PhD Studentship - Lancaster University
www.lancaster.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Looking to do a fully funded, policy-relevant PhD in economics?
The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics.
Please share widely and apply!
The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics.
Please share widely and apply!
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The new @oxrepjournal.bsky.social on "New Directions in Competition Policy" is out.
My colleagues @joelkariel.bsky.social, Mike Walker and I survey recent labour market competition cases, summarise lessons from our report on labour market power in the UK and highlight some open questions.
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My colleagues @joelkariel.bsky.social, Mike Walker and I survey recent labour market competition cases, summarise lessons from our report on labour market power in the UK and highlight some open questions.
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Competition policy and labour market power: new evidence and open questions
Abstract. Emerging evidence on pervasive and rising market power in US labour markets has led some competition agencies to wonder if the prevailing focus o
academic.oup.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The new @oxrepjournal.bsky.social on "New Directions in Competition Policy" is out.
My colleagues @joelkariel.bsky.social, Mike Walker and I survey recent labour market competition cases, summarise lessons from our report on labour market power in the UK and highlight some open questions.
1/3
My colleagues @joelkariel.bsky.social, Mike Walker and I survey recent labour market competition cases, summarise lessons from our report on labour market power in the UK and highlight some open questions.
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📰A project by Professor Thiemo Fetzer @trfetzer.com
Dr Jakob Schneebacher, and Dr Christina Palmou has won one of this year's Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards.
Read more: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Dr Jakob Schneebacher, and Dr Christina Palmou has won one of this year's Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards.
Read more: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
📰A project by Professor Thiemo Fetzer @trfetzer.com
Dr Jakob Schneebacher, and Dr Christina Palmou has won one of this year's Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards.
Read more: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Dr Jakob Schneebacher, and Dr Christina Palmou has won one of this year's Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards.
Read more: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Interested in an econ PhD on market power? Check out this great ESRC opportunity. I can't pretend I'm unbiased given my 8 years at Oxford & current role at the CMA, but it's a great chance to work on an important & interesting topic with brilliant researchers!
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/beyond-marku...
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/beyond-marku...
Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Interested in an econ PhD on market power? Check out this great ESRC opportunity. I can't pretend I'm unbiased given my 8 years at Oxford & current role at the CMA, but it's a great chance to work on an important & interesting topic with brilliant researchers!
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/beyond-marku...
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/beyond-marku...
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What does this all mean? In our State of Competition report, we show that other countries share similar secular trends in markups and business dynamism, and try to understand their potential causes.
I have summarised the main findings here:
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-compe...
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I have summarised the main findings here:
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-compe...
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How is competition changing across the UK economy? - Economics Observatory
Competition creates an opportunity for new ideas to enter the economy, allows more dynamic entrants to displace inefficient incumbents and offers incentives for firms to keep innovating. A new Competi...
www.economicsobservatory.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:35 PM
What does this all mean? In our State of Competition report, we show that other countries share similar secular trends in markups and business dynamism, and try to understand their potential causes.
I have summarised the main findings here:
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-compe...
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I have summarised the main findings here:
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-compe...
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November 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM
For economics/polsci graduate students interested in UK policy, HMT has published its areas of research interest, which might spark some research ideas!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673207...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673207...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 13, 2024 at 10:59 AM
For economics/polsci graduate students interested in UK policy, HMT has published its areas of research interest, which might spark some research ideas!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673207...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673207...
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Resharing the government economists starter pack. go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi Plenty of room to add more, so ping me if you should be included.
November 7, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Resharing the government economists starter pack. go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi Plenty of room to add more, so ping me if you should be included.