Lindsey Macmillan
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social
Professor of Economics. Founding Director of the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social). Economics of education. Inequality. Research Fellow at the IFS, IZA and CESifo. 1st gen🏴�
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📢 New report out today! 📢
➡️ Access the report here: repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeo...
📊 What did we find?
🔸 Most of the socio-economic background (SEB) and ethnic inequalities in entry to professional occupations are driven by employer-side decisions made during the recruitment process
➡️ Access the report here: repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeo...
📊 What did we find?
🔸 Most of the socio-economic background (SEB) and ethnic inequalities in entry to professional occupations are driven by employer-side decisions made during the recruitment process
Delighted that our research on inequality in access to and progression within professional occupations won an award @appam.bsky.social - thanks to all who stopped by for excellent conversations. And thanks Seattle, it’s been a blast. See you next time!
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Delighted that our research on inequality in access to and progression within professional occupations won an award @appam.bsky.social - thanks to all who stopped by for excellent conversations. And thanks Seattle, it’s been a blast. See you next time!
Saturday night / lunchtime poster session in Seattle 🇺🇸 to talk about our work on inequalities in access to and progression within graduate jobs…. with one eye on 🏴
And here's @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social presenting her work on inequalities in access to the professions.
Thanks to our funders @nuffieldfoundation.org and
diversityandproductivity.com/about
Thanks to our funders @nuffieldfoundation.org and
diversityandproductivity.com/about
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Saturday night / lunchtime poster session in Seattle 🇺🇸 to talk about our work on inequalities in access to and progression within graduate jobs…. with one eye on 🏴
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4/5 | Improving outcomes for children and young people
Join @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, Julia Ellingwood, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work is interested in improving the life chances of children & young people, locally and globally
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...
Join @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, Julia Ellingwood, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work is interested in improving the life chances of children & young people, locally and globally
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
4/5 | Improving outcomes for children and young people
Join @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, Julia Ellingwood, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work is interested in improving the life chances of children & young people, locally and globally
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...
Join @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, Julia Ellingwood, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work is interested in improving the life chances of children & young people, locally and globally
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...
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Our project, EduGap, is one of the funded projects. Myself, Jon Marius Iversen (CI), @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @gillwyness.bsky.social, and Richard Murphy (UT-Austin) will look at the effects of assessment forms on student outcomes in Norway and England.
www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...
www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...
193 millionar kroner til forsking for å styrkje utdanningssektoren.
Forskingsrådet støttar no 17 forskingsprosjekt for politikkutforming, forvaltning og praksisfelt innan utdanning, læring og kompetanseutvikling. Prosjekta vil bidra til å styrkje kunnskapsgrunnlaget f...
www.forskningsradet.no
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Our project, EduGap, is one of the funded projects. Myself, Jon Marius Iversen (CI), @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @gillwyness.bsky.social, and Richard Murphy (UT-Austin) will look at the effects of assessment forms on student outcomes in Norway and England.
www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...
www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...
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CEPEO welcomes the announcements from this week’s education and skills white paper of index-linking tuition fees and maintenance loans, as well as the return of some non-repayable maintenance grants for disadvantaged students. [1/7] 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
CEPEO welcomes the announcements from this week’s education and skills white paper of index-linking tuition fees and maintenance loans, as well as the return of some non-repayable maintenance grants for disadvantaged students. [1/7] 🧵
👀 Important new project led by one of our Senior Research Fellows and funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org
Paul will be looking at changes in student employment and how this helps or hinders their life chances.
Congratulations Paul, we’re looking forward to learning more from this work
Paul will be looking at changes in student employment and how this helps or hinders their life chances.
Congratulations Paul, we’re looking forward to learning more from this work
Very excited to announce that from January I will be leading a new research project funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, using LEO data to investigate the consequences of student employment, whether positive or negative.
My new blog for @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social provides an overview:
bit.ly/4n7KO1f
My new blog for @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social provides an overview:
bit.ly/4n7KO1f
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
👀 Important new project led by one of our Senior Research Fellows and funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org
Paul will be looking at changes in student employment and how this helps or hinders their life chances.
Congratulations Paul, we’re looking forward to learning more from this work
Paul will be looking at changes in student employment and how this helps or hinders their life chances.
Congratulations Paul, we’re looking forward to learning more from this work
📖 New Working Paper
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📖 New Working Paper
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:
⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow
👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives
🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...
A 🧵 1/6
⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow
👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives
🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...
A 🧵 1/6
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:
⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow
👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives
🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...
A 🧵 1/6
⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow
👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives
🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...
A 🧵 1/6
Come and join our wonderful team and help support the important work we do. Hybrid working options too
📢WE'RE HIRING!📢
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Come and join our wonderful team and help support the important work we do. Hybrid working options too
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
📢 Call for papers:
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 Call for papers:
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
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Jo Blanden (CEP), @GillWyness.bsky.social (CEP), @Opmc1.bsky.social (UCL) and @LindseyMacmillan.bsky.social could explain why private school pupils are more likely to end up in higher-ranked HE courses than peers with similar grades.
Read:
Read:
Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Jo Blanden (CEP), @GillWyness.bsky.social (CEP), @Opmc1.bsky.social (UCL) and @LindseyMacmillan.bsky.social could explain why private school pupils are more likely to end up in higher-ranked HE courses than peers with similar grades.
Read:
Read:
Join us at 3.15pm, Grace suite 2, Hilton Hotel, @suttontrust.bsky.social to hear new research on why the privately educated still dominate top jobs -
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Join us at 3.15pm, Grace suite 2, Hilton Hotel, @suttontrust.bsky.social to hear new research on why the privately educated still dominate top jobs -
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
Join us this afternoon for a panel hosted by @suttontrust.bsky.social to hear new research on why the privately educated still dominate top jobs -
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Join us this afternoon for a panel hosted by @suttontrust.bsky.social to hear new research on why the privately educated still dominate top jobs -
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
Arriving in Liverpool:
Today 1.30-2.30pm @uclpolicylab.bsky.social panel 'A new age of work' - discussing youth LM
Tomorrow 3.15-4.30pm @suttontrust.bsky.social panel 'Elitist Britain' - discussing @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on access to professions
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/e...
Today 1.30-2.30pm @uclpolicylab.bsky.social panel 'A new age of work' - discussing youth LM
Tomorrow 3.15-4.30pm @suttontrust.bsky.social panel 'Elitist Britain' - discussing @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on access to professions
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/e...
A new age of work: how Labour can seize the agenda on dignity at work
UCL Policy Lab panel at Labour Party Conference 2025 in partnership with Timewise
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Arriving in Liverpool:
Today 1.30-2.30pm @uclpolicylab.bsky.social panel 'A new age of work' - discussing youth LM
Tomorrow 3.15-4.30pm @suttontrust.bsky.social panel 'Elitist Britain' - discussing @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on access to professions
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/e...
Today 1.30-2.30pm @uclpolicylab.bsky.social panel 'A new age of work' - discussing youth LM
Tomorrow 3.15-4.30pm @suttontrust.bsky.social panel 'Elitist Britain' - discussing @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on access to professions
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/e...
Crikey
One marker of a weakening labor market: there are now more job seekers than job openings in the US.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Crikey
I regularly come back to this graph when talking to people about how we’re in a really different world now.
And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP
And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP
Essential @nuffieldfoundation.org funded note by @theifs.bsky.social on England's SEND system - highly topical this autumn. Here's the growth in the number of EHCPs over the last decade+.
ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...
ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I regularly come back to this graph when talking to people about how we’re in a really different world now.
And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP
And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP
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We have an exceptional seminar on Thursday this week at 11am, with Dr Julie Cohen of University of Virginia:
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We have an exceptional seminar on Thursday this week at 11am, with Dr Julie Cohen of University of Virginia:
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We should not accept 1 in 8 of our 16-24 year olds shut out of learning or earning. Dreadful for young people, economy & society.
Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/97da...
Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/97da...
We must clear a path for young people outside full-time education
As GCSE results land, we should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds
www.ft.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We should not accept 1 in 8 of our 16-24 year olds shut out of learning or earning. Dreadful for young people, economy & society.
Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/97da...
Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/97da...
Signed up for @appam.bsky.social 2025 in Seattle - who’s in? @joshua-goodman.com @dynarski.bsky.social @chloergibbs.bsky.social?? @gillwyness.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Signed up for @appam.bsky.social 2025 in Seattle - who’s in? @joshua-goodman.com @dynarski.bsky.social @chloergibbs.bsky.social?? @gillwyness.bsky.social
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
A level results are out! And as many have reported, there was an overall improvement in the proportion of students gaining the top grades.
But its not good news for everyone: with London & the South East continuing to pull away from the rest of the country, and boys slightly ahead of girls.
But its not good news for everyone: with London & the South East continuing to pull away from the rest of the country, and boys slightly ahead of girls.
August 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A level results are out! And as many have reported, there was an overall improvement in the proportion of students gaining the top grades.
But its not good news for everyone: with London & the South East continuing to pull away from the rest of the country, and boys slightly ahead of girls.
But its not good news for everyone: with London & the South East continuing to pull away from the rest of the country, and boys slightly ahead of girls.
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
This looks potentially useful for junior scholars.
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This looks potentially useful for junior scholars.
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Did I mention that I love Lucy? 💪💪💪
July 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Did I mention that I love Lucy? 💪💪💪
What a journey! It’s not even about the win, although 😭. It’s my girl (who hates football) putting on a kit and playing with a ball all week. And my boys cheering on the team more than they even do the mens. These girls are changing the world and I am delighted to watch the influence they have 🦁🦁🦁
July 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What a journey! It’s not even about the win, although 😭. It’s my girl (who hates football) putting on a kit and playing with a ball all week. And my boys cheering on the team more than they even do the mens. These girls are changing the world and I am delighted to watch the influence they have 🦁🦁🦁