Nikki Shure
@nikkishure.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 Professor of Economics and Social Policy at UCL Social Research Institute and Research Fellow at IZA interested in gender and socioeconomic inequality in access to higher education and the labo(u)r market
I cannot recommend this exhibition enough—go see it! #tatebritain
'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two
The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I cannot recommend this exhibition enough—go see it! #tatebritain
I found Miller’s photo of @ucl.ac.uk taken during WWII quite surreal. I walk through the Wilkins Building on a regular basis and never stopped to think of all it has seen. Looking forward to (hopefully!) learning more as part of #ucl200
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I found Miller’s photo of @ucl.ac.uk taken during WWII quite surreal. I walk through the Wilkins Building on a regular basis and never stopped to think of all it has seen. Looking forward to (hopefully!) learning more as part of #ucl200
Reposted by Nikki Shure
16/ TL;DR: The UK system isn’t mysterious, it just runs differently. Tailor your cover letter to the criteria, foreground your teaching, and remember: the letter is everything.
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
16/ TL;DR: The UK system isn’t mysterious, it just runs differently. Tailor your cover letter to the criteria, foreground your teaching, and remember: the letter is everything.
Reposted by Nikki Shure
And on a more serious note: @snageebali.bsky.social and i have a recent paper in @aeajournals.bsky.social that shows that application portfolios become more aggressive when beliefs are more optimistic:
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July 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And on a more serious note: @snageebali.bsky.social and i have a recent paper in @aeajournals.bsky.social that shows that application portfolios become more aggressive when beliefs are more optimistic:
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I just need to work it into a paper title! Will pick your brain in the future 😊
July 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I just need to work it into a paper title! Will pick your brain in the future 😊
The @sriucl.bsky.social has been the best place to do this research ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
July 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The @sriucl.bsky.social has been the best place to do this research ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
Now with amazing colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk we are going to look at how over-/underconfidence explains gender and SES gaps in real world job application outcomes.
July 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Now with amazing colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk we are going to look at how over-/underconfidence explains gender and SES gaps in real world job application outcomes.
In related work with @adameczanna.bsky.social we show that boy twins also overestimate their math ability as compared to their girl twin and their parents and teachers do the same
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment - Journal of Population Economics
It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the drivers of the gender gap in self-assessed mathematics ...
link.springer.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In related work with @adameczanna.bsky.social we show that boy twins also overestimate their math ability as compared to their girl twin and their parents and teachers do the same
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...