Marcos Vera-Hernandez
@papiteide.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at University College London and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Research on the Economics of Health and Health Care. Opinions are my own.
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This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…
blogs.worldbank.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...
Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social
Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this journal
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October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social
Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.
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If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
September 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
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Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo
September 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo
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Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team
micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/
micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/
Institute for Government
micro.green-park.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team
micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/
micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/
Would you take better care of your health today if you knew you’d be richer in retirement? We study Chile’s 1981 pension reform with a fuzzy Regression Kink Design on linked admin + household panel data. Answer: yes. Preventive care rises (healthy behaviours modestly), and old-age mortality falls.
NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: More to live for: health investment responses to expected retirement wealth in Chile
📗 Read Grant Miller, Nieves Valdés and @papiteide.bsky.social's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
📗 Read Grant Miller, Nieves Valdés and @papiteide.bsky.social's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Would you take better care of your health today if you knew you’d be richer in retirement? We study Chile’s 1981 pension reform with a fuzzy Regression Kink Design on linked admin + household panel data. Answer: yes. Preventive care rises (healthy behaviours modestly), and old-age mortality falls.
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Calling Econ PhD candidates:
Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Deadline: September 30
Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!
Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Deadline: September 30
Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!
EJM - Econ Job Market
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July 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Calling Econ PhD candidates:
Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Deadline: September 30
Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!
Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Deadline: September 30
Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!
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Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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July 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
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📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4
Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.
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And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering
www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...
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Executive Opportunities | Russell Reynolds Associates
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June 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering
www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...
www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...
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This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @CriClerici
@poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health
@poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health
June 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.
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We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
Simon Johnson: How do good institutions influence economic growth?
YouTube video by CORE Econ
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June 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
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Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social
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We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social
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The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027.
For full details and to apply, visit
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
For full details and to apply, visit
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027.
For full details and to apply, visit
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
For full details and to apply, visit
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Join @ucleconomics.bsky.social this May for this year's annual Gorman Lecture and Conference 2025.
Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️
Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️
In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage in the #discourse globally. Our annual Gorman Lecture (and conference) returns this May with the distinguished Ariel Pake of @harvard.edu.
Register now➡️https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/events/2025/may/ucl-department-economics-gorman-lecture-and-conference-2025
Register now➡️https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/events/2025/may/ucl-department-economics-gorman-lecture-and-conference-2025
May 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Join @ucleconomics.bsky.social this May for this year's annual Gorman Lecture and Conference 2025.
Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️
Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️
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I work outside the university system but use academic papers a lot. I agree with this. I’ve never been refused. And what Jo Wolff says is true. They are grateful to be asked. I wish the system was different but until then don’t hesitate to ask.
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I work outside the university system but use academic papers a lot. I agree with this. I’ve never been refused. And what Jo Wolff says is true. They are grateful to be asked. I wish the system was different but until then don’t hesitate to ask.
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“Our priority is reducing net migration,” a Home Office source said.
"Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister.
To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
"Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister.
To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves softens stance over youth mobility scheme with EU
The chancellor is potentially at odds with home secretary, Yvette Cooper, over her support for loosening visa rules for young Europeans
www.thetimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“Our priority is reducing net migration,” a Home Office source said.
"Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister.
To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
"Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister.
To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
This book introduces applied researchers to modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) methods, that they can use to obtain credible answers to hard causal inferen
papers.ssrn.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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CGD is hiring! We're seeking an experienced communications professional to join our dynamic Communications team as a Communications Manager.
The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact.
Apply! ⬇️
The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact.
Apply! ⬇️
Communications Manager - Center for Global Development - Career Page
Apply to Communications Manager at Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CGD is hiring! We're seeking an experienced communications professional to join our dynamic Communications team as a Communications Manager.
The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact.
Apply! ⬇️
The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact.
Apply! ⬇️
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‼️We are hiring‼️
🧑🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education
➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier
⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)
🧑🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education
➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier
⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
‼️We are hiring‼️
🧑🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education
➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier
⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)
🧑🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education
➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier
⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)