@susanharkness.bsky.social
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
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Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Income changes and the design of social security can have disparate impacts on health, caregiving, child well-being, and more.
I was lucky enough to discuss work on these urgent issues with @usociety.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social here:
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/fam...
I was lucky enough to discuss work on these urgent issues with @usociety.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social here:
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/fam...
Families and benefit cuts - Understanding Society
podcast about families and benefit cuts, effect of fluctuating income on stress and parenting
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Income changes and the design of social security can have disparate impacts on health, caregiving, child well-being, and more.
I was lucky enough to discuss work on these urgent issues with @usociety.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social here:
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/fam...
I was lucky enough to discuss work on these urgent issues with @usociety.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social here:
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/fam...
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📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation?
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
ESSGN Conference IV
Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…
essgn.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation?
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
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Want to protect children from abuse and neglect? Then simply Give. Mothers. Money. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effects of unconditional cash transfers on child abuse and neglect in early childhood: Evidence from New Zealand
Child abuse and neglect is recorded at higher rates in families with low incomes, and in contexts with lower public spending on families. However, it …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Want to protect children from abuse and neglect? Then simply Give. Mothers. Money. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We find an unconditional $3000/yr for babies and toddlers in NZ reduced child protective services’ referrals, and findings of neglect for single mother families
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We find an unconditional $3000/yr for babies and toddlers in NZ reduced child protective services’ referrals, and findings of neglect for single mother families
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Did I mention this opportunity for researchers to come to the UK?
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Did I mention this opportunity for researchers to come to the UK?
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Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
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The latest episode of our Insights podcast is out: Silvia Avram from the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Alesha De Freitas @fawcettsociety.bsky.social discuss parenthood, job mobility, the gender pay gap – and what governments and employers can do
Job mobility and the gender pay gap - Understanding Society
podcast: What parenthood means for job moves, and the gender pay gap
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 12:14 PM
The latest episode of our Insights podcast is out: Silvia Avram from the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Alesha De Freitas @fawcettsociety.bsky.social discuss parenthood, job mobility, the gender pay gap – and what governments and employers can do