Areas with a high proportion of people employed in knowledge industries such as technology, finance, professional services and education have the highest employment rates for disabled people.

I’ve read Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation. Here’s my review:

The central claim of the book is that “overprotection in the real world and underprotection in the virtual world are the major reasons why children born after 1995 are the anxious generation.”

The book is divided

hello! Any suggestions of a nice IV paper with replication package available, possibly on Stata?

Help needed: what are the best studies of interventions that nudge parents to read, bring their children to cultural activities, etc?

Strong institutions contribute to lower wage inequality Wouter Zwysen #InequalityConf

Great presentation by Greta Morando showing mothers beliefs on their own control has long lasting effects on their children's socio-emotional development throughout childhood (up to age 17)

#econtwitter (if it always exists) what are the best papers to use for replicating IV and Diff-Diff analysis for last year undergrad students? any suggestion welcome, thanks!

Now free to read (and very timely).

Julián Costas-Fernández, Greta Morando (Greta Morando) and Angus Holford (@AngusHolford) explore how overseas students affect domestic classmates.

researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

All the debate on international students has been about university finances or opportunities for British students to attend. Studying alongside international students makes a difference too! theguardian.com/education/2024… ISER MiSoC Economic and Social Research Council UK Research and Innovation Research at Essex

The value of studying alongside international students | Letter theguardian.com/education/2024…

New blog for UK in a Changing Europe Recent debate about international students has ignored their impacts on degree class, job opps of the 'home' students they study alongside. We found no harm, some benefits ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplored… MiSoC ISER Research at Essex UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council

So what happens when numbers of international students in the UK increase? Our Economic and Social Research Council MiSoC Angus Holford Greta Morando Julian Costas-Fernandez find there's no detriment at all to the UK student population - Read more at UK in a Changing Europe ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplored…

🚨'As our study shows, [international students] don’t harm the educational or labour market outcomes of the domestic students they study alongside'

🆕 Julián Costas-Fernández Greta Morando & Angus Holford outline their research on international students.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplored…

'As our study shows, [international students] don’t harm the educational or labour market outcomes of the domestic students they study alongside'

read the piece I wrote with my amazing co-authors for UK in a Changing Europe

Having kids doesn't just affect moms: 'Women in the household, including girls and the elderly, experience a 5-10 hours increase in unpaid labor, depending on their age group. Meanwhile, boys and older men experience no change.' papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Evidence from Mexico

Bookmark this study and discuss it at departmental meetings.

Thrilled to share our Spring 2024 speaker lineup for the IFS-UCL-IoE Human Capital and Labour Market Seminar!

Join us for exciting talks! 🌟📊💡
#HumanCapital #EconTwitter
Institute for Fiscal Studies UCL Economics IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) UCL

Unfortunately, tomorrow's seminar has been cancelled/postponed to the summer term. The QSS-CLS seminar series will continue next term with awesome speakers doing amazing research!

getting motivated: youtube.com/watch?v=RBkLI5…

2023 prize lecture in economic sciences | Claudia Goldin

Interested in understanding determinants and patterns in the gender wage gap? Do not miss this seminar from the great Richard Blundell!!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽