We invite early and mid-career researchers to apply for Innovation Fellowships – Route B: Policy-led (Digital Society). The scheme offers up to £120,000 for projects around the AI skills in the UK. Application deadline is 26 June. Apply now: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/innova…

I was delighted to preside over the ceremony to award an honorary doctorate from University of Glasgow to Daron Acemoglu - in the year of celebration for Adam Smith’s tercentenary we have gathered some of the best economists and policymakers to speak at the University.
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🧠 Nearly one in every two people worldwide will be affected by a mental or neurological disorder in their lives (data from the OECD).

Watch Marta Golin talk on 'The Economics of Mental Health' to learn more. Watch here: lnkd.in/eguTqnYE

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This is a key finding in National Institute of Economic and Social Research's Spring #Outlook . Household consumption has stagnated. And helps explain our 'Pre-Election Gloom'. We used to say that consumption was driven by permanent income, so we have further evidence of immiseration.

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Forthcoming in EJ: ‘Why High Incentives Cause Repugnance: A Framed Field Experiment’ by Robert Stüber doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea… Robert Stüber Royal Economic Society Oxford Economics #EconTwitter

Towards zero waste: segregation at source can provide a way for developing countries to improve their waste management systems & take them closer to achieving climate-change goals, Swati Dhingra Stephen Machin & Fjolla Kondirolli Centre for Economic Performance communities.springernature.com/posts/towards-…

VACANCY - We are seeking to appoint two Co-opted Trustees to replace existing trustees whose terms end in October 2024.

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Submit by 31 May 2024

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Adam Smith’s division of labour was about efficiency gains from task specialisation; but gaps between men & women in pay, prestige, career progression, etc. can also be highly inefficient as well as highly inequitable, Petrongolo Centre for Economic Performance Economics Observatory economicsobservatory.com/what-explains-…

Register your place for the ‘Household Finance Workshop: Cost of Living Crisis' by Sheffield Economics sponsored by RES.

📅5 June 2024
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Claims from macroprudential authorities about house price overvaluation, for example for #Sweden , based on the house price-to-income ratio are often exaggerated - Charles Goodhart & John Muellbauer VoxEU cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

🗣️Our 2024 Annual Public Lecture (APL) hosted by University of Glasgow will be held on Monday 10 June and live-streamed via Zoom from 14:00-15:30.

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📢RES is seeking expressions of interest to host the RES 2024 #PhDConference . We are looking for ambitious hosts with suitable facilities who can collaborate with RES and deliver a conference in November/December.

⏰Deadline 31 May 2024
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Forthcoming in EJ: ‘The Births, Lives and Deaths of Corporations in Late Imperial Russia’ by Amanda Gregg, Steven Nafziger doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea… Amanda Gregg Royal Economic Society Oxford Economics #EconTwitter

Last week, students came to Warwick Economics to explore economics, hear from senior academics and take part in interactive activities considering British colonialism and political history. Thanks to CAGE @ Warwick - find out more here👉 buff.ly/3WH7RGK

NEW: NHS spending has risen more slowly than planned at the last election despite the pandemic and record waiting lists.

Read George Stoye, Max Warner & @benzaranko’s Election 2024 report on UK health spending, funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/p…

NEW on the Economics Observatory - Can investment #tax #reform boost economic growth? Kristoffer Berg #EconTwitter #HMT 👇
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♀️Read the latest article by RES Women’s Committee in the April 2024 #RESNewsletter , issue 205. Covering UK Women in Economics Network (UK WEN)’s latest event, by Kiran Krishna, Misa Tanaka and Maria Psyllou

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RES is delighted to announce that Christoph Rothe has joined Raffaella Giacomini, Dennis Kristensen and Petra Todd as a new Co-editor of The Econometrics Journal! Welcome to the team😀

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JUST PUBLISHED on the Economics Observatory - Update: what big policy challenges face Scotland’s next first minister? by Stuart McIntyre Strathclyde Department of Economics #Scotland #FirstMinister #EconTwitter buff.ly/3Wnn4wn