You can’t be in opposition for 14 years, criticising the Tories for accepting ‘gifts’, and certain privileges, then act surprised when the public call you out for doing the same thing. From Angela Rayner’s ‘But everybody does it’ excuse, to Starmer saying ‘It was the right thing

It's been too long since I've made a substantive tweet, so here goes. At the following Dropbox link you can access the slides and Stata files for my recent talk at the Stata UK meeting: dropbox.com/scl/fo/50imn36… It's taken me awhile to see connections among various estimators.

One of the most shocking opening paragraphs I have ever read about British governance. #Grenfell 🎩 James B London Review of Books

Lassana Diarra - The New Jean Marc Bosman?sportseconomics.org/sports-economi…

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

How do universities objectively justify the indirect age discrimination implied by parking permit prices on campus that increase substantially with grade (academic rank)? Seems illegal, or at best a bit naughty.

Perfect timing to be visiting the Hermitage (Perthshire). No filters

It's hard to overstate the huge risks (economic, social & political) posed by continuing down the path of the last 14ys. The public are losing any faith that the state can deliver the most basic of public services. We're taking a new approach to start turning that around

Today, I feel a bit like Pippin waiting for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields - wish I had a Gandalf to reassure me: #LOTR

In the latest ADR UK Data Explained for ASHE-Census 2011, Dr. Ezgi Kaya summarises experiences of working with the dataset throughout her project exploring the links between immigration and labour market outcomes. You can find out more here: wagedynamics.com/2024/11/11/dat… Ezgi Kaya

What are HM Treasury's areas of research interest? It's pretty much "Everything macro"... apparently. Recommend civil servants do a bit of reading to tick a few off the list

This is the only thing you need to understand about inheritance tax on farmland ft.com/content/ab3585…

Dr Carl Singleton from University of Stirling will visit UoL Management School on 2 December to present his paper: 'Gambling on momentum in contests' Find out more ⬇️ shorturl.at/ODPJv #gambling #sports #CSpB

Firm-year fixed effects matter! Findings from the latest publication using WED's employer-employee data show that traditional wage regressions underestimate returns to tenure. To find out more, you can check out the full paper here: wagedynamics.com/research-paper… UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) UCL Economics

The Baby Club: Paternity and Performance in a High-Pressure Setting sportseconomics.org/sports-economi…

We are looking forward to welcoming Carl Singleton of University of Stirling on the 4th of April for our Seminar Series #DateforYourDiary #Economics

A huge thanks to Carl Singleton of @universityofstirling for a fantastic seminar "To discriminate or not to discriminate in online job ads" which he presented at our Seminar Series in Rhetoric House today.

NEW Discussion Paper: "Accounting for Firms in Ethnic Wage Gaps Across the Earnings Distribution" Van Phan, Carl Singleton, Alex Bryson, John Forth, Felix Ritchie, Lucy Stokes and Damian Whittard explore the topic 🔍 Read the full paper 📃⬇ hubs.la/Q03sQMSW0