Has #AI eaten the #Econ major? Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium, Wendy Carlin UCL, talks to Tim Phillips Talk Normal about how economics teaching should change when Gen AI can solve problem sets — and why AI should become a “cognitive sparring partner” for students. Listen:

ESCoE PhD student Eduin Latimer features in this Institute for Fiscal Studies podcast alongside Helen Miller & alan manning. Eduin's ESCoE research uses new data and methods to evaluate the impacts of reforms to the benefit system and labour market regulations.

New training: “Basic statistics in Stata” Learning statistics for the first time or need a refresher? This hands-on course covers descriptive stats, correlation, 𝘵 tests, and much more.
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Labor Share, Markups, and Input-Output Linkages – Evidence from the U.S. National Accounts" by Benjamin Bridgman and Berthold Herrendorf. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

📣 Evento abierto | Comunidad de Práctica para la Igualdad de Género y el Uso de Evidencia 9 mar 2026 | 09:00 GT/MX Tema: Empoderamiento de las mujeres en el trabajo. Regístrate: j-pal.me/CoPGenderempow… ℹ️Más detalles en: j-pal.me/CoPInfo #IgualdadDeGénero #UsoDeEvidencia

To find out more, register for the next ESCoE webinar on the topic, with ONS's Vasiliki Sogia: tinyurl.com/3ed6ucm2

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay2026, we’ve curated a selection of ESCoE research and past events that engage with gender through economic measurement: tinyurl.com/mv34jz2w tinyurl.com/5c3n3knw tinyurl.com/3af493ds tinyurl.com/2fp9d48n

This week, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo joined Data, Economics, and Design of Policy master’s students for a fireside chat moderated by the students themselves. Abhijit and Esther shared reflections on development, research, and life, offering valuable advice as students

What would the world look like without statistics? Catch up on this keynote interview with Vipin Arora (BEA News) after his talk at the UNSW-ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2025: youtu.be/rUsGiJAsIWw

Interesados en pobreza y crecimiento económico: TIENEN QUE LEER el artículo adjunto de Lant Pritchett. Pritchett encuentra que el crecimiento económico es SUFICIENTE para reducir cualquier indicador de pobreza. Siempre brillante y controvertido LP. lantpritchett.substack.com/p/economic-gro…

ESCoE Research Associate Dr. Marta Paczos is speaking at this LSE Statistics event on trade in turbulent times next Wednesday 25 March, 17:30 - 19:00. Sign up for free 👉 tinyurl.com/bde536w7

El Niño raises the spatial correlation of agricultural yields, making the gains from trade more unequal. Just Accepted new paper by J. I. Dingel X: Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel) Bluesky: @tradediversion.bsky.social & K. C. Meng X: Kyle Meng Bluesky: @kylemeng.com zurl.co/8JdIE

And what about AI uncertainty? Read the blog and paper by ESCoE PhD student Juan Reyes on why uncertainty about AI matters for the economy: tinyurl.com/4ync6pr5

Great to see ESCoE research on living standards with Institute for Fiscal Studies featured as a resource by Smart Data Foundry: tinyurl.com/3udr82ve The research has improved methods of calculating consumption patterns across 367 local authority districts in Great Britain.

District splitting in Indonesia reduced short-term GDP despite increased transfers. In the March issue, by Traviss Cassidy Traviss Cassidy and Tejaswi Velayudhan Teju Velayudhan zurl.co/Y0GOw

Forthcoming in the JEL: "An Introduction to Double/Debiased Machine Learning" by Achim Ahrens, Victor Chernozhukov, Christian Hansen, Damian Kozbur, Mark E. Schaffer, and Thomas Wiemann. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

📊Stats Lab: Understanding Interaction Terms in Regression Basic logic of interaction terms in regression: 1) Continuous x Continuous 2) Categorical x Continuous 3) Categorical x Categorical Replication R code is available! idlhy0218.github.io/page%20buildin… #stats #dataviz

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position under the supervision of Ufuk Akçiğit. Learn more and apply: economics.uchicago.edu/sites/default/… EOE/Vet/Disability #UChicago #AcademicJobs #Macroeconomics #FirmDynamics #EconJobMarket #ComputationalSocialScience

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21378 The Effects of Geopolitical Oil Price Shocks Guillermo Verduzco-Bustos WorldBank, Francesco Zanetti Francesco Zanetti Department of Economics, Oxford University of Oxford ow.ly/S9gB50YOULu #CEPR_IMF #CEPR_ITRE #CEPR_MEF #CEPR_MG #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter