Join us for our next UK WEN ‘Career Conversations’ event is on 5th June, hosted by the GES at HM Treasury (Westminster), London from 12:45 – 16:30.

Thank you so much for putting together an amazing workshop Paul Hufe and colleagues! Elira Kuka (let's not wait for other 7 years to meet again!) as keynote! Top!!!

Hello! Any example of codes for implementing Random Forest in Stata? Thanks #econtwitter

Claudia Goldin's Claudia Goldin The Nobel Prize Lecture published in the latest issue of the American Economic Review AEA Journals Inspiring read, as always, ! pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

So nice to meet with work-friends in different parts of the world. Today in London, 2 years ago in Catanzaro. Thank you for the invitation Greta Morando! Best of luck in your new job. The University of Sheffield is very lucky to have you 😊

Thanks Fra ❤️ Hope the workshop went well!

Just look at these WhatsApps from a private school parents group… If only the wealthy would mobilise this well to help others Not just themselves.

My experience too: "The quick answer is women are held to higher standards. The long answer involves systemic gender biases at *every step* along academia's path to seniority-- the tenure track. (And no, it is not about women wanting to start families)." ft.com/content/e1d2a4…

Open Letter 55 Headteachers TO Ofcom Melanie Dawes Plea: UPHOLD AGE LIMITS SOCIAL MEDIA Children accessing unsafe, explicit, illegal material at scale, cases increasingly police involved inc. Primary school Addictive nature products makes it harder 2 Teach Impossible 2 Safeguard

Sharing this excellent thread. Maybe, one day, this info & pretty clear evidence will reach the right pair of ears.

It’s always seemed odd to me that we literally have a paper *in the AER* showing equal leave policies create gender inequities, yet I have never seen those policies questioned.

Just to say.....

A recent study from EEPA Editors found that encouraging mathematics specialization during high school enhances the number of STEM graduates. Despite the reform’s implementation, gender and socioeconomic disparities in STEM participation remained unchanged. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/01…

Recent publication EEPA Editors: encouraging mathematics specialisation in secondary school increases the number of STEM graduates but does not close the gender and the SES gap in STEM participation at university Sheffield Economics LSE Social Policy UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) Economic and Social Research Council #edpolicy #edchat

The impact of high school math specialization on STEM degree choices in England! 1️⃣ Curriculum reform increased math A-levels by 10.5% 📈 2️⃣ STEM degree enrollment rose by 1.5% post-reform 🧑‍🔬 3️⃣ Gender & socioeconomic gaps in STEM still persist 🌐journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.310…

As mobs attempt to burn down hotels housing asylum seekers, don't forget Nigel Farage led a campaign to publicise these hotels. He recorded himself turning up at a series of them in 2020 and asked his followers to identify more hotels, saying some residents "might be ISIS".

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Come to the Bessemer Symposium in Economic Geography of Innovation Sheffield Economics on the 19-20 Sept 2024, with great presentations by early-career and senior researchers, data training by Sergio Petralia and keynote by Neil Lee. Register by 08/09: forms.gle/Gjo9R4MiQLSvtH…

Last week to register, don't miss out and join us Sheffield Economics for an exciting symposium on the Economic Geography of Innovation!