My favorite conference of the year 😊

Come work with us at IFS on a London-wide randomized control trial to reduce youth violence. Please RT to help get the word out! #EconTwitter

Are you a mid/established-career economist who would like to visit the UK for a few years (4) and get up to £900,000 in research money? Then check the BA Professorship grants 👇🏼👇🏽 (and get in touch if you are interested!). thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/global….

Our PhD candidate Hanifa Pilvar is on the job market this year with her paper "Primary care Doctors' Shortages and the Role of Financial Incentives". Her research interests are health economics and labor economics. Learn more: hanifa-pilvar.github.io

Our PhD candidate Pengzhan Qian (Pengzhan Qian) is on the job market this year with his paper "What Drives the Decline in Female Labor Supply in Urban China". His research interests are macroeconomics and labor economics. Learn more: sites.google.com/view/pengzhan pic.x.com/mwyHKDMB5A

Our postdoc Illia Pasichnichenko (Illia Pasichnichenko) is on the job market with his paper "Revealing Features from Optimal Choice". His research interests are micro theory, decision theory, and experimental economics. Learn more: pasichnichenko.weebly.com pic.x.com/bUl6uovmOy

A summary of our recent JDE article on the social contact: public goods (sanitation) and (property) tax compliance

Call for papers: Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries, Dec 16-17 at Economics at Zurich. Keynote Speaker will be Karthik Muralidharan Karthik Muralidharan Submit papers by July first here: econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsandse…

This year will be the last edition of the Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing countries, which we have been organizing for 9 years now! Don’t miss it! Make sure to apply by July 1st: econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsandse…

Labor & Public Day 2 presenters include Will Dobbie, Joe Price, Martin Hackmann, Hanming Fang, Benjamin Goldman,  Romaine A. Campbell, Felipe Lobel, Ben Hyman, Francois Gerard, Martin O’Connell, & Luigi Pistaferri Agenda + papers: cowles.yale.edu/events/summer-…

Such a good day, thanks for the invitation!

The tax locks arms race is getting silly Sir Jeremy Hunt MP now ruling out changing how we tax houses= RULING OUT TAX REFORM @RachelReeves should NOT match these pledges Taxation of housing is most broken part of tax system Basing council tax on property values from 1991 is absurd

Last few days to submit! Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 Francois Gerard Joana Naritomi NadaEissa + I look forward to your submissions for 9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries Travel costs covered Deadline: July 8 Conf:Dec 16-17 (ski day:Dec 18) econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsandse…

📢 We are excited to announce that on Monday September 30th, we will release our new #VoxDevLit on Taxation & Development. This living literature review will summarise evidence on how developing countries can improve their ability to #tax.

A great initiative with a fantastic editorial team!

TaxDev is recruiting an RA who will work closely with me and a team of TaxDev researchers based in the UK and internationally, and will participate actively in the intellectual life of both TaxDev and the broader IFS teams. Apply!

UPDATED paper by Francois Gerard, Joana Naritomi & Joana Silva: Cash transfers in Brazil's Bolsa Família programme drove economic gains beyond poverty relief. Each $1 spent generated $1.50 in local econ activity, incl. ⬆ employment & tax revenues bit.ly/3YzlRS7 (1/7)

Here we go #econtwitter #TaxTwitter 📢 Proud to announce our #IIPF2025 congress Call for Papers. Let's meet at USIU-Africa Nairobi in August 2025! Submit your paper by Feb 15, 2025. A bunch of links with more info available at iipf.org/cng.htm

Keynotes Rema Hanna Niels Johannesen Ravi Kanbur Oyebola Okunogbe Scientific Chairs Shafik Hebous and Francois Gerard with 35 committee members, Local Organizers Amos G. Njuguna Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 Jennifer Nyakinya and team We are all looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi!

Only 4 weeks left to submit your work to the 2025 IIPF Congress. Don’t miss this unique opportunity: 3 days of non-stop Public Economics in Nairobi! (And hopefully plenty of ugali)