Nikhil Datta
@Nik_Datta
Economist. Assistant prof @warwickecon, fellow @CEP_LSE, PhD alum @EconUCL. Lover of electronic music & hip hop. Serene since 17/06/06. https://t.co/8bEF05qIfy
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06-06-2017 14:13:24
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Shiv qualifies for childcare support in September. I was just looking at the details. There is a *discontinuous* loss of the benefit when you earn 100k... That's a marginal tax rate >100%.
This is probably the stupidest designed policy I have ever seen.
Institute for Fiscal Studies got a report?
Listening to the excellent The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the Begum case has brought home to me just how much confusion there is about the deprivation of citizenship power. Here are 7 important facts about the power, starting with some common misconceptions :…
Amrita Kulka I and are looking to hire one or two RAs with good knowledge of scraping or text analysis to help us out on a super interesting project on NIMBYISM and the UK housing market. Hours can be flexible. tinyurl.com/2r82z3rt #EconTwitter Econ RA Listings
New short WP by me, alan manning & Barbara Petrongolo:
Do firms that pay higher wages fill vacancies more easily?
We find a 10% wage increase reduces vacancy-filling time by 25-40%.
iza.org/publications/d…
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The BJP won the 2019 parliamentary elections in India: but was it ALL fair and square?
This astonishing new working paper by sabyasachi das provides scientific evidence that suggests vote(r) manipulation by BJP.
And no, this is NOT about EVMs.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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