🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

We are delighted to announce that Helen Miller has been appointed as the next IFS Director, following on from Paul Johnson in July 2025. Find out more: ifs.org.uk/news/helen-mil…

🚨NEW STUDY🚨 #Menopause is costing women—& society—but how much? New Institute for Fiscal Studies study w/ Rita Ginja Inst. for økonomi, Petra Persson Stanford University B. Willage Univ. of Delaware shows the hidden economic toll of menopause w/🇳🇴🇸🇪data UCL Economics It’s time we pay attention: ifs.org.uk/publications/m… 🧵👇

🙌We are excited to kick off the UK Women in Economics Network (UK WEN) Networking Event, hosted by J.P. Morgan. A great opening session and keynote speech by Karen Ward, Imran Rasul and Megan Greene. #EconTwitter #UKWEN #Economics

It was a privilege to attend today’s UK Women in Economics Network (UK WEN) session generously hosted by JP Morgan. Hugely grateful to our Royal Economic Society staff, our wonderful UK-WEN officers and volunteers, and to Rachel Reeves for her attendance and support.

BREAD is going to South Asia! Our next in-person conference outside US/Europe will be Economics@LUMS in Lahore, Pakistan: Sept 11-13. Submissions open to all, workshop includes a mentoring program. Thanks to G2LM|LIC & all our partners. Please RT to help spread the word! Links👇

👇New WP: How does the majority population perceive minority groups - the extent of economic inequalities, their causes, and policy solutions to address them. Joint with Lucinda Platt & Pratyush Tiwari UCL Economics bit.ly/UK_Perceptions

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20106 Majority Perceptions of Minority Groups: Economic Inequalities, Their Causes, and Policy Solutions Lucinda Platt LSE, Imran Rasul, Pratyush Tiwari UCL Institute for Fiscal Studies ow.ly/JajS50VvKYQ #CEPR_PE #EconTwitter

NEW: Where and how does the government spend its money? Bee Boileau, Max Warner & Ben Zaranko's new interactive tool allows you to explore where and how the government spends money, over time and across the UK. 📊 Explore the data: ifs.org.uk/calculators/wh…

We asked Meredith A. Crowley to give our annual lecture even before Donald Trump won the presidential election. Given what has happened since I don't think we could have made a better choice of speaker or topic "trade wars and the future of globalisation". Do sign up.

👏Thank you for joining us at the CEPR Development Economics Symposium 2025, joint with NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA European Research Council (ERC) ! We had an incredible two days filled with thoughtful discussions and amazing research on development economics. See you at future NOVAFRICA events!

We are absolutely thrilled that two of our talented young junior colleagues, Afshin Nikzad and Vittorio Bassi, have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective immediately! Congratulations both - so well deserved!

Fantastic news! - this really made my day! Has been a pleasure to work with Vittorio and learn from him (and a really good guy to boot!) 👏🎣

We're recruiting for a new Associate Director to lead our tax research. This is a job that I did & absolutely loved. A chance to work with brilliant people, lead interesting research & inform UK policy. If you're an economist with tax expertise, we'd love to hear from you

Starting #econtwitter #econsky 🧵 to recap this awesome LMIC health workshop! First paper was Sonia Bhalotra +Manuel Fernandez Sierra: evidence that insurance denials in Colombia have adverse effects on healthcare utilization + mortality

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new Nuffield Foundation-funded report: [1/11]

Thanks to Institute for Fiscal Studies for hosting me this week for their Annual Lecture. Check out: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation, featuring new work with Chuan-han Cheng CamEcon, Giancarlo Corsetti European University Institute, and Lu Han Bank of Canada youtu.be/EPIATYktrRM

Thank you Meredith for such a great Annual Lecture Institute for Fiscal Studies - covered the history of globalized trade, matching theories to the measurement of gains from trade, and understanding the interplay between current tariff policies, market power, consumer prices and welfare.📈

Delighted to be given the opportunity, and looking forward to contribute to all the great work of the RES for the common good of the profession.

Lots of discussion today about regional investment. You can use our Institute for Fiscal Studies public spending tool to explore how much the government currently spends in each region of the UK, what it spends it on, and how that has changed over time: ifs.org.uk/calculators/wh…