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Collective bargaining and monopsony: The regulation of noncompete agreements in France By Tito Boeri, Tommaso Crescioli, Andrea Garnero and Lorenzo G. Luisetto Read at: ow.ly/pWh950V71T7

We had a full house for our 2025 Dow Lecture on Wednesday 💬👏 @cep-lse.bsky.social and @bankofengland.bsky.social's Swati Dhingra spoke about trade fragmentation and monetary policy 📊 Missed it? You can watch the presentation here in full 🎧👇 niesr.ac.uk/event/dow-le...

NEW BLOG 💥✍ @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social In today's #MondayInterview, NIESR Governor @sandramcnally.bsky.social, LSE's Stephen Gibbons and @cep-lse.bsky.social's Piero Montebruno explain why absence rates will stay high until the #COVID_19 generation leaves school 🚸⬇ niesr.ac.uk/blog/impact-...

Today at 12 noon @cep-lse.bsky.social #STICERD #ApplicationsSeminar by Stelios Michalopoulos who will be speaking on why certain movies are more successful in some markets than others. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/events/...

Labor market effects of global supply chain disruptions By Mauricio Ulate, Jose P Vasquez and Roman D. Zarate Read at: ow.ly/Iueu50V61IM

Firm climate investment: A glass half-full By Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Prachi Srivastava, Gregory Thwaites and Ivan Yotzov Read at: cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/P...

To support increased productivity, helping children growing up in deprivation do better is an obvious target, but not enough. Social skills are also increasingly important for job success. By @Richardblundell.bsky.social Rachel Griffith & @SandraMcNally.bsky.social acss.org.uk/policies...

LSE Geography & Environment department is hosting a workshop for early-career women in Economic Geography & Spatial Economics at LSE on 12–13 May 2025. Applications by 1 March. Details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

The UK’s smallest export firms were hardest hit by Brexit’s impact on goods trade. In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Migration and innovation: The impact of East German investors on West Germany's technological development By Antonin Bergeaud, Max Deter, Maria Greve and Michael Wyrwich Read at: ow.ly/zFC050V61lr

. @nikdatta.bsky.social & Jan David Bakker uncover how a reform to letting fees saved tenants money. In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

People’s decisions on where to live are affected by more than just wages and housing costs - a new measure of quality of life helps identify what people really value. By @ahlfeldt.bsky.social Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel blogs.lse.ac.uk/euro...

“Car manufacturers have shared less of their gains with workers over time” by Andreas Teichgraeber & Tim Obermeier In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Solar power technology is a vital in tackling climate change. Pia Andres looks at how China’s rise affected European firms. In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

“Online consultations can be more convenient for patients, but some may need to be seen in person later” Amanda Dahlstrand, Nestor Le Nestour, Guy Michaels In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

The social impact of historical events is highlighted here by Shadi Farahzadi, who finds that the aftermath of 9/11 led to a dramatic shift in marriage patterns among American Muslims. blogs.lse.ac.uk/usap...

Great to hear Lee Elliot Major on the We Society podcast in a wide-ranging conversation on social mobility with Will Hutton from @AcadSocSciences.bsky.social podfollow.com/the-we...

“When being interviewed about their political opinions, people preferred a non-judgmental AI interview to a human being” Friedrich Geiecke, Xavier Jaravel In CentrePiece magazine http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Giving women the right to benefit from their inventions in the 19th century drove innovation in the US by Ruveyda nur Gozen In CentrePiece magazine http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Productivity growth in the UK car industry has grown faster than in the wider manufacturing industry. by Andreas Teichgraeber & Tim Obermeier In CentrePiece magazine Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Richard Layard, Gillian Tett and Paul Dolan on the lasting influence of Daniel Kahneman. In CentrePiece magazine http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Barbara Tversky remembers the life and work of Daniel Kahneman. In CentrePiece magazine. Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...

Out now! How China’s rise has shaped innovation, and exit, among European solar firms. By Pia Andres. In the new CentrePiece magazine. @econromesh.bsky.social @helen-ward1.bsky.social Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

Sneak peek at CentrePiece – out tomorrow! Featuring: Remembering Daniel Kahneman, China’s solar power and EU firms, women inventors, online doctors, the UK car industry, AI survey interviews, capping rental fees, Brexit and UK firms.

Self-confidence can have an impact on which universities students apply to – @CamilleTerrier.bsky.social reports on how the confidence gap between women and men can be reduced with a simple intervention. blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

📢 Job Alert: The Centre for Economic Performance (LSE) seeks a Research Assistant for a project on spatial income inequality in the UK. Ideal for junior economists/economic geographers with microdata experience in Stata/R. Apply by Feb 28! 📊🔍 More info: ow.ly/73Ng50UYnoz

A new way to measure (increasing) market concentration helps understanding of competition dynamics. By Sara Calligaris, Chiara Criscuolo, @JoshDeLyon.bsky.social @AnGrepp.bsky.social and Oliviero Pallanch cepr.org/voxeu/colum...

People hate wasting time in traffic, but how much should be spent to reduce commute times? Christian Krekel, @jawf.prof and Iven Stead show how using wellbeing data could help government make decisions on transport projects. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

🚨 Hiring: Research Assistant 🚨 Join Christiane Szerman for exciting research on labour market inequality! 🔍 Role: Data analysis, STATA, Python/R 📍 London-based graduate student 💰 £23.23/hr | ⏳ 7 hrs/week | 📅 Start: Feb/March 2025 📝 Apply by 22 Feb: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/a...

The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month. In February: ➡️Regional devolution ➡️Emigrants help bring innovation back home ➡️Tariffs and trade policy Read and subscribe: us10.campaign-archiv...

Using data from Turkey, Nuriye Melisa Bilgin, Ester Faia and Gianmarco Ottaviano find a positive effect of robot adoption by one firm on the productivity, employment, wages, imports of firms in its network. cepr.org/voxeu/colum...

What fueled the illicit opioid epidemic? New evidence from a takeover of white powder heroin markets By J. Travis Donahoe and Adam Soliman Read at: ow.ly/zrjE50UVu2A

📢 We're hiring! 📢 LSE’s Programme on Innovation & Diffusion seeks a Research Assistant to explore UK spatial disparities, capital stocks & productivity. 1-year fixed term (renewable). Strong Stata & econ skills needed. Apply by Feb 23! ow.ly/NI7c50UUQrx

This report from Pinjas Albagli, Rui Costa and Stephen Machin finds the National Living Wage boosted worker wages. While there was no change in total employment, firms adjusted through changes in employment composition and by altering employment contracts. cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

Looking at how elite universities affect earnings or academic achievement misses crucial ways in which they shape society through social opportunities. @andresbafer.bsky.social Christopher Neilson and Seth Zimmerman blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

Our latest #POIDWorkingPaper by Yi Chen, @fabianodalri.bsky.social, Thomas Jungbauer and @danielascur.bsky.social presents a model of employee poaching with asymmetric employer learning poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLI...

🎓 Interested in learning more about graduate study at LSE? Join the LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events between 17-21 February. Hear from our current students and student support services. Learn about our programmes and student life. Book your place! ow.ly/bSS150TY01l

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The CEP Growth Programme is looking for a Research Assistant (1-year post) to work on cutting-edge research into business dynamics & productivity. 📊✨ Join us in exploring innovation, growth & diffusion! Apply now: ow.ly/hLYO50USvcO

Paper tiger? Chinese science and home bias in citations By Pierre Azoulay, Shumin Qiu and Claudia Steinwender Read at: ow.ly/YaWs50UQq1T

How effective are R&D tax incentives? Reconciling micro and macro evidence By Silvia Appelt, Matej Bajgar, Chiara Criscuolo and Fernando Galindo-Rueda Read more: ow.ly/sXkF50UPCJB

Thread for Brexit memorial day I want to highlight 2 big open questions about the economic consequences of Brexit 1. Why did Brexit reduce UK output growth? 2. How bad has the TCA been for UK trade? 1/