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📢 Join the Online Spatial & Urban Seminar on Friday at 11:30 ET for Caitlin Gorback (UT Austin) presenting "The Financial Consequences of Wanting to Own a Home" (osus.info)

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BLOG | Do cities and regions gain from public sector relocation? In this guest blog, @maxnathan.bsky.social, @henryoverman.bsky.social, Capucine Riom, and Maria Sanchez-Vidal set out evidence on the impact of BBC relocation to Salford on wider employment in the area. Read more👇 loom.ly/hbBF_Xk

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Including social skills in the curriculum, placing the vocational pathway on an equal footing to the academic pathway, and funding training over the lifetime could improve educational outcomes for children growing up in deprivation (and increase productivity and growth) acss.org.uk/policies-to-...

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A (late) last call for our event tomorrow (Wednesday) morning on local responses to economic activity.

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Still time too apply for this RA position - closing date for applications is 23rd February 2025

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Still time to register for our @cep-lse.bsky.social "Women Economists" event, tomorrow (Wednesday) evening 18.00 at LSE: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/EVENTS/...

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For everyone planning to join us for @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin at the end of March - programme is now online: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

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@cep-lse.bsky.social currently recruiting for four research assistants to help with projects on labour markets, productivity and business dynamics, and spatial disparities. cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/about/w...

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Our next @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social event is tomorrow (Wednesday 12 February) at 09.15 looking at local multipliers.

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🚨 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...

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Call for papers for a new workshop for Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics May 12-13 at LSE. Deadline for extended abstracts 1st March www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

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New @cep-lse.bsky.social report on the impact of the UK National Living Wage. Wages up, no change in total employment but some changes in contractual arrangements: cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/publica...

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@poid-lse.bsky.social is recruiting a research assistant to work with me and Steve Machin on UK spatial disparities in private and public capital stocks, self-employment and productivity. Details here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Thanks to everyone who came to our @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social briefing on evidence and evaluation for effective devolution. Recording available shortly & we'll be answering questions we didn't get to in our knowledge hub group: khub.net/group/local-... (open to anyone working in UK local govt).

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Registration open for @cep-lse.bsky.social Women Economist event on February 19th. cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/EVENTS/...

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Still time to sign up for our session on using evidence and evaluation in a world where more powers are going to be devolved to local areas.

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Five years ago today, the UK officially left the EU. Before and since, the CEP has been at the forefront of assessing Brexit’s impact on UK trade and living standards. Explore Brexit hub here ⬇ 🧵: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/o... #Brexit

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5 years ago today Britain left the EU. Between 2020-2023, Brexit drove up food prices by 4% a year on average. Research from Jan David Bakker, @joshdelyon.bsky.social , @richarddavies.bsky.social and myself. You can read the paper here: tinyurl.com/27vjakwa

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Looking forward to this session on devolution next week. @henryoverman.bsky.social and Victoria Sutherland will pack a lot into this 45min session for policymakers.

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Of interest to PhD students working in all areas of environmental and energy economics. Call for papers for the second LSE Environment Camp: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... [deadline 1st March]

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New @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social blog post on proposed local government reforms, new responsibilities and how these link to our existing evidence resources whatworksgrowth.org/insights/eng...

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Sharing my TEDx talk on intimate partner violence against women. youtu.be/OtNZtU3utlI?...

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Of potential interest to UEA members:

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Registration now open for @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu.... Thanks to everyone who submitted papers (a record number, meaning difficult decisions for our program committee). If your paper was accepted you must register by Jan 30 to be on the program.

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First day of this year's teaching today, on our Economics of Cities course www.lse.ac.uk/resources/ca.... In the (unlikely?) event that any of our students are here - I look forward to seeing you at the first lecture later.

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Our @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social briefing events restart in February with events on effective devolution (whatworksgrowth.org/events/effec...) and on employment multipliers and the BBC relocation (whatworksgrowth.org/events/think...) with @maxnathan.bsky.social

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Great piece by @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social on data centres, the promise of jobs, and the importance of multipliers. @henryoverman.bsky.social was quoted, which is handy as @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social have an event on multipliers coming up. whatworksgrowth.org/events/think...

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Helpful lessons (as ever) from this year's @centreforcities.bsky.social Cities Outlook: www.centreforcities.org/blog/cities-.... How places should think about implications of industrial strategy focus on specific sectors a particularly tricky issue. Would welcome any pointers to related research.

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"In the eventuality that the UK may be forced to choose between its two largest trading partners, the EU remains our biggest trade partner and offers more trade policy certainty." blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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@econ-observatory.bsky.social has a write-up of our findings on the local economic effects of moving (some of) the BBC from London to Manchester www.economicsobservatory.com/do-cities-an... @maxnathan.bsky.social

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New @cep-lse.bsky.social discussion paper looking at the study of gender in the labour market, focusing on the evolution of academic thinking and real world developments in gender inequality from the 1980s to the present. cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/publica...

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Registration now open for @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu.... Thanks to everyone who submitted papers (a record number, meaning difficult decisions for our program committee). If your paper was accepted you must register by Jan 30 to be on the program.

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Closing soon! The Chicago / LSE conference on the economics of crime and justice will be held on May 8-9 in Chicago. Submit papers by 10 Jan 2025. bfi.uchicago.edu/eve...

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I just remembered that it is 30 years since I started at LSE (I studied for the MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from October 1994). I have decided to arbitrarily reward my long tenure by stopping a day early for the Christmas break.

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New research. How has Brexit affected UK trade? We find TCA reduced goods exports by 6.4%, imports by 3.1% Smaller firms hardest hit. Around 16,400 firms stopped exporting to the EU entirely But larger firms' exports unaffected, contributing to relatively small fall in overall trade 1/

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New @cep-lse.bsky.social discussion paper: Exposure to "Right to Buy" at birth significantly improved pupil performance in high-stakes exams and the likelihood to obtain a degree, while also improving labour earnings in young adulthood. cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/publica...

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Finally had a chance to look at @centreforcities.bsky.social three reports on restarting house building. A timely and valuable contribution to the debate and worth a read for anyone interested in how we get more homes built www.centreforcities.org/blog/restart...

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New blog post from @cep-lse.bsky.social @aadyabahl.bsky.social on the importance of planning reform for higher growth blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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Thanks to all who joined our @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social breakfast briefing on Local Green Growth. Assuming no technical issues, recording should soon be available. We'll have a question round up on Knowledge Hub (khub.net) and have updated our policy page (whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib...)

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Last call for our final @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social 'thinking through' session of 2024, covering local green growth - tomorrow (Wednesday 11th) 09.15-10.00 .

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Last chance to submit a paper for our @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin in March 2025. Call for papers closes Monday 9th December. urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

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Last chance to submit a paper for our @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin in March 2025. Call for papers closes Monday 9th December. urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

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New @cep-lse.bsky.social discussion paper from @fabrizioleone.bsky.social on Global Robots and the need to think about how both suppliers and customers respond to regulation (because the way suppliers respond amplifies economic effects). cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

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We've released a new @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social 'how to' evidence resource intended to help policymakers assess the feasibility of undertaking impact evaluation of transport policies, programmes and projects. whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib...

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@whatworksgrowth.bsky.social is running our final 'thinking through' event next Wednesday 11th December 09.15-10.00 on Local Green Growth. Sign up details here: whatworksgrowth.org/events/think...

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This week's @cep-lse.bsky.social Trade and Urban Seminar (Wednesday 4th at 12.30) sees @adrienbilal.bsky.social present his work on anticipating climate change across the US cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/events/...

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@cep-lse.bsky.social has two post-docs on the economics job market this year. You can find details of them and their work here: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/about/j...

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