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Stephen P. Jenkins
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Applied economist and quantitative generalist. Professor of Economic & Social Policy, LSE. 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 All views expressed are my own.

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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · 19h
We're hiring an endowed chair in economic demography--please apply, or pass along to good candidates!

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 4d
'I don't think welfare spending is out of control. I think there is almost a moral panic about the level of welfare spending. If we look at the working-age benefit bill, it hasn't changed much over decades, if you look it as a fraction of national income.' @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social #c4news

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Christian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · 4d
Today in the US it is the day of Thanksgiving. This is the opportunity to thank all the volunteers who help index publications in RePEc, edit NEP reports, send corrections to EDIRC, amend Genealogy records, or edit Biblio topics. RePEc would not exist without them.

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#RePEc #EconSky
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪʟʟɪᴍᴇᴛ ✡️☮️❤️ @dlmillimet.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks, John. Marc and I thought this was an important paper to write. It was an issue that has long bothered both of us. Hopefully it helps applied peeps think a bit more carefully about their model.

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 5d
💡 Research spotlight:

Our SOUTHMOD team is strengthening policy capacity across Latin America.

This year, the team have delivered specialised training for government partners in Bolivia, as well as Ecuador’s National Statistical Institute (INEC).

More on p.36 ⬇️
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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · 5d
interesting paper on ye olde fixed effects estimator
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator
Data that span multiple units and time periods allow controlling for time-invariant heterogeneity correlated with the covariates. While researchers can do this in different ways, the fixed effects es....
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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 6d
New post: If disability benefits spending is flat, then welfare spending is probably going down - Some figures to have to hand when looking through the Budget
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If disability benefits spending is flat, then welfare spending is probably going down
Some figures to have to hand when looking through tomorrow's Budget
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lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · 6d
In our Department seminar last week, Professor Thomas Hale (University of Oxford) examined the politics of climate change. With long-term goals in mind, he outlined strategies for tilting the politics and policies of climate change toward better outcomes.

🎙️ Catch up here:
Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time
ISPP Seminar Series, 20 November 2025 Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub Seminar Presenter: Professor Thomas Hale (University of Oxford) Chair: Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath…
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 6d
RF are pro MW, but we agree it's 2nd order to benefits in tackling poverty. Big fight with Osborne over that re tax credit cuts in 2015.

One example: a 2-earner 3-kid family on MW wld have been *worse* off in 2024 than 2014 despite real earnings up 27% www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

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Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social · 7d
🚨🚨🚨 Job alert! 🚨🚨🚨
The Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social are hiring a permanent Lecturer in Economics. It's a fantastic department that's really going places.
Please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL723/l...
Lecturer in Economics at King's College London
Apply for the Lecturer in Economics role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 7d
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-ali...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 8d
Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
eui-eu.bsky.social European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Nov 1
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!

📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences

Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!

Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd

#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

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Christian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · 10d
RePEc was created by economists for economists. If there is a way we can serve the community better, please do tell!

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#RePEc #EconSky
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
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Francesco Andreoli @fandreoli83.bsky.social · 10d
✨Winter School #IT19 ✨

📢 @cesifo.org @dseunivr and @liser.lu
are glad to announce the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19):
Inequality and Big Challenges.

👉January 6-10, 2026
👉Alba di Canazei 🏔️ IT
👉 Call: dse.univr.it/it/documents...

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 11d
“Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. “Okay, so maybe I wasn’t too mean to him…” she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.” www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...
How Larry Summers’s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president’s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
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Ant Breach @antbreach.bsky.social · 11d
Everybody loves brownfield-first. But where exactly should we densify our cities? And how?

Our new report shows Britain's density gap is wider in the biggest cities outside London than in the capital - and the inner city 'urban cores' up to 5km out from the centre are to blame.