Haohao Lei
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Haohao Lei
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DPhil student @ Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Nuffield College, Oxford | Affiliated with MPIDR PHDS | Social demography, social epidemiology, analytical sociology
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Reassessing the U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility: A replication and extension of Kolk’s (2019) study using comprehensive gender equality measures
doi.org/10.4054/DemR...
Paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student @haohao-lei.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I’ve recently compiled detailed thoughts, questions, and concerns about the current AI investment bubble risks. This piece explains why this bubble differs from the dot-com boom, and emphasises the overlooked roles of private credit markets.

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Some Thoughts, Questions, and Concerns Regarding the Current AI Bubble
This memo records my reflections and concerns regarding generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related infrastructure investments. Due to my limited understanding of the relevant industries, I…
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October 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thinking about why some exceptional companies survive and protect their wealth without violence. Drawing insights from Drucker's "Concept of the Corporation" and Collins & Porras's "Built to Last."

#Management #Investment

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Why Do Exceptional Companies Endure Without Violent Protection? Reflections on the Firm as a Social Organisation
The question of what a company actually is—and why it exists—has long troubled me, and it has been an obstacle to my move into equity investing. Ronald Coase has, of course, provided a clear explan…
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September 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Trump’s self-defeating move on skilled worker visas on.ft.com/46xKXF1 | opinion
Trump’s self-defeating move on skilled worker visas
A big cost increase for H-1B visas is bad for American business and innovation
on.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
on.ft.com/4lVtOvg How the Catholic Church views AI
How the Catholic Church views AI
This moment of technological change is so profound that we might compare it to the Renaissance
on.ft.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Great kick off today at #PAA2025
Come & visit our booth in Salon 1

Pick up some info on the 5 #jobs
we are advertising - join us in Oxford!!

Get an #InDataWeTrust button or tattoo (and no we don’t have an in person tattoo artist…it is temporary!)
April 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025
March 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Really disappointing news :( UK users are losing end-to-end encryption for their iCloud data, which means less privacy and security for everyone.

on.ft.com/3CQyVfn Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order
Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order
iPhone-maker says it can no longer offer advanced protection in Britain after secret demand for ‘back door’ to user data
on.ft.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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