Jakob Schneebacher
@jschneebacher.bsky.social
Economist at the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Interested in firms, productivity, markets, management and growth. Previously at ONS, Nuffield College Oxford. All views my own.
www.jakobschneebacher.com
www.jakobschneebacher.com
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The UK will soon have a new industrial strategy. What can we learn from past policies, and from examining the sectors in the government's recent green paper?
Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Working paper on options for reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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The Government has announced that the adult minimum wage will increase by 4.1% to £12.71. This is likely to be faster than inflation and average earnings growth. The UK’s minimum wage is already one of the highest amongst developed countries and this will push it higher.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Government has announced that the adult minimum wage will increase by 4.1% to £12.71. This is likely to be faster than inflation and average earnings growth. The UK’s minimum wage is already one of the highest amongst developed countries and this will push it higher.
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Just read this paper that revisits Weitzman’s 1974 question on when policymakers should use taxes versus quotas to correct externalities in stochastic networked economies. It shows if shocks are positively correlated (like a global energy price jump) linear taxes win...
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just read this paper that revisits Weitzman’s 1974 question on when policymakers should use taxes versus quotas to correct externalities in stochastic networked economies. It shows if shocks are positively correlated (like a global energy price jump) linear taxes win...
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Yesterday was my last day at the CMA.
It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday was my last day at the CMA.
It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...
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John Fallon (one of my PhD students on the market this year) does fantastic work in IO / Labor / Education, studying the medical profession in his JMP and teacher workforce policies in his other dissertation chapters.
Take a look 👇
Take a look 👇
I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor.
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
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john-fallon-econ.com
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Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
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john-fallon-econ.com
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November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
John Fallon (one of my PhD students on the market this year) does fantastic work in IO / Labor / Education, studying the medical profession in his JMP and teacher workforce policies in his other dissertation chapters.
Take a look 👇
Take a look 👇
Yesterday was my last day at the CMA.
It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday was my last day at the CMA.
It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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It has been a real honour helping to build its research function over the last three years. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to highlight a few things we have published in recent years.
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Hiring this year in economics or management? I try to read every JMP on innovation, entrepreneurship, or econ of AI; why not make the list public? Here's 54 candidates on the market this year (link below). Many great papers + NBER Innovation PhD boot camp grads! kevinbryanecon.com/2025innovati...
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, AI Job Candidates 2025
kevinbryanecon.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hiring this year in economics or management? I try to read every JMP on innovation, entrepreneurship, or econ of AI; why not make the list public? Here's 54 candidates on the market this year (link below). Many great papers + NBER Innovation PhD boot camp grads! kevinbryanecon.com/2025innovati...
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On my way home from our fourth annual CMA-Durham workshop on productivity, dynamism and market power. A few reflections:
1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
On my way home from our fourth annual CMA-Durham workshop on productivity, dynamism and market power. A few reflections:
1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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On my way home from our fourth annual CMA-Durham workshop on productivity, dynamism and market power. A few reflections:
1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
On my way home from our fourth annual CMA-Durham workshop on productivity, dynamism and market power. A few reflections:
1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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1) Lots of emphasis on diffusion and dynamism. Drivers (networks, GPTs, well-targeted policies) and barriers (market power, information frictions, input bottlenecks).
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Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
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Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
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September 15, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Late to this but really excellent news.
And for those interested in economic measurement, the call for the @escoeorg.bsky.social annual conference (19-21 May, KCL London) is now open.
Keynotes by Carol Corrado, Xavier Jaravel and Canada's Chief Statistician. Submit by 12 January.
And for those interested in economic measurement, the call for the @escoeorg.bsky.social annual conference (19-21 May, KCL London) is now open.
Keynotes by Carol Corrado, Xavier Jaravel and Canada's Chief Statistician. Submit by 12 January.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Late to this but really excellent news.
And for those interested in economic measurement, the call for the @escoeorg.bsky.social annual conference (19-21 May, KCL London) is now open.
Keynotes by Carol Corrado, Xavier Jaravel and Canada's Chief Statistician. Submit by 12 January.
And for those interested in economic measurement, the call for the @escoeorg.bsky.social annual conference (19-21 May, KCL London) is now open.
Keynotes by Carol Corrado, Xavier Jaravel and Canada's Chief Statistician. Submit by 12 January.
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When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
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There is no pathway to upward wage mobility as an Amazon driver, as opposed to drivers at a unionized workplace like UPS
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There is no pathway to upward wage mobility as an Amazon driver, as opposed to drivers at a unionized workplace like UPS
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
Incredibly timely and policy-relevant evidence by @nikdatta.bsky.social and @amritakulka.bsky.social on housing demand and supply in the UK.
Where should Britain build 1.5 million homes?
@amritakulka.bsky.social l and I analysed 20 billion housing searches + availability to map demand at a hyper-local level.
Map 👉 wheretobuild.warwick.ac.uk
Full + 350 LA reports 👉 www.warwick.ac.uk/cage/whereto...
@cagewarwick.bsky.social
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@amritakulka.bsky.social l and I analysed 20 billion housing searches + availability to map demand at a hyper-local level.
Map 👉 wheretobuild.warwick.ac.uk
Full + 350 LA reports 👉 www.warwick.ac.uk/cage/whereto...
@cagewarwick.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Incredibly timely and policy-relevant evidence by @nikdatta.bsky.social and @amritakulka.bsky.social on housing demand and supply in the UK.
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For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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🚨🚨Update: for the next @cepr.org -IO gathering on NOV 7, 2025 at 2PM CET, we've got a great set of IO job candidates lined up to give 10min versions of their JMP talks and then discuss them with audience members.
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨🚨Update: for the next @cepr.org -IO gathering on NOV 7, 2025 at 2PM CET, we've got a great set of IO job candidates lined up to give 10min versions of their JMP talks and then discuss them with audience members.
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
Please like, repost/reshare, and register here: forms.gle/QTKETdgQq9j1...
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It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please see @joshua-goodman.com's great initiative below. Happy to do the same for PhD students working on productivity, in org econ or IO.
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Please see @joshua-goodman.com's great initiative below. Happy to do the same for PhD students working on productivity, in org econ or IO.
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NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades.
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades.
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.social’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
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ESCoE will hold its next annual conference, organised in partnership with the UK Office for National Statistics, on 19-21 May 2026 @kingsbschool.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ESCoE will hold its next annual conference, organised in partnership with the UK Office for National Statistics, on 19-21 May 2026 @kingsbschool.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
The call for papers is now open. Find out more & submit by 12 Jan 2026: tinyurl.com/5hxvc7v9
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Vertical integration in Chinese films raises welfare on average, but reduces welfare when films are close substitutes and there is limited downstream competition, from Charles Hodgson and Shilong Sun www.nber.org/papers/w34390
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Vertical integration in Chinese films raises welfare on average, but reduces welfare when films are close substitutes and there is limited downstream competition, from Charles Hodgson and Shilong Sun www.nber.org/papers/w34390
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Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Fall 2025
www.nber.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social