Nils Braakmann
@nilsbraakmann.bsky.social
Economics Prof, Newcastle University. Dad to 2 humans and 3 cats. St Pauli supporter. All posts in personal capacity.
Causal inference, geocoded crime data, labour & urban econ.
Work: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/people/profile/nilsbraakmann.html
Causal inference, geocoded crime data, labour & urban econ.
Work: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/people/profile/nilsbraakmann.html
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@nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, and I form the program committee. More info here: applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
@nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, and I form the program committee. More info here: applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
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Time to submit a paper to the Fifth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Micro! Steve Machin (LSE) will deliver the keynote. 5-7 May, submit papers here:
www.tinyurl.com/FifthSaNESub...
www.tinyurl.com/FifthSaNESub...
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Time to submit a paper to the Fifth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Micro! Steve Machin (LSE) will deliver the keynote. 5-7 May, submit papers here:
www.tinyurl.com/FifthSaNESub...
www.tinyurl.com/FifthSaNESub...
Now in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (with Wednesday Croft): We consider the introduction of private security measures in supermarkets and their role in preventing shoplifting using a well-publicised change at Tesco.
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#CrimSky #Econsky #WeAreNCL
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#CrimSky #Econsky #WeAreNCL
Crime Prevention Through Private Actors: Evidence From a Policy Change at a Large UK Supermarket Chain
This paper investigates the effectiveness of private actors in contributing to crime prevention. We leverage well-publicised increases in security measures, including additional security guards and t...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Now in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (with Wednesday Croft): We consider the introduction of private security measures in supermarkets and their role in preventing shoplifting using a well-publicised change at Tesco.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#CrimSky #Econsky #WeAreNCL
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#CrimSky #Econsky #WeAreNCL
🚨Jobs! Come and work with us - we’re a nice department and it’s mostly not grim up north either!
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Lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Economics is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨Jobs! Come and work with us - we’re a nice department and it’s mostly not grim up north either!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
#WeAreNCL #EconSky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ343/l...
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In the grimness of the north birds scavenge for food #GrimUpNorth
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
In the grimness of the north birds scavenge for food #GrimUpNorth
People in London (and elsewhere with internet access as it's also online) - if you ever wanted to hear me talk about geocoded crime data and causal inference - here's your chance (June 10th at 4 at the Met). Free but ticketed: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mps-research...
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
People in London (and elsewhere with internet access as it's also online) - if you ever wanted to hear me talk about geocoded crime data and causal inference - here's your chance (June 10th at 4 at the Met). Free but ticketed: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mps-research...
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
Always nice to see your government carefully engaging with evidence and coming up with nuanced takes that do a complex topic justice 🙄...
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Always nice to see your government carefully engaging with evidence and coming up with nuanced takes that do a complex topic justice 🙄...
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Good morning, Crieff! Looking forward to the second day of the Fourth SaNE conference in applied micro— the first was great. Thanks to @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social for their work on the program and @ludogazze.bsky.social for last night’s keynote.
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good morning, Crieff! Looking forward to the second day of the Fourth SaNE conference in applied micro— the first was great. Thanks to @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social for their work on the program and @ludogazze.bsky.social for last night’s keynote.
@scoteconsociety.bsky.social conference day 2. Featuring an organised session on crime (and yours truly) at 11. #ses2025
April 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
@scoteconsociety.bsky.social conference day 2. Featuring an organised session on crime (and yours truly) at 11. #ses2025
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Welcome to the #SES2025 annual conference! Blue skies here in Glasgow
We’re here in sunny stunning Glasgow for our Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference - follow us on Bluesky now we’ve left the other place @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #econsky 📈📉
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Welcome to the #SES2025 annual conference! Blue skies here in Glasgow
New paper with Barbara Eberth out in Industrial Relations
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#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
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#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
March 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New paper with Barbara Eberth out in Industrial Relations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
Grim up north in the winter… #GrimUpNorth
January 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Grim up north in the winter… #GrimUpNorth
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Just a little over one more week to submit to the Fourth Annual SaNE conference in Scotland. The deadline is 31 January. Join us up north!
Pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics at the Crief Hydro Hotel in Perthshire on 6-8 May 2025!
Our keynote speaker is @ludogazze.bsky.social
More info & submission link at applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
Our keynote speaker is @ludogazze.bsky.social
More info & submission link at applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just a little over one more week to submit to the Fourth Annual SaNE conference in Scotland. The deadline is 31 January. Join us up north!
Not a specialist on automotive industries - but I’ve got a feeling that sick leave rules might not be the main reason for their current crisis…
Die deutsche Autobranche steckt in der Krise. Einen Grund dafür sieht Mercedes-Chef Ola Källenius im Krankenstand seiner Mitarbeitenden. Seine Forderung: »Es darf nicht so einfach sein, sich krankzumelden.«
Mercedes-Chef bemängelt hohen Krankenstand in Deutschland
Die deutsche Autobranche steckt in der Krise. Einen Grund dafür sieht Mercedes-Chef Ola Källenius im Krankenstand seiner Mitarbeitenden. Seine Forderung: »Es darf nicht so einfach sein, sich krankzumelden.«
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December 14, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Not a specialist on automotive industries - but I’ve got a feeling that sick leave rules might not be the main reason for their current crisis…
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December 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM
School projects are surprisingly fun…
December 8, 2024 at 11:08 AM
School projects are surprisingly fun…
Send us your best papers! It's nice up North... #Econsky
Pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics at the Crief Hydro Hotel in Perthshire on 6-8 May 2025!
Our keynote speaker is @ludogazze.bsky.social
More info & submission link at applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
Our keynote speaker is @ludogazze.bsky.social
More info & submission link at applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
November 27, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Send us your best papers! It's nice up North... #Econsky
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No such disparities between the most left-wing and the most right-wing members of other disciplines
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 AM
No such disparities between the most left-wing and the most right-wing members of other disciplines
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Me, an economist who wrote one of TIE papers, shaken to his core: how can I live with the fact that "going from the most left-wing authored estimate of the taxable top income elasticity to the most right-wing authored estimate decreases the optimal tax rate *checks notes* from 77% to 60%."
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Me, an economist who wrote one of TIE papers, shaken to his core: how can I live with the fact that "going from the most left-wing authored estimate of the taxable top income elasticity to the most right-wing authored estimate decreases the optimal tax rate *checks notes* from 77% to 60%."
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Today's blog in our #N8ResearchCulture series is from @newcastleuni.bsky.social and Dr Sara Zaemdar @candyrowe.bsky.social
www.n8research.org.uk/a-creative-a...
www.n8research.org.uk/a-creative-a...
A Creative Approach to Fostering a Healthy Research Culture with Dr Sara Zaeemdar - N8 Research Partnership
In a recent interview with Dr Sara Zaeemdar, a lecturer in Organisation Studies at Newcastle University's Business School, the discussion explored aspects of fostering a healthy research culture withi...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Today's blog in our #N8ResearchCulture series is from @newcastleuni.bsky.social and Dr Sara Zaemdar @candyrowe.bsky.social
www.n8research.org.uk/a-creative-a...
www.n8research.org.uk/a-creative-a...
New working paper: Temperature, crime and policing: Evidence from UK geocoded data
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
New working paper: Temperature, crime and policing: Evidence from UK geocoded data
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
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We're proud to announce we'll be leading the North East England Doctoral Landscape in Biosciences bringing 100 PhD studentships to the region, with funding for at least another 45 PhD students here at Newcastle 🎓 🎉
Find out more about the schemes 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
Find out more about the schemes 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 AM
We're proud to announce we'll be leading the North East England Doctoral Landscape in Biosciences bringing 100 PhD studentships to the region, with funding for at least another 45 PhD students here at Newcastle 🎓 🎉
Find out more about the schemes 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
Find out more about the schemes 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
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The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing