Stephen P. Jenkins
@stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social
Applied economist and quantitative generalist. Professor of Economic & Social Policy, LSE. 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 All views expressed are my own.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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💡 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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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 ⬇️
buff.ly/SQaN1zl
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
💡 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 ⬇️
buff.ly/SQaN1zl
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 ⬇️
buff.ly/SQaN1zl
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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.
When fixed effects aren't fixed...
Important work by @dlmillimet.bsky.social and Marc Bellemare that should influence econometric practice.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Important work by @dlmillimet.bsky.social and Marc Bellemare that should influence econometric practice.
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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interesting paper on ye olde fixed effects estimator
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
interesting paper on ye olde fixed effects estimator
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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...
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...
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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...
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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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
inequalities.substack.com/p/disability...
inequalities.substack.com/p/disability...
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
inequalities.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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
inequalities.substack.com/p/disability...
inequalities.substack.com/p/disability...
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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:
🎙️ 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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November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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:
🎙️ Catch up here:
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🚨🚨🚨 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...
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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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🚨🚨🚨 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...
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...
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🚨 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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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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November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 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! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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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,
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November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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!
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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!
🚨 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
📊 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
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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!
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How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
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✨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...
📢 @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...
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
✨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...
📢 @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, 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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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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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.
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.
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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.
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.
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This weeks post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
If a Labour government sounds and acts like a slightly milder version of a Reform government, this is going to put off nearly all Labour voters, including those in Labour marginal seats.
If a Labour government sounds and acts like a slightly milder version of a Reform government, this is going to put off nearly all Labour voters, including those in Labour marginal seats.
Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
The government’s latest proposed revamp of asylum laws reminds us that Labour have not abandoned their approach of using right wing popul...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This weeks post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
If a Labour government sounds and acts like a slightly milder version of a Reform government, this is going to put off nearly all Labour voters, including those in Labour marginal seats.
If a Labour government sounds and acts like a slightly milder version of a Reform government, this is going to put off nearly all Labour voters, including those in Labour marginal seats.
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Apply now to our next Summer School! 🤝
We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences.
Application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences.
Application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Apply now to our next Summer School! 🤝
We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences.
Application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences.
Application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
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I will be sending this email a lot this year. Feel free to tell me it's problematic, but I've had it with students who don't show up and expect me to be in their corner.
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I will be sending this email a lot this year. Feel free to tell me it's problematic, but I've had it with students who don't show up and expect me to be in their corner.
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Take note Starmer and co
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Take note Starmer and co
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Lots of sensible recommendations in the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee report published today, including the importance of place, prevention, and a proper data strategy
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Lots of sensible recommendations in the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee report published today, including the importance of place, prevention, and a proper data strategy
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
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📢 New Job Opportunity
We’re recruiting an Events & Communications Officer who will provide key support in the running of the Department’s diverse events programme & digital communications channels!
🔗More info here: buff.ly/tNqvWS3
📆Closing date 30 Nov
We’re recruiting an Events & Communications Officer who will provide key support in the running of the Department’s diverse events programme & digital communications channels!
🔗More info here: buff.ly/tNqvWS3
📆Closing date 30 Nov
Department of Social Policy | Available positions
Jobs available in the Department of Social Policy
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 New Job Opportunity
We’re recruiting an Events & Communications Officer who will provide key support in the running of the Department’s diverse events programme & digital communications channels!
🔗More info here: buff.ly/tNqvWS3
📆Closing date 30 Nov
We’re recruiting an Events & Communications Officer who will provide key support in the running of the Department’s diverse events programme & digital communications channels!
🔗More info here: buff.ly/tNqvWS3
📆Closing date 30 Nov
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📢 We’re hiring!
King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.
Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...
Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.
@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social
King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.
Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...
Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.
@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social
Lecturer in Economics | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 We’re hiring!
King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.
Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...
Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.
@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social
King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.
Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...
Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.
@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social
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The rise of stratification research in sociology, economics, and political science. My new blog. With a conclusion that European universities should rather sponsor inequality centers than to dismantle them. @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social hermwerf.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
The Rise of Stratification Research in Sociology, Economics, and Political Science
How social stratification became increasingly studied in sister fields of sociology
hermwerf.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The rise of stratification research in sociology, economics, and political science. My new blog. With a conclusion that European universities should rather sponsor inequality centers than to dismantle them. @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social hermwerf.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...