Neil Lee

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 2d

for academics, the "post you from a different era" trend is just our normal faculty profile pictures

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 3d

😬 (sorry for the emoji..)

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 3d

Not just emoji's: The sheer volume of AI slop on Linkedin is incredibly depressing now

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 3d

I have a Keir Starmer story too: LSE Labour club had booked a lecture hall for an event, but were overrunning - so I had to kick him out (he was very polite but didn't seem very pleased)

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 3d

2023: I meet Simon Johnson -> 2024: Wins Nobel
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners

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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 3d

Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 7d

Populism was always coming for you guys. I will toast you in the Dewey as I drink alone.

Browse the 2024/2025 Seed Grants Recipients Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the second round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental…

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NBER @nber.org · 8d

AI and digital platforms improve efficiency in processing and transmitting information but erode producer incentives, resulting in less truthful news and more misinformation, from Joseph E. Stiglitz and Maxim Ventura-Bolet https://www.nber.org/papers/w34318

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · 8d

A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy.

www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...

Seed Grants

www.innovationgrowthlab.org

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Ronald Drever - Wikipedia

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d

Nobel prize season and I always think of my wife's distant cousin who died seven months before his co-authors won it

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_...

en.wikipedia.org

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International Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 We're hiring! Two exciting roles: Data Analyst & Head of Zambia Evidence Lab (ZEL).

Work with leading researchers and policymakers to shape data-driven development.

📍 Based in Lusaka | 🌍 Global collaboration | 📈 Real-world impact
Apply now 👉 www.theigc.org/about/careers #EconSky

Head of Zambia Evidence Lab and Data Analyst vacancies

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 14d

Grim but eye-opening - especially for those of us lucky enough never to face this

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14d

This is the weird thing I'm having to check myself for in the tone of tomorrow's newsletter, is conveying my sense of 'yeah, I mean...I'm not *surprised*!' We have to have extra security for book festivals!' sense of despair rather than accidentally seeming bored.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 14d

If your kids have to do "active shooter"-style anti-terror drills at their schools in suburban London (as mine have), why on earth would you be shocked?

Mobile internet access and wealth inequality in the Philippines

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14d

This is the weird thing I'm having to check myself for in the tone of tomorrow's newsletter, is conveying my sense of 'yeah, I mean...I'm not *surprised*!' We have to have extra security for book festivals!' sense of despair rather than accidentally seeming bored.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 14d

If your kids have to do "active shooter"-style anti-terror drills at their schools in suburban London (as mine have), why on earth would you be shocked?

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14d

One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.

Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.

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Stephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social · 15d

New paper out in @pnas.org! We study the effect of air pollution on pets, finding increased vet admissions when air quality is worse. Tackling air pollution doesn't just matter for human health - it's important for animals too, including people's much loved cats and dogs www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 16d

Mobile internet has rapidly expanded in the Philippines. Researchers Zhiwu Wei, @neillee.bsky.social (CEP) and Yohan Iddawela find that it has helped boost household wealth – but can widen the urban-rural wealth gap.

Read:

Mobile connectivity can boost jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? The 7000+ islands of the Philippines is an ideal case study

Grey power, pension reforms and the politics of slow growth in Europe -

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LSE EUROPP Blog @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 16d

New research shows ageing populations and the power of the “grey vote” are undermining Europe’s economic growth.

Yet an ageing Europe need not be a stagnant one if the sources of the grey power trap can be addressed.

✍ Tim Vlandas @dspi-oxford.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Ageing populations are undermining Europe’s economic growth, but an ageing Europe need not be a stagnant one if we confront the sources of the grey power trap.

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 21d

More IPPR than Resolution Foundation, right?

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Mobile internet access and wealth inequality in the Philippines

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 22d

Nice to see that AI superintelligence is still unable to deal with the first name surname we all suffer from

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 23d

We are excited for the start of this term's Inequalities Seminar Series!

In our first seminar, @katymorris.bsky.social explores the effects of income misperceptions on inequality beliefs and preferences.

🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/VGrS38l
💻 Attend online: buff.ly/U7CxSmD

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 23d

Mobile connectivity can positively impact on jobs and incomes. But how does it affect household wealth inequality?

@neillee.bsky.social, Zhiwu Wei & Yohan Iddawela investigate, taking the Philippines as the ideal case study #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Read the post here: buff.ly/cobkSQE

Mobile connectivity can boost jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? The 7000+ islands of the Philippines is an ideal case study

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 23d

Mobile internet access and wealth inequality in the Philippines

Mobile connectivity can boost jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? The 7000+ islands of the Philippines is an ideal case study

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 24d

without a coffin in it *yet*

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 24d

Iversen and Soskice on the bookshelf 🔥🔥🔥

Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 24d

Parliament is now in recess. That means I get to spend more time at home, in Loughborough, Shepshed, and the Villages.

Here's a day in my life 👇

PhD Fellowship in Innovation and Regional Studies (285983) | University of Stavanger

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 24d

PhD fellowship in #Innovaton and #Regional Studies at @unistavanger.bsky.social. Study the #Green Transition and its implications. Join RENOVATE, where true intellectual calibre meets genuine collegiality and warmth.
Deadline for applications: 16 Oct.
Full info: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Innovation and Regional Studies (285983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, October 16, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 24d

Parliament is now in recess. That means I get to spend more time at home, in Loughborough, Shepshed, and the Villages.

Here's a day in my life 👇

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 27d

We @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk are hiring a postdoc to work on AI and geopolitics www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term)

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance. Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate at the new Bennett School of Public Policy in the

www.cam.ac.uk

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