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Roberto Iacono
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Prof Economics NTNU, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE III, CESifo & WIL. Main organiser of LISIT. Father of two! https://www.robertoiacono.org/
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The 2nd Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) is now history! A fabulous 2-day workshop with a stellar group of economists & public finance scholars, surrounded by the stunning peaks & sea views that only the Lofoten islands can offer. Thread below
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#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim!
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)
Senior researchers in History (291971) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Senior researchers in History (291971), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Our WelGain project member @lukaslehner.bsky.social interviewed on the UK's benefits bill. Framing correctly the cost of welfare, and unveiling the hidden benefits of social programs, is central to the WelGain project. Stay tuned for more!
Reform UK recently claimed that the UK’s benefits bill would be much higher than in other Western countries. That's simply incorrect.

I spoke to @timharford.ft.com for #BBC More or Less about the actual cost of welfare.

BBC: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6WyJ...
BBC Audio | More or Less | The Stats of the Nation: Immigration, benefits and inequality
Tim Harford explores the stats on some of the UK’s most potent political debates
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Eager to start a PhD and work with Norwegian register data? Apply! inomics.com/job/phd-cand...
📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢

I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Located in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund. Specializing in technology and the natural sciences. 40 000 students.
www.ntnu.edu
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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✨Winter School #IT19

Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19)

3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about!

@cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢

I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Located in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund. Specializing in technology and the natural sciences. 40 000 students.
www.ntnu.edu
December 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February.
www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.
PhD Fellowship position in Economics at Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...
www.oslomet.no
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Excited to be part of this project, where we'll aim to improve cost-benefit analysis of social policies over the next four years.

Thanks for leading the work, @robertoiacono.org!
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The WelGain project has got a website on which you can follow our updates! www.ntnu.edu/isa/welgain
The WelGain project explores why public debates about welfare often emphasize costs more than benefits. - NTNU
WelGain – Welfare Gains.
www.ntnu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital url: academic.oup.com/ser/article/...
‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital
Abstract. Many countries are concerned about the migration of top taxpayers. Yet we know little about how economic elites weigh the taxes they pay when dec
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I will be hiring soon! A fully funded 3-year PhD position at NTNU, supported by our WelGain project. Stay tuned!
Time to celebrate! 🎉

The WelGain project (Tangible welfare costs & hidden welfare gains: unveiling the counterfactual in the evaluation of social programs) has received funding by the RCN, approx. 11.97M NOK (1M EUR).

I look forward to serve as PI of an amazing team of colleagues @NTNU and abroad!
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 Happy to share that our paper "Compulsory activation of young welfare recipients: revisiting the trade-off between workfare and welfare generosity", co-authored with
@baardsmed.bsky.social, has been published in the Socio-Economic Review (OUP).

🔗 Read the article: doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Being back at @deps-siena.bsky.social today to present my work, 4 years after my sabbatical spent here, has been a great pleasure, and a bit emotional. Keep up the good work, I think @deps-siena.bsky.social is gaining back the glory of its past!
📢THIS WEEK

@deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar!

@robertoiacono.org (NTNU)

"Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform"

🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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📢THIS WEEK

@deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar!

@robertoiacono.org (NTNU)

"Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform"

🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Happy World Statistics Day! 🎉📊

🔥 Final stretch! Apply to join #FIRE — Finland’s register-based research initiative — as a visiting researcher by Oct 22. 📊🚀

@utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers.

Apply now 👉
fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi...

@utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
FIRE Visiting Fellow Programme - FIRE
FIRE fellowships are 1–2 months visits to the Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) to collaborate with our researchers.
fire-infra.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford!

@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:

🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility

Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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From the local newspaper Lister (1899), this gem:

Political economy.
12-year-old: “What is political economy, Dad?”
Dad: “Never buy more votes than you strictly need.”
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Pleased to see our new paper finally out!

Together with joël bühler and Roberto Iacono, we study income mobility dynamics in Norway using 26 years of high-quality register data.

Main result: upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income — and almost never by capital alone. (1/4)
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Ever wondered whether capital or labor income makes individuals move up the income ladder? So did my fantastic co-authors @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @robertoiacono.org and I!

Short answer: It's mostly LABOR income! 1/2
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both?

👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org

▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone - WID - World Inequality Database
Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone This paper studies the dynamics of capital and labor income mobility using high-quality register data from Norway.
wid.world
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Are you a PhD/Postdoc young scholar in search of opportunities abroad?

Time to apply for the new call of the Visiting researcher positions with access to admin data @ NTNU in Trondheim.

Deadline: 30.11.2025. Details: shorturl.at/Fdw9A

Friends & colleagues: pls share with your best candidates.
October 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Time to celebrate! 🎉

The WelGain project (Tangible welfare costs & hidden welfare gains: unveiling the counterfactual in the evaluation of social programs) has received funding by the RCN, approx. 11.97M NOK (1M EUR).

I look forward to serve as PI of an amazing team of colleagues @NTNU and abroad!
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM