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Stuart McIntyre

@stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social

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Economics Professor @ Strathclyde University. Own opinions etc. Personal website: https://t.co/vXQXPVXwfW

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Stuart McIntyre @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

ONS has taken a lot of stick recently over problems with core economic statistics, but its response today on the public finance stats - setting out what happened and a path forward - is a frank and useful explainer from the new team that's to be welcomed. blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/08/a...

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · Sep 3

What does this mean for how we understand jobs, unemployment, and the labour market?

Read @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social on what’s been going wrong with labour market statistics – and what’s at stake. 👇 🔗 buff.ly/sfvLfFo

Labour market statistics: what’s been going wrong? - Economics Observatory

No one who pays attention to news about the economy will have missed the recent spell of stories about the quality of economic statistics, not just in the UK but also internationally. From the…

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Romesh Vaitilingam @econromesh.bsky.social · Sep 1

The quality & trustworthiness of economic statistics have been in the news on both sides of the Atlantic - what's been going on?

@stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social @econ-observatory.bsky.social

www.economicsobservatory.com/labour-marke...

Labour market statistics: what’s been going wrong? - Economics Observatory

No one who pays attention to news about the economy will have missed the recent spell of stories about the quality of economic statistics, not just in the UK but also internationally. From the result...

www.economicsobservatory.com

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Josh Martin @joshmartinecon.bsky.social · May 21

Finally @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social presents preliminary work on measuring regional resilience to economic shocks. Finding measures for resistance, recovery, renewal and reorientation.

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · May 21

@stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social presents ESCoE work with @fraserofallander.org using innovative time-series methods to assess how UK regions respond to business cycle & monetary policy shocks. 
#EconStats2025

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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · Apr 21

Two days to go to apply for a Lectureship (Teaching and Research) at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social economics!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM015/l...

Lecturer in Economics - AC2407DD at University of St Andrews

Apply for the Lecturer in Economics - AC2407DD role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · Dec 26

The long shortlist for the 2024 Enlightened Economist book of the year www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p... (NB my entirely arbitrary and personal choice)

2024 in reading: The Enlightened Economist Prize shortlist | The Enlightened Economist

www.enlightenmenteconomics.com

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Stuart McIntyre @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social · Dec 4

Lots of political arguments in the weeks ahead about plans to remove the UC two-child limit in Scotland, but those aside an important process point - this is a £200m+ a year commitment which has not been costed because it was added too late... #scotbudget fiscalcommission.scot/wp-content/u...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · Oct 14

And now @econ-observatory.bsky.social is here too!

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Gill Wyness @gillwyness.bsky.social · Oct 11

🤖New working paper🤖

Those from low SES backgrounds are less likely to enter "elite" occupations than their high SES peers, even when they have the same qualifications.

But are low SES individuals less likely to enter high quality jobs in general?

repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeowp24…

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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · Sep 19

New report from @theifs.bsky.social highlighting new disability claimants are:
a) younger
b) more likely to claim due to mental health problems
c) women
Really worrying trend here with longer term implications
ifs.org.uk/publications...

How do post-COVID claimants of health-related benefits compare with pre-COVID claimants? Where in the UK are they? How do other countries compare?

ifs.org.uk

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Sep 16

🚨Job alert!🚨

Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.

Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.

Come work with us!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451

Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

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NBER @nber.org · Sep 16

A literature review on the impact of minimum wages on low-wage labor markets, from Arindrajit Dube and Attila S. Lindner https://www.nber.org/papers/w32878

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Stuart McIntyre @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thanks - giving this a go for a bit!

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