Yonatan Berman
@yonatanberman.com
Associate Professor in Economics, King's College London
Also @iza.org, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, @stone-lis.bsky.social
Economics, inequality, mobility, politics
https://www.yonatanberman.com/
Also @iza.org, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, @stone-lis.bsky.social
Economics, inequality, mobility, politics
https://www.yonatanberman.com/
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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.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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...
Even with the current debates about property taxes and the proposed 'mansion tax', none of this is likely to meaningfully change the regressive nature of Stamp Duty in the UK.
Related to that: in the UK, stamp duty (a transaction tax on property purchases) is effectively a regressive wealth tax. For most homeowners it's a one-off tax on wealth paid once or twice in a lifetime, and falls disproportionately on the middle class.
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Even with the current debates about property taxes and the proposed 'mansion tax', none of this is likely to meaningfully change the regressive nature of Stamp Duty in the UK.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Eleonora Alabrese (@eleala.bsky.social, U. of Bath) on "Bad Science: Retractions and Media Coverage".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Eleonora Alabrese (@eleala.bsky.social, U. of Bath) on "Bad Science: Retractions and Media Coverage".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
📆 In case you missed it!
Please make sure to book a FREE ticket to the event, and sign up to our mailing list
Please make sure to book a FREE ticket to the event, and sign up to our mailing list
📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
12th London Inequality Workshop
The London Inequality Workshop brings together researchers studying economic inequality, based in and around London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📆 In case you missed it!
Please make sure to book a FREE ticket to the event, and sign up to our mailing list
Please make sure to book a FREE ticket to the event, and sign up to our mailing list
Related to that: in the UK, stamp duty (a transaction tax on property purchases) is effectively a regressive wealth tax. For most homeowners it's a one-off tax on wealth paid once or twice in a lifetime, and falls disproportionately on the middle class.
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Related to that: in the UK, stamp duty (a transaction tax on property purchases) is effectively a regressive wealth tax. For most homeowners it's a one-off tax on wealth paid once or twice in a lifetime, and falls disproportionately on the middle class.
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
(from upcoming work with @zhuowen.bsky.social)
📢 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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CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!
Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza
Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).
Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline 23 Jan.
🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷
Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza
Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).
Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline 23 Jan.
🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!
Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza
Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).
Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline 23 Jan.
🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷
Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza
Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).
Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline 23 Jan.
🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷
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We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social):
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Top Links 916 Homoploutia. China's urban agglomerations. Backing Millei & mangles in Glasgow.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social):
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
📄 The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📄 The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
New paper by Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa, @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Marc Morgan
Read it now ⬇️
buff.ly/9GwqB3v
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📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
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📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
12th London Inequality Workshop
The London Inequality Workshop brings together researchers studying economic inequality, based in and around London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Two points missing in recent Wealth Tax debates:
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
- If we measure total taxes as a % of wealth (not income), the system is highly regressive
- The wealthiest pay 3%-4% of their wealth annually in taxes. Wealth Tax shouldn't be seen as starting from zero (see US data from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
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Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇
bit.ly/40TZR6J
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇
bit.ly/40TZR6J
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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📢 Mark your calendars!
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
October 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📢 Mark your calendars!
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
The London Inequality Workshop returns on 3 December 2025 at King's College London.
We’ll be sharing the full program and registration info shortly - stay tuned!
Hope to see many of you there.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Also, if anyone wants to reform stamp duty, we can start by making it truly progressive in house price (data from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674db6... ):
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Also, if anyone wants to reform stamp duty, we can start by making it truly progressive in house price (data from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674db6... ):
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].
📅 Full schedule 👇
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Reposted by Yonatan Berman
In the class-based society of the “old” capitalism, there was a clear contradiction between capital and labour. But today, the richest capitalists & the richest workers are increasingly the same people. What should we make of this, asks @brankomilan.bsky.social? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
New Capitalism in America
The richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people: replacing a class-based society, we now have an elite-ruled society
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September 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In the class-based society of the “old” capitalism, there was a clear contradiction between capital and labour. But today, the richest capitalists & the richest workers are increasingly the same people. What should we make of this, asks @brankomilan.bsky.social? #LSEInequalitiesBlog