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Richard Blundell

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Ricardo Professor of Political Economy, @EconUCL http://ucl.ac.uk/~uctp39a/ Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, @TheIFS http://ifs.org.uk/inequality/

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Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Dimensions of Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review @TheIFS The whole evidence volume of the Review, including all the remarkable articles examining the many dimensions of inequality, published open access by OUP at academic.oup.com/ooec/issue/3...

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Sep 9

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years.

It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK.

Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW: How aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks affect household income dynamics.

📗 Read @manoloarellano.bsky.social, Martín Almuzara, @richardblundell.bsky.social and Stéphane Bonhomme's new cemmap working paper: ifs.org.uk/publications...

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Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social · Jun 26

With better enforcement, smarter design, and global cooperation, governments may yet find a way to tax wealth without seeing some of it vanish.

Microeconomic Insights @micreconinsights.bsky.social · Jun 26

New from Juliana Londoño-Vélez (UCLA) and Javier Ávila-Mahecha:

Based on Colombia’s long experience with wealth taxes, a new study reveals both promise and peril.

Read our new article here: microeconomicinsights.org/taxing-wealt...

Taxing wealth: Some lessons from Colombia | Microeconomic Insights

Yet because few countries levy wealth taxes, relatively little is known about the actual responses of wealthy individuals when governments tax their assets – especially in countries outside Europe. Th...

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Microeconomic Insights @micreconinsights.bsky.social · Jun 26

Taxing wealth: Some lessons from Colombia | Microeconomic Insights

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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎓 Book your #virtualtix for the #DeatonReview session at #RES2025 Mon 30 June! By @nuffieldfoundation.org & @richardblundell.bsky.social

🎙️ Kate Smith & Sir Tim Besley @LSE and Paul Johnson & Xiaowei Xu @theifs.bsky.social
🪑Baroness Sharon White
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · Jun 19

A very insightful Stone Centre public lecture and Q&A on the effects of higher education on #inequality. Huge thanks to Susan @dynarski.bsky.social , @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, Bethan Staton and all involved. Stay tuned for a link to the full video.

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Jun 16

This year's @resmedia.bsky.social Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social‬, @xiaoweixu.bsky.social‬, Kate Smith and Tim Besley and chaired by Dame Sharon White.

Find out more: ifs.org.uk/news/ifs-dea...

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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨 Last chance! Register by 8 June for #RES2025, 30 June–2 July @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🌞

🎤 Keynotes: Bonhomme, Iriberri, Greenstone, Morgan
🤖 AI/ML sessions + top UK policy orgs
👶 Childcare | 🤝 Networking | 🚄 Easy travel

🔗 Book: bit.ly/47D8h4y
🗓️ Programme: bit.ly/4mFpiSJ

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jun 3

"In a geopolitically uncertain world and after more than a decade of low productivity growth, the UK needs to rethink its economic strategy." Today, we're publishing a collection of expert policy insights ahead of the multi-year Spending Review conclusion: buff.ly/DAlcNo5

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · May 24

📊 #IFSSatStat: Sure Start has generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education.

Access to a Sure Start centre from birth significantly improved children’s educational attainment, with benefits lasting at least until GCSEs (age 16).

Chart showing Sure Start generated benefits for children up to adolescence, including improved GCSE results. Title states "Effects of Sure Start on achievement by age."

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Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social · May 16

The race between automation and new work | Microeconomic Insights | The findings raise urgent new questions about how labor demand changes as new work emerges, and how AI technologies will reshape tasks and occupations in the decades ahead. microeconomicinsights.org/the-race-bet...

The race between automation and new work | Microeconomic Insights

Casual observation and historical evidence suggest this picture is incomplete: as employment in previously labor-intensive sectors such as agriculture, textiles, mining, and manufacturing has eroded, ...

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