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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 14h

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... ):

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · 9d

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.

King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!

Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].

📅 Full schedule 👇

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 11d

I used to (in the pre-LLM world) google two options for some phrase and chose the one with the larger number of results

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 29d

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

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

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 23d

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

buff.ly

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣Conference announcement:
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.

Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London

Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr

KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025

We are pleased to announce the PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference, taking place on November 26th, 2025, at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL). The conf...

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us at on 18 Sept for New Directions in Inequality Research, a panel event exploring the biggest gaps, challenges and future priorities in the field.

🎙️ With Facundo Alvaredo, Steven Durlauf, Anne Phillips, & LSE President Larry Kramer
🔗 buff.ly/ziJtegT

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!

Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected].

📅 Full schedule 👇

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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue

Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought:
A Panel Conversation, featuring Branko Milanovic and David Lay Williams
Tuesday November 4th 5pm GMT

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Aug 6

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. 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

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

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Jul 15

📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky

To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name.

Ghazala made important contributions in a large number of fields, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics. The award will promote work in those fields by young scholars.

The first edition of this award will consist of a 5,000 euro prize for the best paper in this set of fields by junior researchers. The selection of the laureate will be carried out by a scientific committee composed of Pierre Cahuc, Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo.

Eligibility for the prize requires that all authors have obtained their PhD after 1 September 2018. Papers written jointly with more senior researchers will not be considered.

The prize will be awarded at SciencesPo during the event organised in memory of Ghazala on 10 December 2025. One of the authors of the prize winning paper will present the work at this event.

Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2025.

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The Access Project @theaccessproject.org.uk · Jul 22

School's out for summer, but the hard work has just begun.

Join our Summer Giving campaign over the school holidays and you'll support under-resourced young people to thrive 💚

Get involved 🔗 theaccessproject.org.uk/fundraising/...

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨Publication alert!🚨

Thread below👇

Daniele Girardi @dgirardi.bsky.social · Jul 20

Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.

LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....

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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · Jun 30

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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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries"

By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 27

Definition of a good airport

@StockholmArlandaAirport

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 25

Only a few days left to apply!
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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 10

🚨 We're hiring!

King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.

Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...

Please share!

Happy to answer questions about the role/department!

AEP Lecturer in Economics

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · Jun 14

Super interesting conversation between @pkrugman.bsky.social and @brankomilan.bsky.social

Global Inequality: Branko Milanovic

Talking with the guy down the hall

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨🚨Job alert!!🚨🚨

The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/

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LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨 Major release alert
We’re thrilled to launch lissyrtools v0.2.0 — our R package that makes working with LIS & LWS microdata simpler, faster, and clearer 📦
🧵 1/12

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 10

We're also hiring two more permanent lecturers in research methods and in comparative politics, both on the education pathway.

Details here: bsky.app/profile/jlea...

Jonathan Leader Maynard @jleadermaynard.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 10

To clarify: this is a tenure-track assistant professor position. For those unfamiliar with the "education pathway", more info here:
bsky.app/profile/jlea...

Jonathan Leader Maynard @jleadermaynard.bsky.social · Jun 10

Many universities have started using education pathway positions, but their nature varies across institutions. So I stress: in DPE, these are not overloaded ‘teaching’ posts. They are strategic investments in developing the department’s world class research-led education. 2/4

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · Jun 10

🚨 We're hiring!

King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.

Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...

Please share!

Happy to answer questions about the role/department!

AEP Lecturer in Economics

www.kcl.ac.uk

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London Inequality Network (LIN) @londoninequality.bsky.social · Jun 3

REMINDER: The next LIN workshop will take place next week in Oxford!

You're welcome to join. For details see below 👇

London Inequality Network (LIN) @londoninequality.bsky.social · May 15

Happy to announce our upcoming workshop that will take place on June 9th afternoon @ox.ac.uk.

We have three excellent speakers:
@natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine)

Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Jun 2

Applications are now open for Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the India Observatory for 2025-26!

We invite early career academics involved in social science research from India or other South Asian countries to apply by 30 June.

Find out more: buff.ly/owE50Fs

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