Yesterday our column “The gender wage gap and what firms have to do with it” was published at EU VOX | CEPR. Read it here: share.google/NOefC0E5aJrb... Full paper: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...

Upjohn Institute's @martalachowska.bsky.social ’s paper will be presented at the @nberpubs Summer Institute 2025 Labor Studies conference in Cambridge, MA., on 7/22. The findings are based on “Firms and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison of Eleven Countries.” Conference runs 7/21–23. #NBER #econsky

SI 2025 Labor Studies

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Disrupted or displaced? How AI is shaking up jobs

New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment

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Great article by Daron Acemoglu in the FT: www.ft.com/content/4e3f...

The real threat to American prosperity

Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral

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Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs on.ft.com/3WSCN6h

How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark

Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment

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Excellent visualization of a dreadful set of facts.

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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

📢#cfp for the @iza_bonn @UniLeiden @OECD Workshop: "Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" 22-23 May in the Hague. Keynote: @KSalvanes Organizers: Jordy Meekes, Pierre Cahuc & Alexander Hijzen Apply by 14 February: conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...

🧵 1/3 - Released today, fascinating new #OECD working paper on low-wage employment in #France 🇫🇷 Using linked employer-employee data, survey data, and tax-ben modelling, it shows: 1) France's high minimum wage leads to a broad coverage and compresses the wage distribution; doi.org/10.1787/8253...

🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data” May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025 📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...

🚨 We are hiring! The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities. The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025. Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky smrtr.io/pfCMb

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Nice article in the FT on the challenges to the green transition citing our work on job displacement #LinkEED2 www.ft.com/content/2d00...

Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza

People understand that transitions are hard — politicians need to as well

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🚨Out now: Our new OECD working paper on the gender wage gap and the role of bargaining and discrimination. 📄Read now: doi.org/10.1787/1fd6...