Carmen Villa
@carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor at @econ.uzh.ch and @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social. I am also a Research Affiliate at @theifs.bsky.social.
How does housing design affect local criminality? A short presentation of my work with coauthors at @cep-lse.bsky.social from this years' ⭐ Annual Research Night ⭐. Many thanks for having me. Proud to be a part of @econ.uzh.ch and @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju2p...
"Does Housing Design Drive Gang Formation?" | Carmen Villa | Research Slam
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📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22
📊 For 25 years, #Spain appeared to have a #demographic mystery: too many boys, too few girls. A new IZA Discussion Paper by Manuel Bagues & @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social reveals that Spain’s so-called “missing women” never went missing at all. #DataQuality 🔗 Learn more: www.iza.org/news/solving...
World of Labour:🆕opinion piece "When paying students to stay in school falls short" by J. Britton, @nickridpath.bsky.social, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & B. Waltmann Paying disadvantaged teens to stay in school may raise enrolment but does not improve future prospects. wol.iza.org/opinions/whe...
When paying students to stay in school falls short
Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school slightly raises enrolment but does not improve qualifications or future job prospects
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📖💰Can paying disadvantaged teenagers keep them in formal education? 📖💰 In England, 30£/week didn't bring long run benefits. Other policies (part-time edu, traineeships...) might better suit some pupils. New blog summary linked below. @theifs.bsky.social @iza.org wol.iza.org/opinions/whe...
When paying students to stay in school falls short
Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school slightly raises enrolment but does not improve qualifications or future job prospects
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(3/9) Sex, Lies and Birth Statistics by Manuel Bagues, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social Evidence of inconsistencies in Spanish birth data sheds light on missing women in official statistics. www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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According to official birth registry data, in 1981 Spain had the highest sex ratio in the world (109 boys per 100 girls). Prior work attributed this anomaly to demographic/behavioural patterns. In a new WP, we show the high ratio is due to data errors 🧵with Manuel Bagues 1/n
🚨📰New WP 🚨📰 How does social housing design affect neighborhoods decades later? We study London gangs to show that postwar urban planning—specifically high-rise public housing construction—had lasting effects on gang formation @cep-lse.bsky.social
A few years ago I started a productivity diary to stay motivated when progress felt invisible. Every day I log productivity (on a 1-4 scale), or whether I took the day off. Here's what 3 years of data reveal about my work patterns. 🧵 x.com/carmenvillae...
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Eine neue Studie von @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social zeigt, dass die Anhebung des gesetzlichen Mindestalters für den Alkoholkonsum von 16 auf 18 Jahre, die schulischen Leistungen und die psychische Gesundheit von Jugendlichen deutlich verbessert.👇 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/alkohol-bei-...
Höheres Mindestalter für Alkohol verbessert Schulnoten und hilft der Psyche
Eine Studie der Universität Zürich zeigt: Strengere Alkoholgesetze senken den Konsum bei jungen Menschen – mit weitreichenden Folgen.
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🧵 UPDATED WP OUT 🧵What happens when you pay disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school? We evaluated England's Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), which paid low-income 16-19 year olds up to £1,400/year to remain in education. @theifs.bsky.social @nickridpath.bsky.social
ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 8mo ago🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Jack Britton, Nick Ridpath, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social, & Ben Waltmann evaluate programs that pay UK disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school, providing evidence of low cost-effectiveness. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4enr3dej
Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below. @warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
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We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? - Economics Observatory
The widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s, driven by government austerity measures, led to falling educational performance and increasing rates of youth offending. The long-term…
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A warm welcome on board 😀 to: Martina Pons, as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞. And Carmen Villa (@carmenvillaecon.bsky.social), as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Excited, honoured, and proud on my first day as Assistant Professor at @econ.uzh.ch. Thanks for the kind welcome!
Florian Scheuer@florianscheuer.bsky.social · 11mo agoA warm welcome to our new junior faculty colleagues Martina Pons and @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social who join us at @econ.uzh.ch today!
🚨 I'm hiring a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 🚨 This is a great opportunity for someone interested in academic + policy work. The position is based in London and starting this autumn. Please apply below or share 🙂 app.beapplied.com/apply/nithts...
Research Assistance (Crime and Justice)
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is hiring a Research Assistant to support ongoing work on the effects of youth clubs on youth development. The Research Assistant will work closely with Dr. Carm...
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Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin. Save the date: 26-27 September 2025. CfP follows next month #econsky
If you're an academic job market candidate studying causal questions related to crime/CJ policy, and you're still looking for a job for next year, could you email me? I'm trying to keep track/would love to help if I can.
NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school by Jack Britton, @nickridpath.bsky.social, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & Ben Waltmann. Read here: https://buff.ly/43eeAuU
The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school | Institute for Fiscal Studies
This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime.
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“The EMA, which cost billions through the 2000s, did not have the hoped-for positive effects.” Read Jack Britton, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social, @nickridpath.bsky.social and Ben Waltmann's report: https://buff.ly/3EVJIWb Watch our 11am launch event: https://buff.ly/4b6CHO6 [10/10]
Call for papers: The Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime - one of the best conferences in this area - will be held in Berlin, Sep 26-27. ** Deadline for paper submissions: May 2 ** bit.ly/4183vJ8
What happens when you increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 18? Manuel Bagues & @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social explore this question in the context of Spain. They find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes. 🍻🚫📚 wol.iza.org/opinions/aca...
Academic benefits of reducing teenage alcohol consumption
Teenage drinking has significant costs, affecting public health, risky behavior, and cognitive development. Raising the minimum legal drinking age can substantially enhance academic performance.
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Are you working on crime topics? Do you want to meet a lot of cool colleagues and get great feedback? Apply! 🔽👇🔻🙃
Aria Golestani@ariagolestani.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 Submit your crime paper by Feb 14. 🔸 4th Workshop on the Economics of Crime for Junior Scholars 🔸 29-30 May, 2025 🔸 Quattrone Center, UPenn 🔸 Keynote: @amandayagan.bsky.social 🔹 Send your paper to: WEC.Jr.Econ@gmail.com @emmarackstraw.bsky.social
Join our team at the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at UChicago as an RP! Our RPs gain valuable pre-doctoral experience in all stages of conducting field and lab experiments and survey research as a cohort member in the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics pre-doc program. Please share!
BIP Lab@biplab.bsky.social · 2y agoIn partnership with @beckerfriedman.bsky.social we're looking for a talented Research Professional (Pre-doctoral Fellow) to join our team. Please share widely with candidates considering the PhD track who are excited about field research! job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
If you are working with USoc data I highly recommend to apply and attend!
Understanding Society@usociety.bsky.social · 2y agoUnderstanding Society Scientific Conference 1-3 July - you've got until 31 Jan to submit an abstract. If you're using household panel data, we'd love to hear about your work! www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/11...
🍷📒🍷New column summarising our work on the effects of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age on educational outcomes on @cepr_org 🍷📒🍷 cepr.org/voxeu/column... @warwickecon.bsky.social
Raising legal drinking ages: An opportunity to improve European educational outcomes
Teenage drinking remains widespread in Europe. To address concerns about its negative effects on health and cognition, many European countries have raised their minimum legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in recent decades. This column reports on evidence from Spain, where regions increased the minimum age at different times, which shows that the higher minimum age reduced binge drinking and improved performance in academic tests. The findings suggest that reducing teenage alcohol consumption represents a significant opportunity to improve educational outcomes in Europe.
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🚨New entry in @policyimpacts.bsky.social on the effects of youth club closures in London. Thanks to Ellen, Mira, and the rest of the team. If you haven’t explored Policy Impacts yet, it’s a powerful tool for comparing MVPF calculations across policies. Check it out! policyimpacts.org/policy-impac...
Policy Impacts Library | Youth Club Closures in London
Youth clubs are community-based after-school programs that offer a place for teenagers to participate in sports and arts, gain mentorship, and socialize with peers in the hours after-school for free. ...
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New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research
Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...
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