New report out 📊 Remote Work and Firm Productivity: Which UK Firms Benefit and Why What makes the difference is not whether firms allow #RemoteWork, but what they invest alongside it. And smaller firms outside London benefit far less — raising real questions about #Regionalinequality.

Thank you Nigel for putting work from home back on the political agenda - Timing couldn't be better 😀

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance "People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense” Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!

📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵

Our new VoxEU column is out! 👇

VoxEU @ CEPR@voxeu.org · 6mo ago

@fboeri.bsky.social, R Crescenzi, & @daviderigo.bsky.social use data from Italy to show that the pandemic-driven shift to work from home initially reduced productivity, but these losses disappeared as firms adapted. Larger & digitally prepared firms adapted better. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Look forward to commuting on the most expensive (and fancy) railway in the world 😅 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway

HS2 is set to cost more per kilometre than any other rail project in the world as total bill could surpass £100bn

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Very happy to see our research cited in the @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk report “Is working from home working?” Honoured to contribute evidence on #WFH, productivity & inclusion. Report below 👇 Thanks @leverhulme.ac.uk , LSE and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for supporting this research! 🙏

House of Lords Home-based Working Committee@hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · 9mo ago

🤵🖥️ Remote and hybrid working are now a new normal for many. How has this affected the UK working landscape? 📢 Read the key points in a summary of our report, ‘Is Working from Home Working?’ on #wfh ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/home-based-w...

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

Excited like it’s the first day of school 🎒— starting a new chapter as Assistant Professor at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to all the brilliant people at LSE (too many to tag!) for the support and inspiration along the way 🙌

Very honoured to present at the UK House of Lords on remote work in the UK & Europe, and its impact on productivity & labour markets. Check the link to the full session 👇 For more, see my ongoing research daviderigo.weebly.com/wfh.html Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting this work.

House of Lords Home-based Working Committee@hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · last yr.

We're hearing about more international comparisons on data relating to remote and hybrid working with: - Dr Steve Pickering, University of Amsterdam - @daviderigo.bsky.social, LSE - Dr Emma Harrington, University of Virginia Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

🌍 How does remote and hybrid working in Europe, the USA and Japan compare to the UK? On Monday 19 May 2.15pm we investigate international comparisons on home working with: - Dr Steve Pickering, University of Amsterdam - @daviderigo.bsky.social, LSE - Dr Emma Harrington, University of Virginia

Creative destruction through innovation bursts By Giuseppe Berlingieri, Maarten De Ridder, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo Read at: ow.ly/LGzu50VKmeI

"Creative destruction through innovation bursts" Read the latest #POIDWorkingPaper by Giuseppe Berlingieri, @deriddermaarten.bsky.social, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS...

There is still a time to apply for our Master in International Economics Third and final deadline on April 15 @gvagrad.bsky.social @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @johannesmboehm.bsky.social Please repost

Ugo Panizza@upanizza.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵 Thinking about a career in international economics? 1/ Looking to combine academic rigor with policy relevance? Want to make a real impact in economic policy and research? @gvagrad.bsky.social