Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know. @adameczanna.bsky.social @mattdickson.bsky.social & @nikkishure.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know - Impact of Social Sciences

Without using additional data points and survey data, earnings figures can paint a misleading picture of gender differences in graduate earnings.

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🎓 Degrees boost women's income, but by how much? A new @lseimpactblog.bsky.social published by @ucl.ac.uk researchers argues that only using annual earnings figures is not enough to answer the question. Analysis using Next Steps data can paint a more reliable picture. Find out more👉 buff.ly/Z6D45di

💥New: Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know ✍️ @adameczanna.bsky.social, @mattdickson.bsky.social & @nikkishure.bsky.social #GraduatePremium #HigherEducation

Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know - Impact of Social Sciences

Without using additional data points and survey data, earnings figures can paint a misleading picture of gender differences in graduate earnings.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Excited about discussing regional inequalities at the Fiscal Studies symposium event next week! We've got a star-studded lineup of @andyburnham.bsky.social, Paul Collier, Philip McCann, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @amcanning.bsky.social and more. Summary of new papers below 🧵👇

How can policy tackle regional inequalities? | Institute for Fiscal Studies

At this policy conference, researchers will present new evidence on the scale and causes of regional inequalities.

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This work highlights the importance of the @clscohorts.bsky.social British cohort studies. Without information on hours worked, we can’t get the full picture on the returns to graduation.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 7mo ago

💥New: Is the graduate premium bigger for women? We need more than earnings data to know ✍️ @adameczanna.bsky.social, @mattdickson.bsky.social & @nikkishure.bsky.social #GraduatePremium #HigherEducation

There's still time to register for this week's CEPEO seminar! We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience! 💫 We can’t wait to welcome students, staff, alumni and our wider community and launching a year of celebrations for our 200th birthday! 📅11-13 February 2026. Find out more: https://bit.ly/439g5Kk

UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience: Save the date to celebrate together!

The countdown has officially begun! Save the date for UCL Illuminated – a spectacular sound and light experience that will kick off our bicentennial celebrations from 11-13 February 2026.

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Jessica Grose’s nice piece citing our new research: For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o... @sriucl.bsky.social

Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment

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I went to see the Lee Miller exhibition at @tate.bsky.social last weekend (curated by my brilliant friend Hilary 🌟) and was struck by the range of Miller’s work. It is to quote Hilary: “fearless, poetic, and surreal”.

Museums Association@museumsassociation.org · 10mo ago

Q&A | ‘It’s the biggest show that’s ever been done on Miller but we could have filled it eight times over’ 📸 Curator Hilary Floe discusses Tate Britain's exhibition about photographer Lee Miller.

Today marks my 10 (!!!) year anniversary at @sriucl.bsky.social and my first day as a full professor. Grateful for all the people who helped me get here, especially my amazing QSS colleagues. Here’s to the next 10!

Research by @adameczanna.bsky.social @suncicavujic.bsky.social and Anna Lovász finds that women who are the first in their family to graduate are less likely to become mothers than non-graduates or continuing-generation graduates. Covered by The Times yesterday www.thetimes.com/uk/education....

Fewer first-generation female graduates have children, study finds

Women who were the first member of their family to gain a degree were found to be less likely to choose to become mothers

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UCL News@uclnews.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Women who are the first in their family to attend university have fewer children on average than graduates with at least one university educated parent, finds study led by Dr @adameczanna.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings" @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...

Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social: 📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx 📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7 📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL 📌Chevening: www.chevening.org Applications open from October 13!

16/ TL;DR: The UK system isn’t mysterious, it just runs differently. Tailor your cover letter to the criteria, foreground your teaching, and remember: the letter is everything.

Important research by our very own @alexbryson.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Opinion: Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Social Research Institute) outlines his new research that highlights a peak of unhappiness among the young, which then declines with age. He exp...

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Pleased to write about working class access to the media industry in @theguardian.com today. Our Elitist Britain research out today shows that almost half of columnists, commentators and top podcast hosts went to private schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane

Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society, says Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy ...

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New paper, using conjoint experiments to study ingroup preferences across multiple settings (neighborhoods, civic orgs, sports clubs) and social dimensions (age, ethnicity, education). We also link people's choices in the experiments to the real-world contexts they are embedded in. More info 👇

Kasimir Dederichs@kasimirdederichs.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New Open Access paper published in PNAS Nexus! “Ingroup preferences, segregation, and intergroup contact in neighborhoods and civic organizations” with my co-authors Rob Franken, @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social, and Jochem Tolsma. doi.org/10.1093/pnas... Thread below.

Very happy to be taking on this role. @sllshome.bsky.social is so important for our worldwide longitudinal family through the conference, journal and many wider activities. I look forward to helping it to continue to go from strength to strength.

UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies@clscohorts.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’re delighted that our Managing Director @drlisac.bsky.social has been appointed President-Elect of @sllshome.bsky.social. She will become President from the September 2026 conference. Congratulations Lisa! #SLLS2025

🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Since we're hiring off-cycle, we're aware typical dissemination channels might be less effective... please do share with anyone you think might be interested #EconSky

Anna Stansbury@annastansbury.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects. IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon. Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

Come join us at QSS @sriucl.bsky.social! We have the best colleagues ♥️

Per Engzell@pengzell.bsky.social · 11mo ago

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Conference Announcement: 16th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE - www.iwaee.org) will be held on the 15th and 16th of June, 2026. More information, including call for papers, to follow

Join us on September 23rd and 24th for an online (and free!) introduction to using the National Pupil Database and its linked data. Our experienced team will showcase some of our research using the NPD and guide you on how to apply to use it. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

And on a more serious note: @snageebali.bsky.social and i have a recent paper in @aeajournals.bsky.social that shows that application portfolios become more aggressive when beliefs are more optimistic: rshorrer.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/...

Writing this paper with John Jerrim and Phil Parker got me started on a whole journey about gender differences in over-/underconfidence.

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · last yr.

Cool paper with an great title. Across the world, boys are much more likely to overestimate their math ability than girls. People from high SES backgrounds do the same www.iza.org/publications...

Love seeing great work from early career researchers in @sriucl.bsky.social 🌟

Danilo Kuzmanic@danilok.bsky.social · last yr.

First paper of my PhD is out in RSSM! Title: Do spatial inequalities explain social disparities in mismatch in Chilean higher education? doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... I appreciate the huge support from my supervisors, @pengzell.bsky.social and John Jerrim. Below, I briefly summarize the paper.

When Danilo started his PhD, we developed this idea thinking it'd keep him busy for a year. He had full results within a few weeks. Out now and it's brilliant! Rising star.

Danilo Kuzmanic@danilok.bsky.social · last yr.

First paper of my PhD is out in RSSM! Title: Do spatial inequalities explain social disparities in mismatch in Chilean higher education? doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... I appreciate the huge support from my supervisors, @pengzell.bsky.social and John Jerrim. Below, I briefly summarize the paper.

Our @gillwyness.bsky.social is navigating the economics of UK higher education in the @ioe.bsky.social podcast this week! check it out below: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

Navigating the economics of UK higher education | RFTRW: S25E01

Delving into the economic factors influencing universities today, including the implications of tuition fee policies and the structure of student loan repayments.

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I have the best colleagues ♥️

Lindsey Macmillan@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · last yr.

4 Professors celebrating! Congratulations to our @nikkishure.bsky.social on becoming a Full Professor ❤️