When the G7 capped Russian oil at $60 in 2022, many expected production cuts and a global price spike. We spoke with Lukasz Rachel of @ucl.ac.uk and Catherine Wolfram of @mit.edu about why this textbook intuition on price caps fails in Russia’s case. www.aeaweb.org/research/pri...

The economics of sanctioning a petrostate

Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram discuss the G7 price cap on Russian oil and why it defied textbook predictions.

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Need to compute sample sizes for a cluster randomized control trial where treatment costs more than control? @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social and I have a paper to help you maximize power or minimize cost. 📄 doi.org/10.1086/739610 + Stata & R routines included.

Very interesting analysis by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. It is (I think) a priori surprising that the graduate premium has held up so well in other countries during growth in participation. www.ft.com/content/649d...

Sharp argument from the chief scientific officer at @nature.com that promoting diversity in science is needed to get over misperceptions about where great research is happening and a tendency amongst some to just collaborate with ‘your mates’ www.thetimes.com/article/e5ee...

The Council for Science & Technology which advises the PM is looking for a new member ‘with social & behavioural science expertise’. Great opportunity to bring a social science perspective to the heart of policymaking. Apply by 19 Jan apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9075

A gentle reminder that the deadline to submit your paper to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics Working Group is approaching (1 Dec). More information about the conference and how to submit: ⬇️ @bancalaria.bsky.social @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social @radhikajain.bsky.social

Marcos Vera-Hernandez@papiteide.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026

The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.

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This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…

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this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...

Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library

Basic methods to compute required sample sizes are well understood and supported by widely available software. However, researchers often oversimplify their sample size calculations, overlooking rele...

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David McKenzie@dmckenzie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social

Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the title to browse this journal

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Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026

The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.

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After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026

The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.

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Antonella Bancalari@bancalaria.bsky.social · last yr.

Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social

If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool

Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo

Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/

Institute for Government

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Would you take better care of your health today if you knew you’d be richer in retirement? We study Chile’s 1981 pension reform with a fuzzy Regression Kink Design on linked admin + household panel data. Answer: yes. Preventive care rises (healthy behaviours modestly), and old-age mortality falls.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies@theifs.bsky.social · 11mo ago

NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: More to live for: health investment responses to expected retirement wealth in Chile 📗 Read Grant Miller, Nieves Valdés and @papiteide.bsky.social's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

Calling Econ PhD candidates: Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Deadline: September 30 Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!

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.... [1/4]

📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4

Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.

And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...

This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.

Jessica Leight@leightjessica.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @CriClerici @poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health

We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...

Simon Johnson: How do good institutions influence economic growth?

YouTube video by CORE Econ

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Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social

Antonella Bancalari@bancalaria.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social

We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social

The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027. For full details and to apply, visit www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road

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Join @ucleconomics.bsky.social this May for this year's annual Gorman Lecture and Conference 2025. Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️

@ucleconomics.bsky.social · last yr.

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage in the #discourse globally. Our annual Gorman Lecture (and conference) returns this May with the distinguished Ariel Pake of @harvard.edu. Register now➡️https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/events/2025/may/ucl-department-economics-gorman-lecture-and-conference-2025

I work outside the university system but use academic papers a lot. I agree with this. I’ve never been refused. And what Jo Wolff says is true. They are grateful to be asked. I wish the system was different but until then don’t hesitate to ask.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last yr.

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

“Our priority is reducing net migration,” a Home Office source said. "Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister. To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Rachel Reeves softens stance over youth mobility scheme with EU

The chancellor is potentially at odds with home secretary, Yvette Cooper, over her support for loosening visa rules for young Europeans

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Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....