Today, we were delighted to host @paulaaureo.bsky.social ( @ucl.ac.uk ). He presented joint work called “Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data”. The talk presented a new method for estimating production functions with fewer assumptions. #Econometrics #econsky

📢 #CallForPapers - 2nd Workshop on Frontiers in Measurement and Survey Methods Organised by: CEPR, University of Calabria, University of Naples Federico II & @yale.edu Deadline: 25 Jan 2026 More details: cepr.org/events/works... @giannolamichele.bsky.social @armiano.bsky.social

NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: The rise of online dating and heterogamous marriages 📗 Read Yujung Hwang, Fangzhu Yang and @paulaaureo.bsky.social's new paper on how the diffusion of online dating platforms has shaped intermarriage patterns by race and education here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills" By Orazio P. Attanasio, @paulaaureo.bsky.social, & Alessandro Toppeta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics @ucleconomics.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social ‬@sofi.su.se

This is a (very) short thread on a recent paper with the great Orazio Attanasio and Alessandro Toppeta on “Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-Emotional Skills” (forthcoming at ‪@jpube.bsky.social)! (1/7) @ucleconomics.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social‬ @sofi.su.se ‪@clscohorts.bsky.social

📣 Check out my latest article with R Inafuku, T Halliday and Lester Lusher on air population, test scores ...and a volcano!

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🆕 article in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics: "Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Test Scores" (by Rachel Inafuku, Timothy J. Halliday, Lester Lusher, @paulaaureo.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1111/obes... #Environment #HumanCapital🌋💨📝🏫

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 ⬇️

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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

We at @ucleconomics.bsky.social have extended the application deadline to our MA degrees by a week (until May 8th)--all nationalities warmly welcome!

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American students turn to UK as Trump takes aim at US universities https://www.ft.com/content/ebb2b7e7-5dea-47a2-8386-f12eda692c0f

This year's Gorman Lectures at UCL will be given by one of my heroes, Ariel Pakes. I can't wait!

@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

It's been a while since I did a standard lit review thread, but here's one for #econsky #econtwitter about an important literature that's been growing recently: the effect of supply- and demand-side interventions on fertility in LMICs

We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data! www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Recently accepted to @reveconstudies.bsky.social, "Industrial Policy Implementation: Empirical Evidence from China’s Shipbuilding Industry" from Barwick, Kalouptsidi and Bin Zahur: www.restud.com/industrial-p...

I have a new paper on “Prediction Sets and Conformal Inference with Censored Outcomes” with the great Weiguang Liu and Elie Tamer. Prediction Sets and Conformal… what? I know, I know! Here comes a (very) short thread on what we do in the paper. (1/5)

Agnes Norris Keiller presented a great paper with @paulaaureo.bsky.social and @johnvanreenen.bsky.social on how we can use data on firms' turnover and employment expectations directly in production function estimation. www.nber.org/papers/w32725 2/

Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data

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NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: Robust inference for the Frisch labor supply Michael Keane and Timothy Neal argue the AR test should be widely adopted in lieu of the 2SLS t-test for estimating Frisch labor supply elasticity. Read here: https://buff.ly/4fhBJ2G

The ONS has today released results from two new data collection efforts on public-sector productivity: a public-sector version of the existing Management and Expectations Survey and a public-sector time use survey. Overall, management practices look similar in the public and private sectors. 1/

🚨New (very short) paper alert: "Bayesian Fama-MacBeth Regressions" with @SBryzgalova and Jiantao Huang tinyurl.com/bddpezz6 🧵1/n #Finance #Econometrics

I am trying to be more active on here, and have not yet seen an IO or org econ starter pack, so here is an attempt at one: go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX Please shout out if I have forgotten someone, or when others join. #EconSky

🎉 🎉 Check out our paper with I Rasul (UCL and @theifs.bsky.social) and P Souza (QMUL), now forthcoming at the REStud. You can find replication codes either at the REStud or on Github (shorturl.at/hO24S)! www.restud.com/identifying-...

Very interesting fresh working paper on production function estimation w. subjective firm expectations by Norris Keiller, @paulaaureo.bsky.social, & @johnvanreenen.bsky.social: arxiv.org/pdf/2407.07988 Just in time to serve as overture to John's UK Econ Advisory Council chairmanship gig, I suppose!😉

In his jmp, Wenhao uses data and model of altruism within networks to study the evolution of patrilineal kinship in facilitating male marriages in 19th-century China amid development spurred by a forced port opening.