These findings have important implications for the design of education programs. Read the article here: microeconomicinsights.org/when-trainin...

When Training and Work Don’t Match: Lessons from German Apprenticeships | Microeconomic Insights

Preparing young people for the labor market is an important concern for policymakers around the world, and countries differ markedly in the types of skills they provide to their school leavers. Some, ...

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📕 NEW from Dita Eckardt (warwickecon.bsky.social): 'When Training and Work Don’t Match: Lessons from German Apprenticeships' The study finds that that four in ten German apprenticeship graduates find themselves working in a field that differs from their training.

Challenging Inequalities receives universal praise ifs.org.uk/news/challen...

Challenging Inequalities receives universal praise | Institute for Fiscal Studies

The book has been recognised by leading reviewers as being rigorous, politically important and comprehensive.

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For more on inequality, listen back to the ESCoE webinar with @peterlevell.bsky.social (@theifs.bsky.social) on inflation inequality: tinyurl.com/4z3kapzu

Richard Blundell@richardblundell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

High inequality combined with prolonged economic stagnation since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 has been particularly corrosive. It has widened social, cultural and political divides, undermining democratic legitimacy. Read the IFS Deaton Review: ifs.org.uk/inequality

ICYMI: @helenmiller.bsky.social and @richardblundell.bsky.social unpack an ambitious study exploring inequalities in the UK and discuss the evidence and the potential solutions in local government funding and long-term social policy. The We Society🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mill...

High inequality combined with prolonged economic stagnation since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 has been particularly corrosive. It has widened social, cultural and political divides, undermining democratic legitimacy. Read the IFS Deaton Review: ifs.org.uk/inequality

Inequality - The IFS Deaton Review | Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The We Society podcast🎙️is brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the nuffieldfoundation.org and leverhulme.ac.uk. Listen, subscribe & find out more👂⬇️ podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

Season 11 of The We Society is here! In the first ep.  @helenmiller.bsky.social & @richardblundell.bsky.social join Will Hutton to unpack the Deaton Review. An ambitious study funded by nuffieldfoundation.org exploring inequalities in the UK & the potential solutions. podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

Season 11 of the We Society is here! In Ep 1 @helenmiller.bsky.social and @richardblundell.bsky.social unpack the Deaton Review, an ambitious study funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org exploring inequalities in the UK and the potential social policy solutions. 🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mill...

The need to address inequality has never been more urgent. Challenging Inequalities offers a road map for how we have arrived at such a perilous spot—and how we can change course to achieve better outcomes for all.

Richard Blundell@richardblundell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The combination of earnings inequality and economic stagnation has led to the growing importance of wealth, and a decline in social mobility. Economic inequalities have also resulted directly in dangerous differences between regions and in political power across groups.

The combination of earnings inequality and economic stagnation has led to the growing importance of wealth, and a decline in social mobility. Economic inequalities have also resulted directly in dangerous differences between regions and in political power across groups.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies@theifs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Challenging Inequalities', the book on the findings of our six-year IFS Deaton Review , by @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Banks, Tim Besley, @richardblundell.bsky.social, Angus Deaton, Robert Joyce and Debra Satz, is out now. 📗 Find out more here:

'Challenging Inequalities', the book on the findings of our six-year IFS Deaton Review , by @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Banks, Tim Besley, @richardblundell.bsky.social, Angus Deaton, Robert Joyce and Debra Satz, is out now. 📗 Find out more here:

Challenging Inequalities

A comprehensive look at inequalities and why they matter

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Inequality is a dynamic, multidimensional process incl. income, work, wealth, place & health. Tackling it means more than redistribution: it demands growth, stronger labour markets & policies for opportunity. @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social @richardblundell.bsky.social et al. ow.ly/qYsU50YQqm6 #EconSky

Personal setbacks have more permanent effects on households’ lifetime earnings than a general economic downturn; but macroeconomic shocks are still critical because they set the stage on which microeconomic shocks play out - research by Richard Blundell et al ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/04/16/h...

How aggregate and individual shocks combine to shape household incomes - Econ Brief

How important are the ups and downs of the economy for individual families? Personal setbacks have more permanent effects on households’ lifetime earnings than a general economic downturn. But macroec...

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The paper finds that Mothers’ labor force participation and earnings decline sharply following the birth of a first child. Additionally, long-term financial factors are not top of mind when Swiss women are making labor supply decisions as a parent.

📕 NEW from @anacostaramon.bsky.social, Michaela Slotwinski, @ursina.bsky.social and Anne Ardila Brenøe: 'Do Mothers Respond to Information About the Long-Term Consequences of Part-Time Work?'

An information campaign can help create meaningful behavioral change, especially among the least informed groups. Read here: microeconomicinsights.org/do-mothers-r...

Do Mothers Respond to Information About the Long-Term Consequences of Part-Time Work? | Microeconomic Insights

Mothers’ labor force participation and earnings decline sharply following the birth of a first child, resulting in gender gaps between parents that are large and highly persistent (Cortés and Pan, 202...

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Congratulations to Charles Manski on winning the BBVA Frontiers Award for his foundational contributions to partial identification, semiparametric methods, subjective expectations, social interactions and policy decision-making under uncertainty www.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/noticias/xvi...

XVIII Premio Fronteras del Conocimiento en Economía a Charles Manski

por incorporar la incertidumbre en la investigación económica y su aplicación al análisis de las políticas públicas

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1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Economics, 15–16 June 2026. Submissions of full papers or extended abstracts are invited. Submission deadline: 13 February 2026 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Economics Conferencehttps://ifs.org.uk/events/1st-annual-cep-ifs-labour-economics-conference

📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference London | 15–16 June 2026 We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies. Submit by 13 Feb 2026. 🔗 Details & submissions: ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK

Centre for Economic Performance@cep-lse.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference London | 15–16 June 2026 We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies. Submit by 13 Feb 2026. 🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK

NEW: How can policy tackle regional inequalities? 🖥️ Sign up to join the livestream of our conference next Tuesday with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social, with new research on the scale and causes of regional inequalities and a keynote from @andyburnham.bsky.social ⬇️ ifs.org.uk/events/how-c...

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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📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference London | 15–16 June 2026 We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies. Submit by 13 Feb 2026. 🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK

📊 Read the briefing: ifs.org.uk/articles/tac... 📗 Read the journal articles on regional inequalities in the Fiscal Studies issue on spatial inequality and economic divergence in the UK here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...

Tackling regional inequalities: lessons from new research | Institute for Fiscal Studies

Summary of new research on the scale and sources of regional inequalities and policy implications.

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Olympia Bover has been appointed president of the Catalan Statistics Council www.cemfi.es/all_news_blo...

How do durables affect consumption smoothing? Asymmetric information lowers their value as a smoothing tool. We measure lemons penalty for cars using Danish data and show income shocks sustain used car market @richardblundell.bsky.social @ran-gu.bsky.social buff.ly/3j30eyQ

NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: Income inequality and the role of the state in Latin America: an overview 📗 Read @richardblundell.bsky.social, Mariano Bosch, Nora Lustig and Marcela Melendez's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

ReStud Tour @reveconstudies.bsky.social

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK. Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

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NEW: How aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks affect household income dynamics. 📗 Read @manoloarellano.bsky.social, Martín Almuzara, @richardblundell.bsky.social and Stéphane Bonhomme's new cemmap working paper: ifs.org.uk/publications... #econsky

New from Juliana Londoño-Vélez (UCLA) and Javier Ávila-Mahecha: Based on Colombia’s long experience with wealth taxes, a new study reveals both promise and peril. Read our new article here: microeconomicinsights.org/taxing-wealt...

Taxing wealth: Some lessons from Colombia | Microeconomic Insights

Yet because few countries levy wealth taxes, relatively little is known about the actual responses of wealthy individuals when governments tax their assets – especially in countries outside Europe. Th...

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