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Come work with us to inform the work of the CMA and wider government! The Microeconomics Unit is hiring two new research economists. These roles might suit early-career researchers with a few years post-PhD experience. Apply by 15 January: civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Max Porter's brilliant monologue - WILD WEST - from our recent event in London, is now available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=qGXcDz…

My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share

It’s extraordinary. Protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire — echoing the call of 71% of the public — are presented as a threat to democracy, but a Prime Minister who ignores the public and erodes their rights says he’s protecting democracy.

Apparently, the The New Yorker picked up my paper on austerity and Brexit. Austerity post GFC in the UK and much of Europe has had devastating effects in a range of dimensions. Here is a short thread of research linked to this work -- H/T ChristinaPalmou for drawing attention.

Great post by John Burn-Murdoch that showcases how the UK's homelessness situation deteriorated from 2010 on: a steady increase in people living in insecure housing. In our jeea paper (open access: wrap.warwick.ac.uk/166618/) shows how austerity's housing benefit cuts contributed to

Hi #EconTwitter! What is a standard error? 🧐😆 Don't forget about the "trilogy" on the subject, published in @jeconometrics! Papers by Jeffrey Wooldridge (MSU), Andrew Gelman Andrew Gelman et al. (@columbia) and James Powell (University of Arizona). 👇 Have fun! 🤩 Links: Jeff's:

Here are the more "meta" reflections that I wish to share on this joint work with Jakob Schneebacher and ChristinaPalmou. The paper title is quite innocent, but I wish to highlight the direction of travel and ultimately, the foundational questions that this work raises around...

Israel has spent the past year desecrating international law on live TV. Now it is waging war on the UN itself, including 10,000 peacekeepers from 50 countries stationed in Lebanon. What will it take for the UK to end its military, economic & diplomatic support for Israel?

How has competition changed across the UK economy over the past two decades? The Competition & Markets Authority has just released our report on the state of UK competition. Let me pick out a few key narratives. x.com/CMAgovUK/statu… 1/

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19608 How do Firms Cope with Economic #Shocks in Real Time? Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere, Christina Palmou (Office of National Statistics) , Jakob Schneebacher (Competition and Markets Authority) ow.ly/y9TC50TPGuq #CEPR_IO #CEPR_CCE #economics

Our work with Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere and ChristinaPalmou on how to provide policy-relevant analysis in real time is now also out as a CEPR discussion paper: 1/3

🚨Thrilled to share our new paper "Causal Claims in Economics"! 🚨 Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere and I analysed over 44,000 economics papers using AI to create a knowledge graph of economics and map out causal relationships. Here's what we found 🧵👇

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Summary of the work joint with Jakob Schneebacher and ChristinaPalmou ⬇️

🚨 BREAKING: Biden to announce major tariff hikes on critical production components (e.g. tungsten, polysilicon, solar wafers) - Financial Times Our research provides a lens to study the ripple effects of this US-China trade escalation. A brief 🧵 (1/8)

Congratulations to ESCoE PhD student ChristinaPalmou and ESCoE Research Associate Jakob Schneebacher who won an ONS Focus Research Excellence Award for their work with Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere on firm responses to economic shocks. tinyurl.com/29dbxkae

Another busy room for this panel on trade and productivity in British firms with Grant Fitzner, ChristinaPalmou (ONS Focus), Swati Dhingra (LSE Department of Economics ), Gregory Thwaites (Resolution Foundation), Mairi Spowage (Fraser of Allander Institute) and Sophie Piton (Bank of England). #EconStats2025

How can we track workers in firms over time? A new ESCoE Technical Report by John Forth (City St George's, University of London), Alex Bryson (UCL) & ChristinaPalmou (ONS Focus) argues that the UK now has an opportunity to build a new LEED infrastructure: tinyurl.com/2hjaut4m ADR UK