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Nice work if you can get it? The distribution of employment and earnings during the early years of the clean energy transition

By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis

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Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.

Jo Blanden (CEP), @GillWyness.bsky.social (CEP), @Opmc1.bsky.social (UCL) and @LindseyMacmillan.bsky.social could explain why private school pupils are more likely to end up in higher-ranked HE courses than peers with similar grades.

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What can we learn about youth crime from weekday school closures? | British Politics and Policy at LSE Schools are lauded for their ability to keep young people away from crime and on the right path. But what happens behind the school gates?

CEP researchers Janine Boshoff and @McmSandi.bsky.social examine schools’ role in keeping young people away from crime, revealing that schoolyard conflict complicates a simple narrative.

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Being on call for teenagers is the missing piece in the gender pay gap debate - LSE Business Review Even once the childcare years have passed, mothers spend twice as much time as fathers providing supervision and support to their teenagers.

'Every time a highly skilled woman steps out of the workforce or works below her potential because of these caregiving demands, society loses out'. Almudena Sevilla delves into the persisting impact of the child penalty for working mothers of teenagers.

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Mobile internet access and wealth inequality in the Philippines Mobile connectivity can boost jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? The 7000+ islands of the Philippines is an ideal case study

Mobile internet has rapidly expanded in the Philippines. Researchers Zhiwu Wei, @neillee.bsky.social (CEP) and Yohan Iddawela find that it has helped boost household wealth – but can widen the urban-rural wealth gap.

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New Policy Brief! Domestic abuse: improving risk assessment
and response by the police?

Evidence and recommendations from Tom Kirchmaier, @drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social, Jeffrey Grogger, and @riaivandic.bsky.social

Written by
@aadyabahl.bsky.social

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A new model of parental time investments: A paradigm shift for addressing gender inequality in the labor market

By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla

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Segregation, spillovers and the locus of racial change

By Donald R. Davis, Matthew Easton and Stephan Thies

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Citizen training and the urban waste footprint

By Swati Dhingra, Fjolla Kondirolli and Stephen Machin

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New Policy Brief! How do you measure a child’s wellbeing?

Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social

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🌍 Only 3 days to go until #LSEEnvironmentWeek!

📆22–25 Sept

Join us online via Zoom to explore innovation, climate solutions & sustainable growth with leading economists & experts.

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The social spillovers of homeownership: evidence from institutional
investors by Stephen B. Billings and Adam Soliman

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🌱Valuing nature in a changing climate

Tue 23 Sept📍LSE campus + online

Leading experts incl. Larry Kramer, Juliano Assunção, Jim Leape, Rohini Pande & Robin Burgess.

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LSE Environment Week 2025 — LSE Environment Week The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) within the LSE Economics Department are convening the…

🌍 Keynote: Climate & Macro
Join us online to explore how climate change & policy affect the global economy.

25 Sept ⏰1:30pm - 2:30pm BST
@swatidhingra.bsky.social, Diego R. Känzig
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👩‍🔬 Preferences among women for STEM programmes
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Young people, human capital investment and the Great Recession by @sandramcnally.bsky.social and Chiara Cavaglia

The problems with Reform UK’s immigration policy - British Politics and Policy at LSE Reform UK's policy on immigration of "detect, detain, deport" will be highly costly, involve sending money to authoritarian regimes, and have uncertain results.

“There are many ways in which Reform UK's policy could end in failure, even on its own terms” @alanmanning4.bsky.social (CEP and LSE) looks at the party’s ‘detect, detain, deport' strategy.

The @cep-lse.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social Junior Trade Workshop will take place on Sept 22 @cep-lse.bsky.social. Come meet and provide feedback to six promising JMCs! UK-based trade/urban/spatial aficionados are welcome to register here: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Police effectiveness, geographic specialization, police organization

By Andrés Barrios Fernández, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados and Daniel Perez-Parra

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Great programme for the CEP/LSE-Warwick Junior Trade Workshop on 22 September
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Following in the family footsteps: Incidence and returns of occupational persistence

By Maria Ventura

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Police effectiveness, geographic specialization, police organization

By Andrés Barrios Fernández et al.

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Housebuyers hate stamp duty. Why hasn’t it been reformed before now? Stamp duty has been around for centuries but it is bad in principle and poor in execution.

Paul Cheshire cautions against rushed, short-term changes to stamp duty when there is a overwhelming case for a fully thought-through reform of stamp duty and council tax in combination.

Pipeline vs. choice: the global gender gap in STEM applications

By CEP's Andrés Barrios Fernández et al

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What’s at stake for teenagers in England awaiting their GCSE results? - Economics Observatory The 16-year-olds who took their GCSEs this summer started secondary school in the middle of the pandemic. The results of these high-stakes exams will highlight the uneven toll that Covid-19 lockdowns…

Read @aadyabahl.bsky.social (@cep-lse.bsky.social) on What’s at stake for teenagers in England awaiting their GCSE results? buff.ly/sZ1Qn5k

Britain is falling behind the US, and productivity is largely to blame - British Politics and Policy at LSE The gap in living standards between the UK and US has widened sharply in recent years is due to the UK’s deep-rooted productivity and investment challenges.

How did Britain's economy diverge so sharply from the US, and what will help close the gap? @aadyabahl.bsky.social on the productivity puzzle.

Poaching, raids, and managerial compensation

By Yi Chen, Fabiano Dal-Ri, Thomas Jungbauer and Daniela Scur

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What’s at stake for teenagers in England awaiting their GCSE results? - Economics Observatory The 16-year-olds who took their GCSEs this summer started secondary school in the middle of the pandemic. The results of these high-stakes exams will highlight the uneven toll that Covid-19 lockdowns took on learning, as well as the key role that good grades play in shaping future opportunities.

As 16yo in England, Wales and NI await their GCSE results on Thursday, @aadyabahl.bsky.social looks at what's at stake for this group who started secondary school during the pandemic.