Simon Burgess

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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at UCL Explore an exciting academic career as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We’re hiring @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social!

Come and join our team of researchers to work across two cool projects with really exciting, unique data.

This role involves engaging with practitioners and employers regularly for high impact research.

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BÆM💥5 days left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings!

🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

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Everything that Paddy and Ludger @woessmann.bsky.social say here is true. Jon was first and foremost a wonderful person. We never wrote a paper together, but he was my colleague for almost 20 years. I always enjoyed talking with him, and always learnt a lot. We need more people like Jon.

I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences…... I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences ...

Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person.

Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful:

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

R.I.P., dear Jon.

I am going to try and say a few words about Jon, who was one of the most influential people in my life, and an extraordinary person (very short thread below)

🚀 Postdoc in School Choice & Admissions

Join our research team at Uni Copenhagen with @gandil.bsky.social, Neilson & Oosterbeek. Work with unique high-resolution admissions data, long-run outcomes, and a large-scale field experiment.

📅 Apply by Feb 8

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📢 Less than 3 weeks left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). Come join us!

🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

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The Centre For Education Systems | CES Partners Centre for Education Systems (CES) exists to improve the effectiveness of education policy by learning from education systems around the world

One of the side projects I've been involved in over the last few years is the Centre for Education Systems - doing big comparative reviews of 14 systems around the world.

We've now published our first three reports on curriculum, accountability and SEND.

www.ces.partners/copy-of-latest

The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)

The price of aid cuts.

Great to see the brilliant work from the education researchers at @theifs.bsky.social recognised in this way.

Absolutely delighted our research has won the ONS' Research Excellence prize for impact!

I always say to people that the ideal @theifs.bsky.social work is rigorous enough to publish in top journals, and relevant enough to be on the front page. I think we've ticked that box here!

School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940 Mississippi’s 1920 school finance equalization program failed to benefit many of the state’s Black students—an outcome emblematic of broader patterns …

School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"We estimate large positive marginal effects of local educational spending on Black students’ enrollment, attainment, and lifetime earnings."

Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus

Heartening to see this level of intellectual ambition & breadth in the new 'London Consensus' agenda set out by Tim Besley & many colleagues at the LSE (& beyond).

www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges* Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

What difference will the proposed changes to Attainment 8 and Progress 8 make? - FFT Education Datalab The proposed new method of calculating Attainment 8 will not affect schools' Progress 8 scores greatly but will shift the incentives to enter particular subjects

NEW POST: What difference will the proposed changes to Attainment 8 and Progress 8 make?

The proposed new method of calculating Attainment 8 will not affect schools' Progress 8 scores greatly but will shift the incentives to enter particular subjects.

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Introduction to genetic data analysis in the social, behavioural, and health sciences This 4-day course will provide social scientists with the knowledge and skills needed to analyse genetic data, critically interpret results, and integrate genetics into their research.

Behavioral, social and health scientists: if you’d like to combine social and genetic data, this is for you: shorturl.at/8gUcu. This course in London features all aspects from data collection to model estimation in our local cohort data - and the incredible @timtmorris.bsky.social as instructor.

November: Affluent pupils are more likely to gain a place at a top secondary school | News and features | University of Bristol

🆕 Report ‘Modifying school choice for more equitable access in England’

Pupils from affluent households are more likely to gain a place at a top 2ry school.

✍️ @profsimonb.bsky.social @estellecantillon.bsky.social @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social & E. Greaves.

ℹ️ www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449

New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲

Congratulations!!

Hope you treat it like a sports trophy and raise it above your head shouting your team.

How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/scho...
#econsky

Important research on how to improve school results of poor kids. A Labour government will surely want to do this? Well done @simonburgess.bsky.social and co-authors.

On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫

Super important work by @profsimonb.bsky.social and the team 👍

How do we make sure kids get access good school? Check this ⬇️ work analysing policy alternatives!

Maybe of interest:

@woessman.bsky.social
@annavignoles.bsky.social
@hhsievertsen.bsky.social
@samfr.bsky.social
@timleunig.bsky.social
@nuffieldfoundation.org
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social

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Maybe of interest:

@dynarski.bsky.social
@camilleterrier.bsky.social
@matthewakraft.com
@barbarabiasi.com
@gzamarro.bsky.social
@kirabojackson.bsky.social
@hesseloosterbeek.bsky.social
@cohodes.bsky.social
@aaronsojourner.org
@joshua-goodman.com
@combeju.bsky.social
@odegroote.bsky.social

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We also have a full report on methods, data, modelling and full results, a satisfying 110 pages long:
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...

Many thanks for funding to Nuffield Foundation www.nuffieldfoundation.org

Hosted by Uni of Bristol Economics.
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