Greta Morando

Amid reports that MPs and an advisory taskforce will recommend scrapping the two-child limit on benefits, it's worth noting that this step would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty ⤵️

Farage pledges to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants Reform says mass deportation would save £234bn as it warns ‘Boriswave’ of migration will take critical toll on welfare system

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability.

Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.

Terrible chiffre en Une de La Croix ce matin: 57 enfants sont déjà morts de faim du fait du blocus de Gaza, selon l'OMS.

Amen
Do better teaching your sons how to be good people, good men, good citizens.
Take the game systems away
Encourage them to socialize
Clamp down hard on bullying and misogyny
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rich...

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?

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The unexplored impacts of international students - UK in a changing Europe Dr Julian Costas-Fernandez, Dr Angus Holford, and Dr Greta Morando outline their recent research on the impact of international students.

"As our study shows, [international students] don’t harm the educational or labour market outcomes of the domestic students they study alongside"

NEW: Julián Costas-Fernández @gretamorando.bsky.social & Angus Holford outline their research on international students.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-unexplor...

Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average).

But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.

If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701

Given the trouble universities are facing, someone should share this research with the chancellor, or maybe her economic advisory council.

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Hi Francesca, could you add me, please? Thanks a lot for this service!

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🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳

12-13 May 2025, Munich

Keynote: Alexander Willen

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We're have an economics of education conference at CEP LSE on 29-30 May. Don't miss the submission deadline!

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This Wednesday, 25th October, 1-2 pm,
Felix Tropf will present at the QSS-CLS seminar. He will discuss some recent genetic discovery studies for traits of demographic interest! Join us in person or online! shorturl.at/bdpy3

Next speaker in the QSS-CLS seminar series is: Marco Francesconi (University of Essex)

Wednesday 18th Oct (13-14 UTC/GMT+1)

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