Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...

Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...

Vacancies Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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Families and benefit cuts - Understanding Society podcast about families and benefit cuts, effect of fluctuating income on stress and parenting

Income changes and the design of social security can have disparate impacts on health, caregiving, child well-being, and more.

I was lucky enough to discuss work on these urgent issues with @usociety.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social here:

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Why having a baby remains a career obstacle for women More mothers work but their earnings and promotions stagnate

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ESSGN Conference IV Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…

📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation?

🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!

👉When? May 22-23, 2025

👉Where? Bristol!

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The effects of unconditional cash transfers on child abuse and neglect in early childhood: Evidence from New Zealand Child abuse and neglect is recorded at higher rates in families with low incomes, and in contexts with lower public spending on families. However, it …

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We find an unconditional $3000/yr for babies and toddlers in NZ reduced child protective services’ referrals, and findings of neglect for single mother families

Did I mention this opportunity for researchers to come to the UK?

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Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society

Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth

My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning

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Job mobility and the gender pay gap - Understanding Society podcast: What parenthood means for job moves, and the gender pay gap

The latest episode of our Insights podcast is out: Silvia Avram from the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Alesha De Freitas @fawcettsociety.bsky.social discuss parenthood, job mobility, the gender pay gap – and what governments and employers can do