NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades.
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Isaac Delestre, Kate Smith and @bojs.bsky.socialās new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
Here's a starter pack of IFS economists posting on BlueSky. Make sure you're following them all for the top-quality economic analysis on labour markets, inequality, public finances, healthcare, education and more! go.bsky.app/NYPwMB
NEW PODCAST: Is the minimum wage costing jobs?
@helenmiller.bsky.social, @eduinlatimer.bsky.social and @alanmanning4.bsky.social discuss what we know and what we don't know about the UK minimum wage in our new podcast.
š§ Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/min...
š Thank you for joining us at the 21st EUROFRAME Conference: The Future of Labour!
We are deeply grateful to all participants and speakers who made this yearās conference in Warsaw such a vibrant and insightful event.
See you next year!
Photo credit: Magdalena KÄpa
EHU @ehu.eus hosted one of the main international conferences for young economics researchers. The EAYE @eayeconomists.bsky.social annual meeting brought PhD students and early-career researchers from around the world together in Bilbao. #EAYEAM26 #EconConf #EconSky
www.ehu.eus/eu/web/campu...
Peter Levell
"AI is probably more impactful for employment even than the Dot-com revolution of the nineties. This is more like the industrial revolution of the 19th century"
Sir Philip Augar discusses the impact of AI on the labour market.
š§ Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...
CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research
EVENT: IFS recruitment event 2025
Wednesday 1 October | 5pm ā 6pm | Online via Zoom
Want to work at IFS? Join our recruitment event to meet our staff, ask questions about life at IFS and find out more about our hiring process.
ā”ļø Find out more and sign up here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
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Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique
New at JIE: "Household responses to trade shocks" by Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique (@aitor-if.bsky.social), Peter Levell (@peterlevell.bsky.social), Matthias Parey
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
š¢ Call for papers!
The EAYE Annual Meeting welcomes submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (4-8K characters) in all fields of economics
š 18ā20 May '26, University of the Basque Country
ā²ļø Submission deadline extended to 28 December 2025!
The University of the Basque Country (@ehu.eus) is hosting the 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting.
2026ko EAYE konferentzia Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean izango da. Artikuluak bidaltzeko epea zabalik dago, abenduaren 1era bitarte. Informazio guztia hemen: www.eaye.info/eayeam/2026-...
Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique
Journal of International Economics
Thank you for a wonderful #EAYEAM26 in Bilbao!
Fantastic to see such an engaged community of young economists, w great papers, discussions and a lively atmosphere ā from sessions to lunches overlooking the Guggenheim
Congratulations to all winners. See you next year in Lucca!š
šØ Call for Papers!
The 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting will take place at the University of the Basque Country šŖšø on 18ā20 May 2026
š Submit your paper or extended abstract by 1 Dec 2025 via CMT
#EAYE2026
