Marcos Vera-Hernandez

When the G7 capped Russian oil at $60 in 2022, many expected production cuts and a global price spike. We spoke with Lukasz Rachel of @ucl.ac.uk and Catherine Wolfram of @mit.edu about why this textbook intuition on price caps fails in Russia’s case. www.aeaweb.org/research/pri...

Need to compute sample sizes for a cluster randomized control trial where treatment costs more than control? @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social and I have a paper to help you maximize power or minimize cost. 📄 doi.org/10.1086/739610 + Stata & R routines included.

Very interesting analysis by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. It is (I think) a priori surprising that the graduate premium has held up so well in other countries during growth in participation. www.ft.com/content/649d...

Sharp argument from the chief scientific officer at @nature.com that promoting diversity in science is needed to get over misperceptions about where great research is happening and a tendency amongst some to just collaborate with ‘your mates’ www.thetimes.com/article/e5ee...

The Council for Science & Technology which advises the PM is looking for a new member ‘with social & behavioural science expertise’. Great opportunity to bring a social science perspective to the heart of policymaking. Apply by 19 Jan apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9075

A gentle reminder that the deadline to submit your paper to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics Working Group is approaching (1 Dec). More information about the conference and how to submit: ⬇️ @bancalaria.bsky.social @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social @radhikajain.bsky.social

Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...

After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.

If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool

Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo

Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/

Calling Econ PhD candidates: Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Deadline: September 30 Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!

Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions.... [1/4]

📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4

Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.

And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...

This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.

We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...

Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social

We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social

The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027. For full details and to apply, visit www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Join @ucleconomics.bsky.social this May for this year's annual Gorman Lecture and Conference 2025. Find out more about this year's programme and book your tickets ⬇️

I work outside the university system but use academic papers a lot. I agree with this. I’ve never been refused. And what Jo Wolff says is true. They are grateful to be asked. I wish the system was different but until then don’t hesitate to ask.

“Our priority is reducing net migration,” a Home Office source said. "Growth is the number one priority of this government... ...making sure everyone is better off." - the Prime Minister. To govern is to choose - let's see if he meant what he said... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

CGD is hiring! We're seeking an experienced communications professional to join our dynamic Communications team as a Communications Manager. The Comms Manager will work intensively with & to promote several of CGD’s research programs, expanding reach, awareness, & impact. Apply! ⬇️

‼️We are hiring‼️ 🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education ➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ ➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs ➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE ➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier ⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)

Global scientists that apply for an ERC to relocated to the EU+UK can now apply for 2m + the ERC (which is 1.5, 2, or 2.5) + startup for large facilities (another potential 0.5). Chance of getting it isnt astronomical but with a resume and plan worth a try! Good time to spend a ~decade in the EU?

A striking part of this rich piece on Brzezinski and Kissinger by @edwardluce.bsky.social is that they both had an understanding of tragedy. In my own world this speaks to the importance of a humanities perspective in matters such as international relations on.ft.com/3E6FQSd

Interesting (and punchy!) from @chrisgiles.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2433...

Fantastic closing panel of university leaders for our inaugural annual conference for humanities, social sciences & the arts. We have Julia Black (President of The British Academy) Irene Tracey (VC of University of Oxford) and Sally Mapstone (President of Universities UK). It’s been a brilliant day!

I think this is a good one - a colleague described it as "having slightly manic energy, but in a good way". Worth a listen in my extremely biased opinion.

The research group at the Workd Bank is doing an off-cycle hire for a trade economist worldbankgroup.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

The next 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 is approaching! 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 will present 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Join us on Zoom on ̲𝙰̲̲𝚙̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝟽̲ at ̲𝟹̲:̲𝟹̲𝟶̲ pm UTC! Add to your calendar: healtheconomics.org/wp-content/u... #healtheconomics #econsky

#EctJ published a SI celebrating the seminal contributions of Philip G. Wright to causal inference in economics. Both our editorial & reproduction of Wright (1928) are free to read. @resmedia.bsky.social @p-hunermund.com @borusyak.bsky.social @instrumenthull.bsky.social res.org.uk/celebrating-...

📢📢We would like to remind you of some exciting volunteer opportunities at RES! We encourage you to apply or share these opportunities with others in your network. 👉 bit.ly/3DhHCiG #RESVolunteer #Vacancies #volunteer #EconSky

Pleased to be placing multiple academics through our Global Innovation Fellowships to embed their research insight in organisations around the world including in Lesotho working on water, in Turkey on refugees/asylum seekers, and in Indonesia on housing www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...

Key chart on this: the post-pandemic increase in disability and incapacity claims is a UK-specific issue. It does not appear to have happened elsewhere (apart from a little bit in Denmark). In many countries the number of claimants has fallen post-Covid. ifs.org.uk/publications...

This week the Latin American and Caribbean Inequality Review has published a supplement in Oxford Open Economics! IFS' @richardblundell.bsky.social, Sonya Krutikova, @bancalaria.bsky.social & @papiteide.bsky.social have contributed chapters to the review. 📗Find out more:

Always a pleasure to get stuck into the numbers on BBC More or Less - this time, on UK defence spending, the end of the "peace dividend" and associated fiscal challenges. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...