Yonatan Berman

My dear friend @miguelherdade.bsky.social just published this beautiful book about social mobility and education. It's only in Portuguese, and is essentially an immediate bestseller in Portugal, so if you can read the language - buy a copy and read it!

📢 Job alert! Our sister department - King's Business School Economics is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) Apply (and more information) here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

Apply by November 2! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These full-time, 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center in New York. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality.

Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.

📣Publication alert!

We are hiring several full-time predoctoral #research fellows to start in summer 2027. If you are considering a PhD, interested in #bigdata, #economicopportunity, or #mobility scholarship, a #predoc fellowship at Opportunity Insights could be a great next step. opportunityinsights.org/joinourteam/

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and LIS Data Center are hiring a 3-year postdoc for work on public policy, welfare and socio-economic inequality. Open to economics, sociology, pol sci and related disciplines. Apply by Sep 15th: jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...

📣New blog post about our recent paper on dividend tax reforms. Working paper here: cepr.org/publications... Thanks @voxeu.org!

Y Berman & E Klor show that temporary tax holidays may generate substantial short-run revenues but also encourage taxpayers to postpone future distributions if they expect similar relief again. Policymakers should consider how policy shapes tomorrow's expectations. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

🔔 Job alert 🔔 ➡️ AEP Lecturer in Public Policy and Ethics The position is open to anyone with the ability to deliver excellent introductory teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level on policy processes, and ethics and public policy. Apply ⬇️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSC917/a...

Catch up on our seminar with Jeanne Bomare 💻️ Using the first wave of COVID-19 as a natural experiment, she identifies the scale and mechanisms of inheritance tax planning in the UK.

Thank Rome. It was a total blast.

📢 Join the Offshore, Mobility, and Taxation conference on 28 May This international conference hosted by @lsesociology.bsky.social will showcase new research addressing the challenges of taxation and offshore wealth. 📆 Register by Friday 22 May 🔗 buff.ly/NdtCzkc

Another successful edition of the @kingsqpe.bsky.social Early Career Workshop!

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sascha Becker (@essobecker.bsky.social) on "From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Publishing Social Sciences with Nature Portfolio Journals An event jointly organized by the London Inequality Network and UCL CNET 📍 UCL 🗓️ 12 May, 16:00 👉 Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...

Come do a British Academy Post-Doc at King's! The deadline for our internal check is 15th May 2026. Information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun...

The announcement is up for for the Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality: September 10th and 11th at Nuffield College, Oxford. Submissions are due by 22 May 2026; decisions will be communicated by 8 June 2026. The call is here: atkinsonconference.github.io

NEW JOB AD - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) 2 positions (Deadline May 17 2026) sites.google.com/site/salvato...

Join us on Tuesday, 12 May at 16:00 for Publishing Social Sciences with Nature Portfolio Journals, jointly organized by the London Inequality Network and UCL CNET. With Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría (@sebvillasanta.bsky.social), Senior Editor at Nature. More details below 👇

Tax Day reminder: taxing the super-rich a few percent of their wealth shouldn't be controversial - a billionaire tax wouldn't start from zero. See post below 👇 Also worth reading from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3r8sy73r

Public registration is now open for the World Inequality Conference hosted by @wid.world! The conference will take place at Paris School of Economics from 4 - 6 June, featuring research sessions and panel discussions with prominent speakers. Register by 15 May ⬇️ buff.ly/4ZI7CtV

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Neil Stewart (Warwick Business School) on "Gambling spend and gambling harm". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The call for the Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality, organized in Milan by @dondenacentre.bsky.social and @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, also with the support of ISPI, is now open! Early-career researchers, join us for this great experience! (deadline May 15). bit.ly/4ma5k2H

Next up at the #LunchSeminar: Jeanne Bomare (LSE) “Death and Taxes: Inheritance Tax Planning and Unexpected Mortality” 🗓️ April 3 | 12:00 📍 @pse.bsky.social or via Zoom More info about the seminar ⤵️ taxobservatory.eu/event/eu-tax...

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Edgard Dewitte (@berkeleyhaas.bsky.social) on "100 Years of Political Selection in the U.K." Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Great event yesterday at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social! A wide range of topics covered - from inequality measurement to inequality in politics. Thanks to all the speakers and attendees. Sign up to hear about our future events!

Happening this Wednesday! We have a great agenda - pop by if you're around

This is happening today at 4!

We are joined by Jeanne Bomare for this term's final seminar! Her research uses the first wave of COVID-19 as a natural experiment to identify the scale and mechanisms of inheritance tax planning in the United Kingdom. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/4Vh1XUc 💻 Attend online: buff.ly/Rj4FPEw

Happening this Wednesday! We have a great agenda - pop by if you're around

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sarah Schneider-Strawczynski (@sschneiderstraw.bsky.social) on "Minority Political Representation and Immigrant Integration". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Don't miss the next London Inequality Workshop! Details below!

Please also sign up to our mailing list at london-inequality-network.co.uk, to stay updated about events and announcements. We hope to see you at the workshop!

📣 Event Announcement! Join us on Wednesday, March 25 at 16:00 at Imperial Business School for the next London Inequality Workshop. We'll have four excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby. More details below 👇

Nice to hear ex-Kanzler Scholz mention our paper with @brankomilan.bsky.social on homoploutia on The Rest Is Politics. It looks at how top labor and capital incomes increasingly go to the same households and what that means for inequality: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper on the capitalization of the world, together with @brankomilan.bsky.social, out today! A short thread follows below 👇

Join us in London in May for our 6th Early Career Workshop! Details below:

📢 Call for papers! We are organizing the 6th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 14-15 May 2026 at King’s College London! Keynote: Shanker Satyanath (NYU) No fee, travel grants might become available! Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpe2026

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Guido Tabellini on "Do Elections Moderate or Polarize Political Rhetoric?" Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

🏆 François Bourguignon, former Director of PSE and Director of Studies at @ehess.fr, has been awarded the 2026 Revue économique Prize for his major contributions to research on inequality, poverty, and economic development. shorturl.at/LT8F8

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Ignacio Jurado (@jurado.bsky.social) on "Losing Elections: Democratic Consent and Illiberal Attitudes in Polarized Contexts". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join us at the University of Oxford and our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality team. Ideal candidate has experience in the fields of inequality, social mobility, and/or public policy. We can sponsor visas for non-UK applicants. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Florian Foos (@florianfoos.bsky.social, LSE) on "Differential Mobilization and Turnout Inequality". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Want to come spend two years in the UK working on a research project? Come to KCL on British Academy International Fellowship. Guidance for our internal selection process available here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun... happy to chat about it

🚨 We're hiring an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics Only 5 days left to apply. See details 👇