Health visitors call for limits on 'impossible' 1,000-family caseloads BBC analysis shows the number of health visitors in England has almost halved in the last 10 years.

Great to see our report in the BBC coverage of the crisis in health visiting in England: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is not just about fewer Health Visitors, but about major changes in workforce composition. Our report also gives detailed costing 👉🏻 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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The illusion of choice: multibrand price dispersion in modern retail - Econ Brief Modern consumers are used to a flood of options whenever they are shopping for something. Whether it’s car insurance or fizzy drinks, there are endless brands from which to choose. But many brands are...

🌐 NEW on Econ Brief – The illusion of choice: multibrand price dispersion in modern retail, by Mark Armstrong and John Vickers.

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How aggregate and individual shocks combine to shape household incomes - Econ Brief How important are the ups and downs of the economy for individual families? Personal setbacks have more permanent effects on households’ lifetime earnings than a general economic downturn. But macroec...

Personal setbacks have more permanent effects on households’ lifetime earnings than a general economic downturn. But macroeconomic shocks are still critical.

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How aggregate and individual shocks combine to shape household incomes - Econ Brief How important are the ups and downs of the economy for individual families? Personal setbacks have more permanent effects on households’ lifetime earnings than a general economic downturn. But macroec...

🌐NEW on Econ Brief – How aggregate and individual shocks combine to shape household incomes, by Richard Blundell

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Right before the first break, we have Hyejin Ku of @ucleconomics.bsky.social giving a talk on:

"Trade Shocks, Labor Market Adjustments and Job Content"

Beyond markets and states: civil society comes of age in economic research - Econ Brief Half a century ago, economic research in the top journals took a turn towards issues of community, place, family, religion and identity. This was associated with novel empirical methods including expe...

Half a century ago, economic research in the top journals took a turn towards issues like community and identity. This brought about novel empirical methods that transformed the discipline.

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While some argue people that expanding deposit insurance makes banks lend more aggressively, this is not always the case. The impact depends on how banks fund their lending.

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Why protecting your savings might make it harder to borrow - Econ Brief Deposit insurance prevents bank runs by assuring depositors that their money is safe. At the same time, it can weaken bank discipline. While some argue that expanding insurance makes banks lend more aggressively, this is not always the case. The impact depends on how banks fund their lending.

🌐NEW on Econ Brief – Why protecting your savings might make it harder to borrow, by Helena Palma Carvalho

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Financial risks: why national banking rules need global coordination - Econ Brief While the rules controlling them are mostly domestic, banks are largely international. This creates risks as countries compete for financial institutions’ business by weakening regulations – or go the...

NEW on Econ Brief – Financial risks: why national banking rules need global coordination, by Saleem Bahaj and Frédéric Malherbe

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AI won’t necessarily make financial markets less competitive - Econ Brief Concerns about financial markets becoming less competitive as a result of artificial intelligence may be overstated. Instead, asset pricing outcomes will depend on how algorithms are designed – and on...

Concerns about financial markets becoming less competitive as a result of AI may be overstated. Instead, asset pricing outcomes will depend on how algorithms are designed.

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AI won’t necessarily make financial markets less competitive - Econ Brief Concerns about financial markets becoming less competitive as a result of artificial intelligence may be overstated. Instead, asset pricing outcomes will depend on how algorithms are designed – and on...

🌐NEW on Econ Brief – AI won’t necessarily make financial markets less competitive, by Antonio Guarino, James Symon-Hicks and Philippe Jehiel

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This week I spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu in Brussels about the economic dimensions of #menopause

Our evidence on the #MenopausePenalty shows that the costs are real — in earnings, work, & wellbeing

Menopause is biology. Its consequences are not. #EU has a real chance to lead

#GenderEquality 🇪🇺

Measuring the impact of change when everyone is included - Econ Brief Many big policy decisions – including environmental regulations, major tax shifts and universal health interventions – are national in scope. This makes it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness si...

Many big policy decisions are national in scope. This makes it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness since everyone is affected. An innovative econometric tool provides a solution...

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Measuring the impact of change when everyone is included - Econ Brief Many big policy decisions – including environmental regulations, major tax shifts and universal health interventions – are national in scope. This makes it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness si...

🌐NEW on Econ Brief – Measuring the impact of change when everyone is included, by Irene Botosaru, Raffaella Giacomini and Martin Weidner @weidnerecon.bsky.social

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NEW RESEARCH BLOG – we are delighted to announce Econ Brief, showcasing cutting-edge research from the UCL Department of Economics. The blog will feature weekly articles summarising the latest insights. Read our launch articles here: ucleconbrief.co.uk

2025/2026 internal grant awardees

Congratulations to our 2025/2026 internal research support grant recipients, @ucleconomics.bsky.social Pedro Carneiro, Valérie Lechene, and Sun Liyang. Find out more about our grants here: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

We at @ucleconomics.bsky.social have extended the application deadline to our MA degrees by a week (until May 8th)--all nationalities warmly welcome!

This year's Gorman Lectures at UCL will be given by one of my heroes, Ariel Pakes. I can't wait!

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage in the #discourse globally. Our annual Gorman Lecture (and conference) returns this May with the distinguished Ariel Pake of @harvard.edu.
Register now➡️www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/events/2025/ma...

Happy Easter to all our friends and colleagues!

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we focus on the real life impact of #policy. W/ Jacob Arendt, our own Hyejin Ku & Christian Dustmann deep-dive on changes to permanent residency eligibility criteria for refugee immigrants in @chicagojournals.bsky.social.
Read ➡️ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Passover begins very soon - Happy Passover to all our friends and colleagues who are celebrating over the next week!

Some good impact from our #menopause #penalty work - cited in the report of the Women’s Occupation Health Committee in Norway 🇳🇴! 🙌🏻👇🏻

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In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage in the discourse. #Brexit ruptured decades of deep UK-EU trade integration - how did this effect the economy, and #internationaltrade? Our own Kalina Manova has co-authored fascinating new analysis in @cepr.org.
Read now ➡️ cepr.org/voxeu/column...

What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts? Millions will be made worse off by the government's benefits cuts. But the ramifications of Labour's spring statement could be even wider.

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage with the discourse. In her #SpringBudget, the Chancellor made huge #benefitscuts - what are the real #economicconsequences for debt, spending and taxes? Our own Prof Morten Ravn shared his expertise w/ #TheBigIssue.
Read now➡️ www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we value our #diversity. With #EidAlFitr and the end of #Ramadan approaching, @ucl.ac.uk has a fascinating account reflecting on a UCL student's experience of this important cultural event.
Read now ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
Happy Eid Al-Fitr to those celebrating!

Economics for troubled times How a generation of economists are learning lessons from our volatile times, with Dr Wei Cui, Associate Professor of Economics at UCL

How a generation of economists are learning lessons from our volatile times with Dr Wei Cui @ucleconomics.bsky.social.
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In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we value our #earystageresearchers. All #doctoralresearchers and early-career #academic and #researchstaff are invited to the UCL Festival of Early Stage Researchers 2025, taking place between 1 & 9 April.
Register now ➡️ tinyurl.com/ah7782jn
#FESR2025 @ucl.ac.uk

The menopause "penalty" | Institute for Fiscal Studies We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers.

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we tackle #realliseissues. The #motherhoodpenalty is well-known, but what of the economic costs of the #menopause? @gabriconti.bsky.social is co-author of a new @theifs.bsky.social report about the problems and potential solutions.
Read now ➡️ ifs.org.uk/publications...