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@cep-lse.bsky.socialDebates about AI destroying jobs focus on replacing income, but we need to think about the social and psychological benefits of employment too, say Christopher Pissarides and Kirsten Sehnbruch
Read: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2026/09/29/ai-and-labour-market-inequalities-where-to-start/
@cep-lse.bsky.socialThe interesting question is not simply why immigrant children in England do so well at age 15 but what has allowed so many of them to get there, say Christian Dustmann (UCL) & Stephen Machin (CEP)
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/englands-strong-performance-of-immigrant-children-in-pisa/
@cep-lse.bsky.social🎧 Happy International Podcast Day! We're launching the first episode of Inspiring Economics, where @econromesh.bsky.social speaks with Swati Dhingra about the research papers that shaped her career in academia and policy.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialEvery economist has a paper they always remember. In our new podcast series, Inspiring Economics, writer @econromesh.bsky.social explores the research that has shaped leading economists' thinking. Our first guest is Swati Dhingra (CEP, LSE). Tune in tomorrow for the first episode! 🎙️📚
@cep-lse.bsky.social📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant at CEP
Work on a Nuffield-funded project modelling Britain's future ethnic diversity and exploring its implications for social attitudes.
📅 Apply by 18 Oct → https://ow.ly/9NfO50ZScZy
@cep-lse.bsky.socialRead more about our new policy report, Skills for Growth, which suggests that the organising principle for skills policy should be by sector – focusing on the eight growth-driving sectors set out in the Industrial Strategy.
Aadya Bahl Sandra McNally Anna Valero
@cep-lse.bsky.socialGreat op-ed from @asvalero.bsky.social , @aadyabahl.bsky.social and @sandramcnally.bsky.social in FE Week. Writing about their new report which sets out ways to help firms overcome the barriers they face in training workers.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialIn our new report Skills for Growth, @asvalero.bsky.social , @sandramcnally.bsky.social and @aadyabahl.bsky.social examine global approaches to employer‑based training and set out nine recommendations for the UK to boost investment in skills where it’s needed most.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialIn a blog for LSE Business Review, Christian Krekel (CEP, LSE), Tim Kremser, and George Melios (LSE) find that far from getting used to working long hours, people feel worse the longer it lasts.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialAnna Valero (CEP, GSOS) discusses how innovation targeted at reaching net zero represents a real strategy to boost productivity and reduce regional inequality in the UK.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialIndustrial policy is back, often favouring large incumbents seen as the strongest innovators. A new VoxEU blog by Berlingieri (ESSEC, CEP), Lashkari (Boston College), De Ridder (LSE) and Rigo (Birmingham) shows that this assumption needs scrutiny.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialRead Professor Anna Valero 's analysis of the first major speech by chancellor John Healey - how does it match up against the evidence on what is needed to drive growth?
@cep-lse.bsky.socialTito Boeri (CEP, Bocconi), Giacomo Anastasia (Columbia), and Oleksandr Zholud (Kyiv School of Economics) examine the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on local labour markets, finding that resilience remains possible even amid an extraordinary labour supply shock.
@cep-lse.bsky.socialThe confusion surrounding US trade policy was almost as damaging to imports as the tariffs themselves, say Kalina Manova (UCL), Dennis Novy (CEP, Warwick), Thomas Sampson (CEP, LSE), and Aaron Tang (UCL) for @voxeu.org .
@henryoverman.bsky.socialReposted by @cep-lse.bsky.socialA new @cep-lse.bsky.social newsletter www.linkedin.com/pulse/issue-...
@cep-lse.bsky.socialEntry level hiring has dropped sharply across white collar sectors, fuelling fresh concern about the rise of generative AI. For LSE British Politics and Policy, Peter John Lambert (CEP, Warwick) and Yannick Schindler (Oxford) argue that the story is more complex.
@cep-lse.bsky.social🌳 A quick mental health walk shows how powerful nature is for wellbeing. Our new paper explores whether government “nature investments” — from new green spaces to accessible waterways and nature based activities — offer value for money using CEP’s WELLBY framework.
