1/ Food and drink prices have risen by around a third since January 2021. That hit poorer households harder, because necessities take up more of their spending. But is that the end of the story? Our new paper has a detailed look.

1) We are SO EXCITED to launch our IGC Cities Spatial Model--a public good to model the economic impacts of urban interventions in developing country cities. https://t.co/mSU1hOo67g

NEW: How do the last five years measure up on levelling up in the UK? The UK is on many measures one of the most geographically unequal high-income countries. Our new report looks at progress towards the 12 levelling up ‘missions’ set out in 2022’s White Paper: [THREAD: 1/15]

New piece of work for @AnthonySeldon and @Tom_AE_123 's upcoming book on the Conservatives' time in power. Key (if obvious) takeaway from last 14 years: slow economic growth makes everything, including fiscal policy, much harder. Check out @TheIFS thread on what we've seen 📷

A key takeaway from this thread and our report: the large effects we see at GCSE are driven by one type of centre (SSLPs). These had bigger budgets, with more spending on teacher input into learning and outreach to families in need of extra support, with big impacts.

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results. Read @nridpathecon @Sarah_Cattan @carneiro_econ’s report, funded by @NuffieldFound: https://t.co/NiHZzVES3W

New @TheIFS report out today on Sure Start, which I've been working on since I started here. We've found Sure Start had a big positive effect on disadvantaged children's grades throughout school, with much larger effects coming from centres with more funding. Have a read 👇

📣#Predoc opportunity in #development economics @KU_Leuven Prof. Lore Vandewalle seeks a student for projects in Uganda, DRC, or Kenya focusing on firm behavior and intra-household dynamics, ideal for preparing for a PhD in Econ. #EconTwitter 🔗 https://t.co/dg9KXv1jyG

🚨 Don't miss out! The January 31 deadline to apply for a PhD position in #Econ at @KU_Leuven is quickly approaching! Check out the details 🔗 Call: https://t.co/9pTwpM3MT7 🔗 FAQ: https://t.co/AD7OsyzjKm 🔗 Apply:

🚨 Deadline is January 5th! 23rd Doctoral Meetings  Global issues related to Trade, Macroeconomics, Migration, Taxation  Environmental Economics, Urban Economics https://t.co/9B63em6fa8 # via @cepr_org

Deadline 31st Jan, please do feel free to reach out if you have any questions :)

Come to Leuven to do your PhD in #Economics 🎓 4 reasons to apply: 💸 Over 2500€ *net* per month. 😇 Fantastic faculty, students, and professional staff. 🏡Beautiful city, impressively well connected. 🍟 The best beer and chips (fries) money can buy.

Call for Papers Leuven Summer Event 🌞 Join us in Leuven between May 30 and June 7 for workshops in Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Migration and Family Economics, Economic Theory, and Public Economics. Paper submission by March 1. ⏳ https://t.co/dujJxplp8w #Econtwitter

Any department would be lucky to hire Vatsal who is an extremely talented applied microeconomist working on how social networks affect development, education and, most interestingly (in his JMP), mental health. (To his credit, he's published a lovely theory paper, too!) He's a💎!

Hello! I’m on the job market this year. You can find my job market paper here https://t.co/IS5fZMHDk8 and read more about my completed and ongoing research here:

Farm households in developing countries face many different market failures. But how do they each matter for aggregate productivity? And what should policymakers do about them? My JMP provides a new way to answer these questions using data from rural Thailand. 1/🧵

Very happy that my job market paper was awarded the Econ JM Best Paper Award by @UniCredit_PR and @EEANews😊 You can find the thread below... #EconJobMarket

In the following thread #econjobmarket candidate Julian Hidalgo pitches his job market paper 'This Craft’s For You! Entry and Market(ing) Competition in the US Beer Industry'. More on Julian and the @KU_Leuven job market candidates at https://t.co/JbCtvV3yPe. #EconTwitter

Introducing Alexander Haas! His expertise in monetary economics & macro-finance sheds light on balance sheet policies in tightening cycles. Discover more about Alexander & our outstanding #EconJobMarket candidates! https://t.co/oQ0GkgGOeI

Hello! As you can tell I’m on the market this year! If you‘re interested, have a look at my website for my job market paper & further research: https://t.co/9JaSMdjiuU - thanks!