Davide Rigo

Thank you Nigel for putting work from home back on the political agenda - Timing couldn't be better 😀

📢now forthcoming in ECMA!

The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia

Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations.

Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵

Our new VoxEU column is out! 👇

How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway HS2 is set to cost more per kilometre than any other rail project in the world as total bill could surpass £100bn

Look forward to commuting on the most expensive (and fancy) railway in the world 😅 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Very happy to see our research cited in the @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk report “Is working from home working?”

Honoured to contribute evidence on #WFH, productivity & inclusion. Report below 👇

Thanks @leverhulme.ac.uk , LSE and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for supporting this research! 🙏

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

Excited like it’s the first day of school 🎒— starting a new chapter as Assistant Professor at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social !

Huge thanks to all the brilliant people at LSE (too many to tag!) for the support and inspiration along the way 🙌

Very honoured to present at the UK House of Lords on remote work in the UK & Europe, and its impact on productivity & labour markets.

Check the link to the full session 👇

For more, see my ongoing research daviderigo.weebly.com/wfh.html

Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting this work.

🌍 How does remote and hybrid working in Europe, the USA and Japan compare to the UK?

On Monday 19 May 2.15pm we investigate international comparisons on home working with:

- Dr Steve Pickering, University of Amsterdam
- @daviderigo.bsky.social, LSE
- Dr Emma Harrington, University of Virginia

Creative destruction through innovation bursts

By Giuseppe Berlingieri, Maarten De Ridder, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo

Read at: ow.ly/LGzu50VKmeI

"Creative destruction through innovation bursts"
Read the latest #POIDWorkingPaper
by Giuseppe Berlingieri, @deriddermaarten.bsky.social, Danial Lashkari and Davide Rigo
poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS...

There is still a time to apply for our Master in International Economics

Third and final deadline on April 15

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