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The figure shows the non-EU workers in the UK with the Brexit referendum and introduction of the new migration regime marked. The counterfactual is shown in red. How did Brexit impact the UK labour market? This column uses synthetic differences-in-differences to estimate how Brexit changed the trajectory of foreign-born employment. The authors find that ending free movement and introducing a new immigration system in 2021 led to a modest rise in the number of foreign-born workers in the UK, but a dramatic shift in their countries of origin.

Jonathan Portes & @johnspringford.bsky.social find that the decision to leave the EU made only a modest difference to the number of foreign born workers in Britain, but led to a dramatic shift in their countries of origin.
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One more week to apply!

One of my favourite events in the conference season: young scholars sharing their superexciting research with us. Please, do apply and visit us at @kingsqpe.bsky.social

This is a fantastic workshop. Apply!

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

Exciting project joint with @cubel.bsky.social and Mariele Macaluso.

Very excited we will be hosting a lecture by the one and only John Ganz - info and sign up here!

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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.

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Two jobs can be equally exposed to artificial intelligence but have very different outcomes 🤖

A new major study by @kcl-spe.bsky.social and The AI Objectives Institute shows it’s not just how much of a job AI can do that matters - but which parts.

Read more ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/study-i...

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.

⌛Final reminder! #CallForPapers - 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration
Submit by 23 January
cepr.org/events/7th-w...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky

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.

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Are you about to complete a MA/MSc in social sciences? Do you have a very good idea to write a PhD? If so, please consider applying for one of the 5 doctoral studentships that @kcl-spe.bsky.social and @kingsqpe.bsky.social are currently advertising. All details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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Very excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students!

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Our paper on the rise of Vietnam's solar panel industry now out as a CSAE wp 🤓👇

🚨 We're hiring an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics

Only 5 days left to apply. See details 👇

How does tax regressivity at the top affect public support for taxation? In this article, we run an information provision experiment in the United States with a quota-representative sample of around 4,000 people and randomly present respondents with factual information about total tax rates by income group. We find that informing respondents that the superrich pay lower total tax rates than other people not only increases support for raising taxes on the rich but also lowers support for taxing the middle class. Our results highlight an important hidden cost of tax regressivity at the top: if left unaddressed, it risks undermining public support for broad-based taxation.

New in @bjpols.bsky.social!

Dave Hope, @lhaffert.bsky.social and I show that low taxes on the rich have a hidden cost: They undermine public support for broad-based taxation. 🖋️ cup.org/45lgPwN

Figure shows the number of firms registered with Ukrainian owners. Data from the National Court Register (KRS) and Central Register and Information on Business Activity (CEIDG). When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, over a million Ukrainian refugees fled to Poland. This column shows that far from displacing local businesses, these refugees sparked an entrepreneurial boom. Ukrainians started nearly 39,000 firms in just two years. In addition, every 10% increase in Ukrainian firm registrations triggered a 2.3% rise in Polish entrepreneurship. Survey data reveal two mechanisms driving this multiplier effect: Ukrainian businesses inspired Polish entrepreneurs to launch similar ventures, and Ukrainian firms created new supply chain opportunities with local partners.

Pierre-Louis Vezina, Cevat Giray Aksoy, and Piotr Lewandowski show that, far from displacing local businesses, Ukrainian refugees in Poland sparked an entrepreneurial boom as they inspired Polish entrepreneurs and created new supply chain opportunities.
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Out on @voxeu.org today: A column summarizing our recent research on the entrepreneurship effect of Ukrainian refugees in Poland 👇

📢 #CallForPapers 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration
CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome
Submit by 23 January
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@micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky

🚨 PhD Opportunity on the Economics of AI 🚨

I'm recruiting a fully funded 3.5-year PhD student to study how generative AI is transforming UK labour markets!

This position is a unique collaboration between King's College London and the AI Security Institute.

💡 LOFT Conference Coming to London 💡

A call for papers has been issued ahead of the 2026 Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT), the first time the event has been held in London, and it's coming to King's!

More here 👇

sites.google.com/view/loft2026

We got a new paper out on Ukrainian #refugee entrepreneurs in Poland, with Cevat Giray Aksoy and Piotr Lewandowski. Check it out here: cevatgirayaksoy.com/wp-content/u... and see below for a THREAD!!! 👇 #EconTwitter

We got a VoxDev column out! ==> Meng Yu Ngov, Pierre-Louis Vézina, Trang Thu Tran & Gaurav Nayyar show that Vietnam's solar boom was built on three key pillars: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

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🚨🚨🚨 Job alert! 🚨🚨🚨
The Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social are hiring a permanent Lecturer in Economics. It's a fantastic department that's really going places.
Please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL723/l...

This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Eleonora Alabrese (@eleala.bsky.social, U. of Bath) on "Bad Science: Retractions and Media Coverage".

Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.

Tremendous turnout for the launch of my wonderful @kcl-spe.bsky.social colleague @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social's timely new book.

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Lecturer in Economics | King's College London

📢 We’re hiring!

King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.

Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...

Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.

@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social

📣Call for papers now open for our annual Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. Rome🔥, May 28-29, 2026.

More details below👇