Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
If you’re looking for state level estimates of the number of job losses due to ICE, @elizabethacox.bsky.social and I have a new report out on this with Immigration Research Initiative out today!! immresearch.org/reports/ice-...
ICE Arrests Result in a Decline in Employment: State-Level Projections - Immigration Research InitiativeThe program of mass deportation being carried out by the Trump Administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. How much would employment drop in your s...immresearch.org
We're looking for a temporary lecturer in economics of education, labour economics, applied econometrics, for 1 year to cover for parental leave. Apply by August 4: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).www.ucl.ac.uk
The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Compulsory voting on the table as Burnham ponders electoral reformProposals seen by the prime minister’s advisers suggest a £10 fine for those who do not cast a ballot, with a ‘none of the above’ option to be includedwww.thetimes.comI strongly recommend the chapter on this in the Mirrlees Review (Ch 16), which ends with a very similar proposal, and has some projections showing the impact for different kinds of households and along the income distribution. ifs.org.uk/books/16-tax...
16. The Taxation of Land and Property | Institute for Fiscal StudiesThis chapter outlines land value taxation and the taxation of the consumption value of housing, to propose a reform of council tax in the UK.ifs.org.ukDan NeidleIt's being reported that Andy Burnham might replace council tax and stamp duty with a 0.48% annual property tax. We'll have a complete report on this tomorrow, including an interactive map showing the impact across the country.
