Kate Orkin

Associate Prof Economics & Public Policy @BlavatnikSchool @UniofOxford @Oxford_CSAE. Design interventions to boost employment&earnings. She/her. Personal views

[Anna Stansbury @annastansbury]

Exactly this. Surely each “paper” should become an interactive website where you can alter parameters of the model (if theory) or run alternative analyses of the data (if empirics); converse w an LLM about the paper and findings; stress test etc

[Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur]

Paper documents a laffer curve for taxing top-incomes in South Africa: marginal rates went up, tax receipts went down. I'm less persuaded by the evidence it was partially due to reduced labor supply, not (just) tax avoidance/evasion -- but a policy challenge either way.

[Toman Barsbai @TomanBarsbai]

Welcome to the third edition of the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings! We start with the Meeting on Development Economics. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, w/ @kateorkin @mobarak_mu1614 @ImranRasul3 and Pauline Rossi as invited speakers.

Program: https://t.co/CLBucB6Kui

[Jesse Anttila-Hughes @jesseXjesse]

I was stunned to see this paper’s early results ten years ago and amazed to see how well they’ve held up. Amazing evidence on the transformative power of narrative.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

The 'Rhodesia Solution': How to use word tricks to 'disclose' a scandal to a Prime Minister while allowing him not to act. And to say, later on, that he wasn't really told...

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia,” by Bernard, Dercon (@gamblingondev), Orkin (@kateorkin), Schinaia, and Taffesse: https://t.co/KwMQdL4NiL

[Simon Hunt @SimonHuntCityAM]

.@DanNeidle is right and I would add: it's the young grads on ~£50-80k who are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the freeze.
A 30 year old earning 50% above median wages would have paid ~£10-11k in taxes and loan repayments in 2020. A 30 year old in 2030 will pay almost double that, a huge rise relative to wage growth.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

This is it. The freeze disproportionately hits the highest earning 20%. Doesn’t really touch the top 1%.

We’ve accidentally created a unique kind of progressive taxation aimed at those earning about £50k to 150k

[Toman Barsbai @TomanBarsbai]

📢 Call for papers: Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Development Economics

🗓️ 5-6 May 2026📍University of Bristol

Confirmed speakers: Mushfiq Mobarak, Kate Orkin, Imran Rasul, Pauline Rossi

No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: https://t.co/KT70IBG7aC

[Davide Coluccia @dm_coluccia]

Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM) is back for its 3rd edition!

🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol

Three workshops: Development, Migration, and Fairness.

Submit your paper by Jan 31. Info: https://t.co/9scOTwx3GB

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Helping jobseekers understand their skills boosted earnings in South Africa

Last month on VoxDev, Andrea Kiss (@StanfordMed), Robert Garlick (@DukeEcon), @kateorkin (@BlavatnikSchool) @LukasHenselEcon (@PKU1898) discussed the impact of low-cost workshops: https://t.co/VjCL6yzQQ9

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

@Oxford_CSAE @econ_ra @predoc

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

Recruiting for 3 posts: 1) Nairobi based research assistant, 2) Joburg based research assistant, both (stata/econ background, field experience). 3) Remote data engineer (SQL required, ideally R/python/stata). Unfortunately only SA residents for post 2, others are open.

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

Kenya RA post: https://t.co/TWCDGrqsm6.
Data engineer: https://t.co/PAOVaTKnYF
Joburg RA post: email me if interested.

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

Joburg RA post: https://t.co/75ghF1bVbj

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

@econ_ra @JPAL @Oxford_CSAE

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

Recruiting an RA in Kenya at the Busara Center for two exciting projects in urban labour markets. Keen to get Kenyan applicants but expats also possible. Econometric and coding skills and team management skills are major requirements https://t.co/TWCDGrqsm6. @econ_ra @JPAL

[Kate Orkin @kateorkin]

@anasuya_n23 @Oxford_CSAE What a lovely mention, thank you! And huge congratulations again -- it will be a wonderful journey.