Laura Abramovsky

Economist, Mother, Research Fellow @TheIFS, Senior Research Associate @ODI_Global, Advocate for equality & neurodivergent people, Views are my own

[Laura Abramovsky @LauraAbramovsky]

It was such a pleasure to take part in this conversation!

[Brookings Global @BrookingsGlobal]

ICYMI: Earlier this week, we hosted a conversation on how innovations in fiscal policy and climate finance can promote equality and sustainability.

▶️ Watch the video here: https://t.co/EBhvfHu7dk

[Lucio Castro @LucioCastro_]

“En Argentina se hablaba mucho de atraso cambiario, aunque poco sobre productividad y competitividad”. Imperdible la entrevista a @juanpablorud. Rigor académico, claridad conceptual y evitar lugares comunes. Tres máximas a seguir.

[Nico Ajzenman @Nicolas_Ajz]

"Históricamente Argentina protege trabajos específicos, cuando lo que en realidad debería proteger es a los trabajadores"

Gran nota del tanito Rud.

https://t.co/TD97PnebzK

[Helen Miller @HelenMiller_IFS]

We're recruiting for a new Associate Director to lead our tax research.
This is a job that I did & absolutely loved. A chance to work with brilliant people, lead interesting research & inform UK policy.
If you're an economist with tax expertise, we'd love to hear from you

[Nico Ajzenman @Nicolas_Ajz]

🚨 Call for papers!

The second edition of the Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) will be in November in London.

We co-organize it with @clpennec and @cevatgirayaksoy and the submission deadline is July 4, 2025. Apply here (and RT!):

https://t.co/r0URrfgkKm

[David Phillips @fiscalphillips]

🚨Research public finance issues in developing countries?

Based in London or fancy a trip to London this Autumn?

Submit your papers to the @theIFS ODI Global @WorldBank conference.

Covers revenue and spending side of ledger.

Great speakers. Effective chairs. Networking.✅
⬇️

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development

Last month on VoxDev, @BancalariA (@TheIFS) & @juanpablorud (@RHULECON) outlined their research on Peru: https://t.co/DQtsLuNcEd

[David Phillips @fiscalphillips]

The joint @TheIFS ODI Global #TaxDev programme is expanding to Kenya 🇰🇪.

Our work focuses on jointly improving the evidence-base for tax policy in partner countries, including
⚙️New data and modelling tools
⁉️Research addressing key questions
💁‍♂️Joint work and skills development

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development

Last week on VoxDev, @BancalariA (@TheIFS) and @juanpablorud (@RHULECON) outlined their research on Peru: https://t.co/DQtsLuNcEd

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

🚨Applications are now open for the 2025 Berkeley Stone center Summer School on inequality

A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered !

Apply now

👇👇👇

https://t.co/wRao9AOgF5

[Helen Miller @HelenMiller_IFS]

As the debate about inheritance tax & farms rumbles on, here's an explainer on the changes & who will be affected.

We argue: if there's an inheritance tax, it should be applied to all assets. And...

with @David_Sturrock & @StuartAdam_IFS
https://t.co/5xeXLRkUdS

[Gabriel Leite Mariante @LeiteMariante]

🚨 Excited to share my job market paper!

“Cash transfers and women’s labour supply: evidence from the world’s largest programme” (https://t.co/o9m1txSOzH)

It has been awarded the EEA/UniCredit Foundation’s Best JMP Award.

A thread summarising my findings 👇(1/13)

[Antonella Bancalari @BancalariA]

📢 New Working Paper Alert! 🧵#EconTwitter
“Resource Windfalls, Public Expenditures, and Local Economies” with @juanpablorud

We study whether inter-governmental transfers to local governments can stimulate economic activity.

👉 https://t.co/ql7pDlVtlu

[Elisa Belfiori @elisabelfiori]

Mucho trabajo, pasión, y dedicación detrás de este fabuloso line-up de speakers. Un workshop regionalmente internacional; internacionalmente regional 😁 🇦🇷🇨🇱🇺🇾🇲🇽🇬🇧 Investigadores de Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico y UK‼️

Inscribite, Venite & #Retuit!📝 https://t.co/vX66o0VfN3

[Helen Miller @HelenMiller_IFS]

And here it is ...
Our podcast explaining what the budget means for inheritance tax on farms, businesses and pensions

You can hear why we think the moves are a step in the right direction. In short: IF you're going to have an IHT, it makes sense to apply t broadly

[The Review of Economic Studies @RevEconStudies]

Recently accepted to REStud, ``The Child Penalty Atlas" quantifies the unequal effects of parenthood on men and women’s employment in 134 countries.

From Henrik Kleven, @landais_camille & @LeiteMariante:

https://t.co/Ql5vKcKIia

#Fertility, #Childcare, #Children, #Youth

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results.

Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected.

Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: https://t.co/0tdukJu8Sj

Read the working paper: https://t.co/7AVbYRUkQy

[Anne Brockmeyer @annebrockmeyer.bsky.social @AnneBrockmeyer]

Great news, exciting to see the #TaxDev research program in such excellent hands! Congratulations @TheIFS TaxDev & @fgerard_BE!! 🎉

[CEDLAS @CEDLAS]

🚨 Nuevo documento de trabajo que analiza la desigualdad de género en América Latina, poniendo el foco en dos áreas claves: educación y trabajo.

Autoras: @InesBerniell, @raquel1fernan & Sonya Krutikova

https://t.co/alad4DcRDW

[David Phillips @fiscalphillips]

🚨 Read our NEW blogpost with @kylemcnabb & @hazelgranger_1 looking at the experience of Argentina, Philippines & Rwanda in reforming the design, governance & evaluation of tax incentives, based on policymakers' reflections.

Read in full:
https://t.co/fSWoqwmlJZ

A short 🧵⬇️