Rachel Scarfe

Labour and sports economist at University of Stirling. Likes boats and books.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

@t0nyyates I would like to sign if that's still possible

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Well, that's a wrap! Final stop on the @eale_sbe tour done. Fantastic week travelling with @JonPiqueras and @RHelensdotter. Lots of good food, lots of good Economics, and only one train delay.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

We made it to Antwerp!

[Sunčica Vujić @SuncicaVujic]

📣 Today @UAntwerpEcon

@RHelensdotter
Jon Piqueras
@RachelEScarfe
@DavidAJaeger
David Martens,
@eale_sbe

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and network with young scholars working in the domain of labour economics!

[Sunčica Vujić @SuncicaVujic]

📣 Today @UAntwerpEcon

@RHelensdotter
Jon Piqueras
@RachelEScarfe
@DavidAJaeger
David Martens,
@eale_sbe

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and network with young scholars working in the domain of labour economics!

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Very happy to be in Berlin for the first leg of the @eale_sbe tour. Much sunnier than Scotland!

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

@ndbbmok @csingletonecon @gk_ben @jjreade @ajurquhart1 @UoREconomics @icmacentre @EconStir My prior would be that most international students wouldn't know that Sunderland and Newcastle are so close.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

The weather in the UK this winter hasn't been conducive to a good attempt at the @the_econ5k but the gales (if not the rain!) paused on Boxing Day just long enough. #Econ5k

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

We haven't worked out a way to test this robustly yet, or perhaps there is another explanation that we haven't thought of. So any comments or suggestions are, as always, very welcome!

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

I really enjoyed writing this paper with @csingletonecon and Paul Telemo. We still don't have a definitive reason why wages in this market keep increasing after productivity begins to decline.

[WEAI Economic Inquiry @InquiryWEAI]

To study the age-wage and age-productivity relationships, @RachelEScarfe and @csingletonecon study professional soccer players. Wages continue to increase even after productivity has peaked and then sharply drops! @WileyEconomics #EconTwitter #soccer https://t.co/eYEhz28v35

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

They can work out who is a consistent performer, and who is a one season wonder.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Who pays for pensions? Me, @DSchaeferEcon and @SulkaTomasz try to answer this question in our new WP ⬇️

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Another action shot. I need a new presentation pose I think.

[WeLaR @ProjectWeLaR]

At the WeLaR workshop on labour market supply, @RachelEScarfe (@EdinburghUni) discussed her research on the aggregate effect of casual work on labour markets. She shows that minimum wage policies play a particularly important role.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Action shots! This was a great session, the work @EliefV and Uma Rani have done on platform work is really timely and fills a big gap in our knowledge about new types of jobs.

[UntangledEU @UntangledEu]

The UNTANGLED conference session on platform and flexible work featured presentations by Uma Rani (@ilo), @EliefV (@ID_VUB) and @RachelEScarfe (@EdinburghUni) on job quality, digitalisation's impact on platform work in developing countries and long-term trends in part-time work.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

This aged well. My train didn't even make it out the station at Edinburgh. So now sat in Heathrow airport waiting for a (delayed) flight to Brussels...

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Very excited about this (although I'm planning to get the train from Scotland, which feels like a risky move)

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

@csingletonecon I like to think they both work with "Whizzerman".

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

I have just discovered the ONS's full list of occupations. That's the end of any productive work for me today...

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Economist really doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Imagine being able to put "Spiderman" as your occupation. Or "Vulcanizer". Or "Viewer Of Bullets"!

[Rachel Scarfe @RachelEScarfe]

Very excited about this (although I'm planning to get the train from Scotland, which feels like a risky move)

[WeLaR @ProjectWeLaR]

🗣️Join us at the WeLaR Workshop on Labour Market Supply at @HIVA_KULeuven! We will explore policies that encourage labour market participation & ensure that no one is left behind
🗓️Nov 24, 8:30-2:00, Leuven & online
🔗register: https://t.co/AeJXcAaXNT