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Francesca Foliano

@francescafolia1

Education and Labour economist @UCL, visiting fellow @LSE Social Policy and @SSE, @ESCoE associate, @ADR UK fellow. Ex NIESR. Assistant prof of economics at Southampton from Sept 2025. From Bari, Europe.

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05.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hej! I’ll be presenting new results from our ongoing project on remote work at the upcoming ESCoE seminar. See details below ⬇️

07.01.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save Β£12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.

29.11.2025 09:24 πŸ‘ 3111 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 82
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The changing nature of work - ESCoE This work uses Time Use Survey data to explore how time allocation between activities differs between remote and office workers.

Just launched: our @escoeorg.bsky.social project page on working from home in the UK, using the new ONS Online Time Use Survey (OTUS) data. Working paper coming soon!
www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/the...

13.11.2025 10:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be at the Remote Work Conference at
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
and present our @escoeorg.bsky.social
research! Looking forward to sharing our findings and connecting with others exploring remote/hybrid work.

22.10.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Totally agree!

11.10.2025 09:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a well-timed kind word can change everything I’d been planning to drop economics, until a tutor congratulated me and convinced me to stick with it

Achievement unlocked! One of my idols in economics, @timharford.ft.com, has mentioned our work on the Growth Mindset! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³
www.ft.com/content/ad92... via @ft

24.07.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By the way, I’ll be joining the department of economics of the University of Southampton from next September. I’m very happy to be part of this growing department, with amazing colleagues and new hires to come! Really looking forward to this new adventure!

28.05.2025 10:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Professor of Economics The University of Southampton’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Professorship position. This recruitment follows the successful hiring in Autumn 2024 of two Lecturers, one Associate...

🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
πŸ“… 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

27.05.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Wonderful πŸ₯Ή

17.05.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really really really hope this is not true

08.05.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As someone married to a (non US) diplomat working in Stockholm I cannot believe any ambassador would do this, it’s just ehm…VERY bizarre!

08.05.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Professor of Economics at University of Southampton Discover Professor of Economics jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

🚨🚨🚨The Department of Economics at Southampton is hiring a Professor with priority given to scholars with expertise in applied economics, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science.
Link here:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV345/p...

29.04.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the perks of working in Stockholm and Uppsala is that there are so many great seminar series around. I just updated my page aggregating all econ seminars in Stockholm and Uppsala:

jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html

@iies.su.se #EconSky πŸ“‰πŸ“ˆ

14.02.2024 13:56 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

This is great! Thanks!

25.04.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Telegraph πŸ™„

02.04.2025 07:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just wanted to say that I really missed seeing your daughter’s pictures. They have always been one of the best things in twitter!

30.03.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is important. More than 700 Harvard faculty, with diverse views, have now signed a letter urging the university administration to "publicly condemn attacks on universities," "legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom" and +

28.03.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 2628 πŸ” 605 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 41
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Lecturer in Economics at University of Southampton Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Economics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...

20.03.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Very exciting!

20.03.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lecturer in Economics at University of Southampton Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Economics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

The Econ department at Southampton is hiring up to 3 lecturers (assistant professors). Priority to scholars with expertise in applied econ, microeconometrics, financial econometrics, and data science. Link here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ163/l...

20.03.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of the web interface to the London Building Stock Model 2 created by the Greater London Authority. The interface currently displays average energy efficiency ratings for all residential buildings in an area of North Holloway.

Screenshot of the web interface to the London Building Stock Model 2 created by the Greater London Authority. The interface currently displays average energy efficiency ratings for all residential buildings in an area of North Holloway.

The Greater London Authority have published a new London Building Stock Model, showing estimated energy efficiency (and many housing characteristics) for every home and residential building in the city. All data is downloadable and there's a cool interactive map data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...

07.03.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Looking forward to meeting you Sabrina!

06.03.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to presenting new findings on remote work in the UK based on equally new ONS time use data at the CRIW/NBER conference: The Changing Nature of Work (6-7 March)

www.nber.org/conferences/...

03.03.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m so sorry for the news Ingo

25.02.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Together with Brexit!

02.02.2025 05:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!

31.01.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Question for AI/labour people: do you know of a survey that asks respondents whether they use AI (consult AI platforms) for work/during working hours? Thanks!

31.01.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s still time to register!

29.01.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're have an economics of education conference at CEP LSE on 29-30 May. Don't miss the submission deadline!

27.01.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0