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Assistant Professor at Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
https://victorgay.netlify.app/
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Toby Handfield
16 days ago
Some fields list authors alphabetically. Others use norms like "senior last". Others use order to signify relative contributions. In a new paper with
@kevinzollman.com
, we model the evolution of these norms, and then look at which type of norm is best for science.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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The evolution of scientific credit: when authorship norms impede collaboration
Abstract. Scientific authorship norms vary dramatically across disciplines, from contribution-sensitive systems where first author is the greatest contribu
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251301
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Can state-building disrupt rather than stabilize society? Thrilled to have a new article in
@apsrjournal.bsky.social
w/
@mikealbertus.bsky.social
showing that the expansion of state communication networks spurred rebellion for decades in France before the Revolution. 👉
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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There is growing interest in HPE about social conflict in the run-up to the French Revolution. In a new article at Data & Corpus, I describe the Jean Nicolas Database, a database of 8,516 rebellions in France (1661-1789) 👉Article:
doi.org/10.46298/dc....
👉Database:
doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
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Sandra Brée
about 1 month ago
Une petite video qui présente mes recherches dans le cadre des projets POPP et Exo-POPP pour construire des bases de données avec l'IA dans le but de mieux connaître l'histoire des populations (ici surtout urbaines et de banlieue)
lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/lia-r...
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L’IA remonte le temps des Parisiens
L’IA redonne vie aux archives parisiennes de l’entre-deux-guerres. L’exposition « Les Gens de Paris » dresse le portrait de ses habitants à partir de 9 millions de lignes de recensement réunies et déc...
https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/lia-remonte-le-temps-des-parisiens
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Ined
about 2 months ago
| Prix de thèse de la chancellerie des universités de Paris | Félicitations à Agnès Hirsch qui a obtenu ce prix pour sa thèse de doctorat, "Statistiques professionnelles et lois sociales : l’invention de la mesure du travail en France (1880-1914)". En savoir plus :
www.ined.fr/fr/actualite...
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Joseph Enguehard
about 2 months ago
I am on the econ job market AY 2025-26! My JMP on tax enforcement and conflict speaks to political economy, public finance, and economic history. Thread below. You can also visit my website:
www.enguehard.tf
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Catherine Molho
about 2 months ago
📣 One week left to apply to our Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences! We have an exciting program for this year:
www.tse-fr.eu/sites/defaul...
🗓️ May 26 to June 19, 2026 📍 Toulouse Application deadline: December 15 Apply here:
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
@tse-fr.eu
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https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/ecole/doc/brochure-en/summerschool-2026.pdf
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One of the big puzzles in history is why the first demographic transition began in France, as early as 1789. With Paula Gobbi and Marc Goñi, we show that a key driver was the French Revolution and its inheritance reforms. Now forthcoming at JPE 👉
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
2 months ago
Apply now to our next Summer School! 🤝 We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences. Application:
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
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Reminder: the deadline to apply to the conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective" is tomorrow!
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2 months ago
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Eric Melander
6 months ago
VoxEU column now up for my paper on "Wars, Taxation and Representation" with
@essobecker.bsky.social
,
@andyferrara.bsky.social
and
@luigipascali.bsky.social
. Full paper available here:
doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
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Katrin Auspurg
3 months ago
Billions of regressions ≠robustness. My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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3 months ago
A really good example of the kinds of things that can go wrong is the vegetative electron microscope...
www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-ph...
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A Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why?
Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: "vegetative electron microscopy".
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-phrase-keeps-turning-up-in-scientific-papers-but-why
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Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse
@tse-fr.eu
Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered. Please apply! Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.
4 months ago
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Ined
4 months ago
| Parution | Être parisien ou parisienne il y a 100 ans et à présent : une étude à partir de données inédites individuelles issues de recensements à lire dans le numéro de
#PopulationEtSociétés
de septembre
www.ined.fr/fr/publicati...
#RevueIned
@sandrabree.bsky.social
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Cairn.info
4 months ago
Paris, il y a 100 ans : une population plus nombreuse qu’aujourd’hui et déjà originaire d’ailleurs
shs.cairn.info/revue-popula...
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Paris, il y a 100 ans : une population plus nombreuse qu’aujourd’hui et déjà originaire d’ailleurs
Des idées pour vous
https://shs.cairn.info/revue-population-societes-2025-9-page-1?lang=fr
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Jean-François Bonnefon
4 months ago
It's hiring season at
@iast.fr
! - 2y research postdoc contract - Full autonomy, you are your own PI - Awesome multidisciplinary environment - All social and behavioral sciences welcome - Seed funding for projects and workshops - Gorgeous city in the south of France
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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Charlotte Cavaille
4 months ago
It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply!
#poliscky
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
https://www.iast.fr/research-fellowships
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5 months ago
#ESHD2025
Awards! The Louis Henry Award HONORABLE MENTIONS Brée S., et al. POPP. An OCR-Generated Database of the Population Censuses of Paris (1926-36) Curtis M. et al. Inheritance Customs, the European Marriage Pattern and Female Empowerment
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Cédric Chambru
5 months ago
📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field! 🌍 Open to all interested in
#econhist
. 👉 Info & updates:
sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
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VWFHE
https://sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/home
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Charlotte Cavaille
9 months ago
Soooo... I am tenured :-) Celebrated with
@cescamat.bsky.social
and the other amazing folks at IPERG in Barcelona. Thank you friends, family, tenure committee, colleagues, reviewers and letter writers. You made a Cavaillé happy.
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ca...
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Cavaillé promoted to associate professor
On May 15, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved the promotion for Charlotte Cavaillé to associate professor of public policy, with tenure, and associate professor of political science.
https://fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/cavaille-promoted-associate-professor
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Megan A. Stewart
about 1 year ago
New working paper, just five short years in the making! The idea for it emerged from reading about the French Revolution during COVID lockdowns, which warped my sense of time, and got me interested into measures thereof. Abstract and title below, and full ms here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Charlotte Cavaille
10 months ago
Please repost this widely. This is fantastic material. Organize reading groups (ideally bipartisan ones + a good dose of independent)!
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Charlotte Cavaille
11 months ago
Let's brainstorm over strategy Imagine you were part of the strategy team of a major US university: 1) what would be your short-to-mid term strategy to respond to current attacks on higher ed? 2) Who / how would you organize? 3) For what objectives? 4) With what means?
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Nick Huntington-Klein
11 months ago
After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results?
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The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
We use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5152665
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