New paper out in @science.org! “Brain drain” or “brain gain”? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scie...

is openai running the model's in javascript in my browser? otherwise I cannot understand how the interface can be this laggy

i am genuinely curious to see if the asteroid that is about to hit the american economy can actually separate trump from his base

Researcher @meyting.bsky.social has been published in Nature!🎉 His study with @minxiesci.bsky.social, Felix Michalik, @hesss.org, Seunghun Chung & @pascalge.bsky.social finds a 20% lower dementia risk after shingles vaccination using economic methods. 👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky

Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉 Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Die deutsche Innenministerin wollte nach Damaskus reisen, um Abschiebungen nach Syrien zu verhandeln – weil das Land ja angeblich sicher genug sei. Die Reise fiel aus. Grund: *checks notes* Sicherheitsbedenken. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Schon Arendt wusste: ohne Staatsangehörigkeit verliert der Mensch seinen "Platz in der Welt." Gerdes zu den gefährlichen deutschen Tendenzen in Richtung Loyalitätsstaatsbürgerschaft.

Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren? Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES. verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...

Very excited to see our paper on aging&cognitive skills out in the neuroscience section of Science Advances 🎉 @science.org We show that usage of skills seems to be the key to maintaining them 💡 Great collaboration with my co authors E.A. Hanushek, F. Witthöft and @woessmann.bsky.social! Details ⤵️

[PA system stutters alive] attention moderates. this is your final warning. anti-trans backlash is in fact backlash against gender nonconformity in general, including homosexuality, and it seeks to roll back all related forms of progress. this is your final warning, places please

Sorry to ask, but was IZA affiliation only merit-based or mostly network-based?

It's midterm season. If you're giving a paper exam, consider using this LaTeX shell to write the exam. It adds up all of the points for you and it compiles a solution booklet for you, too. github.com/talgross-bu/...

1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨 How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students. 5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Wenn Merz Politik macht, die nur mit der AfD Mehrheiten hat, ist dann auch völlig egal ob die AfD dadurch schrumpft oder nicht.

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. "Then they came for the trade unionists … "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." —Martin Niemöller #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/pres...

Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals ) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

DeepSeek is a much better writing assistant than GPT currently is.

An agile EU would offer grants to US-based academics.

I'm in the UK since 3 weeks and haven't seen a single pound of cash. Grüße gehen raus nach Österreich und Deutschland.

Point of no return. Diesen Tag und diese Nachricht werde ich den Rest meines Lebens nicht vergessen. Denn heute habe ich eingesehen, dass man mir und meinesgleichen in meinem Geburts- und Heimatland niemals eine sichere Heimat bieten wird. search.app/kscX74bMF3Qj...

can someone with a better understanding of Austrian politics tell me if it's already time to look for jobs abroad?

I'm visiting Oxford for the next 2 months. If you're around, let's meet!

when DHL sends the "your delivery will arrive between x and y" they are estimating a 5% confidence interval.

Next year, the German Development Economics Conference (GDE) will take place in Frankfurt, my former hometown. I hope to see you there with a beer in your hands! @andregroeger.bsky.social @hesss.org @fuchsa.bsky.social @cannoncloud.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social @kczura.bsky.social

Everywhere people celebrate, even in the Christian neighborhoods. This is Sahnaya, Damascus.

Hi everyone! Anna, here. I'm known as @itsafronomics on all platforms and I'm currently trying to survive my #phd in policy and economics at Harvard. I also write for the public on topics related to #race, #gender, and the #economy. I hope to connect with y'all soon! #econsky #academia

Excited to be at WU Vienna today to talk about new @nuffieldfound.bsky.social funded work on "Inequalities in applications and offers to graduate recruitment programmes" using exciting new recruitment data from a number of employers @franziskadbacher.bsky.social www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outr...

If I had another paper ready in time I would go. You should all submit to this excellent conference!

Call for papers for the 4th Workshop on Networks and Development, Naples, 22-23 May 2025, keynotes by Emily Breza (Harvard University) and Yves Zenou (Monash University). Apply before January 30th 2025. Details 👇 Please spread the word!

actual footage of me proctoring an exam

I'm in a bad place right now... not mentally, I just went on X to check something

this is fun! (bluesky)

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How does one decide whether to cancel a project that has a draft and 5 years of work put in? I mean if one is worried that it will lead nowhere?

Our annual "blog your job market paper" call for PhD students in development economics is now open, with submissions due November 6. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

I think we have a crisis #EconSky

I updated my latex preamble. follow me for more productivity hacks.

Guys, get the fuck off Twitter.

Part 2 go.bsky.app/CkasaUk

A somewhat random list of dev econ people. Please let me know if you would like to be added, or what people I'm missing. I'll make a second list once this is full. go.bsky.app/7dWAEXe

Postdoc in Development Economics at Uni of Frankfurt with Matthias Schündeln. I had that job and can wholeheartedly recommend all aspects of it. econjobmarket.org/positions/10...

Just out in @J_Ind_Econ (joint with @AljoschaJ): We explore when firms, facing rational inattentive consumers, optimally obfuscate prices, e.g. by hiding fees or choosing complex add-on pricing structures. doi.org/10.1111/joie... 🧵

(1/many) #EconSky My job market paper investigates what police propaganda and its effects can teach us about the institution of policing. t.co/5bzHCTdmR2

No one MEANS no one

Why on earth is ctrl + F in outlook forward and not find???

🆕 Policymaking, trust, and the demand for public services. Today on VoxDev, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Dijana Zejcirovic & Fernando Fernández Bazán outline evidence from a nationwide family planning programme in #Peru: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

I'll be joining WU next spring, too. Looking forward to having great colleagues there, including these 6 new ones 🥳