In case you want to know if education is worth it (in terms of lifetime earnings): ifs.org.uk/publications...

Thanks to all for an inspiring workshop! #econsky #rhulecon #echo.rhul #leverhulme

Our Summerschool on Economics of Health and Human Capital with the fabulous Leverhulme Visiting Professor Martin Karlsson is just kicking off! #econsky #Health #Leverhulmetrust #rhulecon #cinch

📢 Come and join our EcHo Summer School in Economics of Health & Human Capital! 🗓 12–15 May 2026 | Stewart House, London Lectures, individual feedback sessions & a 2-day research workshop for PhD students and early-career researchers. Full details & sign-up 👇 echo-rhul.github.io/summerschool...

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📢Notifications for the Essen Health Conference 2026 are now out! (Don't forget to check your spam folders). Many thanks to our scientific committee who had the joy and challenge to select from such an excellent pool of papers

📢 Call for Applications | IZA@LISER Summer School in Labor Economics 2026 #IZALISER2026 📅 1–3 June 2026 in #Luxembourg 🗣️ W/ featured lecturers @alanmanning4.bsky.social & Kristiina Huttunen ⏳ Deadline: 5 March 2026 🔗 www.liser.lu/news/call-fo... #LaborEconomics #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Call for Papers: Economics of Health & Human Capital Organised by EcHo Royal Holloway 🗓️ May 14–15, 2026 | Stewart House, London ⏰ Deadline: March 20, 2026 Keynote: Leverhulme Visiting Professor Martin Karlsson drive.google.com/file/d/1Ktqo... #HealthEconomics #EconSky #CallforPapers #rhulecon

New call for papers for a special issue on the gender wage gap onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

🚨Two weeks left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2026! Submit your work in the fields of health, labour or education by 🗓️ 31 January! Further information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc26

Fabulous news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc26

📢 We are recruiting Clinical Psychologists to join the Royal Holloway Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as Lecturers (Professional Practice). 📍 Egham | £49,325–£58,345 + £8,588 supplement | PT or FT | Permanent. Apply by 2 Sept 2025. jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

The 1st Aarhus Workshop on Labor Markets (AWLM 2025) happens from Oct 22-24 at Aarhus University, Denmark. We are excited to receive papers that focus on understanding and analyzing labor market dynamics, policies, and outcomes. Both empirical research and structural work is highly welcome!

A new award for young scholars in the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics.

📢 Sanitation Infrastructure On Thursday July 10th, Britta Augsburg @theifs.bsky.social, Molly Lipscomb ‪@uvabatten.bsky.social‬ & ‪@afosterri.org‬ will outline key takeaways for policy from their forthcoming #VoxDevLit at our launch event. Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Jetzt anmelden zum Vortrag der deutschen «Wirtschaftsweisen» @monika-schnitzer.com an der Universität Zürich. Sie ist Vorsitzende des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social und Professorin an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/de/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch

New paper out! We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products by local businesses and the household demand for toilets in rural Nigeria. More here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...

NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social is joined by @ckfarquharson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social to explore the impact and legacy of Sure Start. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/pol...

CHIBE researchers Christina Roberto and Alyssa Moran are cited in a TIME essay by Arianna Huffington advocating that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps not allow the purchase of sugary drinks or soda. time.com/7297603/snap...

Having a great time at ESPE2025- inspiring programme! #espe2025

My co-author Grigory Aleksin presenting our work (with Arnaud Chevalier) showing that small community youth projects cause short-run reductions in crime, especially anti- social behaviour. #espe2025 #econ #rhul

Nearly a decade ago, IZA World of Labor ("bridges the gap between research and policy") asked me to write a short intro to Instrumental Variables (IV) estimation. Now teamed up with the great Grigory Aleksin (RHUL) for an update. Enjoyed the team work a lot! wol.iza.org/articles/usi...

📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz! Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ. Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor Please help us spread the word and RT.

We just released our paper using a field experiment to reveal indoor air pollution (IAP) in London: It’s worse than you think! 🧵with six main results👇 With @sjroth.bsky.social.

🆕 Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay Today on VoxDev, Juanita Bloomfield (Universidad de Montevideo), Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid & Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) demonstrate how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices: voxdev.org/topic/health...

Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment. Deadline: May 1, 2025 Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social #healtheconomics #econsky #teachecon

🔈 Call for Papers 🔈 Join us for the first NU-DE Workshop on Applied Microeconomics 📍Nuremberg | 🗓️ Oct 1–2, 2025 For more information, see the call for papers. Interested? Submit your paper! We are looking forward to seeing you in October! #econsky #healtheconomics Thanks for sharing widely!

75% of US scientists who answered @nature.com poll consider leaving. More than 1,600 readers answered their poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fabulous news! ifs.org.uk/news/helen-m...

Jason Abaluck and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 2-3. Submit your papers by March 24: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/... @jabaluck.bsky.social

🚨HRSA's Area Health Resources Files webpage is now down. Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here: data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...

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If you are doing macroeconomic research about Greece, check out this fabulous new data resource, directed by my fabulous colleague Manolis Galenianos: www.greeceinnumbers.com

🚨 Exciting news! The 3rd #Diversity & #HumanCapital Workshop @uofebusiness.bsky.social returns June 16–17, 2025 🎉 Keynote speakers: Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes & Imran Rasul. Call for Papers will be out soon. Stay tuned! tinyurl.com/yc8h2nkr #econsky #economics @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

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Friendly Reminder! 🚨6 days left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2025 ⏰ Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January! Find all information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc25

Call for Papers for the Essen Health Conference 2025 is out now, with an excellent line-up of international keynotes - Farzana Afridi, Mariacristine De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), & Uwe Sunde 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2025🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc25

Young Economists' Meeting 2025 will take place in Brno! #EconSky #EconConf

A little contribution to the value of a university degree:

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 The Jacobscenter and Department of Economics is looking for an Assistant Professor specializing in the Economics of Child and Youth Development. 📅 Deadline: TOMORROW! Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10...

CESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics 2025 http://dlvr.it/TGB95C #EconSky

We're currently recruiting for outstanding post-doctoral economists to join our research teams. 📅 Find out more and apply by 11:59pm Friday 22 November here: https://econjobmarket.org/positions/10965

🌟 We're hiring! 🌟 Join us as a postdoc at the BSoE @bseberlin.bsky.social ! We have several open positions including some in Organizational Economics or Behavioral Economics at Humboldt University. 🔗 Details: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res... #EconSky #EconJMP #Economics #Berlin

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://buff.ly/4fIiRK7 Read the working paper: https://buff.ly/3APnHq6

We're hosting a recruitment event for our summer student programme for current university students, where you can meet current IFS staff and ask questions about IFS and our recruitment process. Monday 2 December | 5pm to 6pm | Online Sign up here: