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Economist, Professor at Royal Holloway, @IFS @CESifo @G53.
Fabulous news!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/uk-to-rejoin-eu-erasmus-student-exchange-programme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
15 days ago
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Essen Health Conference
3 months ago
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
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Royal Holloway Psychology
5 months ago
📢 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...
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Professional Practice)
Full-Time or Part-Time, PermanentSalary is £49,325 to £58,345 per annum including London Allowance (Pro-rata if offered on a part-time basis). A Clinical Lecturer supplement of £8,588 (Pro-rata if par...
https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=0825-178
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Bastian Schulz
5 months ago
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!
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Per Engzell
6 months ago
A new award for young scholars in the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics.
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VoxDev
6 months ago
📢 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...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Sanitation Infrastructure: VoxDevLit Launch Event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Sanitation infrastructure plays a critical role in improving public health and wellbeing, yet nearly one in five people globally still lack access to basic services. At this VoxDevLit launch event, B...
https://cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kcuh4BBQRDqfI5AObBcfNQ
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Economics. For Society.
6 months ago
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
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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...
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107022
6 months ago
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
6 months ago
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...
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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
6 months ago
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...
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The Case Against Using SNAP to Subsidize Soda
Arianna Huffington makes a case against using SNAP benefits to subsidize soda.
https://time.com/7297603/snap-subsidizing-soda-arianna-huffington-essay/
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Having a great time at ESPE2025- inspiring programme!
#espe2025
7 months ago
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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
7 months ago
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Sascha O. Becker
over 1 year ago
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...
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Using instrumental variables to establish causality
Even with observational data, causality can be recovered with the help of instrumental variables estimation
https://wol.iza.org/articles/using-instrumental-variables-to-establish-causality
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Ines Helm
8 months ago
📢 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.
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Robert Metcalfe
10 months ago
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
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VoxDev
9 months ago
🆕 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...
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Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay
A phone-based intervention in Uruguay, which included access to an AI chatbot, demonstrates how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices and improve early childhood development at scale.
https://voxdev.org/topic/health/calling-all-parents-boosting-early-childhood-outcomes-uruguay
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CINCH
9 months ago
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
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Daniel Kuehnle
9 months ago
🔈 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
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Monika Schnitzer
9 months ago
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...
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y
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Fabulous news!
ifs.org.uk/news/helen-m...
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Helen Miller appointed as new Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is delighted to announce that Helen Miller has been appointed as its next Director.
https://ifs.org.uk/news/helen-miller-appointed-new-director-institute-fiscal-studies
9 months ago
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www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/
9 months ago
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John Eric Humphries
10 months ago
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
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Cowles Summer Conference Paper Submission Form
https://cowles.yale.edu/conferences/forms/cowles-summer-conference-paper-submission-form
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Kevin Griffith
11 months ago
🚨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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County-level data on U.S. opioid distributions, demographics, healthcare supply, and healthcare access
This repository includes data from the Health Resources & Services Administration's Area Health Resources Files (years 2000-2001, 2004-2022), CDC Wonder, National Conference of State Legislatures, and...
https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwfgxrh7tn
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Gema Zamarro
10 months ago
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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
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Greece in Numbers
Greece in Numbers collects data about Greece and organizes, explains, and presents it in an accessible way and free of charge in Greek and in English.
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.greeceinnumbers.com/en-gb/home&data=05|02|
[email protected]
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10 months ago
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Climent Quintana-Domeque
about 1 year ago
🚨 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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Last day to submit!
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11 months ago
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4 days left to submit to this fabulous conference!
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11 months ago
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Essen Health Conference
11 months ago
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
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Essen Health Conference
12 months ago
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
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Lisa Spantig
12 months ago
Young Economists' Meeting 2025 will take place in Brno!
#EconSky
#EconConf
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A little contribution to the value of a university degree:
about 1 year ago
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Ulf Zölitz
about 1 year ago
🚨 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...
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INOMICS
about 1 year ago
CESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics 2025
http://dlvr.it/TGB95C
#EconSky
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
about 1 year ago
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
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Jonas Radbruch
about 1 year ago
🌟 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
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Call for Applications 2025
https://berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/research-associates-program/application/call-for-applications-2025
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
about 1 year ago
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
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
about 1 year ago
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:
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IFS recruitment event: Summer students | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We're offer an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.
https://buff.ly/4hAhrTV
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