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Economist, Professor at Royal Holloway, @IFS @CESifo @G53.
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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
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#HealthEconomics
#EconSky
#CallforPapers
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EcHO_Call_for_Papers_2026.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KtqouGA3puEcrIcAoa77V7qw8m2AsPhs/view
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📢 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 👇
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Summer School — Economics of Health & Human Capital | EcHo · Royal Holloway
https://echo-rhul.github.io/summerschool2026/
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Essen Health Conference
about 1 month ago
📢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
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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
about 2 months ago
📢 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
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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
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New call for papers for a special issue on the gender wage gap
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
<em>Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society</em> Journal publishes research furthering understanding of employment relations, labour markets, & the organization & future of work globally.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1468232x/call-for-papers/gender-wage-gap
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Essen Health Conference
3 months ago
🚨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
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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
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Essen Health Conference
7 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
8 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
8 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
9 months ago
A new award for young scholars in the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics.
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VoxDev
10 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.
10 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
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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
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
10 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
10 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
10 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
10 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
11 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
about 1 year 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
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VoxDev
about 1 year 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
about 1 year 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
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#teachecon
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Daniel Kuehnle
about 1 year 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
about 1 year 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
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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/
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John Eric Humphries
about 1 year 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
about 1 year 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
about 1 year 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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Climent Quintana-Domeque
over 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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Essen Health Conference
about 1 year 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
over 1 year 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
over 1 year 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:
over 1 year ago
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Ulf Zölitz
over 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
over 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
over 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
over 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
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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
over 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
over 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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