Anyone have experiences with a 1040-NR (U.S. nonresident tax return)? How difficult is it (in hours?)?

Has anyone seen a paper using regularization to manage noise in event studies? I’ve got an idea that I’ve been toying with that should reduce the point to point noise in event studies (and may yield more precise honest bounds on did estimates)

TIL that if you search for a font on Google, the search results are shown in that font. (Probably only works for classic fonts.)

🎙️ Check out the ifo podcast on childcare shortages in Germany, where I was a guest. Grateful to research this topic with Marina Krauß, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt. Link 👇 1/2

Immigration raids during Trump II have increased daily student absences by 22 percent in the California Central Valley, with largest increases among the youngest students.

To someone with good data and too much time: Ivermectin is used to treat scabies. Ivermectin was wrongly used for sth else, remember? Did that cause a shortage and hence an increase in untreated scabies? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies...

#AcademicSky #EconSky #ichbinhanna

Check out our new NBER WP “Pushing Back Against Private Practice: The Unintended Effects of Paying Public Doctors More” together with Núria Mas , Jon Gruber and Jaume Vives. 👇 www.nber.org/papers/w3443...

Well played, Merriam-Webster. Well played.

Short 🧵 on boring but imp topic: how to format tables! First, + most imp point: table in an econ paper should be comprehensible w/o any cross-reference to text. Variables should be clearly defined (not "lnconsexp"; write "Consumption)"; + specification described in notes

Does anyone know an open, large, German dataset based on adults between ~, age 20-40, including the CES-D scale for Depression?

These read a lot more real if you have recently been to these places. No clue what they must feel like if you live in them....

be safe, hoos.

What is not to like: Great staff, intl. environment, entirely taught in English, low fees. You could live here: www.visitessen.de/startseite_1... or given the public transport ticket included in the tuition fees (currently €350/semester) anywhere in the area.

🎓 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 – 𝗠.𝗦𝗰. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴-𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 (𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) Are you curious about how 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 affect 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 across societies? 👉 Read on or learn more at www.healthecon-master.de 1/n

#ASHEcon2026 I am organizing 2 sessions for conference in Minneapolis, MN June 7-10. Looking for abstracts: 1) policy revolving around marijuana and alcohol use or co-use of illicit drugs 2) policy food/nutritional changes from drug decriminalization/legalization, or other impactful policy.

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

In some places, 18+m refers to the age in months at which the book is appropriate. In Germany it refers to the maximum number of letters per word

The UK government (and arm length bodies) have a searchable database of research questions that they want evidence on ari.org.uk. Does any other government (looking at you Bundesregierung) have something like this? #econsky

Season's greetings from Berlin (from www.instagram.com/p/BppaR-zhMJG/)

I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world. If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

Do mental health treatment delays impact mortality? Sydney Costantini (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) on how clinic congestion affects mortality for veterans: youtu.be/r62hE1agkkI

People seem to be discussing multiverse analysis again! I haven’t read the latest piece but will use that as an opportunity to share a blog post of mine with a title of which I’m still proud (although I probably shouldn’t) www.the100.ci/2021/03/07/m...

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

#econsky what convincing/scary paper or link do you send people who (want to) use Excel as a statistical tool? Bonus points for examples in the health domain (health econ, HSR, public health, etc.).

NEW PAPER from me and colleagues, reviewing negative effects found to date in universal school mental health interventions and considering what should happen next www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... brief thread below

Viele positive Effekte durch Ganztag in Grundschulen#Ganztagsschulen#Grundschule#Ifo-Institut

1/n I'm considering writing a paper with many authors & wanted to ask for feedback from people who have experience (e.g., manylabs). Assume a core team of 25 authors, and then 500 people who participate in a delphi study who I want to give authorship specifically for the participation in delphi

What are the best practices for ensuring subject comprehension in lab or field experiments? Can you recommend any research papers or guides? #econsky

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026) 📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026 🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025 🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb #healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky

I love it when former students (or anyone, really) lets me know that they cited my research in the wild. There's nothing more gratifying than knowing that the work we do might escape the (admittedly cozy) confines of academia!

"A UK study involving nearly 20,000 people, found that those who spent at least a total of 120 minutes every week in greenery were significantly more likely to report good health and higher psychological well-being." is it ✨magic✨ or is it ✨confounding✨

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Reading some interest stats about health research funding in the UK in recent years. - Only 7% goes to Mental Health research - Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Some news: I've just joined the editorial board of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research alongside many amazing folks like @egolberstein.bsky.social and Daniel Eisenberg. Thanks to Stacy Frazier for her trust! link.springer.com/journal/10488

I had the same impression when I was in the US recently. You really feel the no(default)-algorithm part of bsky if you use it in various time zones.

Duolingo teaching life skills?! Wondering when Duolingo teaches me how to "Talk to an economist".

Is there any administrative data that examines transitions from public to private school and vice versa for primary and secondary students? Particularly over time?

This paper is 🤯, if you don't know it, have a look.

The paper sounds interesting, but what is this picture? I was expecting a paper on telepathy among androids.

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

Can anyone recommend a short and easily accessible piece (blogpost or similar) on the ethics/opportunities/limitations of nudges. I'd like to use it for a bachelor's class on environmental management.

Electric vehicle adoption reduces air pollution and improves infant health, lowering rates of very low birth weight, prematurity, and child asthma, from Cavit Baran, Janet Currie, Bahadir Dursun, and Erdal Tekin https://www.nber.org/papers/w34278

Error Bar would be a great name for a stats themed drinking establishment. You know where we could go when the article gets rejected

Looking to engage undergraduates in principles of microeconomics through real-world case studies? View our free videos curriculum: uncommonecon.com. Join our final Faculty cohort to earn $2,000 over two semesters in our classroom research study. Priority deadline: 10/1. #EconSky #EconX #Econ

Just had a look at @bskycharts.edavis.dev for the first time in a while, and I'm kind of impressed by how high activity has stabilized after the 2024/2025 giant wave Not bad for a so-called “dying platform” caught in a supposedly “death spiral” bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/b...

📢 PSA: The R-Forge server is under attack from hackers and hence web access (e.g., for package installation) is currently down. #rstats The team at WU Wien is working on it. I'll report here when it is back up again.