EUDN Scientific Conference 2026! FAIR and NHH Norwegian School of Economics will host the EUDN Scientific Conference in Bergen on May 6–7, 2026. The program will consist of about 12 papers presented over two days, covering a broad range of topics in development economics.

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🚨 New paper accepted in the American Economic Review! Milking machines replaced women’s farm work—pushing young rural women into cities, education, and higher-paying jobs. A striking case of gender-biased tech reshaping lives. 🔗 www.nhh.no/en/research-... @nhhnor.bsky.social @nhhecon.bsky.social

One of the most important papers I have seen in a long time (judging by the cover).

Forthcoming in the AER: "A Stepping Stone Approach to Norm Transitions" by Selim Gulesci, Sam Jindani, Eliana La Ferrara, David Smerdon, Munshi Sulaiman, and Peyton Young. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

"Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda" - new paper by Kjetil Bjorvatn and @vincentsomville.bsky.social (both @nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social and @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social),

"Technical change, jobs, and wages in the global economy" - new paper by Jan I. Haaland ( @nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), @baldwinre.bsky.social and Anthony J. Venables in @jintlecon.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

❗Deadline Approaching for SEEDEC 2025! Don't miss your chance to register for the Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC 2025) in Bonn, Germany! ⏳ Registration deadline: March 1, 2025 🔗 www.nhh.no/en/research-... @vincentsomville.bsky.social

"Preschool subsidies and cash transfers have long-term health benefits for children" - article by Kjetil Bjorvatn and @vincentsomville.bsky.social (both NHH Econ and FAIR), Arne Nasgowitz, Denise Ferris, Lore Vandewalle and @selimgulesci.bsky.social www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Come to Oslo for the 23rd Nordic Conference in Development Economics! June 17–18, 2025. Keynotes: Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard Kennedy School) Kalle Moene (University of Oslo). No conference fee—just bring your passion for research! Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2025. Link below:

Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!" 1/ (Twitter rerun!)

Oslo Met is hiring an associate prof in econ! What a nice department. Deadline 26 Nov. If you want to know more about life in a Nordic utopia feel free to dm me www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...

🚨Job Alert: Associate Professor TT at Department of Economics - University of Bergen @UiBsamfunn Deadline Nov 24! Specially for those working in Macroeconomics, Finance, Empirical Industrial Organization or Energy/Resource/Environmental Economics! econjobmarket.org/positions/10...

Some news: I have joined the Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) at Science. Part of the remit is to encourage more high-quality economics submissions. So here’s a long-ish thread on why, what, and how you should submit to Science, as well as some details on the editorial process 1/n