Chatgpt also struggling with reshape 😆

🚨 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