Join us on 4 November for the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin. 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV Discover how women’s roles in work and society have evolved and what challenges remain More about the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/why-wo...

🚨 Just one month left! Don’t forget to submit your papers to the RFBerlin Migration Forum 📝 📅 Submission deadline: 2 Nov 2025 📍 Berlin | 26-27 Mar 2026 More details 👉 www.rfberlin.com/event/migrat... #CallForPapers #MigrationForum2026

🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass! Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

📢 We are hiring 📢 RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining. Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...

Hier ein 🎁 Link zu diesem wirklich lesenswerten Artikel, der so ziemlich alles in Frage stellt, was derzeit in der Migrationsfrage als gegeben hingestellt wird. Selbst die rechte Meloni-Regierung hat den hohen Bedarf an Niedrigqualifizierten erkannt. Deutschland irrlichtet dem Abschwung entgegen.

That’s true for both Ukraine and Europe: there aren’t enough interceptors to sustain a missile defense-centric strategy. Instead, they must shift to a deterrence posture in the missile domain that relies on the threat of imposing unacceptable costs rather than denial. 7/7

Young people and city-dwellers are among those most likely to see one group’s gain as another’s loss

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @CriClerici @poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health

💥Research Assistant Positions💥 1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.

There's a lotta concern about the short run (ie recession or not) implications of Trump's agenda. Dani is right to point to the long run as far far more consequential.

„The IMF puts the hidden cost of trading goods inside the EU at the equivalent of a 45% tariff. For services the figure climbs to 110%“ www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-myth-o...

US policy uncertainty right now is off the charts -- worse than during covid, 2008 financial crisis, debt limit showdowns, after 9/11, you name it. www.policyuncertainty.com

US & EU GDP data are now in, which means another update to my G7 GDP chart Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic: 🇺🇸 +12.9% 🇨🇦 +8.7% (thru Q4) 🇮🇹 +5.9% 🇫🇷 +3.7% 🇬🇧 +3.4% (thru Q4) 🇯🇵 +0.9% (thru Q4) 🇩🇪 +0.0%

This seems like an issue. By @economist.com

Überfälliges Statement hochrangiger deutscher Diplomaten zum Krieg im Nahen Osten (FAZ, 17.4.25)

Dear academic economists! Two weeks left to apply to a position as full professor at the Econ Dept @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. in Sweden, academic - and personal - freedoms are deeply respected. And the microdata is awesome! Deadline March 31! #econsky su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

📢 Join our labor team! I am looking for two #predocs to work with me and my coauthors on applied labor economics projects in Switzerland! Job Ad: bit.ly/PredocLaborLugano Apply here: bit.ly/PredocLLCApply #econra #USIecon #predoc

Das ist wirklich ziemlich grotesk. Es geht hier um ≈ 5 Millionen Tonnen CO2, die jetzt aufgrund bürokratischer Probleme offenbar nicht eingespart werden. Zumal die Betreiber zudem noch 650 Millionen € Stilllegungsentschädigung bekamen. taz.de/Emissionszer...

Remarkable: Merz wants to discuss reforming debt brake in the *outgoing* Bundestag, where CDU/CSU+SPD+Greens still have over 2/3 of seats, before new Bundestag is constituted by 25 March. Greens already signalled willingness this morning.

🇩🇰 Denmark today increases the defence budget with 50bn DKK (6.7bn EUR) plus 10bn DKK (1.3bn EUR) extra per year until 2033 going 2.4% of GDP in 2024 to 3.2% in 2025. As discussed probably 50bn more is needed for acquisition.

What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.

Weil gerade die Linke so gehyped wird: Lest bitte einmal das Wahlprogramm hinsichtlich der Verteidigung. Angesichts dessen, dass kürzlich die transatlantische Allianz & gemeinsamen Demokratie-Werte beerdigt wurden, stehen wir komplett wehrlos gegenüber Russland, China & Co da. Hier das Programm:

Among other things, the 🇩🇪 debt brake is bad for national security:

Die CDU ist nicht irgendeine bürgerliche Partei wie vielleicht die FDP, sondern sie ist aus dem konservativ-überkonfessionellen Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus geboren. Deswegen wiegt der Sündenfall, den meine Partei diese Woche begangen hat, ungleich schwerer. 1/9

Where does the German obsession with putting „punishment“ in front of economic instrument come from? Strafzölle, Strafzinsen …

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Position as professor in economics (any field) at Stockholm University, Department of Economics. Apply by March 31. Annons på svenska: su.varbi.com/se/what:job/... Ad in English: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #econsky #economics

Jetzt haben wir die Debatte zu den Verteidigungsausgaben im Wahlkampf, aber die Frage, wie sie bezahlt werden sollen, ist immer noch weitestgehend offen. In @table.media schreibe ich heute, dass mindestens zwei Dinge helfen würden für eine ernsthaftere Debatte dazu. table.media/security/sta... 🧵 1/

Introducing our #EconJMC Patrizia Massner. In her #EconJMP “Should Elder Care Be Subsidized? Theory and Evidence from Sweden” Patrizia examines the impact of a 2002 elder care fee reform that lowered costs by 40% on average for 2/3 of Sweden’s municipalities. www.su.se/institute-fo... 1/6 #econsky

Introducing our #EconJMC @agnetaberge.bsky.social. In her #EconJMP “Two-tier collective wage bargaining in a frictional labor market” she develops a general equilibrium model of two-tier bargaining, where central negotiations are supplemented with local adjustments bit.ly/4eUBDgR #econsky 1/6

🚨 I’m on the job market! 🚨 Check out my JMP: Designing Debt Restructuring: The Adverse Effects on Labor Market Outcomes. Bonus: fun insights on examiner/judge IV designs. Very brief summary: 👇

🚨 The Department of Economics at Stockholm School of Economics is hiring! Read more here www.hhs.se/en/about-us/... and apply on econjobmarket.org.