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Super excited for the inaugural summit of LGBTQ+ Economists and Allies in Asia-Pacific (LEAP)! Come and join us in beautiful Melbourne on May 13-14, 2026! ❗𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐃𝐞𝐜❗ melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...

Are you working in #LGBTQ related research topics?! Come visit us in Melbourne next year!! While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;) Also there are a handful of scholarships available! @jankabatek.com @mckay.mobi @aeacsqiep.bsky.social

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/

September 2025 was the third warmest on record in the Berkeley Earth dataset. But this downplays how anomalous it was; without 2023 and 2024 this year would have been well above any prior records and well above the long-term trend:

Our Life Course Centre Data for Policy workshop is underway in Canberra. Over the two-day event, more than 80 participants from NGOs, government, research, and other stakeholder organisations will hear from leading speakers and explore practical case studies.

🎉 EALE is now on Bluesky! Follow us here for updates, news, and everything related to the European Association of Labour Economists. We look forward to connecting with you in this new space! #EALE

It’s always notable how the far-right uses “censorship” as a way to say “people publicly contradicted our horrible views and we don’t like that”

I've been on plenty of flights that were delayed because of late passengers. Waiting for a late captain, though... That's a new one. #qantas

It's mid-October & ARC haven't updated us since mid-July on the Brand New Grants System. When will we be told? What schemes will even run? ARC "paused" (cancelled?) the only Indigenous scheme, plus Laureates & all Industry Fellowships, and so far there's no replacements. ARC? Anyone?

On one hand: don't anthropomorphize AI. On the other: LLMs exhibit signs of gambling addiction. The more autonomy they were given, the more risks the LLMs took. They exhibit gambler's fallacy, loss-chasing, illusion of control... A cautionary note for using LLMs for investing without guardrails.

A really neat article on fertility: ourworldindata.org/total-fertil... Charts out the fertility dynamics and explains the complicated relationships between different statistical measures, such as TFR and CCFR.

🚨 Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professors in Econ at the University of Copenhagen! 🚨 Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city 😀! Details will follow. Pls repost and get in touch to hear more. All fields, and I’m esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates 😀! #EconSky

On the topic of social media ban: I'm really curious how it'll play out. My Slav reference frame had me initially thinking that this will be a completely ineffective political gesture, but based on conversations with teachers, the ban might give parents more agency in saying "no" to social media.

The Australian government to kids:

👏 Bravi! 👏

The list of social media platforms that Australia is considering to ban (under the new restrictions for Aussie teenagers) includes—yes, you read that right—GitHub. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Some important findings in this paper: 1) Working with AI boosts the performance of people solving math, science & ethics questions 2) The biggest boost is for the hardest problems 3) High performers remain highest performing, but low performers gain more 4) People who are good with AI gain most

Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne! Applications close November 23, 2025 Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...

What a great photo of our campus!

The applications close next week! 😊

Come joun us in Münster, it will be awesome😉😎

📢 We're hiring! 📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

🦘 Australia deviates from the rest of the OECD by not having an official poverty measure (❗) Melbourne Institute's Melek Cigdem-Bayram proposes a comprehensive poverty indicator that tracks numerous aspects of socio-economic deprivation 👇 theconversation.com/we-cant-fix-...

📢We're hiring!📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

And that's a wrap of the 2025 Labour Econometrics Workshop 😊 We've seen great presentations, inspiring keynotes, and all the flavours of Melbourne weather 🌈 Thank you everyone for making this year extra special! ❤️

👰🤵 While the "costs of living" seem to be a convenient argument for the very low divorce rates currently experienced in Australia, I am not sure about it. A much more likely cause is COVID and its profound consequences on relationship dynamics. (short thread) theconversation.com/australias-d...

A while ago I gave a talk on "Doing research with Australian population-level administrative data" (specifically, PLIDA). The talk contained tips and tricks that may prove useful to both beginners and experts, and so I am sharing the slides here: jankabatek.com/embed/plida/

Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor. It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have). 🧵

Ben Jann’s #coefplot has made its way into countless figures in applied economics papers. It’s a staple in many Stata workflows—but the corresponding paper has fewer than 400 citations.

❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French? ➡️ New Working Paper: Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek www.nber.org/papers/w33984 A 🧵 1/12

Our research is in today’s Conversation — just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides per year. We break down exactly where that investment should go: 👉 theconversation.com/just-7-extra... @aunz.theconversation.com

One more memorable ESPE is over ✨️

ESPE is the best. No other conference comes even close ❤️

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Martin is awesome, you should definitely work with him if you're on the market!

📢 Publication alert! In our new study (w/ Belinda Hewitt), we track individuals over time and find that cohabiting with marriage intentions is linked to similar—or even better—health & well-being than being married. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

It is always a pleasure, but also causes some trepidation 😰, when a bunch of motivated junior (and senior!) researchers get together at @i4replication.bsky.social replication games, and I get to observe how others work with the replication packages that we helped prepare! #Montreal

I so wish the *beep* command worked on my machine...

It's Friday evening, which means that I get to pick the work assignment for the weekend! 💪 (fully aware that none of it is realistically going to happen)

Last orders! The submission deadline is today, 5pm AEDT 🙏

Only 4️⃣ days left to submit your work to the one-and-only 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! 🗓️ 14-15 August in beautiful Naarm (Melbourne) 📊 Keynotes: Jens Ludwig (UChicago) & John B. Jones (FedRichmond) 💣 Deadline: Thursday 15 Apr, 5pm AEDT (UTC +10) melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...

We are getting ready! This is one of the best workshops in this area. Deadline is fast approaching.

Only 4️⃣ days left to submit your work to the one-and-only 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! 🗓️ 14-15 August in beautiful Naarm (Melbourne) 📊 Keynotes: Jens Ludwig (UChicago) & John B. Jones (FedRichmond) 💣 Deadline: Thursday 15 Apr, 5pm AEDT (UTC +10) melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...

I don't know whether this is just bad luck, but my recent experiences with journal submissions have been nightmarish. Notable examples: - 15-month wait before hearing back from a top-field journal - 2-month wait for editor assignment in a top journal (still waiting) 🤷‍♂️

The #LGBTQ+ Population Health Research Group at the Kirby Institute is growing & looking for a Project Officer to join their team. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...