The July 2026 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (18, 3) is now available. aeaweb.org/issues/851

Recently accepted by #QJE: “Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict,” by Gehring (@kaigehring.bsky.social) and Schaudt (@paulschaudt.bskz.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2 exciting PreDoc positions in my team at the University of Bern, starting late summer/early fall! Collaborate on cutting-edge research in Political Economy, Development &Behavioral Economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.

The CfP for the #German #Development #Economics (GDE) conference 2025 is out, hosted by #Goethe university in #Frankfurt on June 12-13 (keynote: Lori Beaman). Send us your best development papers: events.gwdg.de/e/gde2025. @heidland.bsky.social @langlotzsarah.bsky.social

I have one additional predoc opening @SIAW_HSG to work on topics in political economy, natural resources, and urbanization. Application deadline is August 10th, 2024.

JOB ALERT: Bruno Conte and I are looking for a full-time pre-doc for an ERC-funded project on structural change. Application deadline: 15/feb Competitive salary + *based in Barcelona*. Ideal for prospective PhD candidates! More info (and apply) here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/187492#wh…

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

Narrow electoral wins by ethnic-minority candidates (UK context) led to increased turnout among whites in the following election. Consistent with a theory of group position and motivational effects of perceived political threat.