A study of 30,000 Canadian labour agreements shows unions secure a wide range of enforceable rights, including scheduling protections, grievance procedures, and dismissal safeguards. Benjamin W. Arold, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod, Suresh Naidu cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

#QJE Feb 2026, #15, “Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice,” by Ash (@elliottash.bsky.social), Chen, and Naidu: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

📢 #CallForPapers for the 11th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop! Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome. Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer Deadline: 13 March cepr.org/events/11th-... #EconSky

📣The Call for Papers for EJ special issue ‘AI Measurement in Applied Economics’ is now open. ⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026 More info here 👉 bit.ly/47sNmS7 @albertobisin.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social

🚨Next time you hire, don’t take it easy! In a new working paper, @elliottash.bsky.social, Jason Sockin, and I show the difficulty of the interview signals to workers whether the job is a good fit. 🚨 Paper link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

⚖️ Measuring Scalar Constructs in Social Science with LLMs with rising (and established) stars in Computational Social Science @haukelicht.bsky.social @rupak-s.bsky.social @patrickwu.bsky.social @pranavgoel.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @alexanderhoyle.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116

On Monday, 1 December 2025, we host 💥Sergio Galletta💥 (ETH Zurich), who will present "BallotBot: Can AI Chatbots Lower Voter-Information Barriers?". This is joint work with Elliott Ash and Giacomo Opocher. @sergallett.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! @benjaminarold.bsky.social, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod and Suresh Naidu study worker rights in collective bargaining and how legal protections shape bargaining outcomes and wage dynamics. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

Call for Papers: The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. Info: eash.cc/AI-econ Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a list of the top downloaded papers on #AI in Law for Q2 of 2025. Read More: http://spkl.io/63329ABA6R#blog#AI#LawSky #AICommunity

Work with @yu-fan-768.bsky.social , Yang Tian, @shauli.bsky.social , @mrinmaya.bsky.social , @elliottash.bsky.social Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.01234 (credit to Yu for the McLuhan reference) Github: github.com/y-fn/deconfo...

Call for Papers: The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. Info: eash.cc/AI-econ Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social

Registration is open for the 9th Text-As-Data Workshop! When: 28-29 April 2025 Where: Online Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m... #EconSky #Workshop #Conference

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🚨New Working Paper: The Value of Worker Rights in Collective Bargaining w/ @elliottash.bsky.social , W. Bentley MacLeod & Suresh Naidu We propose novel NLP methods applied to 30,000 collective bargaining agreements to quantify the value of worker rights. 👉 nber.org/papers/w33605 🧵1/7

Submission deadline extended for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop 📢New deadline: 15 March 2025 Organisers @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social cepr.org/events/9th-m... #EconSky

Our fantastic co-organizer Philine @phinifa.bsky.social is now also on bluesky! Follow Philine & submit your best work to the 9th edition of the MWPZ- @cepr.org text as data workshop! cc @elliottash.bsky.social

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference on Data Science and Law 8/5-8/6, New York City🚨 Have a work in progress at the intersection of data science and law? Join us at @FordhamLawNYC this summer! See submission details here: conference-on-datascience-and-law.github.io

📣Now hiring: Predoc in Economics and Data Science We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505

Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin. Save the date: 26-27 September 2025. CfP follows next month #econsky

📢 #CallForPapers for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop! Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome. Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social 📆10/03/25 cepr.org/events/9th-m... #EconSky

Now #live 🔴 David Yanagizawa-Drott of @uzh-econ.bsky.social discusses recent empirical evidence on generative artificial intelligence, with a special focus on human productivity in emerging markets. Host: @elliottash.bsky.social of @ethzurich.bsky.social → youtube.com/live/PYrM7Hu...

Well deserved break ❤️

The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social

I'm pleased to see our paper, "From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy", online at the Journal of Public Economics. This has been a really fun multi-year collaboration with @elliottash.bsky.social, Sergio Galletta & Matteo Pinna. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We're looking for Postdocs in Economics & Data Science! Join @elliottash.bsky.social and me at @ethzurich.bsky.social, in a highly productive and supportive research environment. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11199 #econjm #econsky

"How Cable News Reshaped Local Government" by Elliott Ash and Sergio Galletta in AEJ: Applied Economics www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...