And it’s a wrap! #SMOQK 2025 at Concordia - 5 excellent papers in development economics. What a great community we have in the Sherbrooke Montreal Ottawa Quebec and Kingston area. See you again in a year!

And another set of amazing papers for the afternoon with @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social (Laval), Zemar Hakim (Queens), and @caitbrownecon.bsky.social (Laval) #SMOQK2025

Join us for the 2025-2026 CLEF Webinar Series! Season opener on October 3 at 1-2pm ET. Full schedule: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/. To register, send an email to [email protected] with "CLEF Webinar" in the subject line. See you soon!

A must for development economists! Thanks for such a great episode!

Fully recharged after 12 beautiful days in Iceland. Ready to get back to work 💪

With rent control in the news, it’s a good moment to recall the research of @rebeccadiamond.bsky.social and co-authors. They show that strict rent control in San Francisco reduced the availability of rental housing, eventually *raising* rental costs. doi.org/10.1257/aer....

Do profs respond to student evaluations? On average? Nope. Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do. But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers. "Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called: "How to Write a Title and Abstract" Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles. #EconSky #AcademicSky

Proud to have named this new seminar series designed to help education researchers navigate the new landscape we're in. I hope the name conveys the optimism that there is a destination worth reaching on the other side of this. Sign-up here for the first session: aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

Why are all the fun econ research discussions mostly on the other platform? Is it just me, or some settings on my Bluesky? Are people back there? If so, why??! 🥺😫

It's the #CEA 🤓😍

merci @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social et Maripier Isabelle. Bravi Iris pour ton travail!

‼️3rd Workshop on Education Economics and Policy WEEP: Call for papers‼️ Oslo, Oct. 13-14, 2025. Keynotes: @woessmann.bsky.social & @cohodes.bsky.social . Deadline May 30. sites.google.com/site/astrids... PS. Booking ocean side sauna 😉 @uio.no @nifu.bsky.social @ntnu-econ.bsky.social #econsky

Another big thank you goes to @econsandy.bsky.social and Rema Hanna for joining us and generously sharing advice to participants. And finally, a thank you to my co-organizers @anamelo.bsky.social and @priyamukherjee.bsky.social, I think we had a successful event 😍.

Day 2 begins with a keynote presentation by Prof. Rema Hanna 🤩.

Happening now!! 🤩

🇨🇦 🗳️ Happy Elections Day, Canada!🇨🇦🗳️ Irrespective of the party, what matters is to participate in the democratic process. Go, Canadians, have some fun today!

Let's get started!! #AMIEWorkshop Juliet-Nil Uraz (LSE) begins the workshop with a paper on "The Impacts of Reduced Access to Civil Legal Assistance in England and Wales". The paper is discussed by @trfetzer.com (Warwick). More about Juliet-Nil's work here : sites.google.com/view/juliet-...

AMIE workshop begins tomorrow!! Register to attend student presentations and the keynote by Sandra Black. All details here: sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

En route for the @cleforum.bsky.social conference!! Such an amazing program on Day 1 including a keynote presentation by @imarinescu.bsky.social.

Helping students navigate complex educational decisions may yield higher college enrollment and better long-term returns than covering tuition costs, says Laetitia Renee of @umontreal.ca. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists. Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup! sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... @econmentoring.bsky.social

Registration for AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics is now open! 📆 Date: 28th & 29th April 📍 Location: Zoom (Registration link available on website linked below!) Please find the schedule & registration links here: sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... We look forward to your participation!

You know you live in Canada when they change the time of the federal election debate for a hockey game 😅

In economics, mentoring Ph.D. students and new doctorates from historically underrepresented minority groups appears to boost their probability of ultimately holding a tenure-track or tenured position. www.nber.org/papers/w33689

Aujourd'hui, nous avions la 4e édition de notre événement Femmes en Économie à @ulaval.ca @ecnulaval.bsky.social. Wow, mais juste wow. Tellement fière de cet événement, j'ai le goût de vous le résumer 👇

I look forward to attend and host the education session!! And quite proud of PhD student Iris Laugier from @ecnulaval.bsky.social @universitelaval.bsky.social who will present her JMP! 🤓

Quick estimate of the two major personal income tax cuts proposed so far this campaign. Effect varies across families (depends on income/credits/etc). Average for census family is ~$250 for LPC's proposal and ~$570 for CPC's. #cdnecon

🦋Looking for #DevelopmentEconomics insights on #EconSky?🦋 Check out our #GlobalDev research org #StarterPack: 🔗 bsky.app/profile/did:... Featuring: @cgdev.org @cega-uc.bsky.social @theigc.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social & more!

📢 Call for papers: 📢 @cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education (co-organized with Rick Hanushek) 5-6 Sept 2025, Munich Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social 👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202... Submission deadline: 18 May 2025 Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

Looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto at the Conference of the Camadian Labour Economics #EconSky👇

Join the doctoral student group TOMORROW at 1 PM ET for a workshop on Surviving (and Thriving) in the Hidden Curriculum of Graduate School. Register today: fsu.zoom.us/meeting/...

The deadline is approaching! #EconSky PhD students: submit your paper!!

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We are excited to join Bluesky! J-PAL North America is a regional office of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, based at MIT, seeking to reduce poverty by ensuring policy is informed by scientific evidence. www.povertyactionlab.org/na

#EconSky Are you a PhD student working on topics related to Gender Economics AND you speak French? Make sure to submit your paper to our event "Women in Econ." on April 11th 2025. More info here:

@ecnulaval.bsky.social vous présente la 4e éd. de l'événement "Les Femmes en Économie" le 11/04/25: - La sous-ministre des Finances, Julie Gingras. - Séminaire *étudiant* en Éco. du Genre. - Séminaire de Nicole Fortin (VSE, UBC) sur les biais de genre. - Dîner avec Sophie Brière (FSA, UL) 1/n

#PacDev2025 👀 Here is the preliminary conference agenda: dornsife.usc.edu/cesr/pacdev-...

📣« Les Femmes en Économie » 🕣vendredi 11 avr 2025 De 8H30 à 15H La 4e édition de l’événement « Les Femmes en Économie » se tiendra le 11 avril sur le campus de l’Université Laval. cirano.qc.ca/fr/evenement...

The #VisibleWikiWomen campaign is working to bring contributions from women into the spotlight. This year, the campaign in Tanzania added 300+ images to Wikimedia Commons; in Ghana, efforts focused on Indigenous women, traditional birth caregivers, and those shaping local economies. ➡️ w.wiki/Cu5o

Will repeat this forever, but if there's a US foreign policy program that deserves unambiguous support from a global health/humanitarian/economic/political/every angle you can think of perspective, it's PEPFAR. Sharing the economists letter of support here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Econsky

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and their Children,” by Londoño-Vélez (@jlondonovelez.bsky.social) and Saravia: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

@belindaarch.bsky.social and I have written a letter from economists regarding PEPFAR. Please sign and share with your network. Only economist signatures right now (for more focused impact). Once signed, we will share with the administration, congress, + the media. #econsky forms.gle/C5roVX5sFF14...

Here's another Research Chat, this time with PhD Candidate Carmen Quezada Hernandez! She talks about how school entry cutoffs affect families. @bdhuey.bsky.social @lindawhite.bsky.social @rotmanschool.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social @utsc.bsky.social #uoft #rotman www.youtube.com/watch?v=hec6...

As promised, an exciting announcement by @econmentoring.bsky.social ! 🗣️ #EconSky PhD students working in Applied Micro: Make sure to submit your paper for the 4th Workshop we are co-organizing!! Profs @econsandy.bsky.social and Rema Hanna are our keynote speakers. Please share widely!

Submit to present at the Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference at UChicago. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to participate in this great event! Conference is Aug 21-22. Submission deadline is Feb 28.