Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Muere la etóloga y primatóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años social.elpais.com/wmfcr4

Meet Rabbit 🐶❤️ Adopted 13 yrs ago, found as a stray in Mississippi. Now I’m fostering her through @pawschicago.bsky.social & helping her find her furrever home Despite her age, she’s active, loving & still full of life DM if you or someone you know can give her the love she deserves Share 🙏

Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity! Ben Feigenberg & I are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here! uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... @econ_ra @UChicago @thisisUIC @HarrisPolicy @BeckerFriedman #EconSky

Next: Jeanne Sorin Le Guevel (from UChicago headed to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social) on building public infrastructure (roads) on private land in #Uganda 🇺🇬

Reupping for the new week! This was a lot of fun. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

📢CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue📢 SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association welcomes your paper to the Special Issue on ‘Randomized Impact Evaluation of Social Inclusion Policies in Spain’ Submission deadline: 15 July2025 link.springer.com/journal/1320...

We've just opened a new @beckerfriedman.bsky.social pre-doc position through the International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof... Come work with us! The trade and spatial group at UChicago is a top-notch place to start your academic career!

Porque Nada es Gratis nadaesgratis.es/admin/porque... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Preferences for Firearms" by Sarah Moshary, Bradley T. Shapiro, and Sara Drango. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Don’t ask me how but yesterday I used the word “heteronormative” in my competitive strategy class TWICE #feelingwoke

That time of the year when I have to learn about baseball for my Strategy class... again....

Does anybody know if there is a centralized GTFS data file source with a standardized file format?

🎙️We released four Densely Speaking interviews in 2024 👇 1. Sara Bronin and Scott Markley, The National Zoning Atlas Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/23UL...

Job market update: McGill Econ is hiring! Please encourage your students to apply as soon as possible if interested. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

🚨📜CALL FOR PAPERS 📜🚨 *New Data for Consumer Insights Conference* When: May 30-31, 2025 Where: Chicago Booth Submission Deadline: Jan 6, 2025 Keynotes: @susanathey.bsky.social and Greg Lewis Both methodological and empirical submissions are welcome. Submit here: ndconference2025.hotcrp.com

For once in a lifetime, there is no traffic to O’Hare airport

New office decoration after a trip to Japan 😝

Economic Theory is planning a special issue on trade and urban economics. link.springer.com/collections/...

Is there a good reference about why it’s not kosher to estimate a multinomial choice model using LPM when all possible choices are included? Namely, say individual i chooses options j =1,2. Think of a pooled regression with outcomes being i’s choices for both j = 1 and j = 2 simultaneously.

Here's a great starter pack for folks interested in the economics of innovation, competition and IO go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX

Call for papers is out!

Is there a starter pack for Industrial Organization similar to Urban or Trade? I couldn’t find one…

Me estreno en @bsky.app en español. Primer, y espero que no último, post es @nadaesgratis.bsky.social Un resumen de mi trabajo con #TomasDominguezIino

A reminder of our current call for papers for @urbaneconomics.bsky.social next meeting in Berlin March 2025. Deadline to submit a paper is Monday 9th December: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

Spatial economics JMPs (2024-2025) tradediversion.net/2024/11/06/s...

We had the privilege of hosting the 16th Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE) last week here in Philadelphia. Great presentations by some of the field’s most promising young researchers. Thanks to all who participated and helped to organize! custom.cvent.com/9A0657ED9B01...