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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Nov 7

Good news - we are hiring!! 🥳

Are you an Applied Microeconomist on the job market & interested in policy-relevant research on crime, labor & inequality? Come work with us @diw.de & join our new team in a vibrant research environment - right in the center of Berlin.
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · Jul 28

What a deal!
The EU has "agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional US energy products and weapons, in exchange for the broad 15 per cent levy that covers many European exports including cars."
Not a misprint. Unthinkable during my lifetime. But this is 2025.
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US and EU reach tariff agreement to avert trade war

Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge" now out in the Economic Journal!

Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨

In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->

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Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨

In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Jan 13

Our Spanish Flu paper is now forthcoming at Explorations in Economic History!

Stefan Bauernschuster @sbauernschuster.bsky.social · Jan 13

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT

The #SpanishFlu was one of the deadliest pandemics in history. How did it affect elections in the Weimar Republic?
w/ Matthias Blum, Christoph Koenig & @hornungerik.bsky.social @econtribute.bsky.social

Now published in Explorations in Economic History: doi.org/10.1016/j.ee...

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Stefan Bauernschuster @sbauernschuster.bsky.social · Jan 13

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT

The #SpanishFlu was one of the deadliest pandemics in history. How did it affect elections in the Weimar Republic?
w/ Matthias Blum, Christoph Koenig & @hornungerik.bsky.social @econtribute.bsky.social

Now published in Explorations in Economic History: doi.org/10.1016/j.ee...

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Jan 10

There is just one more week until the deadline to apply for the Postdoc position in Economic History!

#EconSky

Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Dec 13

📢We are hiring 📢

We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!

5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“

jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!

@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky

Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Dec 13

📢We are hiring 📢

We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!

5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“

jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!

@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky

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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · Dec 10

Is your research in Historical Political Economy and are you based in Europe? @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and I seek to map the current state as well as the future potential of the field in Europe. Help us to do so by taking our 15-minute survey: forms.gle/kXXsGQZUVtrH...

Historical Political Economy - Insights from Europe

Thank you for your interest in our survey. We are a team of researchers based at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, University of Bonn and University of Geneva. The goal of this survey is to map the ...

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Dec 4

Happy to finally share the fantastic news that I received an #ERCCoG grant! 😊 I am very grateful to the ERC that they decided to give me the much-needed freedom to do this project.

You will find me in the data mines next year!

Also: Watch out for job ads coming soon!

ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our warmest congratulations to @econtribute.bsky.social Cluster member @hornungerik.bsky.social for receiving an
Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council for his project „ENTRENCHED “. 👉 econtribute.de/erc-consolid... #ERCCoG #EconTwitter @dfgpublic.bsky.social

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our warmest congratulations to @econtribute.bsky.social Cluster member @hornungerik.bsky.social for receiving an
Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council for his project „ENTRENCHED “. 👉 econtribute.de/erc-consolid... #ERCCoG #EconTwitter @dfgpublic.bsky.social

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Oct 30

📢 We are hiring 📢

ifo is looking to fill 5 positions, incl. one

6-year Postdoc 👩‍🎓

to join our team at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education!

👉https://econjobmarket.org/positions/11131
Deadline: 24 Nov 2024

Please spread the word! #EconSky

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Nov 18

Are you hiring in Applied Micro? Labor, Economic History, Political Economy? I suggest looking at Carola Stapper's profile and read her exciting work!

ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Nov 18

📣 We are pleased to introduce our @econtribute.bsky.social #econjobmarketcandidates 2024/2025. Today, meet Carola Stapper from the University of Cologne: Check out her #JMP on worker displacement and labor market success with evidence from forced labor conscription during WWII. 👇 #EconSky (1/8)

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Nov 18

📣 We are pleased to introduce our @econtribute.bsky.social #econjobmarketcandidates 2024/2025. Today, meet Carola Stapper from the University of Cologne: Check out her #JMP on worker displacement and labor market success with evidence from forced labor conscription during WWII. 👇 #EconSky (1/8)

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Nov 13

👋Our Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute is now here on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our events, research and exciting news. Find out more about us on our website👉 econtribute.de. #EconSky #EconTwitter

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Nov 5

That is fantastic news, congrats everyone involved!

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Oct 14

Despite concerns over data, I still need to be convinced the core ideas of these papers are wrong.

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Oct 14

Colonial Origins, Atlantic Traders, and Reversal of Fortunes. These studies are important not because they’re flawless, but because they conveyed novel insights and convinced economists that history matters. That’s what great research does, even if it’s later challenged.

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Oct 14

Thanks to AJR, an entire line of research into long-run development has emerged over the past 20 years. I probably wouldn’t be in academia without their pioneering work. Every year, I tell my students this when we cover their landmark papers:

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Gregori Galofré-Vilà @gregorigv.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past. When? June 12-13, 2025. Where? València (Spain). Keynotes: Luigi Pascali and Bruno Caprettini #EconSky #Econhist

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Sandra Schaffner @sschaffner.bsky.social · Nov 9

#EconSky: We are hiring! We are looking for a PostDoc in empirical economics. (100%) with an interest in regional economics! NO teaching duties!
econjobmarket.org/positions/10...
You can join a great team – all using spatial variation in environment, housing, labor, education and/or population.

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Nov 2

You should really consider hiring @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social !

Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · Nov 1

I’m on the economic job market this year. My JMP investigates how teachers affected the direction of research of their students during the Scientific Revolution at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com

Key summary:

A seventeenth century student looking at his teachers and wondering whose ideas to adopt

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Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · Nov 1

I’m on the economic job market this year. My JMP investigates how teachers affected the direction of research of their students during the Scientific Revolution at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com

Key summary:

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Anna Gumpert @annagumpert.bsky.social · Oct 30

We're hiring! Join us as post-doc at the University of Tübingen! 3 yrs, 0 teaching. Funded through an ERC STG on the effect of digitalization on firms. Deadline is 30nov2023. econjobmarket.org/positions/10... annagumpert.wordpress.com/erc-starting...

ERC Starting Grant “ORGandICT”

The objective of this research project is to push the frontier of our understanding of how the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) affects the internal organization of firms a...

annagumpert.wordpress.com

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Oct 27

Not a fan of the Royal Sonesta?

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Oct 6

Thanks a lot for the intro @stephanmaurer.bsky.social !