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Mirco Tonin

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Economic Policy Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano @unibz.bsky.social, Italy; Director at FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in Trento. Personal opinions here. #EconSky 📉📈

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · 2d

Martina Bazzoli e Sonia Marzadro hanno partecipato all’EUROMOD Annual Meeting and Research Workshop 2025 : euromod-web.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Si è parlato di microsimulazione con un focus su politiche fiscali e sociali, transizione verde e riduzione delle disuguaglianze.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 8d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 10d

Felice di partecipare a "Carta di Bolzano su #IA e #informazione: il ruolo del giornalista e della formazione" - Giovedì, 2 ottobre 2025 ⋅ 15:00 – 19:00 @unibz.bsky.social NOI Techpark - @federicoboffa.bsky.social @francescoravazzolo.bsky.social @montali.bsky.social

www.unibz.it/it/events/ca...

02 ott 2025 15:00 - 02 ott 2025 19:00 / Carta di Bolzano su IA e informazione: il ruolo del giornalista e della formazione

Un incontro per presentare la Carta di Bolzano sull’utilizzo responsabile dell’intelligenza artificiale nei media, con esperti, giornalisti e accademici.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 13d

Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money.

#EuropeNews

Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia

Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money.

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 15d

Felice di partecipare a "L’ABC dell’economia a scuola. Educazione economica fin da bambini" a @unibz.bsky.social

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Poolpo @poolpo.bsky.social · 15d

Research at your fingertips. Easily find the right participants for your scientific studies with Poolpo. Find out how!

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Crea il tuo studio. Trova partecipanti affidabili. Monitora gli avanzamenti. Porta a termine la tua ricerca.

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to present "#Gender Differences in #Pension Investment: The Role of Biased Advice" (with Claudia Curi, @dibiasi.bsky.social, Matteo Ploner) at 40th AIEL - Italian Association of #Labour #Economics Conference in Milan, on Sep, 20 - LINK to the programme: www.aiel.it/Files/Admini...

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 29d

Great opportunities for #Economics researchers and students offered by UniCredit Foundation #scholarship #grants #EconSky www.unicreditgroup.eu/en/microsite...

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Sep 9

📣 Il 25 ottobre Davide Azzolini @dazzolini.bsky.social presenterà all'edizione trentina di Didacta Italia 2025 l'intervento: "Valutare gli effetti degli interventi scolastici. Applicazioni e lezioni apprese nel contrasto alle povertà educative."

💡 Scopri di più: www.fbk.eu/it/event/339...

DIDACTA 2025

Davide Azzolini di FBK-IRVAPP presenta all'edizione trentina di Didacta Italia 2025 l'intervento: "Valutare gli effetti degli interventi scolastici. Applicazioni e lezioni apprese nel contrasto alle p...

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Andreas Dibiasi @dibiasi.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy to present "Gender Differences in Pension Investment: The Role of Biased Advice" (with Claudia Curi Matteo Ploner @mircotonin.bsky.social) at the 4th Workshop of Firld Experiments in Economics and Business at TUM Heilbronn Campus.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.bsky.social · Sep 2

My 10-years old son is walking home from school alone for the first time. Kidnappers, drug dealers, strangers? Not worried. Other parents driving SUVs is what I am terrified of.

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Nicola Lacetera @nicolacetera.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not my style to show off my donations.

But this is worth an exception. Consider donating too.

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global

As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Aug 27

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.

There's still time to sign! And please share.

#EconSky

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Aug 27

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Aug 11

Looking forward to present " #Gender Differences in #Pension Investment: The Role of Biased Advice" (with Claudia Curi @dibiasi.bsky.social Matteo Ploner) at the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025) in Seoul

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Aug 1

"Tetapi Bolzano juga mengalahkan banyak kota lain di Italia untuk layanan ramah keluarga seperti pengasuhan anak, jelas Mirco Tonin, seorang profesor kebijakan ekonomi di Free University of Bolzano" - nice to be cited by BBC Indonesia on child policies in Bolzano-Bozen www.bbc.com/indonesia/ar...

China tawarkan subsidi Rp24 juta agar warganya punya anak - BBC News Indonesia

Pemerintah China akan memberikan subsidi puluhan juta rupiah ke setiap orang tua jika mau memiliki anak. Ini adalah subsidi nasional pertama China yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan angka kelahiran dan...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Group picture at the workshop "The Demand for Bad Policy - Why do citizens support policies that harm society?" organised by Paolo Roberti at @unibz.bsky.social LINK: www.unibz.it/en/events/th... @eugenioproto.bsky.social @federicoboffa.bsky.social @mbigoni.bsky.social @ollefolke.bsky.social

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 21

📣 We’re hiring! 📣

Join @woessmann.bsky.social and my team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social as a PhD student to conduct super-exciting field experiments in the Economics of Education 🤩🚀

Reach out if you have any questions! 💪🏻🙏🏻

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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · Mar 21

‼️We are hiring‼️

🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education

➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier

⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Jan 27

We are pleased to to announce that enrolments are now open for the “Panel Data for Causal Research Designs” course co-organised with SIdE Italian Econometric Association.

📍Where? Bertinoro
📆 When? 29 June – 5 July 2025

Click the link below for further details ⬇️
irvapp.fbk.eu/news/detail/...

Enrol Now: Panel Data for Causal Research Designs Course

The Italian Econometric Association (SIdE-IEA) and the Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) are pleased to announce that enrolments are now open for the "Panel Data for Causal ...

irvapp.fbk.eu

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jan 29

"Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation" - Prize offered by @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social
For doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, & assistant professors with unpublished papers on public #policy #evaluation using #counterfactual techniques.
Deadline: 1 May #EconSky
irvapp.fbk.eu/news/detail/...

Call for Applications: 3rd Edition of the Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation

We are pleased to announce the opening of the Third Edition of the Call for the Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation, in conjunction with the course “Panel Data for Causal Research Designs” organise...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jul 26

"Scelte Popolari Dannose" - editoriale sul Corriere dell'Alto Adige di oggi, basato sul workshop "The Demand for Bad Policy" organizzato presso @unibz.bsky.social
Link all'articolo: pressreader.com/article/2815...
Link al workshop: www.unibz.it/en/events/th...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jul 21

JOB AD: @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in #Trento (Italy) is looking for a #Researcher in Quantitative Public #Policy Evaluation to conduct (quasi)experimental evaluation research across different policy areas. 2Y+ contract - apply by 18/08 - Please, REPOST #EconSky LINK: jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offe...

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Jul 21

[email protected] & IfW Kiel are jointly 🚨 recruiting a Professor of International Economics🚨 (Associate/Full).

👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Great opportunity to join Berlin's thriving econ community. No kings here.

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

Please share widely! #EconSky

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Eugenio Proto @eugenioproto.bsky.social · Jul 19

The Demand for Bad Policy workshop in Bolzano .

www.unibz.it/en/events/th... The Demand for Bad Policy / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

28 Jul 2025 09:30 - 29 Jul 2025 19:30 / The Demand for Bad Policy

Why do citizens support policies that harm society? Join The Demand for Bad Policy, a two-day workshop with top scholars in political economy and behavioral science.

www.unibz.it

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Philippa Sigl-Glöckner @philippasigl.bsky.social · Jul 7

We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jul 6

6 July 1940 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Istvan Ferenc Reiner, was born in Miskolc to Bela and Livia.

In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Vintage black-and-white studio portrait of a young boy smiling broadly

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jul 5

In the UK, I sometime crossed “Irish traveller” just because it sounds adventurous

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Fabio Sabatini @fabiosabatini.bsky.social · Jun 29

PS: Sto cercando di far conoscere la versione internazionale della mia newsletter. Se hai amici, colleghi o studenti all’estero che potrebbero essere interessati, condividere con loro questo post — o direttamente il blog — sarebbe per me un gesto molto significativo. Grazie di cuore.

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The Civic Economist | Fabio Sabatini | Substack

At the intersection of economics, politics, and civic responsibility. Written by Fabio Sabatini, economics professor and advocate for public reasoning, The Civic Economist offers clear-eyed analysis o...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jun 26

"Welche Art von Menschen geht #Medizin oder verwandte Bereiche studieren? Und wie kann sich das ändern im Zuge der aktuellen Reform zum Medizinzugang an den Universitäten?" salto.bz/de/article/2... @danielwiesen.bsky.social @unibz.bsky.social

Karies, wo keine ist | SALTO

Welche Art von Menschen geht Medizin oder verwandte Bereiche studieren? Und wie kann sich das ändern im Zuge der aktuellen Reform zum Medizinzugang an den Universitäten?Welche Art von Menschen geht Me...

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