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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t miss out on this amazing workshop! 👇🏻

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

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CESifo @cesifo.org · Sep 6

Day 2 of our 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, the 16th edition, has started. Great presentations, lively discussaions and many familiar faces. Looking forward to @raffasadun.bsky.social keynote speech this afternoon!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
@ifoeducation.bsky.social

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · May 22

Such a great workshop!

Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made it so inspiring!

King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · May 21

We had a great day yesterday. On to the third and last day.

Thanks to all speakers, discussants and guests!

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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! 💪🏻🙏🏻

@cesifo.org

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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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 7

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻

Submission deadline 15 May 🚨

#EconSky

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 17

🚀 Call for Papers: CREST-IFAU Workshop on Labor Market Policy Evaluation 📊

🗓 June 12-13, 2025 – Paris (Palaiseau)
🎤 Keynote: Stéphane Bonhomme (University of Chicago)

📅 Submit by: March 10, 2025
📩 Send papers (PDF) to: [email protected]

crest.science/call-for-pap...

Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results - CREST

crest.science

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Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Dec 16

The program of HERB 2025 --Third Italian Workshop on the Health Economics of Risky Behaviors, January 23-24, 2025, is now online!
eventi.unibo.it/workshop-her...

If you are passing by Bologna, or you are looking for an excuse to do so, be welcome!

#healtheconomics #econsky #riskyhealthbehaviors

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Aria Golestani @ariagolestani.bsky.social · Jan 16

📣 Submit your crime paper by Feb 14.

🔸 4th Workshop on the Economics of Crime for Junior Scholars
🔸 29-30 May, 2025
🔸 Quattrone Center, UPenn
🔸 Keynote: @amandayagan.bsky.social
🔹 Send your paper to:
[email protected]

@emmarackstraw.bsky.social

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Jeff Grogger @jgrogger.bsky.social · Jan 9

LAST CALL! 6th annual Chicago-LSE Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, in Chicago, May 8-9, 2025. Submission deadline Jan. 10: bit.ly/3V5VySA . Tell your friends!
#EconSky

Call for Papers: 2025 Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice | Becker Friedman Institute

The 6th annual Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, co-hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago and London School of Economics, will be held on May 8-9, 2025 i...

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Kevin Schnepel @schnepel.bsky.social · Jan 9

I am organizing 2 days of Economics of Crime sessions at the 2025 Westerns (SF June 21-24). I try to create a workshop-like environment. Great networking opportunity for grad students! Express interest here before Feb 1 forms.gle/7rZEmBUHu4tL...
(please repost @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social & others!)

WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions

Hi everyone! Please fill out form below if you are interested in joining for the WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions this year in San Francisco before February 1, 2025. Similar to prior years, I will org...

forms.gle

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Dec 16

Please submit to the Ludwig Erhard ifo Conference on Institutional Economics 2025, taking place in Fürth/Germany, March 27-28, 2025.
We have THREE excellent keynotes:
@michelebelot.bsky.social (Cornell), Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) & @johannarickne.bsky.social (Stockholm Uni) 🤩🤩🤩

Deadline Dec 31!

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Dec 12

📣📣📣
#EconSky

Inspired by @tapiorasanen.bsky.social, here is a starter pack for economists conducting field experiments 🤓🫶

Please let me know who is missing – and share widely! 🚀

go.bsky.app/9hev4gN

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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · Dec 6

IWAEE 2025 - Call for papers open - submit your education economics research via www.iwaee.org

Starts evening of the 15th June through to end of 17th June. Catanzaro, Italy

Keynotes @cohodes.bsky.social, Björn Öckert and Matthew Wiswall

#econsky #iwaee

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Jeff Grogger @jgrogger.bsky.social · Nov 25

Call for papers! 6th annual Chicago-LSE Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, in Chicago, May 8-9, 2025. Submission deadline Jan. 10: bit.ly/3V5VySA . Tell your friends!
#EconSky

Events | BFI

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · Nov 18

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

For a full look at my findings and policy implications, check out my paper maddalenatotarelli.github.io/Totarelli_JM.... 8/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

My work suggests that when prisons focus on rehabilitation, they can reduce criminal behavior and support meaningful social reintegration. 7/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

Key findings: the R&R program reduces recidivism by 4.5 percentage points (a 14% reduction) three years post-release.
The program also increases earnings, though only for native and older prisoners, and enhances stable housing and personal relationships. 6/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

Using a difference-in-differences approach, I compare eligible inmates (sentences of 4+ months) with non-eligible ones. This allows me to isolate the program’s impact on recidivism, labor market outcomes and social outcomes like stable housing and personal relationships. 5/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

The Rehabilitation & Reintegration (R&R) program, launched at the end of 2007, combines job skills training, education, addiction management, and aggression regulation. Counselors work with inmates to develop tailored reintegration plans. 4/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

Prison rehabilitation programs typically offer vocational training, education, and behavioral therapy to lower recidivism, but do they work? Findings are mixed, and the mechanisms remain unclear. My paper examines their impact in Dutch prisons. 3/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

Former prisoners face significant challenges when reentering society: they often encounter discrimination in the labor market, difficulties in securing stable housing, and limited social support. Without adequate help, the risk of recidivism is high. 2/8

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Maddalena Totarelli @mtotarelli.bsky.social · Nov 14

I am on the JM 🙌
Let the fun begin with my JMP alert 🚨😎

1 out of 2 of ex-prisoners commit another crime within two years after release.

Can prison rehabilitation programs be an effective policy tool for reintegrating inmates into society?

Answer below👇
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