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Sascha O. Becker

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Economist @MonashWarwick Project Leader @RF_Berlin BWV227 Editor @EJ_RES Associate Editor @QJEHarvard First gen high school grad Classical music and jazz enthusiast

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Aug 22

Excited to have been elected as Fellow of the Econometric Society. Official Certificate Ceremony today at the World Congress in Seoul 🇰🇷 (handshake with Larry Samuelson) @econometric.bsky.social

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Manoel Bittencourt @manoel-bittencourt.bsky.social · 2d

Chatting with @essobecker.bsky.social about religion & growth, Weber, migration & education, education & secularization, & conflict & state formation. #econsky
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Chatting with Sascha Becker

Religion, growth, migration, education, secularization, wars and state formation

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · 2d

We have put together a template repository, the SoDa Replicator, to help you build reproducible and collaborative projects and have the content automatically reviewed against a custom replication checklist. Feedback welcome.

github.com/sodalabsio/s...

Video tuorials: youtube.com/@sodareplica...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star

Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

www.politico.eu

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 3d

Join us on 4 November for the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin.
🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV

Discover how women’s roles in work and society have evolved and what challenges remain
More about the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/why-wo...

Why Women Won by Claudia Goldin

Following the success of our first public lecture, we are pleased to announce the next RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture, organized in collaboration with the Humboldt University of Berlin! This year, RFB...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 6d

the GDR regime or the idea that the regime eradicated what Almond & Verba called a democratic political culture. As for the first point: See the thread above and the paper by
@essobecker.bsky.social, @lukasmergele.bsky.social, @woessmann.bsky.social; while some www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism

(Spring 2020) - German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of co...

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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director @dennisnovy.bsky.social on his appointment to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as the lead economic adviser to the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s foreign and international development policy.

Dennis Novy becomes lead economic advisor to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director, Dennis Novy who has been appointed as Chief Economist and Director of Analysis at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 7d

@warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social @sodalabs.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social @lukasmergele.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social @aeajournals.bsky.social @cephie.bsky.social

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 7d

🥂 Another German Unity Day (3 Oct) is round the corner 🎉

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Oct 3

Happy German Unity Day 🎉

That day of the year to share some maps we produced a few years back with @lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social

👉 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 8d

And
Consequences of forced migration: A survey of recent findings
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Redirecting

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 8d

I have (co-) authored two surveys, not sure they fit the bill:
Forced displacement in history: Some recent research
doi.org/10.1111/aehr...

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 9d

Looking forward to teaching this class at @rfberlin.bsky.social ❤️

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass!

Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens.
www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker

This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...

www.rfberlin.com

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 9d

"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker

www.rfberlin.com

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 12d

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Why Ukraine is winning the war

Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation

www.ft.com

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 13d

Writing reference letters on a train trip to Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Economists for Ukraine @econ4ua.bsky.social · 15d

Did you know that Economists for Ukraine has professional resources for economists at all stages of their careers?

Our e-book series “Thriving in Economics” is a crowdsourced collection of bite-sized advice from a diverse group of economists. All proceeds go to #Ukraine aid.

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Learn more:

Thriving in Economics: PhD Student Edition - AI for Good Foundation

The “Thriving in Economics” e-book series (pdf format) is a crowdsourced collection of bite-sized advice on almost everything related to a PhD and career in economics, featuring a variety of new and…

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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 17d

Until the 18th century, navigation across the open seas was perilous. Sailors could travel long distances but faced an impossible task determining their position.🧭

Martina Miotto offers a new perspective for #Advantage on the way an advanced clock transformed global trade. 📰
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 21d

In case you missed the August issue of the EJ 👇

The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hot off the press! The August 2025 issue is out now.
Featuring the Editor’s Choice article ‘The Rise of the Engineer: Inventing the Professional Inventor During the Industrial Revolution’ by W Walker Hanlon
👉 bit.ly/4ftxD8D

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The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · 21d

Forthcoming in EJ: ‘Political Rhetoric and Racial Discrimination in Arrests for Drugs’ by Francesco Barilari, Diego Zambiasi doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf055 @frabarilari.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social‬

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Philine Widmer @phinifa.bsky.social · 23d

Join us NOW ONLINE to hear from Tarek Hassan and Anton Korinek -- discussing timely topics on AI! These are the concluding lectures of the 10th MPWZ-CEPR workshop (Zoom link in the program): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to all presenters for the insights of the past 2 days :)

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10th Monash–Paris–Warwick–Zurich–CEPR Text-As-Data Workshop ON ZOOM (https://ethz.zoom.us/j/61047338571) 15–16 September 2025 (online-only) All times in ET (US East) · CEST (Europe) · AEST (Australia)...

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 23d

Thankful to @cywon.bsky.social for this cool Korean high-speed train. Great memory of my visit to Seoul 🇰🇷 this year ❤️
Makes my office much prettier 🚂

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Applied Young Economist Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 24d

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

Hey #EconSky!

We are now accepting submissions for Season 11 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!

Deadline: Sunday, 5 Oct 2025

Submission: forms.gle/yrKSLZkZ1RiN...
(Email us your paper if you cannot access it)

Details below⬇️

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 25d

Demand for human-generated, trust-certified internet content is skyrocketing.

There is a major business opportunity, in *every* country, for media firms to meet this rising demand with innovation.

Fascinating new experiment by @filipecampante.bsky.social et al.—> filipecampante.org/wp-content/u...

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Jonathan S Doucette @jdoucette.bsky.social · 28d

The article was greatly inspired by @essobecker.bsky.social r.bsky.social Yuan Hsiao, Steven Pfaff and @jaredcrubin.com's article on Luther journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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🎗 Moshe Hazan @moshehazan.bsky.social · 29d

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Question. How does women’s control over resources affect household fertility? In “She Who Pays the Piper Calls the Number: Reparations and Gender Differences in Fertility Choice”, (CEPR DP 20629) Shay Tsur and I study this using a quasi-experiment among Holocaust survivors in Israel.

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Sep 9

Gustav Klimt's 🇦🇹 "Der Kuss" in the guest office at U Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Economics Department ❤️

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Australian Gender Economics Workshop will take place at Monash U next year 🚀
www.monash.edu/business/eve...

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2026

www.monash.edu

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉 Please come and join us for the 10th anniversary edition of the MPWZ-CEPR Text-as-Data Workshop 🚀

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Sep 5

Registration is open for the 10th Text-As-Data Workshop. Join us online on 15-16 September for this special anniversary edition!
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
Programme and Register: cepr.org/events/10th-...
#EconSky #EconConf

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