Sascha O. Becker

@essobecker.bsky.social

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Economist @MonashWarwick
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
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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

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 2d

Recent WP with C Dustmann and H Ku @rfberlin.bsky.social 🚂
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...

Lessons from the Age of Steam still relevant for the digital future

The United Kingdom has some of the highest levels of inequality between regions in the industrialised world. Inequalities in pay, productivity, skills and health outcomes have endured for decades desp...

warwick.ac.uk

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Sascha O. Becker

Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.

When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.

Labour: take notes.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.

The Carney doctrine

Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

paulwells.substack.com

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

Should I wear that shirt again? 👇

Vatsal Khandelwal @vatsalecon.bsky.social · 3d

📢 Call for Papers

4th Diversity and Human Capital Workshop, June 9–10, 2026 @exeter.ac.uk @uofebusiness.bsky.social

We welcome papers in applied microeconomics, including health, labour, education, development, and public economics. Submit your paper by 16 March: bit.ly/3YRaYMa

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Climent Quintana‐Domeque

Vatsal Khandelwal @vatsalecon.bsky.social · 3d

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Sascha O. Becker, Niclas Berggren

Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 4d

To stay relevant, I am simplifying my syllabuses by replacing all international trade and political economy papers with this single one: academic.oup.com/ej/article-a...

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Sascha O. Becker, Michelle Everson , and 1 more Peter Thorne, Sascha O. Becker, Michelle Everson, Paul Nightingale

Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social · 5d

Worth noting that the EU’s reluctant tariff concessions to the US, agreed between VdL and Trump at Turnberry, haven’t yet been approved by the European Parliament.

There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.

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

No European style welfare state in US either?

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Nicolai von Ondarza

Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.bsky.social · 5d

No. This is a de-escalation in that he is no longer threatening violence. The lesson is that when the EU shows a bit of resolve and muscle bullies back off.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 5d

🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple European nations with tariffs of up to 25 percent until his purchase of the Danish territory is achieved.
➡️ u.afp.com/SB4G

Reposted by Kevin O’Rourke, Sascha O. Becker, Johan P. Olsen

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 5d

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Scott Gehlbach

Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 6d

Our paper is now published at QJE ... it is open access!!!

academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

Reposted by Ben Barr

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 6d

Important paper on "Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion" by Tyler Giles, Dan Hungerman and Tamar Oostrom

👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

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

Coventry Canal Basin covered in ice ❄️

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

Ideally by field 😎

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

Different estimators. Will do a proper series of posts soon(ish).
Now 💤

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (7/N) Simulations have been running for several months and further constellations are running on the server as we speak.

We are also working on re-estimations of published papers (including our own).

Working paper coming soon 🤞

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (6/N) We look at power.

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (5/N) We look at size.

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (4/N) We look at (small-sample) bias.

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (3/N) The correction methods

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 (2/N) Our simulations

Reposted by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Kai Gehring

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

We presented results on spatial unit roots etc at ASSA 2026 in Philadelphia.
Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social

Short 🧵 (1/N)

cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com

Reposted by Kevin O’Rourke, Mark Harrison, Sascha O. Becker , and 2 more Kevin O’Rourke, Mark Harrison, Sascha O. Becker, Kris Inwood, Robert Wolfe

CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 14d

How have economic warfare and sanctions been applied in modern history? New book by @mark4harrison.bsky.social and Stephen Broadberry looks across three centuries of global history for clues to how economic sanctions and warfare worked and why their effects often came as a surprise.
buff.ly/2vOcWIl

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 14d

Given the increasing geopolitical interest in the Arctic, here is some classical music to match: the stunningly beautiful "Cantus arcticus" by Einojuhani Rautavaara ❤️

open.spotify.com/track/5gyMOu...

Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": I. The Bog

open.spotify.com

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

Applied Young Economist Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 15d

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

Hey #EconTwitter!

We are now accepting submissions for Season 12 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!

Deadline: Sunday, 25 January 2026

Submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
(Email us your paper if you cannot access it)

Details below⬇️

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, William Myers, François Heisbourg

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 16d

Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...

Thousands in Berlin Go Days Without Power and Cell Service After Cables Are Set on Fire

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 19d

The #QJE received 2,212 new submissions during 2024:Q4 – 2025:Q3. 1,524 (69%) submissions were desk rejected and 688 were sent to referees. If sent to referees, median days to first decision = 34.5, mean days = 39, max days = 98. Thank you for your submissions, and to our referees!

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 19d

This is quite funny 🤣 @assameeting.bsky.social

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 20d

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