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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · 7d

Ya un article qui fait la différence entre les chercheurs étrangers aux US et les chercheurs américains aux US?

Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · 29d

it is a great relief to see that the main @iza.org activities will proceed under @liser.lu (e.g. world of labour, wp series, summer schools, visiting programs). this is a couple of weeks old news, but many of us were still on vacation. newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...

IZA Network finds new home at Luxembourg’s LISER

Transition ensures continuity of cutting-edge research and global reach

newsroom.iza.org

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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · Aug 28

not at all surprising: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

arstechnica.com

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sometimes I send email without attachments, who has not done it?
But sometimes, as if the above was not enough, I go a step forward, and end them with an enthusiastic, aggressive "Cordially!"

Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jul 8

hi @umpsid.bsky.social ppl, any suggestion?

Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hi marvellous #econsky! I am new to PSID data. What variables shall I use to merge cross-year individual data to transition into adulthood data?

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jun 25

Are my wife and I the only people having an issue with chatgpt? I cannot scroll down the list of past chats in my project folder. I thought they were gone for good, but then my wife suggested to zoom out, and there they are!

Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨#econsky ppl🚨
Submit your work to the 2nd International Virtual Conference on Ukraine. "Leading scholars as well as researchers at all career levels are invited..." All details here: www.kth.se/ukraine-conf...

Second International Virtual Conference on Ukraine | KTH

The Second International Virtual Conference on Ukraine will be arranged by KTH, Sweden, 22–23 August 2025.

www.kth.se

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jun 19

great visibility and network opportunity, submit your papers!

Klaus F. Zimmermann @kfzimmermann.bsky.social · Jun 8

2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2025.

Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This is the seventh cohort of the…

2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2025.

Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This is the seventh cohort of the successful GLO venture to support career developments of young researchers. It also provides a unique opportunity to interact with the large and very active GLO global research network. The application deadline is August 15, 2025, 5 PM GMT…

glabor.org

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is due to language requirements and different tenure requirements (and different reference journals to publish in, with often a well defined catalogue whoch might exclude important journals). Mmost tenure track positions (ap's) are in domestic markets. 2/2

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Jun 19

my take is that, although there is a european job market, most positions are still for domestic candidates only (i.e. there are many markets). 1/n

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 30

at the 10th time you wrote "novel," this word was not longer novel itself. synonyms might help

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 24

it is easy to keep in touch with your network as you are not asked to spend all your time phisically in Brno (e.g. 70%). when you will be on the job market, consider applying here if you see an opening. you ll develop your research agenda & have a concrete impact on a rapidly growing institute. 4/4

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 24

reasonable to no teaching (depending on contract), lots of flexibility, expanding network, great ppp salary and quality of life, funds (both competitive and not), regular MUES seminars w guests from all over europe. 3/4

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 24

btw, #econsky, it is great to be at @econmuni.bsky.social. in a landscape of decresing funds and increasing competition, consider applying here for future positions. 2/4

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 24

#YEM2025 was a blast, as usual. W keynotes @dkuebler.bsky.social & @neumarkecon.bsky.social. Great papers from participants & the best paper award to @juliaengel.bsky.social.

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 20

RePec and its rankings (e.g. departments, authors, institutes, journals) --but not only-- should get much more credit. Viva RePec! A great thank you for the great service to all the RePec people!

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · May 8

congratulations, and best of luck on the new professional adventure!

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Apr 25

Over a few days, I have saved a few spare hours for myself. I have >1500 (mostly running) activities on Runkeeper since 2013. I guess I have to use Stata for a non-economic project.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 18

I love #econsky. They bring facts that tell us what we should be paying attention to

Going to be some upset companies it it continues

Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · Mar 18

The trade war threatens to decouple the world’s top LNG buyer and seller.
China hasn’t imported LNG from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years. #EconSky

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Mar 18

awesome DiD paper (March 17):
arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323

"Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner's Guide"

Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna

arxiv.org

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Mar 18

it is still job market time, so that explains the job ads, but I agree that it is not as lively as econtwitter, in my opinion. There is less debate and less showing off of new pubs of working papers. This is just my very personal experience that I do not think is generalizable.

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Mar 17

With a clear goal (e.g., go back to country x or move back to academia), it is easier to find the intersection between the set of outlets well rewarded in your current institute type/country and the set of outlets well rewarded in the institute type/country where you would like to end up. 5/5

Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Mar 17

You do not want your highly ranked pub in a management journal or in a cross-disciplinary journal or in a top-field economic journal COUNT ZERO when you move in a new place. 4/5

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Luca Fumarco @lfumarco.bsky.social · Mar 17

Try to find that intersection of publication requirements, so that your research output is transferable and counted across institutes and countries. Top journals are assessed positively everywhere, but any other journal not necessarily. 3/5

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