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Nicolas R. Ziebarth @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social · 1d

Was a great experience and much fun to edit this

Labour Economics Special Issue with @joemoscelli.bsky.social and @osea.bsky.social on the

“Economics of the Healthcare Workforce”

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Giuseppe Moscelli, PhD @joemoscelli.bsky.social · 22d

Very happy to see the work from a fruitful 2-year journey come to life: the Labour Economics Special Issue on the “Economics of the Healthcare Workforce”, edited with Osea Giuntella Nicolas R. Ziebarth, is finally out!!!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

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ZEW Mannheim @zew.de · 9d

„Eine strukturelle Reform des Sozialstaats könnte den #Standort attraktiver machen, allein schon, weil die Unsicherheit über die künftigen Bedingungen wegfallen würde“, sagt #ZEW-Ökonom @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social via dpa im Handelsblatt.

www.handelsblatt.com/dpa/sozialst...

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d

If your research aligns with @upjohninstitute.bsky.social's mission, we would consider hosting. Lots of great folks here.
www.upjohn.org/about

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chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · 8d

🙌 🙌 So happy to see this project come to fruition and this paper officially forthcoming at AEJ: Policy -- in part because I care so much about the question and am proud of how we answered it, and in part because I got to work with superstar coauthors Jocelyn Wikle and Riley Wilson, who are the best.

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 8d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families" by Chloe R. Gibbs, Jocelyn Wikle, and Riley Wilson. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families

(Forthcoming Article) - We leverage pronounced changes in the availability of public schooling for young children— through duration expansions to the kindergarten day—to better understand how an impli...

www.aeaweb.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 14d

Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...

The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. The goal of our research is better inform partners and policymakers on ways to advance the economic security and well-being of women, their families, and communities.

For this position, candidates must have demonstrated working experience with statistical programs such as STATA, R or SPSS, major national public health and/or economic databases, and be able to interpret data, analyze results, acquire data from primary or secondary sources, and filter and clean data. This role is expected to be able to produce high quality research products for public audiences with independent initiative and minimal oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

Research:
Conduct and draft literature reviews and collaborate on research proposals that identify novel and impactful research activities on issues related to IWPR core research areas: Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity.
Perform advanced, complex quantitative data analysis of large datasets and trends, utilizing network science and/or other statistical methods, including creating data visuals.
Perform advanced qualitative data analysis, including developing and fielding online surveys; and conducting interviews and focus groups.
Write high quality blog posts, briefs, fact sheets, reports and presentations based on the data work and analysis and accessible to broad audiences including policymakers, advocates, and the media.
Use and integrate racial equity and intersectional frameworks and analysis in research study designs, written reports, and briefs.
Assist with proposal and grant report drafting.

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Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. @vfsecon.bsky.social · 19d

📢 After the Annual Meeting is before the Annual Meeting! We are very much looking forward to #VfS_Conf2026! Where? @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
🔗https://www.socialpolitik.de/de/termin/annual-conference-2026

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Nicolas R. Ziebarth @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social · 19d

Labor and health economists, check out this

Labour Economics Special Issue on the

“Economics of the Healthcare Workforce"

I had the pleasure to edit it with @joemoscelli.bsky.social and Osea Giuntella. More details below.

Giuseppe Moscelli, PhD @joemoscelli.bsky.social · 22d

Very happy to see the work from a fruitful 2-year journey come to life: the Labour Economics Special Issue on the “Economics of the Healthcare Workforce”, edited with Osea Giuntella Nicolas R. Ziebarth, is finally out!!!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Marianne Saam @mariannesaam.bsky.social · 26d

Come to the #VfS panel on #OpenScience with Severine Toussaert, @leventneyse.bsky.social @jrgptrs.bsky.social @larsvil.bsky.social . Looking forward to the discussion.

Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. @vfsecon.bsky.social · Sep 5

[2] 15/09 | 5:00 PM — Panel: Open Science – Increasing Research Transparency in Economics
Featuring ZBW, Jörg Ankel-Peters, Jan Marcus, Severine Toussaert, Lars Villhuber, Levent Neyse
#OpenScience #VfS_Conf2025
@wisocologne.bsky.social

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Nicolas R. Ziebarth @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social · 26d

I would definitely attend the panel. @johncawley.bsky.social is fantastic and I bet the other panelists are too.

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John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · Aug 31

New Paper Alert
Given my first gen roots, this paper was especially satisfying to research and write, even though the results are a bit disheartening. We use administrative data covering all North Carolina public school students, to document five facts about first generation excellence gaps…. .

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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Conference Announcement: 16th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE - www.iwaee.org) will be held on the 15th and 16th of June, 2026.

More information, including call for papers, to follow

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Nicolas R. Ziebarth @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social · Aug 22

Job market candidates, listen to @johncawley.bsky.social 👇

John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · Aug 22

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Aug 22

⭐Only a few more days to submit your paper for the 10th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data Workshop!
@elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
cepr.org/events/10th-...
#EconSky

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