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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 22h

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @yajnagovind.bsky.social, Jack Melbourne, @sarasgnr.bsky.social, and Edith Zink study whether and how the Danish "Ghetto Plan" affected targeted neighborhoods and their residents. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Cyprien Batut @cyprienbatut.bsky.social · 16d

Avec une équipe de chercheurs, @khouryl.bsky.social, Willy Lin, @sarasgnr.bsky.social et Quentin Daviot, nous avons contribué pour Eval-lab à ce rapport en faisant une évaluation quantitative de l'expérimentation.

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LISER's Labour Market department @liser-lm.bsky.social · 28d

Day 2️⃣ of the TASKS VII Conference #TASKSVII2025

🗣️ @sarasgnr.bsky.social of @crestsociology.bsky.social presents " #Digitalization, Change in Skill Distance b/t Occupations, & Worker Mobility: A Gravity Model Approach” co-authored w/ @morganraux.bsky.social & A. Dupuy

🔗 www.liser.lu/events/TASKS...

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LISER's Crossing Borders Research Programme @liser-cb.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣 Call for Papers 📣

🌐 15th Annual International Conference on #Immigration in OECD Countries - Dec. 11- 12.

🗣️ With Keynotes from ‪‪‬@christinafelfe.bsky.social & @profdaviddorn.bsky.social

⏳ Submit by September 15th

🔗 immigoecd15.sciencesconf.org

#EconSky #EconConf #Migration

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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Jul 21

⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jul 21

Good statement that makes clear Israel is deliberately massacring starving civilians.

"We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. "

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Occupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement, 21 July 2025

The UK and 25 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

www.gov.uk

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing our colleagues die of starvation.”

The AFP news release has been released in French. Below is an English translation via Google translate.

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die - AFP, July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with one freelance writer, three photographers, and six freelance videographers in the Gaza Strip since the departure of its staff journalists in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to see them die.

One of them, Bashar, has worked for AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main photographer. On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: "I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can no longer work."

Bashar, 30, works and lives in conditions equal to those of all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another as Israeli bombardments dictate. For over a year, he has lived in absolute destitution and works at enormous risk to his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with periods of severe intestinal illness.

Bashar has been living in the ruins of his Gaza City home since February with his mother, his four siblings, and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any amenities or comforts, except for a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his older brother had "fallen from hunger." Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, there is nothing to buy, or only at exorbitant prices. The banking system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%.

AFP no longer has the means to have a vehicle, let alone the fuel to allow its journalists to travel for their reports.

Traveling by car is tantamount to running the risk of being a target for the Israeli air force. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave.

And she is determined to "bear witness" for as long as possible. "Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a story, I don't know if I'll come back alive."

The biggest problem, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength is failing them. Most no longer have the physical ability to travel the enclave to do their job. Their heartbreaking pleas for help are now daily.

Over the past few days, we have understood from their brief messages that their lives no longer depend on much and that their courage, devoted for many months to informing the whole world, will not help them survive.

We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and it's unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: "For the first time, I feel defeated." Later that day, he told one of us that he thanked him "for explaining what we live daily between death and hunger." "I wish Mr. Macron could help me get out of this hell." Ahlam is still standing.

"I try to continue practicing my profession, to carry the voice of the people, to document the truth in the face of all attempts to silence it. Here, resistance is not a choice: it's a necessity." Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing a colleagues die of starvation.

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you @rfberlin.bsky.social for hosting such a great conference! Plenty of interesting and policy relevant papers throughout the 2 days!

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Mar 12

This week, we’re hosting the RFBerlin Migration Forum! Tonight, we welcomed conference participants to our offices with delicious food, great company, and live jazz. Looking forward to insightful discussions in the days ahead! #MigrationForum

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Mar 3

⚠️ Only one week left to apply to the CREST-IFAU workshop on evaluating labor market policies, which will take place in Paris this June!

Send us your work!

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]

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

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Women in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣📣 The Women in Economics (WiE) Index 2024 is out!

Launched in 2019, it tracks women's leadership in the academic, private and public sector worldwide.

For the first time in six years, we see a slight general improvement in women's representation!

🔗 www.women-in-economics.com/copy-of-index

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 17

Congrats!! Really interesting paper, well-deserved!

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Feb 17

Sad to hear this. The Federal Reserve has been an important partner to @aeacswep.bsky.social to help increase the representation of women in economics.

@dynarski.bsky.social
@jenniferdoleac.bsky.social @bencasselman.bsky.social

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #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]

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

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Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (UMR 9194) @crestumr.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]

@ifau.bsky.social

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

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 13

Ce constat illustre bien comment certains responsables politiques instrumentalisent un sentiment inexistant pour justifier des politiques migratoires toujours plus restrictives – au risque de nuire à l’économie et à la société française. (4/4)

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 13

📊 Cette tendance se vérifie même au sein des groupes traditionnellement les plus réticents à l'immigration : les personnes âgées (65+) et celles ayant un faible niveau d’éducation (moins que le bac). (3/4)

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 13

📊 Ces graphiques, basés sur les données de l’European Social Survey, montrent qu’une majorité de pays européens – y compris la France – voient une hausse du soutien à l’immigration en provenance des pays pauvres hors d’Europe. (2/4)

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 13

Dans cette tribune pour @theconversation.com, B. Michaillat démontre que l'idée d'un sentiment de "submersion migratoire" en France ne repose sur aucune réalité factuelle.

Contrairement aux idées reçues, les Européens sont de plus en plus pro-immigration (1/4)

theconversation.com/pres-de-70-d...

Près de 70 % des Français n’éprouvent pas de « sentiment de submersion » migratoire, selon une enquête sociale européenne

Selon l’Enquête sociale européenne menée par des universitaires européens en 2023-2024 dans 31 pays, au moins 69 % des Français sont favorables à l’accueil d’étrangers dans notre pays.

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Enkelejda Havari @enkehavari.bsky.social · Jan 27

📢 Call for Poster Sessions for the 4th Migration and Family Economics Workshop, hosted by IÉSEG School of Management in

📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.

📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.

#📉📈EconSky please repost

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Jan 8

🙋‍♀️ if there is still space 🙂

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Joël Machado @joelmachado.eu · Jan 8

With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the

3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration

on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Jan 6

Want the full story? See our IZA Discussion Paper with @yajnagovind.bsky.social , J. Melbourne, and E. Zink 👉 docs.iza.org/dp17573.pdf

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here’s what happened to residents already living in Denmark’s “Ghettos”:

👉 Their income decreased.
👉 Driven largely by Danes who moved away shortly after the policy.
👉 This suggests native flight coming at a financial cost.

Unintended consequences of place-based policies can be costly. (3/4)

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Jan 6

Did Denmark’s 2010 “Ghetto” policy achieve its goals?

Short answer: No.

Instead of improving conditions, the targeted areas saw their socio-demographic makeup worsen.

Why? Relatively better-off Danes avoided moving into these neighborhoods after they were publicly labeled as Ghettos. (2/4)

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Jan 6

🚨 New WP Alert! 🚨

In 2010, Denmark launched a controversial policy labeling certain public housing areas as “Ghettos” based on high immigrant populations, crime, and unemployment.

The goal? To change the socio-demographic makeup of these neighborhoods.

Did it work? 🤔 (1/4)
#econsky #econtwitter

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