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eayeconomists.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Call for Papers!

The 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting will take place at the University of the Basque Country 🇪🇸 on 18–20 May 2026

📅 Submit your paper or extended abstract by 1 Dec 2025 via CMT

#EAYE2026

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Rigissa Megalokonomou @rmegal.bsky.social · Sep 10

Come & join us in summer (February) in beautiful Melbourne: Submit your paper to the Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW), 11–13 Feb 2026 organised at Monash University and Monash Business School.

Deadline to submit a paper: 17 Oct 2025

Details & submissions: www.monash.edu/business/eve...

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2026

www.monash.edu

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 26d

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @alexbryson.bsky.social and Mari Tanaka explore the impact of trade unions on firm performance in developing countries and find positive correlations between unionization and firm labor productivity and wages. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Nikki Shure @nikkishure.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come join us at QSS @sriucl.bsky.social! We have the best colleagues ♥️

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fantastic opportunity!!

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 We're hiring!
Looking for a motivated, organized, and detail-oriented Econ student to join our team at JFKI (@jfki-econ.bsky.social) as a Student Assistant 🎓💼

Gain experience, boost your resume, and support our department!
Apply now ➡️
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
#EconSky

JF-HKEcon1_25

www.fu-berlin.de

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · Jun 20

🚨🚨 Vacancy alert 🚨🚨

Are you interested in doing a PhD 🎓🎓 in Economics 📈?

Then join us @tilburg-university.bsky.social! We have a vacancy for a PhD student in our department. Check it out here: tiu.nu/22836

Job opening: PhD Position in Economics at Tilburg School of Economics and Management (22836)

tiu.nu

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Greg Veramendi @greg-veramendi.bsky.social · Jun 7

I am happy to share a 3-year postdoc opening. My fantastic colleagues @kailirimfeld.bsky.social and Dan Anderberg recently won a grant to work on youth mental health at the intersection of psychology, genetics, and education. It is open to economics PhDs, among other fields. #EconSky #econ_ra

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Youth Mental Health at Royal Holloway, University of London

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Youth Mental Health at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · May 28

🚨PhD position at my Chair for Social Policy & Public Economics @ruhr-uni-bochum.de available. APPLY NOW!!! Deadline: 08 June 2025. Start date flexible: August 2025 or later. 75% TV-L E-13. Please share within your networks.

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d); Doktorand (m/w/d)

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · May 26

Happy to see our joint work on immigrant housing now published in the Journal of Housing Economics!
With @simonvoss.bsky.social (@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social) and Marc-André Luik, we show how language skills shape homeownership outcomes—offering new causal evidence on immigrant integration. #EconSky

Simon Voss @simonvoss.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to share that my joint work with @steinhardt.bsky.social and Marc-André Luik on immigrant housing in the US is out in the Journal of Housing Economics!
We provide the first causal evidence linking immigrant language skills to homeownership. #EconSky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Language proficiency and homeownership: Evidence from U.S. immigrants

In this paper, we deliver the first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host-country language proficiency and homeownership. Using a…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · May 2

✊What sparks protest under a secret police regime?
In 1989 East Germany, pastor networks helped spread dissent across 645 cities. A new study reveals how trust and local ties quietly fueled the revolution

👥 jcbuggle.bsky.social martinlange.bsky.social

📚 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...

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Ines Helm @ineshelmecon.bsky.social · May 8

📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz!

Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ.

Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor

Please help us spread the word and RT.

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Apr 18

🚨 FINAL CALL: Only two more days left to apply for this exciting position. A PhD in Economics at @econmunich.bsky.social combined with exciting field experiments in the economics of education at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🤓🤩🚀

Please apply and spread the word 🙏🫶

@cesifo.org @woessmann.bsky.social

ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · Mar 21

‼️We are hiring‼️

🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education

➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier

⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)

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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · Mar 31

To reiterate: We are hiring the following: 1) Prof (Chair) in Applied Micro, 2) Reader/Senior Lecture (Assoc Professor) in Applied Econ, 3) 4 Lecturers (Asst Professors), any field.

Ads:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK740/p...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK745/s...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM015/l...

#EconSky

Professor in Economics (Chair) - AC2432LS at University of St Andrews

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Professor in Economics (Chair) - AC2432LS at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Andrea Albanese @andreaecon.bsky.social · Mar 31

Last chance to register for our Difference-in-Differences course with Prof. Clément de Chaisemartin (@cdechaisemartin.bsky.social), taking place tomorrow and Wednesday – April 1st & 2nd!

Join us at @liser.lu or online for this free course.

Register now: www.liser.lu/fr/course-di...
#EconSky

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LISER's public research focuses on social and economic policies, including their spatial dimension. Its mission is to provide the scientific community and society with clear, relevant and solid answer...

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Jan Sauermann @jansauermann.bsky.social · Mar 28

EALE @eale-office.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Let’s give it a warm welcome!
#EconSky 📉📈

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Mar 21

@henninghermes.com and I are looking for two PhD students for the ifo Center for the Economics of Education
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · Mar 21

‼️We are hiring‼️

🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education

➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier

⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)

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Sven Hartmann @svenahartmann.bsky.social · Mar 19

Nice to see that Lars Hornuf's, Marc Oliver Rieger's, and my work on media influence and xenophobia attracts some attention!
If you're interested in the topic, check out our paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sven Hartmann @svenahartmann.bsky.social · Mar 11

Grateful for the invitation to present our new research on smoking prevalence and media influence at Masaryk University’s economic seminar this Thursday. Looking forward to an engaging discussion!

Science @ ECON MUNI @econmuni.bsky.social · Mar 11

📢 #MUES research seminar

This Thursday, Sven A. Hartmann (@svenahartmann.bsky.social) from the Trier University & IAAEU will discuss the rise in smoking prevalence in East Germany caused by exposure to West German TV, with a focus on gender differences.

Join us ➡️ mues.econ.muni.cz/research-sem...

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · Feb 27

📣Last call for BÆM 2025!

💥Development Economics (May 6-7),
Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD)

💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9)
Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim).

Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb!

More info 👇

bsky.app/profile/paul...

Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · Nov 19

BÆM is back! Come and join us in beautiful Bristol for the 2nd edition of the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings:
Development Economics: May 6-7
Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital: May 8-9
Submit your paper by Feb 28. Travel support is available. baem.info. 1/4

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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · Feb 21

📣📣📣Job Alert 📣📣📣

Come work with me on children’s health and human capital!

@iseressex.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

🗓️2 year Post-Doc, start Oct 2025
📝Apply by 23 March
🔗More info: tinyurl.com/y54tuds3, or contact me.

Join us at Essex! Please share 👋

Job profile

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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · Feb 18

📢 I am looking for a new PhD student (Research Associate)📢

🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13)
🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics
🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting

#EconSky

www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

WW-10020500-24-WM15

www.fu-berlin.de

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Feb 18

Starter pack on the Economics of Migration reloaded!

Now also including, among others, @sardoschau.bsky.social, @ffasani.bsky.social , @sschneiderstraw.bsky.social, @jarellanobover.com, @jdportes.bsky.social and @mitalimathur.bsky.social.

Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Nov 13

I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!

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Hannes Rusch @hannesrusch.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 POSTDOC WANTED 🚨

Join the Behavioral Economics of Crime & Conflict Group at MPICSL in Freiburg!

We're seeking a behavioral scientist with PhD in economics, psychology, or related. Experience with experiments is key.

Full time, 2 years, no teaching. Apply now!

tinyurl.com/FGR251

#EconSky

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