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Association of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 19d

Join us for ASWEDE's 10th annual conference in Development Economics! November 17-18 at Nääs Fabriker, outside Gothenburg. Submission deadline in one week: September 26. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics

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Fredrik Söderqvist @soderqvist.bsky.social · Aug 30

Mycket intressant inlägg om behovet att reformera svenska doktorandutbildningarna i nationalekonomi.

NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues @repec-nep-eur.bsky.social · Aug 30

What Kind of Economists Do We Want? From a One-Track to a Two-Track Mind: Henrekson, Magnus; Jonung, Lars; Lundahl, Mats

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Sandip Sukhtankar @sandipz.bsky.social · Aug 27

India now spends ₹2 trillion/year (0.6% of GDP) on cash transfers to 130M+ women—yet we know little about their effects. In a new paper (bit.ly/4mE6EtW), @karthik-econ.bsky.social Paul Niehaus Jeff Weaver & I present findings from the first large-scale RCT of maternal cash transfers in India (1/10)

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · Aug 2

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Deadline: 31 Aug

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Anders Nilsson @etwasanders.bsky.social · Jul 29

Vore det inte smidigare för alla om SJ bara tog betalt för halva biljetten redan från början? Och så får man betala in resten om tåget mot förmodan ankommer i tid?

SJs trafikinformation: ett tåg som skulle kommit till Sthlm 10:17 har ankommit 15:37.

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · Jul 29

By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season.

Let me explain.

David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Jul 28

For those without access, here is a gift link to the NYTimes article on the sad state of the economics job market www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...

The Bull Market for Economists Is Over. It’s an Ominous Sign for the Economy.

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.

Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.

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Andreas Madestam @amadestam.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Jul 14

Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like

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Andreas Madestam @amadestam.bsky.social · Jul 6

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NBER @nber.org · Jul 4

New evidence that immigration raises intergenerational mobility, from Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan L. Rothbaum https://www.nber.org/papers/w33961

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NBER @nber.org · Jul 4

Parenting choices, shaped by economic incentives, contribute to social stratification and inequality in society, from Francesco Agostinelli, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti https://www.nber.org/papers/w33963

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our paper with @nicolaslagios.bsky.social & @ilantojerow.bsky.social is now out in the Economic Journal ( @resmedia.bsky.social). It shows that demonstrating against the far-right in France had the intended effect. 1/18
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Media, Spillovers and Social Norms: The Electoral Impact of Anti-Far-Right Protests in the 2002 French Election

Abstract. We study the electoral impact of protesting against the far right by investigating the demonstrations held during the 2002 French presidential el

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NBER @nber.org · Jul 1

How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Jul 1

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Plata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians" by Massimo Pulejo and Pablo Querubín. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Plata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians

(Forthcoming Article) - What is the effect of politicians’ wages on corruption in the presence of criminal groups, that use both bribes and violence? With a regression discontinuity design and three d...

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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to @rhelensdotter.bsky.social !

The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Jun 23

Recently accepted to #REStud, "Surviving Childhood: Effects of Removing a Child From Home," from Ronja Helénsdotter
@rhelensdotter.bsky.social @MIT @econGU:

www.restud.com/surviving-ch...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 26

New study shows that unfettered access to ChatGPT can harm student learning.

Without guardrails, students use ChatGPT as a “crutch” while learning and subsequently perform worse on their own.

But (!) these negative learning effects are largely mitigated by safeguards one can build into ChatGPT.

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Andreas Madestam @amadestam.bsky.social · Jul 1

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · Jun 27

Just published on APSR First View: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, HORACIO LARREGUY (@HLarreguy), and JORGE MANGONNET (@jmangonnet) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites

www.cambridge.org

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Joseph Shapiro @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social · Jun 27

Is US air pollution regulation too lenient? 🏭💸

We find marginal benefits of pollution control exceed marginal costs by >10×.

New evidence from dozens of US pollution offset markets.

📄forthcoming at AER, w/ Reed Walker: joseph-s-shapiro.com/research/IsA...

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Chris Karbownik @chriskarbownik.bsky.social · Jun 30

Been waiting for this to come out for a while now: www.nber.org/papers/w3397.... That's such a cool paper!!!

State of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of Paintings

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Andreas Madestam @amadestam.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).

I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!

seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...

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