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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 1d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 8d

Two days of inspiring presentations and lively exchange - thanks to all our members for contributing to a great ECONtribute Cluster Retreat 2025! @unibonn.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @dfg.de

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Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. @vfsecon.bsky.social · 24d

Den Reinhard-Selten-Preis 2025 bekommen Kai Fischer und Honghao Zheng für ihr Paper “Demand (Un)certainty and Productivity: Evidence from the German Coal Mining Industry“. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
#VfS_Conf2025 #EconTwitter

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 23d

Welcome to the city of Cologne! 🎉 We're excited to welcome the @vfsecon.bsky.social to @econtribute.bsky.social @wisocologne.bsky.social. ECONtribute contributes with many presentations and workshops. We look forward to fruitful discussions! 👇

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Jan Kabatek 🇺🇦 @jankabatek.com · Sep 5

📢We're hiring!📢
Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes

Come join us in beautiful Melbourne!

‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️

EJM - Econ Job Market

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Sep 3

Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!

On 23-24 October, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Andrea Weber and get the chance to deepen your understanding of market, labour and policies.

Apply till 6 September: form.typeform.com/to/tfgOD5y3

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Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

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Jan Sauermann @jansauermann.bsky.social · Sep 1

Re-upping this now that all seminar series are starting for the fall term:

Jan Sauermann @jansauermann.bsky.social · Feb 14

One of the perks of working in Stockholm and Uppsala is that there are so many great seminar series around. I just updated my page aggregating all econ seminars in Stockholm and Uppsala:

jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html

@iies.su.se #EconSky 📉📈

IIES, Stockholm University @iies.su.se · Feb 14

We have a great group of researchers giving seminars in the IIES Seminar Series this Spring!
Make sure to check out the calendar at: www.su.se/institute-fo...

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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · Sep 1

Die Sabotage des Ausbaus erneuerbarer Energien und der Elektromobilität in 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺 durch die Merz-Regierung ist eine gigantische strategische Fehlkalkulation. Sie macht Deutschland weniger autonom gegenüber 🇷🇺🇺🇸🇨🇳, verwandelt Deutschland in ein Industriemuseum und ist zugleich klimapolitischer Irrsinn.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sorry wegen der häufigen Wiederholung, aber seit über 30 Jahren warnen die Klimaforscher vor zunehmenden Extremniederschlägen durch die vom Treibhausgasausstoß verursachte Erwärmung. Es ist Physik. Es wird immer schlimmer solange wir damit weitermachen. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...

Hunderte Dörfer in Pakistan wegen Monsun-Regenfällen evakuiert

Die Monsunzeit bringt Pakistan an die Belastungsgrenze. Sintflutartige Regenfälle haben 2.000 Dörfer in der Region Punjab überschwemmt. Insgesamt sind mehr als zwei Millionen Menschen betroffen. Und d...

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Aug 27

Although the holo deck probably added unavoidable ads in later installments

John @johngoodman.bsky.social · Aug 26

realistic Star Trek

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Philine Widmer @phinifa.bsky.social · Aug 25

Last day to submit your work to the next edition of our text-as-data workshop series: docs.google.com/forms/d/1xay...
This is the ANNIVERSARY edition: the co-organizing Monash, Warwick, ETH Zurich, Paris School of Economics, and CEPR are thrilled to meet you at the 10th (!) edition!

Paper Submission: 10th Monash-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-as-Data Workshop

Submit papers by August 25th, 2025 AoE. The Workshop will be held on Zoom on September 15th-16th, 2025. We welcome submissions from all institutions and all fields in social science and data science u...

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yet, I am still extremely sad about IZA's main assets - the institute itself, its postdoc program, it's Berlin and Bonn campus, the guest program and the workshop series - being cancelled. It remains a big loss.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · Aug 20

I am super happy about the IZA network and DP series having found a new home at @liser.lu . Having visited in the past, I think LISER is the kind of place IZA could (and should ) have been. I wish them all the best!

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Abrar Bawati @abrarbawati.bsky.social · Apr 16

We’re excited to present the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden’s democratic local elections over 100 years!

With 🤩 @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social, @johannarickne.bsky.social, and Moa Frödin Gruneau.

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Alexander Ahammer @ahammeralex.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have leftover funding for a PhD student for one year (ideally Sept '25 - Sept '26). Might be a good fit for someone wanting to delay going on the market. Please send interested students my way!

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Martin Friedrich @martinfriedrich.bsky.social · Aug 18

We’re thrilled to host Ulrike Malmendier at IAB for our next Special Lecture. Join us onsite or online to hear about her fascinating work.

🕑 September 16, 2025 | 1:00–2:30 PM CET

🔗 Register here to receive an onsite ticket or MS Teams link: eveeno.com/iab-speciall...

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Kamila Cygan-Rehm @cyganrehm.bsky.social · Aug 15

One-year visiting position for advanced female postdocs in Dresden. I am happy to host anyone broadly interested in applied micro. Salary within the German public sector's pay scale (TV-L, E13-E15). Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. Please share widely! 👇

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · Aug 11

I am giving a talk in Essen, Germany this week, August 12-15. If you’re in town and would like to chat, drop me a line.

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Barbara Boelmann @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social · Aug 8

@rwi.bsky.social 😊

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!

Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!

Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

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Barbara Boelmann @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social · Jul 25

I had so much fun at this fantastic workshop! Many thanks for including me!

Katrin Huber @katrinhuber.bsky.social · Jul 25

This week, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, @emarkowsky.bsky.social and myself had the incredible privilege of hosting the 3rd edition of the Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems in Potsdam! It was an absolute blast! (1/3)

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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Jul 24

In der neuen Folge des Jubiläumspodcast "Wirtschaft bewegt" geht es um unsere neue Abteilung Kriminalität, Arbeit und Ungleichheit am @diw.de, und darüber, wie wir in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften Ursachen und Folgen von Kriminalität erforschen. Gerne reinhören, den Link zum Podcast gibt es hier👇

DIW Berlin @diw.de · Jul 24

„Kriminalitätsbekämpfung und Prävention sind gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgaben. Die Wissenschaft kann einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten.“ – DIW-Forscherin @annabindler.bsky.social berichtet über ihre Forschung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kriminalität, Arbeit & Ungleichheit. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Kriminalität und Ungleichheit – Mikroökonomin Anna Bindler im Gespräch

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Dan Herbst @danherbst.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown.

djh1202.github.io/website/cre...

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