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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · May 31

Nope. The shorts are too short for proper German style

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Nora Strecker @streckernm.bsky.social · Apr 23

Full house, sharp insights, and lively discussion @ Tariff Talk today -- “Shamrocks & Sledgehammers: Ireland in the Crossfire of Trump’s Trade War”

Big thanks to Alan de Bromhead and Ron Davies for helping unpack global trade tensions with clarity and punch. @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sounds great. Best of luck!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Feb 24

This is incredibly sad and a massive loss for the profession. IZA was my home for 5 years during which I met many wonderful people. I still have many friends there and am very sorry for them.

David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · Feb 24

It's a very sad day. Just notified that @iza.org is closing its doors as of 31 December 2025. At a time when labor is under attack and technological change moves at an ever-faster pace, I can't help but think that this is a short-sighted decision. My heart goes out to those folks who work there.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Jan 31

Damn autocorrect. Haha. gaelic

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm afraid Irish English will confuse you here. It's written like British English but we (often) say "soccer" because there is an Irish sport called "Garlic football".

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Jan 23

Exciting times! The UCD School of Economics is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors, one in AI & Data Science in Economics and another in Behavioural Economics and Sustainability. These positions underline our ambition to grow in research & impact. More info here: x.com/EconomicsUCD...

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · Jan 11

My fantastic co-author Julian Voss has meticulously compiled municipality-level election results for Post-WW2 Western German elections (1949-1969) from historical records. What a great resource! Read the paper, use the data: osf.io/preprints/os...

Maps of municipality-level election results

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Dec 15

tidyverse for data wrangling, base R for basic regressions (lm and glm), fixest for more advanced methods. And quarto for writing assignments.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Dec 14

100% agree. We switched all our econometrics courses to R and it works very well. It's free and the AI support for R is excellent, which is a big plus.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · Dec 4

Reading this paper and absolutely loving it. Addresses an important methodological issue, concise and clearly written, methods are implemented in an R package so others can use them easily. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Nov 27

Oooh fun topic. At a Czech university I was once given a pile of koruna on the spot, signed a receipt and that was it. They told me a bank transfer would take more than a year.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Nov 24

Wait, that was a year ago 🤭

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Dec 7

I am very happy to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economics at UCD.
It has been quite a journey, and I'm deeply grateful to family, friends, colleagues, and mentors who provided invaluable support over many years. I'll pay forward for sure. #firstgen

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Dec 5

Congratulations Sascha!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Nov 29

Very interesting!

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Nov 14

🚨 Call for Papers

—Conference on the economics of migration in Latin America, Mar. 14–15 in Washington

—Featuring top researchers @sandrarozo.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social @claireadida.bsky.social et al., run by HUMANS network of LACEA

—With a keynote by me

—Submissions due 🔜 December 15

2nd Call for Papers: Humans Lacea Network. Place and date: The conference will be held at the Headquarters of the World Bank in Washington DC on March 14 and 15, 2024. Keynote Speakers: Michael Clemens and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Panel with Expert Researchers: David McKenzie and Claire Adida Scientific Committee: Santiago Perez, Claire Adida, David McKenzie, Cynthia Van Der Werf, Ana Maria Ibafiez, Marcela Meléndez, Antonella Bandiera, and Sandra Rozo. The deadline for submitting complete papers is December 15, 2022. Full papers, in PDF format, should he submitted online via humanslacea@gmail.com. The authors of accepted papers will be notified by email on January 31st, 2023. There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor discussion. Airfare and accommodations will be covered for up to one presenter of the selected papers. Founders of the network include Ana Maria Ibanez (Network head), Marcela Meléndez, Antonella Bandiera, and Sandra Rozo.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 31

Check out the work by Uta Bolt and coauthors on gender attitudes measured from essays in early secondary school: drive.google.com/file/d/1TkZY...

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 29

2 days remaining to submit your latest work on migration to our special volume in Research in Labor Economics. More information here 👇

Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 2

#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...

IZA - Research in Labor Economics - Paper Submission

legacy.iza.org

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Simon Wiederhold @simonwiederhold.bsky.social · Oct 24

Recruiting: IWH Halle and Uni Magdeburg are hiring an Assistant Professor in Labor Economics (max. 6 yrs, no TT)👇
www.iwh-halle.de/en/career/jo...

Deadline: 26 Nov 2023

Reduced teaching load (just 2 hours per week), supportive atmosphere & great research environment: Come see yourself!

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · Oct 19

Wondering what to get the academics in your life for the holidays? Wonder no more.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 16

Great programme!

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Joël Machado @joelmachado.eu · Oct 11

New Discussion Paper alert #EconSky

"The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal"

co-authored with Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha'ngom and Frédéric Docquier

www.iza.org/publications...
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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 11

Very interesting work. Will take a closer look soon!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · Oct 11

I was waiting for the pun "us mere settler mortals"

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