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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Mar 25

❗️We are looking forward to receiving your submissions for the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of crime. @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏳ Deadline: May 02 - five weeks from today.

See details in the thread below 👇

Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Feb 19

🥳 The 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime is coming to Berlin in 2025!

🎓 @chtraxler.bsky.social and I are excited to host the workshop on 26-27 September, with keynotes by Paolo Pinotti and Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard.

⏱️ Deadline to submit your papers: 02 May 2025!

More👇

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 21

📣 We’re hiring! 📣

Join @woessmann.bsky.social and my team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social as a PhD student to conduct super-exciting field experiments in the Economics of Education 🤩🚀

Reach out if you have any questions! 💪🏻🙏🏻

@cesifo.org

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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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Mar 18

I've discovered 257 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨

Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=257

#skyfollowerbridge

Sky Follower Bridge

Bridge your Twitter/X followers to Bluesky. Detected Users: 257

share.sky-follower-bridge.dev

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Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · Mar 17

The news over the weekend and this morning have been terrifying. I'm dismayed at the total lack of action but I also have no idea how to act. I can't believe I'm watching America as I know it collapse in front of my eyes.

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · Feb 25

I have spent more than 13 years of my career at @iza.org Bonn. I was able to climb the in-house career ladder quite a bit: I started as an intern, was then hired as a student helper, and offered an IZA PhD scholarship. Eventually, I became a Senior Research Associate and Team Leader. (1/4)

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Mar 8

I had the opportunity to visit the @cpbnl.bsky.social and present my research on `How Has the Increase in Work from Home Impacted the Parental Division of Labor?´

Thanks for the invitation and great discussions!

I can also very much recommend the 🍻 in NL 😀

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Jonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · Feb 24

Devastating news that @iza.org is effectively closing down 😔

It was (or at the moment, is) a wonderful institute and the network was tremendously helpful in dissaminating work in labour economics.

IZA will sorely be missed 😢

So sorry for all IZA employees!

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · Nov 30

Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks

Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Nov 27

The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.

American Economic Review

Vol. 114 No. 12 December 2024

aeaweb.org

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 12

Thanks, Ingo! Very helpful 👍

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · Nov 12

I created an IZA @iza.org Network Fellows/Affiliates starterpack, starting from those I am following, and who are following me. I surely missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourself and your fellow Fellows! #econsky #laboreconomics #econ

go.bsky.app/5NP4VCb

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Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · Nov 12

Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Oct 17

Had a nice day at VSE Prague 😊 Great discussions, comments, and food! Thanks for the invitation, Klara Kaliskova 🙌

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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · Sep 12

Here is what I posted last week on Twitter, repeated here:
A thread about what is wrong with the influence of Elon Musk and other tech billionaires. Another thread about content moderation will follow later this week.

Elon Musk’s attacks on Kamala Harris become more unhinged, with help from AI | CNN Business

Elon Musk’s disdain for the Democratic Party was never subtle, but in recent weeks his commentary on the upcoming US presidential election and his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris have int...

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Sep 4

On my way from Oslo to Bergen for the EALE 🚄

Happy to meet many old and new faces! If you would like to chat, have a beer, or go for a run 🏃, please reach out 👋

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am very excited to share that I will join University Hamburg in autumn as postdoctoral researcher (collaborating with Iris Kesternich) :tada:

Thank you to everyone who supported me throughout the job market!

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Nov 29

"Even if low-educated women have highest period fertility levels in almost all covered European countries, the educational gradient is not always negative. In 1/3 of countries, fertility in 2010 is U-shaped, with middle-educated having lowest fertility" t.co/mBKslAJ50E

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Jan Feld @econfeld.bsky.social · Nov 27

Is better writing rewarded in peer review?

Our newly published suggests the answer is “Yes”!

doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

#EconSky 🧵 (1/7)

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Oct 19

🧪 Scientist?

🟦 New to BlueSky?

👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts?

📃 Here’s a list of around 160 science-related feeds and their hashtags.

#AcademicSky #PhDSky

BlueSky Science-Related Feeds

Sheet1 Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list 11,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ftnzzw4cnon2pzpw7i5m2xu7/feed/aaaiqnkwsgsz6">#AI&HCI</a>,#HCI,...

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 22

Excited to have @cacilialipowski.bsky.social visiting IZA this week.

Check out her excellent Job Market Paper 👇

Cäcilia vom Baur (née Lipowski) @cacilialipowski.bsky.social · Nov 6

🚨🚨Very excited to share my 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 "No Kids, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Adoption"

I show that shortages of young workers reduce firm investments in new technologies exploiting a natural experiment.

Full paper: caecilial.github.io/JMP/Lipowski...

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 21

My co-author, Tim, took the opportunity to join bsky 👋

Find him here: @mensingertim.bsky.social

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 21

Here is a link to the paper (with many more details): christian-zimpelmann.eu/files/zimpel...

Comments and feedback are very welcome.

Good luck to anybody else on the job market!

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 21

Results of the structural model rely on those open-source software packages:

- Solution of dynamic models: github.com/OpenSourceEc...
- German tax and transfer system: gettsim.readthedocs.io
- Numerical optimization: estimagic.readthedocs.io
- Optimization algorithm: github.com/OpenSourceEc...

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 21

Policy takeaways:

1. As attitudes are important, effectiveness of policies limited in the short run.

2. They need to be considered when extrapolating average policy effects to different contexts.

3. Addressing heterogeneous subpopulations requires targeted policies.

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Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann @cpz-econ.bsky.social · Nov 21

Results:

1. Labor supply elasticities higher for traditional mothers

2. Policy facilitating access to full-time childcare has stronger effect on egalitarian mothers

Implication: if distribution of attitudes changes over time, elasticities and policy effects change, as well

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