Call for papers for a World Bank Economic Review special issue on migration and development: we are doing a special issue that builds on a recent conference, but with submissions open also for non-conference papers. Short papers in the AER insights type format also welcome. Deadline November 30.

Rund 1,4 Mio. Menschen in Deutschland erhalten Grundrente, über 75% davon sind Frauen. Grundrentenberechtigte sind häufiger im Arbeitsmarkt aktiv als andere Renter*innen. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie auf Basis von Daten der Deutschen Rentenversicherung: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... 🧵(1/5)

Ausschreibung: Der Finanzwissenschaftliche Ausschuss vergibt im nächsten Jahr wieder den mit 3.000 Euro dotierten Schmölders-Preis. 🏆
📍https://www.socialpolitik.de/de/ausschreibung-schmoelders-preis-2026
#Verhaltensökonomik #Finanzwissenschaft #econtwitter

@pantras.bsky.social is delivering his keynote (on industrial policy!) at this year's meeting of the German Economics Association @vfsecon.bsky.social . The room is packed! #econsky #econconf #vfs_conf2025

14th PhD-Student Workshop on Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) 5-6 February 2026 #Econsky

Since we first advertised these postdoctoral positions, the project looking at political violence in democracies has unfortunately become even timelier. Apply now to join this important project led by distinguished Professor @hannefjelde.bsky.social.

Apply by 1 October: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

We award the prestigious Hermann Heinrich Gossen Award to a researcher who provided outstanding services to the internationalization of economics. This year’s winner truly makes an impact with her work. Our sincerest congratulations go to Claudia Steinwender 👏.
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

With live jazz music, the second day of the conference came to a festive close at Cologne’s Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum. We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s highlights: the keynote by Reka Juhasz and our Students’ Day!
@VfS_Conf2025

We're looking forward to hosting the opening of @bsoeberlin.bsky.social' acadmic year @hertieschool.bsky.social on October 8. To join us at this event, which includes (among others) a keynote by Michèle Tertilt on 'The Economics of Women’s Rights', register via👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

The first official day of our VfS Annual Conference concluded with a second reception in honor of the Thünen Lecture. Tomorrow promises inspiring talks and a memorable evening reception at the Rautenstrauch Joest Museum.
#VfS_Conf2025

Today we had the honor of celebrating Ulrike Malmendier’s outstanding academic journey with her lecture on “Homo Experiens”. Brilliant insights, sharp perspectives, and plenty to think about. 👏
@svrwirtschaft.bsky.social
#VfS_Conf2025 #EconTwitter #ThünenLecture

#OpenScience for economics in less than 4 minutes Thanks to @vfsecon.bsky.social for making this video possible and to my colleague @dsiegfried1.bsky.social @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social for the script. #econsky

Verein für Socialpolitik 2025: Leitthema „Revival of Industrial Policy“. Enzo Weber & ich beschreiben, wie eine moderne pro-kom­petitive Industriepolitik Transformationsprozesse wie Dekarbonisierung, Digitalisierung & Verteidigung unterstützt. ➡️ Open-Access-Artikel.
www.linkedin.com/posts/monika...

Thank you so much, Max. The visit at FU Berlin today was so much fun. Always a pleasure!

📣📣📣 I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy. Please share and apply!
For more info: tinyurl.com/hertie-appli....
Deadline: June 31.
#econsky #econra #econ_ra

Excited to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de this thursday for a talk on migrant integration in our Research Seminar in Economics at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social - happening at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social !
#EconSky #EconConf
#Migration #Integration

Thread: #Strukturwandel
👉 Produktivität stärken, Anpassungen gestalten.

🇩🇪 steht mitten in einem tiefgreifenden wirtschaftlichen Wandel, der zunehmend zur Bewährungsprobe für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Beschäftigung und Wohlstand wird. Dieser Strukturwandel wird durch 4 Entwicklungen beschleunigt:

Mehr Arthrose, mehr Herztote: Obwohl Frauen von manchen Krankheiten häufiger betroffen sind als Männer, werden sie von der Forschung kaum beachtet. Das Problem beginnt schon im Labor.

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

New paper out in @science.org!

“Brain drain” or “brain gain”?
Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Special thank you to @denbarth.bsky.social, @piotrlarysz.bsky.social, Lukas Harder, Nerina Guri, Alessandro Noventa and Tina Wang for their excellent support in organizing this workshop! 🌷🌷🌷

👏👏👏 Thank you to all presenters & participants of the „3rd Internal PhD Workshop in Applied Microeconomics“ @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, jointly organized with @steinhardt.bsky.social, @janmarcus.de, @m-santos-silva.bsky.social. So great to learn more about all your projects and see your progress! 🥳