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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 29d

We (development econ faculty at Princeton) are hiring predocs, to start in summer 2026. Please share the application with folks who might be interested: rpde.princeton.edu/rpde-%E2%80%93-predoctoral-fellows-research-specialists-start-summer-2026
We'll review apps starting on 9/15. Thanks!

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨

We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · Sep 1

So glad to have our paper forthcoming in ECMA!

Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · Sep 1

From Côte d’Ivoire to the U.S., social obligations to share income are common. Eliana Carranza, Aletheia Donald, Florian Grosset-Touba and Supreet Kaur show their welfare benefits may come at a cost: lower labor supply and productivity. buff.ly/28YCYeT

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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · Sep 1

From Côte d’Ivoire to the U.S., social obligations to share income are common. Eliana Carranza, Aletheia Donald, Florian Grosset-Touba and Supreet Kaur show their welfare benefits may come at a cost: lower labor supply and productivity. buff.ly/28YCYeT

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Jesse Anttila-Hughes @jessexjesse.bsky.social · Nov 21

I'm putting together a team

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Jun 20

Plastic bag bans and fees seem to be effective and slowing shoreline pollution from plastic bags
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines

Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide. Although plastic bag bans and taxes are increasingly implemented worldwide, their effectiveness in reducing ...

www.science.org

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Eugenie Dugoua @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social · Jun 13

🌍 I’m hiring a full-time Pre-Doc RA in Environmental Economics & Innovation @ London School of Economics.
🔗 Deadline to apply: 26 June 2025:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

#EconSky #Hiring #Predoc #ResearchAssistant #EnvironmentalEconomics #Innovation

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · May 16

Check out this very interesting new research by my wonderful colleague @leroutierm.bsky.social !

Marion Leroutier @leroutierm.bsky.social · May 16

Dans un nouveau working paper co-écrit avec @ondineberland.bsky.social, nous trouvons que les femmes ont une empreinte carbone 26% moins élevée que les hommes dans l’alimentation et les transports en 🇫🇷

Ce n’est pas seulement dû à des differences biologiques ou sur le marché du travail. Un🧵(1/11)

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Marion Leroutier @leroutierm.bsky.social · May 9

En France, la pollution aux particules fines augmente l'absentéisme des salariés, baisse leur productivité, affecte les consommateurs et nuit in fine aux entreprises.

J'explique les résultats de notre étude menée avec Hélène Ollivier au micro de @vgarin.bsky.social pour RTL: shorturl.at/nbubg

Pollution de l'air : voici son coût astronomique pour la santé et l'économie en France

PODCAST - La pollution de l'air est responsable de 45.000 décès prématurés par an en France, mais l'impact ne concerne pas seulement notre santé.

www.rtl.fr

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · May 2

Proud to be an alumn of this awesome PhD program -- and so glad Rob decided to join its faculty last year!

Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · May 1

Thrilled to share the fantastic placements of our eight Sustainable Development PhD job market candidates this year!

Anna Papp – Postdoc: MIT Econ | AP: UCSB Bren

Danny Bressler – AP: Bentley Econ

Gabriel Gonzalez Suntil – Economist: Amazon

Isabella Smythe – ML Engineer: Rhizome

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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · May 1

Thrilled to share the fantastic placements of our eight Sustainable Development PhD job market candidates this year!

Anna Papp – Postdoc: MIT Econ | AP: UCSB Bren

Danny Bressler – AP: Bentley Econ

Gabriel Gonzalez Suntil – Economist: Amazon

Isabella Smythe – ML Engineer: Rhizome

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Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Mar 3

⚠️ Only one week left to apply to the CREST-IFAU workshop on evaluating labor market policies, which will take place in Paris this June!

Send us your work!

Sara Signorelli @sarasgnr.bsky.social · Feb 17

🚀 Call for Papers: CREST-IFAU Workshop on Labor Market Policy Evaluation 📊

🗓 June 12-13, 2025 – Paris (Palaiseau)
🎤 Keynote: Stéphane Bonhomme (University of Chicago)

📅 Submit by: March 10, 2025
📩 Send papers (PDF) to: [email protected]

crest.science/call-for-pap...

Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results - CREST

crest.science

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Marion Leroutier @leroutierm.bsky.social · Feb 28

📣To all PhD students in environmental econ: apply to our (free!) E4C summer school on "Environmental Data Collection and Analysis for the Social Sciences" co-organized by @crestumr.bsky.social

When? 2-6 June 2025

Where? Palaiseau near Paris

Info: www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/e4c-...

Apply by 25 Apr!

E4C - Summer School 2025

Environmental data collection and analysis for the social sciences

www.ip-paris.fr

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · Feb 27

I am teaching a course on (inter alia) research methods. Where di you get the idea for your JMP?

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Feb 14

FANTASTIC

ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)

You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · Feb 14

Does free sound too cheap? Here's new evidence on something that did not work to get young people enrolled in vocational training programs in Côte d’Ivoire: sending text messages highlighting that the program is free...
#AfricaGIL #EconSky

openknowledge.worldbank.org

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · Feb 9

(work with the excellent @annapappp.bsky.social and Charles A. Taylor, of course.)

@crestumr.bsky.social @cepr.org

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · Feb 9

Grateful for the opportunity to talk about my work on the climate and economic effects of large-scale tree-planting on this great podcast from @talknormal.co.uk ! It's only 18 minutes; do not hesitate to have a listen if you're curious !

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Feb 7

Can planting trees change the climate?
@floriangrosset.bsky.social (CREST-ENSAE Paris) joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss what history tells us about large-scale tree-planting & its impact on climate & economy
Listen to this Vox Talk recorded at the CEPR Paris Symp: cepr.org/multimedia/c...
#EconSky

A VoxEU CEPR podcast graphic features Florian Grosset-Touba speaking at a lectern with the title "Can planting trees change the climate?"

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Feb 7

Can planting trees change the climate?
@floriangrosset.bsky.social (CREST-ENSAE Paris) joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss what history tells us about large-scale tree-planting & its impact on climate & economy
Listen to this Vox Talk recorded at the CEPR Paris Symp: cepr.org/multimedia/c...
#EconSky

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Joseph Shapiro @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social · Jan 26

1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Economics: Spatial Environmental Economics

🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?

Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.

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Matthew Gordon @mdgordo.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hosting a workshop on 'Natural Capital' @pse.bsky.social on Feb 7 with a great lineup
@ludogazze.bsky.social @bengroom.bsky.social @floriangrosset.bsky.social and more.

Those interested are welcome to register to attend:
www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/events/na...

Natural Capital

The Paris School of Economics is glad to invite you to the "Natural Capital" workshop organized by the Measurement in Economics Chair.

www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu

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R. Daniel (Danny) Bressler @rdbressler.bsky.social · Nov 26

Are you interested in the health and economic impacts of climate change?

I've spent my PhD researching this. Now I'm on the job market!

Thread below highlighting my published/working papers from my first publication to my #JMP

I'll start with my first publication, in @naturecomms.bsky.social

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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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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · Dec 4

New Economist role opening up in our team at Centre for Net Zero at @octopus.energy

Come join the team on conducting innovative research in understanding and predicting energy demand.

Please share widely. #econsky
#electrification #energytransition

jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/f...

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Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social · Dec 3

Have you enabled its Dropbox integration? If so, you can access your latex files directly on Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf and keep working on it locally...

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