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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · May 23

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...

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simon heß @hesss.org · May 13

yeah, of course. I think this would be impossible. but something *very* computationally intensive is happening locally

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simon heß @hesss.org · May 13

is openai running the model's in javascript in my browser? otherwise I cannot understand how the interface can be this laggy

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simon heß @hesss.org · Apr 27

schnell 🦿

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · Apr 4

i am genuinely curious to see if the asteroid that is about to hit the american economy can actually separate trump from his base

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · Apr 3

Researcher @meyting.bsky.social has been published in Nature!🎉

His study with @minxiesci.bsky.social, Felix Michalik, @hesss.org, Seunghun Chung & @pascalge.bsky.social finds a 20% lower dementia risk after shingles vaccination using economic methods.

👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky

Photo of and quote by Markus Eyting: "Our approach demonstrates how tools from economics can help establish causal relationships rather than mere correlations. This opens new avenues to evaluate public health interventions and enriches both fields with innovative analytical frameworks."

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Markus Eyting @meyting.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉

Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature

Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...

www.nature.com

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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · Mar 27

Die deutsche Innenministerin wollte nach Damaskus reisen, um Abschiebungen nach Syrien zu verhandeln – weil das Land ja angeblich sicher genug sei. Die Reise fiel aus. Grund: *checks notes* Sicherheitsbedenken.

www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Syrien: Faeser sagt Reise wegen Terrorwarnung ab

Bundesinnenministerin Faeser hat ihre geplante Reise nach Syrien abgesagt. Es gebe Hinweise "auf eine terroristische Bedrohung".

www.zdf.de

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Klaas Müller @klaasmueller.bsky.social · Mar 15

Schon Arendt wusste: ohne Staatsangehörigkeit verliert der Mensch seinen "Platz in der Welt."

Gerdes zu den gefährlichen deutschen Tendenzen in Richtung Loyalitätsstaatsbürgerschaft.

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Mar 15

Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren?

Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES.

verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...

Zitatkachel der Autorin Maria Martha Gerdes mit dem Inhalt: "Aber auch Verlusttatbestände (mit Ausnahme des § 35 StAG) unterliegen in ihrer Systematik einer bestimmten Logik: Sie haben alle etwas mit Zuordnung zu tun"

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Mar 15

Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren?

Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES.

verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...

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Lavinia Kinne @kinnelavinia.bsky.social · Mar 6

Very excited to see our paper on aging&cognitive skills out in the neuroscience section of Science Advances 🎉
@science.org

We show that usage of skills seems to be the key to maintaining them 💡

Great collaboration with my co authors E.A. Hanushek, F. Witthöft and @woessmann.bsky.social!

Details ⤵️

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Mar 6

🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org

💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · Mar 6

[PA system stutters alive] attention moderates. this is your final warning. anti-trans backlash is in fact backlash against gender nonconformity in general, including homosexuality, and it seeks to roll back all related forms of progress. this is your final warning, places please

Hunter @statisticurban.bsky.social · Mar 6

Republican support for same-sex marriage down 31pts, from 55% to 24%, in four years according to new poll from YouGov.

Yikes.

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 25

I don't know if it'd be more merit based in absolute terms, but it would certainly be less "need to know"-network based, and for fairness at least I think that'd be desirable.

I also acknowledge that network-based growth of groups has benefits (makes personal interactions more organic).

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 25

Oh yeah. Dev econ networks are a mystery to me.

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 25

I see. So you first need a network to tell you this and then someone to write a letter. Not saying the work of iza isnt great, just thinking there has to be a better way to run these things than these networks.

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 25

Sorry to ask, but was IZA affiliation only merit-based or mostly network-based?

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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · Feb 24

It's midterm season. If you're giving a paper exam, consider using this LaTeX shell to write the exam. It adds up all of the points for you and it compiles a solution booklet for you, too.
github.com/talgross-bu/...

GitHub - talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams: A template to create paper exams with LaTeX

A template to create paper exams with LaTeX. Contribute to talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Feb 14

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 9

Bodies of migrants recovered in Libya, authorities say

It comes just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm nearby.

www.bbc.co.uk

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 9

I'm wondering: If part of Berlin had to repeat the last election because too many people weren't able to cast their votes (due to admin chaos), what's going to happen if many of the postal votes are not going to arrive on time.

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 1

(German proficiency is not required)

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simon heß @hesss.org · Feb 1

PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students.

5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna.

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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simon heß @hesss.org · Jan 29

Wenn Merz Politik macht, die nur mit der AfD Mehrheiten hat, ist dann auch völlig egal ob die AfD dadurch schrumpft oder nicht.

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simon heß @hesss.org · Jan 28

Is it "coil whining"? If so, processors vary massively in how much they do it.

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