jensoehlen.bsky.social
@jensoehlen.bsky.social
Econ PhD student, Stockholm University, https://jensoehlen.github.io/
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In Germany 83 percent of people say their personal economic situation is good.

The exact same amount says that the economic situation of the country is bad.
February 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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📢We are hiring 📢

We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!

5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“

jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!

@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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On this day, 1944, the New York Times on my hometown:

“Aachen, the gate to the Rhineland has fallen, the first German city ever to be taken by American troops.”
October 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Important read — not only for us Germans but everyone bastianallgeier.com/notes/grandpa
My grandpa was a Nazi
bastianallgeier.com
January 23, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Please RT: Our fundraising at @malengo has been slow! We want to support as many students as possible on their journey from Uganda to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. Please support us! Donations are tax deductible in the US and Germany. Details at malengo.org/donate. Thanks!
December 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Germany isn't facing a debt crisis, but a crazy budget crisis triggered by the ruling of our constitutional court. Here's a🧵what this is all about.

In the media you read about 60 bn unused "Corona debts" shifted to a climate fund. But actually, the issue runs much deeper. /1
December 16, 2023 at 8:56 PM
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📈Job market paper📉

Excited to finally share my JMP! I study whether and why policy choices are stubbornly persistent.

Example: Oregon has an income tax, but not Washington—seemingly because of nearly century-old choices. Is this typical?

Read the paper: www.zachfreitasgroff.com/FreitasGroff...
November 2, 2023 at 8:47 PM
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Dep of Economics at Stockholm University is hiring on the junior market. Please spread the word! #EconSky econjobmarket.org/statuses?oid...
October 18, 2023 at 12:54 PM
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Econometrics Thread (#EconSky)

Today, I will talk very briefly about a few recent methodological papers that I think are super useful to applied researchers. Basically, below, you will find some new tools that may help you to answer relevant empirical questions.

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October 15, 2023 at 11:45 PM
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I'm pretty much giving up on the app formerly known as Twitter. It has really been degraded as a way to keep up with informed discourse, and I don't want to be an unpaid content provide for Musk. Will start posting wonkery here, maybe also on Threads
October 7, 2023 at 1:32 PM
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We're still looking for student housing for @malengo.bsky.social students in the following places — please spread the word and help if you can!

Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (7) URGENT
Deggendorf / Pfarrkirchen (7)
Rhine Waal/Kleve (8)
Trier (4)
Regensburg (3)
Amberg-Weiden (1)
September 24, 2023 at 11:02 AM