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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship "invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—poised to significantly contribute to U.S. society, culture, or their academic field. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in financial support over two years."

Why Become a Fellow – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Apply for a Paul & Daisy Soros fellowship and become one of the thirty New Americans— immigrants or the children of immigrants—who are pursuing graduate

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 6d

"Jane" (2017), directed by Brett Morgen, with music by Philip Glass, and based on unseen footage discovered shortly before, is one of the most enchanting films I've ever seen. Goodbye Jane Goodall, and thank you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlU...

Official Film Trailer: JANE | National Geographic

YouTube video by National Geographic

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Andreas Sator @asator.bsky.social · 17d

Endlich wieder Erklär mir die Welt - live

Mit Peter Rippl von der HausWirtschaft über die Stadt der Zukunft.

Am 6. OKT um 19:30 in Wien.

Tickets sind ab sofort hier erhältlich:

erklärmir.at/ticket

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Lorenz Goette @lorenzgoette.bsky.social · 16d

Come visit us in Singapore 🇸🇬
www.asiaone.com/singapore/ul...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 18d

My reading is that it’s per petition, not per year:

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 26d

is this a universal offer

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Sep 5

Great new blog post by @lgilbert.co about @malengo.org's Uganda–Germany university program! www.laurenpolicy.com/p/what-happe...

What happens when you send Ugandan students to Germany?

Most of this blog is about international migration, and particularly, the economics of international migration.

www.laurenpolicy.com

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Aug 7

⏰Closing tomorrow 08 Aug!

Opportunity to join the CSAE research team in Nairobi! Working with Kate Orkin @blavatnikschool.bsky.social and partner institutions.

Apply today👇

CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Jul 24

🎉We're #hiring in Nairobi

We're looking for a Research Specialist. This role is perfect for someone with field experience, coding skills, & a passion for social impact. Work with the #MBRG at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, & others.

⏰Apply by 08 August

Busara Center for Behavioral Economics - Research Specialist

About the Role Busara, in collaboration with Oxford University, is seeking applications for a Research Specialist position. We conduct lab and field experiments in both developing and developed…

jobs.lever.co

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jul 24

We just opened another round of applications for Malengo's Uganda–Germany university program! Please share widely. (Note the early deadline, Aug 16!)

Malengo @malengo.org · Jul 24

📣 📣 Applications are now OPEN for Malengo's Uganda–Germany University Program! Apply by August 16th, 2025!

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jul 17

We are adding a Chief Investment Officer to the team of @malengo.org. Please share widely!

Malengo @malengo.org · Jul 17

📣 📣 We’re hiring a CIO! Check out the JD below and if interested, please apply by sending your CV and short cover letter to [email protected].

malengo.org/chief-invest...

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Dan Herbst @danherbst.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown.

djh1202.github.io/website/cre...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jul 6

Gordon Brown!

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Daniel Graeber @dangraeber.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎉 Our paper “Asylum Seekers and Host Country Mental Health” is accepted at JDE!

Using data from Germany & Switzerland (2010–2016), we find no evidence that asylum inflows harmed host population mental health.

With Bharadwaj, Khoury & Schmid
#Migration #MentalHealth #Economics

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · Jun 25

Y’all, I wrote a book!

www.amazon.com/Science-Seco...

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Clément de Chaisemartin @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social · Jun 25

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🚨 We have finalized our DID textbook!
You’ve run out of excuses for sketchy pre-trends and mysterious TWFE coefficients.

📘 Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
By Chaisemartin & D’Haultfœuille.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments

<div> The purpose of this book is to introduce applied researchers to </div> <div> modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) estimators, tailored to potentially

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jun 23

hahaha! Yes the descent was really quite something!

Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jun 22

Tomaselli! A favorite

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jun 21

Dolomites, no contest

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Konrad Burchardi @konradburchardi.bsky.social · Jun 19

In 2021 and 2023 I had the chance to serve on the @ERC_Research Starting Grant evaluation panel. There are a couple of things I learned that might be helpful to future applicants. I guess some points apply to other grants as well.

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Malengo @malengo.org · Jun 16

Malengo uses income share agreements (ISAs) to make education accessible—no fixed loan payments, just a % of income after you land a job.
✅ No payments if you earn below a minimum
✅ Payments scale with income
Learn more: www.malengo.org
#Malengo #Education #ISA

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Jun 14

Agree! “O RLY^?”

a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 10

What happened when the U.S. forcibly sent 400,000 Mexican workers back to Mexico in the 1930s?

The employment rate of native workers *went down* noticeably as a direct result. (You read that correctly)

Why?

Forced repatriation destroyed low-skill markets.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Helen Dempster @helen-dempster.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great new @science.org article by the rockstars of development economics looks at the evidence on the impact of skilled emigration on origin countries. TL;DR, it can be positive, but we need a *lot* more work in this area!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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

How does emigration of highly educated citizens of low-income countries to high-income countries affect the economies of the origin countries? The direct effect is “brain drain”—a decrease in the coun...

www.science.org

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions.

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Jun 6

Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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