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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚

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PhD Candidate UB (@ubeconomics.bsky.social) & IEB (@fundacioieb.bsky.social) 📜: Economics of Education, Labor, Applied Micro | ✍: English-Chinese book translator | He/him 🌐 https://lin-mengwei.github.io/#about

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 We’re delighted to announce the release of Volume 1 of The BESTEPS Guide: 7 Lessons Towards Effective Economics PhD Research — now available as an open-access resource!

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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · Jul 15

📚 Introducing the new Applied Economics #ReadingGroup!

Organized by the IEB & @ub.edu’s Public Economics Section, this spring we explored:
📌 Baseline Regression Discontinuity
📌 Recent RD developments
📌 Difference‑in‑Discontinuities

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 1

☕ Research Ideas Coffee Talk turned 1!

This season, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of this growing initiative! 🎉 Huge thanks to the organizers, @mengweilin.bsky.social and ‪@favredenoguera.bsky.social‬, who made this possible.

#EconPhD #EconSky #PhDCoffees #AcademicCommunity #PhDLife 🧵👇🏼

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Plus, Catanzaro was truly a treat. From the talks to the trip and everything, I enjoyed every bit of it. Huge thanks to the amazing organizers!

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Jun 23

It was an inspiring experience to take part in such a focused and high-caliber gathering of researchers in the economics of education. 🥂 Super grateful for the thoughtful feedback and stimulating discussions, as well as and the chance to reconnect with friends and meet new colleagues.

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Last Monday, I presented our paper "Penalizing Failures at University" (joint with Andreu Arenas Jal and Jenifer Ruiz Valenzuela) at the 15th International Workshop of Applied Economics of Education (#IWAEE).

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Jun 16

Needless to say, the city was incredible: full of energy, history, and, of course, amazing food 🍕 Huge thanks to the organizers for making this happen!

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Jun 16

It was a great pleasure to present our work, Penalizing Failures at University, with Andreu Arenas and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela at the #ESPE2025 in Naples last week!

Grateful for all the insightful feedback and inspiring conversations — and it was fantastic to catch up with friends.

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Apr 11

☕Since January, we've been enjoying vibrant discussions around the research ideas of our Economics PhD candidates and visitors, through our Research Ideas Coffee Talk series.

Huge thanks to our series organizers, @mengweilin.bsky.social and @favredenoguera.bsky.social, for making this happen!👇🏼🧵

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Mar 27

It was only possible with the efforts of Marcella De Giovanni, Judit Farré, and Sergio Blanco, and support from @juditvall.bsky.social, Cio Patxot, @annachesa.bsky.social, @ruixizhang.bsky.social, Thompson Ogajah Tawiah, @sofiaballadares.bsky.social, @jingyangw.bsky.social & @zhenninghan.bsky.social

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Mar 27

🥂 What an amazing session! Huge thanks to Professor @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social for delivering such a practical and engaging talk — we all learned so much! It was a real pleasure to organize it.

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢 Last Thursday, @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social (UPF & BSE) kicked off #BESTEPS Lecture 1, “Starting a Feasible Project: Ideas, Literature, and Exploratory Analysis,” sharing key steps for identifying and developing research ideas, engaging with the literature, and conducting exploratory analysis.🧵👇🏼

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Huge thanks to Judit Farré, @annachesa.bsky.social, Thompson Ogajah Tawiah, @sofiaballadares.bsky.social, @zhenninghan.bsky.social, Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes, @ruixizhang.bsky.social, and @jingwentan.bsky.social, among others, for the invaluable help and support in ensuring everything ran smoothly! 🎉

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Many thanks to Professor Antonio Cabrales for the truly well-crafted and inspiring lecture! It was an honor to organize the event!

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Feb 13

📣Last Monday, we welcomed Antonio Cabrales for the BESTEPS Opening Lecture, "Workflows of Economic Research."

With a full room and an engaged audience, he delivered an inspiring talk on the key stages of the research process blending principles, exercises, and examples of personal experiences🧵👇🏼

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Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Dec 20

@saayushi.bsky.social @elisamuscarella.bsky.social 😃

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Dec 10

It's an honor! Thanks very much for this recognition and for liking the paper!

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 10

🥇Congratulations to @mengweilin.bsky.social on winning the Best Paper Award for his academic paper entitled “Penalizing Failures at University.”

Well done!

Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚 @mengweilin.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks everybody for the support! Looking forward to contributing to our #Economics PhD community! 🍺

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Nov 25

🎉 Congratulations to @mengweilin.bsky.social, who was elected as the student representative for the PhD in #Economics programme in May 2024, and to Salvatore Viola, who will represent the PhD in Economics at the Committee of Master's and Doctoral Students of the @economiaempresaub.bsky.social.