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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1d

(1) banger
(2) i wish non-economists would realise just how much time each economics paper takes to write (because of our norms about how thorough each paper has to be)

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 1d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · 9d

Two full-time academic positions are up for grabs at my faculty this year, one in international economics the other in microeconomics.

Would you be interested?

www.ulb.be/fr/vacances-...

Faculté Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management - ULB

Il n'y a pas de vacance dans ce corps actuellement.

www.ulb.be

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Laurent Bach @laurent-bach.bsky.social · 15d

Nous mettons en accès public un document de travail (« working paper ») qui reprend et étend la note 92 de l’IPP sur l’imposition des milliardaires (1/10) www.ipp.eu/publication/...

Quels impôts les milliardaires paient-ils ? | Institut des Politiques Publiques – IPP

> Lire la note (version actualisée au 07.06.2023) > Lire le working paper (septembre 2025) > S'abonner pour recevoir les futures publications de l'IPP Présentation A l’aide de données administratives ...

www.ipp.eu

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Aug 20

The 3rd, "Democracy and the quality of institutions", discusses whether democracy and democratic transitions can affect institutional outcomes. The evidence suggests that democratic transitions do lead to better institutional outcomes and that those improvements may materialize within a few years.

P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Aug 20

The 2nd, "Grease the wheels hypothesis", discusses the argument that corruption can be a second-best phenomenon allowing to compensate other distortions. It surveys the theoretical and empirical literatures and discusses the challenges involved in testing competing theories.

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Aug 20

The 1st, "Elections and norms of behaviour", with @mgiani.bsky.social, surveys the recent literature on the relationship between social norms and electoral outcomes. It argues that the relation goes both ways: social norms can affect electoral outcomes and vice versa.

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎉You can now pre-order a copy of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, edited by Christian Bjørnskov (@au.dk) & Richard Jong-A-Pin (@rug.nl), who kindly asked me to contribute three entries.👇
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...

Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice

‘Between these two covers, you will find everything required to bring yourself to the research frontier of the economics of politics.’ – Bryan Caplan, George Mason University, USA

www.e-elgar.com

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Sarah Langlotz @langlotzsarah.bsky.social · Aug 15

Together with @lennartkaplan.bsky.social, we are looking for a student assistant to support our @3dseminar.bsky.social. This is a great opportunity to get in touch with influential researchers and practitioners working in the field of development from around the globe. See below for more details.

lennartkaplan.bsky.social @lennartkaplan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dear students,
We are currently advertizing an interesting student assistant position.
If you are a pro-active communicator and are interested in the exchange between development research and practice, please consider applying for this position. More info on the 3D seminar: www.3dseminar.net

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jul 28

Two ways of measuring 160 years of economic growth in the United States

A grid of line graphs displaying the increase in household access to various amenities in the United States from 1860 to 2020. The title at the top states, "What did economic growth mean for US households?"

In the top left panel, the data on average income, here measured by GDP per capita, tells us that the average American was 13 times poorer in 1860.

The purple lines represent a very straightforward approach to measuring growth: each line tracks the share of households that have access to one specific good or service: from basic infrastructure like running water and flush toilets; to communication technology such as radio, TV, and mobile phones; to vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dryers, and dishwashers.

Footnotes at the bottom provide data sources, including research by Horace Dediu, Comin, Hobijn, and GDP data from the Maddison Project Database. Chart CC BY Our World in Data.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 29

Donald Trump is attacking our colleges and universities to score political points.

Understand this: It’s hurting our economy—and threatening our global leadership.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jul 24

Learn the answers to these questions and explore data on life expectancy in our article by @eortizospina.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/life-expecta...

Life expectancy: what does this actually mean?

How is life expectancy calculated, and what does it mean? What’s the difference between period and cohort life expectancy?

ourworldindata.org

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Fun fact: René Coty, who had voted the enabling act before peacefully spending the war in Le Havre, was allowed to run again.
He became President of the Republic in 1953.

P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 24

We analyze 17,589 documents in individual defendants’ files to explain this difference: Indirect connections – connections through third parties – enabled transmission of information to the judges, highlighting how connected elite groups can navigate transitions despite institutional safeguards.

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that Law graduates – an influential group with ties to one of the courts – had a 10 to 14 percentage point higher acquittal rate.

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 24

We examine how connections shaped transitional justice during France’s post-WWII democratic transition. Parliamentarians who had supported the Vichy regime faced a two-stage purge process involving two courts.

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yes, our paper "Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France" with Toke Aidt and @jeanlacroix.bsky.social is forthcoming in the AEJ: Economic Policy (@aeajournals.bsky.social)!🎉
It investigates a little-known process of Post-WWII France.

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Jul 23

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France" by Toke S. Aidt, Jean Lacroix, and Pierre-Guillaume Méon. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France

(Forthcoming Article) - We examine how connections shaped transitional justice during France’s post-WWII democratic transition. Parliamentarians who had supported the Vichy regime faced a two-stage pu...

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INOMICS @inomics.bsky.social · Jul 21

Two Research Assistants (m/f/d) - Financial Stability / Empirical Macroeconomics - part-time (50%) #Econsky

Two Research Assistants (m/f/d) - Financial Stability / Empirical Macroeconomics - part-time (50%)

The Deutsche Bundesbank is a special type of bank. Together with the ECB and the other euro area central banks, we ensure a stable euro. To achieve this, as well as other central bank tasks, we need a diverse range of specialists in a wide array of areas in order for the institution to function. Join us and become part of a strong team of reliable and responsible individuals. Two Research Assistants (m/f/d) – Financial Stability / Empirical Macroeconomics part-time (50%) Location: Frankfurt am Main Position: Part-time, temporary position (2 years) Job ID: 2025_0642_02

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jul 21

Global inequality is the result of two centuries of uneven economic growth

A line graph depicting GDP per capita from 1820 to 2022, with the vertical axis representing GDP in international dollars (2011 prices) and the horizontal axis showing the years. Multiple colored lines represent different regions.

The chart highlights a stark divergence: while average incomes in every region have increased, the pace of this growth has varied enormously. Western Europe and the “Western Offshoots” (like the US and Australia) experienced early and sustained economic growth. Meanwhile, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia grew much more slowly.

Source: Bolt and van Zanden's Maddison Project Database. Chart CC BY Our World in Data

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 10

An important point by @drodrik.bsky.social on the role of ideas and narratives -in a nutshell ideology- vs. self-interest in political economics.
Beliefs, identities, norms etc. matter. Let's work on it.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jul 9

My latest. What we can learn from Republicans’ rollback of green subsidies. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...

When Ideology Trumps Economic Interests

Dani Rodrik sees an crucial lesson for students of political economy in the United States’ rollback of green subsidies.

www.project-syndicate.org

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shouldn't we add the Keynesian multiplier?

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 3

In a nutshell, demonstrating against the far-right worked!

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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 3

This is 1st-time evidence of a social desirability effect of demonstrations on elections.
The election of D. #Trump had a similar effect. See e.g., Bursztyn, Egorov, & Fiorin in the #AER (2020) @aeajournals.bsky.social or @mgiani.bsky.social & Méon in the @bjpols.bsky.social (2021).
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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 3

The demonstrations reduced the propensity of respondents to say they had voted for #LePen in the 1st round.
The demonstrations had taken place 10 days after the 1st ➡️ respondents were reluctant to reveal their true vote ➡️ Social pressure worked.
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P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · Jul 3

Demonstrations reduced support for emblematic positions of #LePen and #FrontNational: #immigration , the defense of #traditions, criticism of the political class, #Frexit
16/18

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