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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 Save the date! RES Summit 2025 - 2 Dec

Theme: The Economics of the Justice System ⚖️
Sponsored by the @nuffieldfoundation.org

Speakers: Imran Rasul, @drstevenproud.bsky.social, Rocco d’Este, @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social, Arpita Ghosh, Emily Owens
👉 Register here: shorturl.at/Dclkz

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congrats @kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social @nadineketel.bsky.social @econom.bsky.social on a great publication!

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Aug 5

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions" by Kyra Hanemaaijer, Nadine Ketel, and Olivier Marie. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions

(Forthcoming Article) - Decision-makers can exhibit biases when they overemphasize particularly salient features under limited attention. We exploit a sudden salience shock involving individuals of Mo...

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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · Jun 4

Lasse Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School) gave a keynote lecture at the CFF conference on Asset Pricing and Machine Learning. The conference is organized by @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social and funded by Andra AP-fonden and Handelsbanken.

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Jun 4

Excited to release this working paper

NBER @nber.org · Jun 3

A criminal record reduces earnings and shifts workers across firms. Firms vary substantially—even within industry—in their propensity to hire workers with records, from Randi Hjalmarsson, Matthew J. Lindquist, Louis-Pierre Lepage, and Conrad Miller https://www.nber.org/papers/w33865

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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Apr 28

❗️Deadline is approaching: Don’t forget to submit your paper for the #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin @diw.de, 26-27 September, jointly organised with @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏱️ Deadline: **May 02** (this Friday)

All details below 👇

Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Apr 11

#TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of #Crime, Berlin, 26-27 September, jointly organized w/ @annabindler.bsky.social

📝Call for papers:
drive.google.com/file/d/16bOU...

⏱️Submission deadline in 3 weeks:
02 May 2025

📥Submit your papers➡️ bit.ly/4183vJ8

#EconSky #EconConf
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drive.google.com

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Mar 6

Welcome to Gothenburg Kyra!

Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are thrilled to welcome Kyra Hanemaaijer as a postdoc to our department! www.gu.se/en/news/meet...

@kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social
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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Feb 19

❗ Call for papers:
drive.google.com/file/d/16bOU...

📮Submit your papers here: bit.ly/4183vJ8

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Tinbergen Institute @tinbergeninstitute.bsky.social · Feb 19

☀️ Summer Course Spotlight - Applied Public Policy Evaluation (July 7-11, 2025)

Early Bird Fee until April 15: tinbergen.nl/applied-publ...

Faculty: Bas van der Klaauw & Pierre Koning
@basvdklaauw.bsky.social @pierrekoning.bsky.social @vusbe.bsky.social

#EconSky #SummerSchool #TinbergenInstitute

Summer School Applied Public Policy Evaluation

Apply now: July 7-July 11, 2025 in Amsterdam, Zuidas

tinbergen.nl

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Bindler, Ketel, and Hjalmarsson (2020) “Costs of Victimisation,” Chapter in Risky Behavior, Eds Dave Marcotte (Section Editor) and Klaus Zimmerman (Handbook editor), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population. Survey on victimization (with international stats in intro)

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Here is a paper we wrote on the Netherlands. Bindler, Anna, Randi Hjalmarsson, Nadine Ketel, and Andreea Mitrut "Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization" Economic Journal

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · Feb 8

#econsky

NBER @nber.org · Feb 4

Open call for papers, The Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on October 10, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on June 4, 2025. More informat... https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/economics-firearm-markets-crime-and-gun-violence

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Feb 3

We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux.

Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics Published

We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux. Recognized as a leading resource in the field, the Handbook brin...

www.rfberlin.com

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin.

Save the date: 26-27 September 2025.

CfP follows next month #econsky

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Aria Golestani @ariagolestani.bsky.social · Jan 16

📣 Submit your crime paper by Feb 14.

🔸 4th Workshop on the Economics of Crime for Junior Scholars
🔸 29-30 May, 2025
🔸 Quattrone Center, UPenn
🔸 Keynote: @amandayagan.bsky.social
🔹 Send your paper to:
[email protected]

@emmarackstraw.bsky.social

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P David Boll @pdavidboll.bsky.social · Jan 14

🚨 Deadline approaching 🚨

PhD students in Econ and related fields, please submit your extended abstracts for our PhD conference *by 31st Jan*!

We pay for your travel, accommodation and food, and we always have great speakers and lots of fun!

More info and submission form below.

#EconSky
#EconPhD

Warwick Economics @warwickecon.bsky.social · Dec 3

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨

The 13th Warwick Economics PhD conference will take place 3-5 June 2025.

Applications are welcome from every field in economics. Accommodation and travel costs will be covered.

Keynotes by Prof Stefano Caria and Dr Amrita Kulka

The deadline is 31st January! Link in🧵

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mkaradja.bsky.social @mkaradja.bsky.social · Nov 28

We are organizing the 3rd edition of our Workshop in Economic History organized in beautiful Uppsala on May 22-23, 2025 with a keynote by
Elias Papaioannou! Call for papers with submission link: tinyurl.com/49tah8zd

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jan 10

#econ_ra

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Jeff Grogger @jgrogger.bsky.social · Jan 9

LAST CALL! 6th annual Chicago-LSE Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, in Chicago, May 8-9, 2025. Submission deadline Jan. 10: bit.ly/3V5VySA . Tell your friends!
#EconSky

Call for Papers: 2025 Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice | Becker Friedman Institute

The 6th annual Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, co-hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago and London School of Economics, will be held on May 8-9, 2025 i...

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Kevin Schnepel @schnepel.bsky.social · Jan 9

I am organizing 2 days of Economics of Crime sessions at the 2025 Westerns (SF June 21-24). I try to create a workshop-like environment. Great networking opportunity for grad students! Express interest here before Feb 1 forms.gle/7rZEmBUHu4tL...
(please repost @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social & others!)

WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions

Hi everyone! Please fill out form below if you are interested in joining for the WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions this year in San Francisco before February 1, 2025. Similar to prior years, I will org...

forms.gle

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳

12-13 May 2025, Munich

Keynote: Alexander Willen

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Deadline: 16 Feb 2025

Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · Jan 7

I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.

The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)

CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Nov 12

@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Sandra E. Black as the 2024 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to @econsandy.bsky.social

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · Jan 7

Ok, following on that last thread, here are my suggestions about how to be a good mentor (though this is still a work in progress!)

(And others should feel free to add to my list!)

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Dec 14

go.bsky.app/FumzhXZ

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Randi Hjalmarsson @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social · Dec 15

Yes please!

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Ines Helm @ineshelmecon.bsky.social · Dec 12

We have a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐃-𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in our PhD program available for someone interested in applied microeconomics/labor economics. Limited teaching load.

Please spread the word and RT! #EconSky #EconSkyD
Any questions about the position feel free to contact me.

More information here 👇

JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Dec 12

📢 Job opening:
Paid position in our PhD program (4 years fixed-term) with a very manageable teaching load.

Fields: Applied microeconomics, particularly labor economics.

Deadline 2025 Jan 29. Please share with your students and RT. #EconSky

Details:
karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

Graduate Teaching Assistant (must hold a Diploma/Master's degree)

karriere.jku.at

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