Don't forget to apply to ASWEDE's annual conference in development economics. Deadline TODAY!

Association of Swedish Development Economists@aswede.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us for ASWEDE's 11th annual conference in Development Economics! November 16-17 at Marholmen in the Roslagen archipelago, an hour from Stockholm. Deadline: October 2. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics

Homework scores once predicted exam performance; now a new study shows those who score highest are, perversely, more likely to do worse in exams. Our charts explain the trend

Does AI stop children from learning?

New data show the peril and promise of the technology

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Join us for ASWEDE's 11th annual conference in Development Economics! November 16-17 at Marholmen in the Roslagen archipelago, an hour from Stockholm. Deadline: October 2. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics

There is persistence in subfertility, affecting both female and male children of parents that experienced infertility. Assisted reproductive technologies equalize fertility outcomes if used, from Viktoria Falk, @amadestam.bsky.social, and Emilia Simeonova www.nber.org/papers/w35585

Introducing IDEA - the International Development Economics Association. Come join! Here's a message from the idea.devecon.org board, with @deanyang.bsky.social @ashani.bsky.social @farahsaid.bsky.social @evedmonds.bsky.social @ebeam.bsky.social @paolofalco.bsky.social @willafriedman.bsky.social

Tillsammans med kollegor har jag en studie ute om hur lärares sjukskrivningar och arbetsmiljö påverkas av elevunderlaget - och därmed av skolsegregation. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

Classrooms as Workplaces: How Student Composition Affects Teacher Health - RFBerlin

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The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...

Bokslut för biståndsåret 2025: Regeringen kräver evidens men kapar 4 miljarder i blindo. Sida saknar utvärderingspolicy. Resultatet blir beslut på känn, inte på kunskap. Jag och Jakob Svensson föreslår tre reformer för evidensbaserat bistånd i DN Debatt. Gott nytt år!

DN Debatt. ”Biståndspengarna ska inte gå till konsulter och tidskrifter”

DN Debatt. Det behövs permanenta strukturer – inte de improvisationsövningar vi ser i dag, skriver två nationalekonomer.

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Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!

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If you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ].

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Academic Christmas

I've now updated this with a few updates: 1. I've added the JFE, JF, and RFS 2. I've added QJE and (most of) JPE 3. I've fixed some bugs 4. I added a way to adjust for length of papers over time 5. I've added citation counts (per OpenAlex) paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham@paulgp.com · 11mo ago

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

Thrilled to have presented our work with @saadgulzar.bsky.social and @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social "Pay-to-Play: Campaign Contributions and Long-term Distortions in Public Procurement" at the XLIII Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference at Caltech piep.caltech.edu/selected-pap...

For more takeaways from the North East Universities Development Consortium conference earlier this month, see our blog post. www.cgdev.org/blog/whats-l...

What’s the Latest Research on Human Development in Economics? A Roundup from NEUDC 2025

Earlier this month, the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference hosted presentations of more than 150 recent economic development studies. We went through each of those 60+ st...

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Superb research and engagement at ASWEDE's 10th conference. Thanks to everyone who made this event memorable! #ASWEDE2025

ASWEDE's 10th Annual Conference kicks off tomorrow at Nääs Fabriker! We look forward to sharp presentations and discussions on development economics from PhD students and senior researchers. Program: bit.ly/3K1sRUJ

Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...

📢 5 more days to apply to our AP position in Microeconomics!

JKU Department of Economics@jku-economics.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨JOB OPENING🚨 JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years). The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20. Please share within your network! Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Ten Years of Relational Power: The Long-Run Effects of Teaching Negotiation Skills to Adolescent Girls Read the latest #NBER paper by Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau @corinnelow.com & Xiaoyue Shan nber.org/papers/w34339

Ten Years of Relational Power: The Long-Run Effects of Teaching Negotiation Skills to Adolescent Girls

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender Differences in Economics Seminars" by Pascaline Dupas, Amy Handlan, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, Mateo Seré, Haoyu Sheng, Justin Wolfers, and Seminar Dynamics Collective. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Gender Differences in Economics Seminars

(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...

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🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress. #PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize

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”There is a dramatic change when women become mothers while nothing is happening to the fathers. Motherhood penalties around the world account for much of the gender pay gap in advanced economies.” Professor Marianne Bertrand delivering this year´s Gunnar Myrdal lecture. www.su.se/english/news...

Marianne Bertrand explaining the

Marianne Bertrand, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, held a lecture at Stockholm University last week, in front of an audience of around 150 people includin...

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Join us for ASWEDE's 10th annual conference in Development Economics! November 17-18 at Nääs Fabriker, outside Gothenburg. Submission deadline in one week: September 26. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics

Mycket intressant inlägg om behovet att reformera svenska doktorandutbildningarna i nationalekonomi.

NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues@repec-nep-eur.bsky.social · last yr.

What Kind of Economists Do We Want? From a One-Track to a Two-Track Mind: Henrekson, Magnus; Jonung, Lars; Lundahl, Mats

India now spends ₹2 trillion/year (0.6% of GDP) on cash transfers to 130M+ women—yet we know little about their effects. In a new paper (bit.ly/4mE6EtW), @karthik-econ.bsky.social Paul Niehaus Jeff Weaver & I present findings from the first large-scale RCT of maternal cash transfers in India (1/10)

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

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Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 31 Aug

Vore det inte smidigare för alla om SJ bara tog betalt för halva biljetten redan från början? Och så får man betala in resten om tåget mot förmodan ankommer i tid?

By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season. Let me explain.

David McKenzie@dmckenzie.bsky.social · last yr.

For those without access, here is a gift link to the NYTimes article on the sad state of the economics job market www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/