New paper out in JIE🎉 Working across time zones is the norm for many jobs. But it has gendered health effects. More late-night/off-hour work → higher antidepressant use among women vs men; esp. younger, college-educated and single mothers. Thanks @askernc.bsky.social @jrmunch.bsky.social & Beata!

Journal of International Economics@jintlecon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New at JIE: "Globalisation and the gender gap in mental well-being" by Björn Thor Arnarson (@bjorci.bsky.social), Asker Nygaard David (@askernc.bsky.social), Beata S. Javorcik, Jakob R. Munch doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

I got an unsolicited e-mail from a stranger complimenting something I'd written. When I thanked him for taking the time to reach out, he replied that he'd been motivated by something he'd recently heard: "Keeping a good thing to yourself is as bad as saying a bad thing." Amen.

Deadline approaching

Björn Thor Arnarson@bjorci.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Submit your best papers in international trade to the NOITS conference. The conference is held at the @rockwoolfonden.dk in downtown Copenhagen and aranged in cooperation with the University of Copenhagen. @linnealorentzen.bsky.social @jrmunch.bsky.social See noits.org for details

Submit your best papers in international trade to the NOITS conference. The conference is held at the @rockwoolfonden.dk in downtown Copenhagen and aranged in cooperation with the University of Copenhagen. @linnealorentzen.bsky.social @jrmunch.bsky.social See noits.org for details

📝Just published a piece in Vísbending, Iceland’s weekly economics journal (in Icelandic)

Forthcoming in the AER: "Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability" by Anders Humlum, Jakob R. Munch, and Pernille Plato. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability

(Forthcoming Article) - We provide the first evidence on how workers invest in human capital after losing ability. Using quasi-random work accidents in Danish administrative data, we find that workers...

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🚨 We're looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher in international economics at the Department of Economics, SLU. 🌍 Focus: agrifood trade modelling 🔬 Core: Analyze disruptions in agrifood trade due to adverse shocks 📅 Apply by: 28 February 2025 Please share! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

After years in the making, I am happy to share a new guide for gravity estimations. Our recommendations are motivated by trade theory, but most of them apply broadly, e.g., to migration, FDI, etc. Mario Larch, Serge Shikher, & I hope this is useful. Gravity rules 💪 ideas.repec.org/p/drx/wpaper...

Hi! I am a professor in Economics at @lunduniversity.bsky.social My main research interests are mechanism and market design, and I have designed and redesigned many markets (mainly in the Scandinavian countries). I Please follow me 🙂

Sombre reading... Finding remedies for Canada's decades-long labour productivity stagnation is more urgent than ever.

Noahpinion@noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev · 2y ago

Trudeau was a poor steward of Canada's economy

Here are the first five sets of slides: 01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro... 02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b... 03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust... 04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct... 05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...

Pedro Sant’Anna@pedrosantanna.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am thinking of making my DiD materials that I used for teaching in the last 5 years available. I am hoping these would find begineers in need of a step-by-step opinionated walkthrough of several developments Let’s see if I find the energy to do this!

Dep of Economics at Stockholm University is hiring on the junior market. Please spread the word! #EconSky econjobmarket.org/statuses?oid...