Türkiye’s PISA 2025 Science score hit a record 494, surpassing the OECD avg. Yet, this "success" represents only 72.2% of our 15-year-olds. In this piece (in Turkish), I discuss how rising averages mask structural exclusions, and outline the policy shifts needed to address them.

Daktilo1984@daktilo1984.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚩"PISA 2025'te Türkiye'nin puanı yükseldi ve ölçümde bir usulsüzlük yok; bu başarı gerçek. Ama o puan 15 yaşındaki çocukların değil, onların %72,2'sinin başarısı." Melike Kökkızıl (@melikekokkizil.bsky.social) yazdı👇 daktilo1984.com/yazilar/kimi...

🆕 The end of Saudi Arabia’s driving ban raised female employment, but not for all women Today on VoxDev, Chaza Abou Daher (Alwathba Consulting), Erica Field (Duke University), Kendal Swanson (World Bank) & Kate Vyborny outline research on Saudi Arabia's women rights: https://ow.ly/PziQ50ZkwXX

The end of Saudi Arabia’s driving ban raised female employment, but not for all women

When women in Saudi Arabia gained the right to drive, not all benefited equally: while some gained employment, others saw little labour market gain and instead faced tighter restrictions on their economic autonomy.

ow.ly

Popular Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş taken into custody after he poked fun at Erdoğan in his latest special, joking that Erdoğan discovered self development coaches online that gave him the confidence to transition from a "shy dictator" to one at peace with who he is (it's very funny).

Yurt dışından dönen komedyen Deniz Göktaş, havaalanında gözaltına alındı! | T24

Yurt dışından dönen komedyen Deniz Göktaş, havaalanında gözaltına alındı!

t24.com.tr

A new practitioner's guide to using LLMs in economic history covers the workflow, pitfalls, and validation, with four worked examples from paintings to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime speeches, from @andyferrara.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w35374

Mehmet Murat Çalık'ın avukatı uyardı: Tutukluluk tedaviye engel Cezaevinde 18 kilo kaybeden ve sağlık durumu kötüleşen Çalık, hastaneye kaldırılarak iki kez biyopsi oldu. bianet.org/haber/mehmet...

Mehmet Murat Çalık'ın avukatı uyardı: Tutukluluk tedaviye engel

Cezaevinde 18 kilo kaybeden ve sağlık durumu kötüleşen Çalık, hastaneye kaldırılarak iki kez biyopsi oldu.

bianet.org

İmamoğlu: Colleagues subjected to systematic torture

İmamoğlu: Colleagues subjected to systematic torture

İmamoğlu has stated that municipal workers held in prison are being systematically subjected to torture and ill-treatment.

bianet.org

My piece in the NYTimes on tariffs' effects on poor nations. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...

Opinion | With Trump’s Tariffs, the Fate of Developing Countries Now Rests in Their Own Hands (Gift Article)

For the billions of people who still live in poverty, the path to prosperity may look very different than it has since World War II.

nytimes.com

This country, this world, may not owe us anything, but it does owe us a life in which we can preserve our mental state. I had a doctor visit this week, and he told me I had experienced a series of panic attacks a few weeks ago.

geopolitics shouldn’t blind us to the erosion of values, particularly human rights violations.Otherwise, we legitimize those who are dismantling the global rules-based order piece by piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

Opinion | I am Erdogan’s Main Challenger in Turkey. I Was Arrested.

President Erdogan of Turkey has jailed me because he knows he cannot beat me in an election.

nytimes.com

Happy Women’s History Month! Turkish government bans X accounts for many feminist and women’s rights organizations in Turkey. X complies. Reason: protecting national security and public order. What is Erdogan afraid of?

EngelliWeb@engelliweb.com · 2y ago

Son bir hafta içerisinde birçok kadın hakları savunucusu platformun ve feminist örgütün X hesapları millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/k...

Addressing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Özel said, “If you have the courage, air the prosecutor’s questions and Ekrem’s answers on TRT.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

bianet English@bianet-eng.bsky.social · 2y ago

CHP ends nightly protests outside İstanbul city hall: ‘We thwarted a coup’ bianet.org/haber/chp-en...

Son bir hafta içerisinde birçok kadın hakları savunucusu platformun ve feminist örgütün X hesapları millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/k...

My dear people’s love for cats and hate for tyrants are unquestionable.

The anti-fascist bloc was in Florence’s Santa Maria Novella Square yesterday, protesting the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu and his friends, symbolizing the future of modern Turkey. All the accusations are BASELESS. We demanded government instruments to be neutral and respect the will of ordinary people.

Siamo in un momento critico nella storia della Turchia: O piena autocrazia o democrazia. Sarà il popolo a dire l’ultima parola. (Critical moment for Turkey: Either full autocracy or democracy. It’ll be the people who’ll have the final say) @mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social www.corriere.it/esteri/25_ma...

"How does parental religiosity influence children?" An interview w/ @melikekokkizil.bsky.social Melike Kokkizil explains her research on how #parents’ religious beliefs influence their children’s educational opportunities, particularly in relation to #gender disparities 👉 buff.ly/3QGOIAl #education

How does parental religiosity influence children? Interview with Melike Kokkizil

Melike Kokkizil, Max Weber Fellow at the EUI Department of Economics, explain her research on how parents religious beliefs influence childrens education, lab

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🚨New post live on Empirical Truths🚨 Written with my PhD Day 1 @estebanjq.bsky.social. The "Friday Night Massacre" of .gov websites and datasets has many of us terrified, and researchers are trying to make heads or tails of what to do and how to go forward.

The “Friday Night (data) Massacre”

When government data disappear, how do we make evidence-based, informed policy decisions?

empiricaltruths.substack.com

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. -- RIP🙏 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Muhsin Hendricks: World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa

He was a pioneering figure who ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay Muslims.

bbc.com

🎉Welcome to the ECO Department BlueSky account! Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and ECO Department's life!

I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place. psantanna.com/did-resources There, you will find - 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course - Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD - My DiD R/Stata/Python packages - Some DiD checklists - DiD materials from my friends Enjoy!

🚨 New working paper alert: Using unique data & innovative methods, I explore how parental religious beliefs shape kids’ education. Link to the paper: cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

Submitted! Now, others will take some time to think about the paper and work on it, while I just wait. ;)

🗞️ Weekend reading alert! 🗞️ Dive into this article by our Agnese Vitali on population ageing in Italy: its impact on social sustainability and possible policy interventions. A must-read for those of us curious about demographic shifts! www.rivistailmulino.it/a/il-risvolt... (🇮🇹 only)

Risvolti dell'invecchiamento demografico

La futura carenza di manodopera può rappresentare un’occasione: tanto per azzerare la disoccupazione, quanto per promuovere l’occupazione femminile

rivistailmulino.it

Breaking News: Texas has approved Bible-infused lessons in public schools in an initial vote. The curriculum could become a model for other states under the Trump administration.

Texas Education Board Backs Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools

School districts serving more than two million elementary school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draws on the Bible.

nytimes.com

Some women across the U.S. are stocking up on emergency contraceptives, abortion pills or both. Interviews with numerous providers of the pills point to a surge in demand in the immediate aftermath of the election.

Orders for Morning-After Pills and Abortion Pills Rise After Trump’s Election

Some women are stocking up on the medications, saying they are concerned that the new administration could take steps to restrict access.

nytimes.com

Alright so we're all apparently here #econsky but I'm mostly seeing people post about politics or how bad X is. . .would be great to see more paper threads, more comments about new work, etc.! I plan to do more as well (starting tomorrow)

You can now list your Bluesky account in your RePEc profile, like you already could for Mastodon and Twitter. Log in at the RePEc Author Service, click on "contacts", enter it and save. It will be listed on your profile at IDEAS after the next nightly refresh. authors.repec.org #econsky #RePEc

🚨Dissertation Award in the Economics of Education Provided by the Committee for the Economics of Education of the German Economic Association @vfsecon.bsky.social 👉Application deadline: 31 Dec 2024 📢Spread the word! 🔗https://education-economics.committee.socialpolitik.de/dissertation-award

Join us for the Innsbruck Replication Games on July 5th! We are looking for faculty and graduate students; all social science fields! Participants get coauthorship to a meta-paper combining reproductions/replications! Register here: surveymonkey.ca/r/Innsbruck_...

📢 Junior #migration economics seminar call for papers: Spring 2024 series 👉 Who? juniors (max. 2 years post-PhD) 🗓️ When? submit by January 26th, 2024 📜 What? Full drafts related to migration ✉️ Where? to junioreconmig@gmail.com More info: sites.google.com/view/the-eco... 📈📉 #EconSky