👩‍🎓🥂🍾 Congratulations to @saravarn.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Pathways in the Labor Market: Essays on Integration and Equality in Sweden" today! 👏

Many thanks also for excellent discussions by opponent @johannarickne.bsky.social and examining committee @jpeternilsson.bsky.social, @a-sandberg.bsky.social and Martin Olsson! 🙏 The thesis is available here 👉 lnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Moving to major cities opened up new opportunities for women in the labour market 🌇👷‍♀️ Read about @erikprawitz.bsky.social fascinating research in economic history here 👉 www.lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

It's a wrap - 3 days, 100 participants, 20 countries! Thanks to everyone who came and made NCDE 2026 such a great success! 🙌

Linnaeus Inequality Summit is on! ☀️ Now with a fascinating keynote speech by Nico Voigtländer (UCLA) on "De-Polarizing Politics"! 🤩

Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social · 4mo ago

💫 On June 2-3, we'll be organizing the inaugural Linnaeus University Summit in Växjö! We have an amazing program, including a keynote speech by Nico Voigtländer (UCLA)! See full program below 👇

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We are pleased to invite submissions to Linnaeus Inequality Summit, a new annual research conference organized by Linnaeus University Centre of Excellence Equality of Opportunity and Big Data Policy Analysis. The conference will take place on June 2-3, 2026, in Växjö, Sweden.

Happy to announce a 4th edition of the Workshop in Economic History in Uppsala, with the great @essobecker.bsky.social as keynote! Workshop takes places on May 28-29, 2026, in Uppsala. Apply by January 31, 2026. Here is the Cfp: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xdmp...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Home, Sweet Home: Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration" by Olof Ejermo, Kerstin Enflo, Björn Eriksson, and Erik Prawitz. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Home, Sweet Home: Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration

(Forthcoming Article) - Despite significant circular migration flows historically and today, their economic impacts remain understudied. Using data on predominantly rural Swedish migrants who returned...

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The deadline for our workshop in economic history with Elias Papaioannou as keynote speaker is approaching fast, make sure to apply!

@mkaradja.bsky.social · 2y ago

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

Sweden's probably most rapidly expanding economics department, the department of economics and statistics at Linnaeus University, is hiring multiple PhD students in Economics. Deadline is feb 15th. Please spread the word! lnu.se/mot-linneuni...

Lediga jobb på Linnéuniversitetet i Kalmar och Växjö

Här hittar du våra lediga jobb. Linnéuniversitetet ger dig en arbetsplats med många möjligheter. Välkommen att söka ditt drömjobb hos oss idag!

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Apply to our PhD course on Equality of Opportunity! 👇

Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social · 2y ago

PhD students - look here! 👉 In the spring, our department will give a PhD course on Equality of Opportunity. The course is open to any PhD students in Economics and free of charge! Schedule allows for commute from e.g. Stockholm-Uppsala, Gothenburg and Copenhagen-Lund. Apply and/or spread the word!

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