⚫️With sorrow and grief we announce that: Georgetown's Economics Department has lost one of our foundational members, a pillar of our community, Marius Schwartz, who peacefully passed away on Tuesday, June 9. [1/3]

🔋Why won't your Google search be carbon-free anytime soon?@ariklevinson.bsky.social breaks it down in @mercurynews.com: A must-read on data centers, AI, and the limits of clean electricity claims. 👇https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/07/opinion-why-your-google-search-wont-be-carbon-free-anytime-soon

👉 Continuing a proud Georgetown Economics tradition, the 30th Annual Razin Prize & Economic Policy Lecture honors excellence in economic research and policy. 🎤 Keynote: Sir Timothy Besley (LSE) 🏆 Razin Prize: Luke Miller (Georgetown) 📍 Healy Hall, Riggs Library 🗓 March 19, 4-6pm

Big news from Georgetown Economics! 🎉 @dmckenzie.bsky.social has accepted the offer to join us as the new Edmond D. Villani Chair Professor of Economics! Dr. McKenzie comes to Georgetown from the World Bank, where he served as Lead Economist. We can't wait to welcome him to the Hilltop!

🔹 New NBER working paper from professor Cauê Dobbin (with Barahona and Otero) on the rise of online higher ed in Brazil. 👉 Online programs boost access, especially for older students, yet shift younger students toward lower-return paths. 🔗 www.nber.org/papers/w34522

The Effects of Widespread Online Education on Market Structure and Enrollment

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🔵 Prof. Anna Maria Mayda has co authored a chapter on immigration and border policies in CEPR’s new volume on the economic consequences of a second Trump administration. Read the publication here: 🔗 cepr.org/publications...

In chapter 6 of the new CEPR #eBook, Anna Maria Mayda & Giovanni Peri summarise the use Executive Orders in #immigration in Trump's second term, assess their potential impact on the number and type of immigrants, and analyse potential economic consequences. cepr.org/publications... #EconSky

📢 Call for Papers DC Search and Matching Workshop 🗓️ Deadline: January 31 📍 April 17 to 18 in Washington, DC ✉️ Submit to: dcsearchandmatching@frb.gov @fedresearch.federalreserve.gov @gcer-gu.bsky.social 🔗https://federalreserve.gov/conferences/fifth-dc-search-and-matching-workshop.htm

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Call for papers: DC Search and Matching Workshop. Deadline Jan 31. Send us your papers! Conf date April 17-18 in Washington, DC. @fedresearch.federalreserve.gov @gcer-gu.bsky.social www.federalreserve.gov/conferences/...

We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026! Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...

Arik Levinson (@ariklevinson.bsky.social) & alumna Claire Brunel (PhD ’15) have a forthcoming NBER paper, “Carbon Tariffs.” Using Econ 101 tools, they show how taxing imports can reverse “leakage” from climate policy. www.nber.org/books-and-ch...

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🌟Call for papers 👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026. ⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tg...

An event of shared interest for our community Hosted by The GU Americas Institute 🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences. 🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM 🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum

🌐How do inequalities persist across generations? Why do some families & communities have lasting advantages while others face structural barriers to mobility? Figure it out in the next event from GECN: 🔗https://global.georgetown.edu/events/workshop-on-intergenerational-persistence-and-inequality

🚨The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates. 🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/# We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread. #econsky

As a newly-appointed placement director, I'm happy to introduce our excellent job market candidates from Georgetown Economics @gcer-gu.bsky.social (in the alphabetical order of last name): econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society @econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]

In an analysis of 100+ DHS surveys, @ggenicot.bsky.social & @mariahdb.bsky.social find that having a firstborn daughter drastically changes the trajectory of a women's life–influencing marriage prospects, fertility decisions, and economic security: voxdev.org/topic/health...

The hidden cost of a firstborn daughter in Africa

Although sex ratios at birth remain relatively balanced in sub-Saharan Africa, this does not necessarily imply a lack of son preference. Analysis of over 100 Demographic and Health Surveys across 34 c...

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Three amazing points in one paragraph of the DOE report on GHGs. www.energy.gov/articles/dep... 1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)

📢 Call for Papers! Join us for the GCER 2025 Alumni Conference at Georgetown University on Sept 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Submit your paper or extended abstract by Aug 8. 🧑‍🎓 Especially welcoming GU Econ alumni, faculty & grad students. 📝 Details & submission: econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...

WaPo op-ed supports Carbon Tariffs for three reasons (and my rebuttals): 1. Revenue (that's all tariffs, not just carbon tariffs) 2. Protect US industry (again, all tariffs) 3. The US has no domestic carbon price (huh?) wapo.st/46bDgWo

Opinion | A carbon tariff is the right way to confront China on trade

Climate-friendly tariffs would penalize countries that undercut U.S. companies with dirtier production.

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Next @GGenicot presented evidence using a newly generated measure of mobility, and showed cross-country data shows no evidence of an "inequality trap"

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University! 🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025 🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29 📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26 ✅ Register by: Oct 10 🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e... #EconSky 📉📈

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Welcome to the information hub for the inaugural DMV PhD Conference on Political Economy & Development, hosted by the Department of Economics at Georgetown University. This conference will be an excel...

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🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library. @laurenbouton.bsky.social @filipecampante.bsky.social @jguardado.bsky.social @gcer-gu.bsky.social 🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...

Filipe Campante@filipecampante.bsky.social · last yr.

Washington PECO this year will have *both* the 2024 Nobel Laureate @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and the 2025 Clark Medal @s-stantcheva.bsky.social. When I say it’s the best political economy conference around, I’m not being presumptuous — just stating facts… 😉

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community. #GCER #EconSky

AMSE - Aix-Marseille School of Economics@amse-aixmarseille.fr · last yr.

👏 Félicitations à Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) pour l’obtention du titre de docteure honoris causa ! Nous sommes fiers de la compter parmi les membres du comité scientifique d'AMSE. Son regard expert et bienveillant est un atout précieux ✨. Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !

It’s a great day to have our DCPEC Research Workshop! And here’s our distinguished visitor Pietro Ortoleva, talking about behavioral political economy. @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social

1/ 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️

Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Electricity use that is clean-ish, but not *clean*.

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A "three pillars" system for crediting clean electricity purchases (nearby generation, same-hour timing, and newly constructed power plants) would reduce emissions by 30-43 percent below average, from Karl Dunkle Werner and Arik Levinson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33546

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