simon heß
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econ assistant prof at wu vienna causal inference, networks, and development hesss.org
New paper out in @science.org! “Brain drain” or “brain gain”? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scie...
is openai running the model's in javascript in my browser? otherwise I cannot understand how the interface can be this laggy
i am genuinely curious to see if the asteroid that is about to hit the american economy can actually separate trump from his base
Researcher @meyting.bsky.social has been published in Nature!🎉 His study with @minxiesci.bsky.social, Felix Michalik, @hesss.org, Seunghun Chung & @pascalge.bsky.social finds a 20% lower dementia risk after shingles vaccination using economic methods. 👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky
Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉 Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
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Die deutsche Innenministerin wollte nach Damaskus reisen, um Abschiebungen nach Syrien zu verhandeln – weil das Land ja angeblich sicher genug sei. Die Reise fiel aus. Grund: *checks notes* Sicherheitsbedenken. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
Syrien: Faeser sagt Reise wegen Terrorwarnung ab
Bundesinnenministerin Faeser hat ihre geplante Reise nach Syrien abgesagt. Es gebe Hinweise "auf eine terroristische Bedrohung".
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Schon Arendt wusste: ohne Staatsangehörigkeit verliert der Mensch seinen "Platz in der Welt." Gerdes zu den gefährlichen deutschen Tendenzen in Richtung Loyalitätsstaatsbürgerschaft.
Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · last yr.Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren? Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES. verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...
Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren? Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES. verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...
Very excited to see our paper on aging&cognitive skills out in the neuroscience section of Science Advances 🎉 @science.org We show that usage of skills seems to be the key to maintaining them 💡 Great collaboration with my co authors E.A. Hanushek, F. Witthöft and @woessmann.bsky.social! Details ⤵️
Ludger Woessmann@woessmann.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper “Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It” just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org 💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage www.science.org/doi/full/10.... 🧵A thread 1/7
[PA system stutters alive] attention moderates. this is your final warning. anti-trans backlash is in fact backlash against gender nonconformity in general, including homosexuality, and it seeks to roll back all related forms of progress. this is your final warning, places please
Hunter@statisticurban.bsky.social · last yr.Republican support for same-sex marriage down 31pts, from 55% to 24%, in four years according to new poll from YouGov. Yikes.
Sorry to ask, but was IZA affiliation only merit-based or mostly network-based?
It's midterm season. If you're giving a paper exam, consider using this LaTeX shell to write the exam. It adds up all of the points for you and it compiles a solution booklet for you, too. github.com/talgross-bu/...
GitHub - talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams: A template to create paper exams with LaTeX
A template to create paper exams with LaTeX. Contribute to talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams development by creating an account on GitHub.
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1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨 How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students. 5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Wenn Merz Politik macht, die nur mit der AfD Mehrheiten hat, ist dann auch völlig egal ob die AfD dadurch schrumpft oder nicht.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. "Then they came for the trade unionists … "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." —Martin Niemöller #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/pres...
Presidential memo shuts down all government grants (now including NSF)
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Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals ) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
This paper experimentally documents discrimination in the formation of professional networks among academic economists. We created fictitious human-like bot acc
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I'm in the UK since 3 weeks and haven't seen a single pound of cash. Grüße gehen raus nach Österreich und Deutschland.
Point of no return. Diesen Tag und diese Nachricht werde ich den Rest meines Lebens nicht vergessen. Denn heute habe ich eingesehen, dass man mir und meinesgleichen in meinem Geburts- und Heimatland niemals eine sichere Heimat bieten wird. search.app/kscX74bMF3Qj...
Merz gibt deutliche Botschaft: „Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsbürgerschaft“
Merz zeigt sich unzufrieden mit den Einbürgerungsrichtlinien der Ampel. Bei einem Sieg bei der Bundestagswahl hat der CDU-Chef vor, einiges grundlegend zu verändern.
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can someone with a better understanding of Austrian politics tell me if it's already time to look for jobs abroad?
Bernhard Hubacek@bhubacek55.bsky.social · 2y agoNicht zu vergessen: Johanna Mikl- Leitner völlig losgelöst. Will keine Neuwahlen, weil wir jetzt den Kampf gegen den Islam führen müssen. Gibt es eine Steigerung von jenseitig?
I'm visiting Oxford for the next 2 months. If you're around, let's meet!
when DHL sends the "your delivery will arrive between x and y" they are estimating a 5% confidence interval.
Next year, the German Development Economics Conference (GDE) will take place in Frankfurt, my former hometown. I hope to see you there with a beer in your hands! @andregroeger.bsky.social @hesss.org @fuchsa.bsky.social @cannoncloud.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social @kczura.bsky.social
Everywhere people celebrate, even in the Christian neighborhoods. This is Sahnaya, Damascus.
