Is A.I. creating jobs or killing them? Adding to inflation or fixing it? Boosting productivity or doing little? Nobody knows. And our data (public & private) isn't providing clear answers. My latest on the A.I. data gap and the challenge it poses for policymakers: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/b...

A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.

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Zu einer dringenden Reform des Steuer- & Transfersystems gehört auch eine Reform des Ehegattensplittings. In einem offenen Brief an Bundeskanzler & Bundesregierung unterbreiten wir einen Vorschlag, der Verantwortung in der Ehe anerkennt, Kinder fördert und die Erwerbstätigkeit…

Economists‘ letter to 🇩🇪‘s chancellor and vice chancellor 👇🏼 In search of impactful reforms? Proposal: better family tax rules create the right incentives Support families and raising children, cut down on the strongest distortions, increase labor supply www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt... 1/3

Von Fuest bis Schularick: Ökonomen fordern Reform von Ehegattensplitting

Eine Allianz aus Ökonomen und früheren Verfassungsrichterinnen fordert die Regierung zur Reform des Ehegattensplittings auf. Ehepaare ohne Kinder würden im neuen Modell 300 Euro im Jahr draufzahlen – ...

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Seeking a full time pre-doc in Sweden to work on our ERC funded project on the Inequality-Crime cycle. The RA will work with Professors Randi Hjalmarsson and Matthew Lindquist on projects on the labor market for workers with criminal records. Ads follow.

CfP: 1st Women in International Trade European Conference 📍 Gerzensee, Switzerland 📅 Sept 30–Oct 2, 2026 We invite submissions in international trade & related fields, with a focus on supporting junior researchers. 📝 Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ⏰ Deadline: May 17, 2026 @cepr.org

Call for papers -- Wages, Employment and Inequality, part IV. Uppsala Sep 4-5. Keynotes @simonjaeger.bsky.social & Anna Salomons. Also confirmed Alexander Willén and Lena Hensvik. Its the 4th time I do this with @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social, great fun every time - join us! verotutkimus.fi/en/wei-2026/

» Call for Papers: Workshop in Labor Economics: WEI IV in Uppsala on 4 – 5.9.2026

<p>The fourth Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality (WEI IV) will be organized in Uppsala, Sweden, on September 4 – 5, 2026. The workshop has secured an outstanding lineup of s...

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🎓 Future economists outside the EU/EEA Two international MSc (entry in October): 🔹Economic & Business Analytics 👉 lnkd.in/dTRqDGds 🔹Economics (Policy Analysis) 👉 lnkd.in/dQ57rNkf 🗓 Apply Feb 6-Mar 31 | 📍 Linz, Austria ⏰ Early application strongly recommended (for admission & visa processing!)

Deadline approaching! Women in Empirical Micro Conference in Chicago Please send us your empirical papers. We look forward to reading your submissions! Quote

Becker Friedman Institute for Economics@beckerfriedman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Call for Papers: The 2026 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference will be held Oct 16–17 at UChicago’s David Rubenstein Forum. All early-career, tenure-track scholars are invited to submit works in progress across empirical micro fields. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Z00L50Y5vAH

Call for Papers: The 2026 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference will be held Oct 16–17 at UChicago’s David Rubenstein Forum. All early-career, tenure-track scholars are invited to submit works in progress across empirical micro fields. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Z00L50Y5vAH

Call for Papers: 2026 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference | Becker Friedman Institute

Organizers and Scientific Committee:  Pauline Carry, Princeton University Renata Gaineddenova, Harvard University Virginia Minni, University of Chicago Manasvini Singh, Carnegie Mellon University Scientific Committee:  Yunan Ji, Georgetown University Anna Russo, Harvard University Ambra Seck, Harvard University Garima Sharma, Northwestern University The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago invites you to submit an academic paper for consideration for presentation Read more...

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📢 🏹 Call for Papers 🏹📢 3rd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP When: June 1-2, 2026 Keynotes: Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and @annastansbury.bsky.social (MIT) Small, in-person workshop; plenty of interactions! 🗓️ Submit by March 1 🗓️ Link: tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a #EconSky #EconConf

⏰ Deadline approaching! Submit a paper or express interest in attending the 2026 RFBerlin–CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics.

Centre for Economic Policy Research@cepr.org · 7mo ago

📢2 weeks left! #CallforPapers - RFBerlin-CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026 Submit a paper or express interest in attending the 2026 @rfberlin.bsky.social - CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics. Deadline: 31 Jan Organisers: Hyejin Ku & Jérôme Adda cepr.org/events/rfber... #EconSky

⏰ Deadline approaching! Submit your work to the RFBerlin Conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being. Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues. Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/submitter About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health-economic-well-being #CFP #PublicHealth

These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics & #SpatialEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2025, continuing with a tradition started in 2018 (order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):

Beautifully written, urgently terrifying. "In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people. Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder...If our leaders fail to prepare, the silence that once followed the closing of factory doors will spread..."

Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw

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@amritakulka.bsky.social and I are looking to hire a full time predoc to work with us on a project on land use regulation and market power in the housing market. If you're interested in (very) big data and applied econ please do apply! #econra #econ_ra econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

Call for Papers for the 2nd Workshop for Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics: www.lse.ac.uk/asset-librar... [Organised by two of my early career colleagues; the first version was great]

Spatial economics JMPs (2025-2026) tradediversion.net/2025/11/27/s...

Spatial economics JMPs (2025-2026)

Here’s a list of job-market candidates whose job-market papers fall within spatial economics, as defined by me quickly skimming webpages and two dozen candidates who responded on Twitter. I’m sure …

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Very excited to organize one of the 2026 CESifo Venice summer institutes on “𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲” jointly with 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿 (MIT) and 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗹𝘂𝗺 (U Chicago) will join us as keynote speakers. Submit your papers by 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

📣 Call for papers 📣 15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association May 8 - 9, 2026 CREI, Barcelona Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi. Please submit your paper by January 9. urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

🔎 Meet our Job Market Candidate: Li Zhang 📑 lizhangecon.github.io/JMP_LiZhang.... 🌐 lizhangecon.github.io 👥 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social #econjobmarket #jobmarketcandidate

#EconJobMarket💼 Meet Jonas Casper, JM-candidate @econmunich.bsky.social 🎓JMP: Unproductive Exporters 🔍Research topics: International Trade, Spatial Economics 🌐 Website: jonascasper.github.io

📢 5 more days to apply to our AP position in Microeconomics!

JKU Department of Economics@jku-economics.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨JOB OPENING🚨 JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years). The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20. Please share within your network! Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

We’re excited to host Simon Jäger (Princeton University, @simonjaeger.bsky.social) for the 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗪. 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: “Varieties of Collective Bargaining: An International Perspective.” December 10, 2025, at @jku.at Details & registration: www.jku.at/kurt-rothsch...

🚨 undergrads and masters students interested in careers in applied econ research: My department is recruiting 4-5 full-time RAs to start summer 2026. See the announcement here for more details: jessiehandbury.com/misc/RAflyer... A few reasons you should apply...

Thanks to everyone for making the 4th @centrefiw.bsky.social workshop @jku-economics.bsky.social a great success again! @ho2604.bsky.social @ineshelmecon.bsky.social @karinmayrdorn.bsky.social

📢 We're hiring! 📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️

📢VACANCY @b-kasberger.bsky.social is hiring a Pre-Doc on his DFG project “Strategic Uncertainty in Market Design.” Candidates are expected to conduct their own research in (applied) micro theory, with an interest in writing a PhD thesis. Deadline: July 9 Details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

Still time to apply to our 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, incl. a lecture series by Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) + keynote lecture by Amanda Agan (Cornell )! We look forward to applications from PhD students & recent postdocs. 📅 Sep 24-25. ⏳ Deadline: June 30. Further details 👇

CEPA@cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social · last yr.

We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

PhD position in Labor Economics on AI, Structural change & the Future of Work. A very exciting research group: Uppsala's excellent Labor Econ Environment--integrated with other schools, fields, practitioners, and leading international scholars. Apply now--call is short! uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD-student in Economics for our interdisciplinary project with WASP-HS

The Department of Economics is one of the largest departments within the Faculty of Social Sciences with approximately 100 employees from a dozen countries. Each year about 1,000 students participate

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📢 One more week to apply for our full professorship position in Labor Economics at JKU Linz! More info 👇.

Ines Helm@ineshelmecon.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz! Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ. Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor Please help us spread the word and RT.