Final call for papers! Deadline EoD today! 31st May, 2026. We look forward to your submissions. #econsky #economicsofeducation #econofed #edecon

Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics@econmpi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Call for Papers! Join us for the MPI / ECONtribute Workshop on Human Capital & Education. 📍 Bonn, Germany | 📅 Oct 1–2, 2026 ⏳ Deadline: May 31, 2026 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/D1K3ewLMJZpJ... More info in the attached CfP! #EconTwitter @econtribute.bsky.social

Only 3 days left to apply! Deadline May 31st. We look forward to seeing your papers and hosting you in Bonn! #economicsofeducation #education #econsky #economics

Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics@econmpi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Call for Papers! Join us for the MPI / ECONtribute Workshop on Human Capital & Education. 📍 Bonn, Germany | 📅 Oct 1–2, 2026 ⏳ Deadline: May 31, 2026 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/D1K3ewLMJZpJ... More info in the attached CfP! #EconTwitter @econtribute.bsky.social

Education economists! Come join us in Bonn! We look forward to your submissions and hope to get a great conference lined up. @ingoisphording.bsky.social

Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics@econmpi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Call for Papers! Join us for the MPI / ECONtribute Workshop on Human Capital & Education. 📍 Bonn, Germany | 📅 Oct 1–2, 2026 ⏳ Deadline: May 31, 2026 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/D1K3ewLMJZpJ... More info in the attached CfP! #EconTwitter @econtribute.bsky.social

Ancestral origins of attention to environmental issues doi.org/10.48550/arX... @arxiv-econ-gn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow César Barilla and @palaashbhargava.bsky.social

Ancestral origins of attention to environmental issues

How does the climatic experience of previous generations affect today's attention to environmental questions? Using self-reported beliefs and environmental themes in folklore, we show empirically…

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1/ Ever wondered if your ethnic ancestors' climatic experiences shape how you think about the environment today? 🌍🔥 In a new WP with Cesar Barilla, we find a U-shaped link between ancestral climate variability & attention to the environment today. #Climate #Culture #EconSky

How parents are affected when their child goes to college or receives a grant, from Palaash Bhargava, @econsandy.bsky.social, Jeff Denning, Robert W. Fairlie, and Oded Gurantz https://www.nber.org/papers/w33497

How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant? New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie www.nber.org/papers/w33497

Thanks for the bump, @sweiwang.bsky.social !

Stephanie Wang@sweiwang.bsky.social · 2y ago

@palaashbhargava.bsky.social JMP two-tier randomized deskmate matching in India to target isolate students and finds key tradeoff: within classroom, benefits from low-low pairing but high-low pairing better for social cohesion at classroom level palaashbhargava.github.io/Updated_JM_B... #econjmp

This is such an important point that often gets ignored from a policy perspective. I think one way of making meaningful headway is to lean into sociological responses and be wary of policy recommendations based on the actual level of randomization.

Joshua Goodman@joshua-goodman.com · 2y ago

Also, peer effects are deeply annoying for policy analysis because they imply: the partial equilibrium results in many papers (estimated impacts of a given teacher/school/policy) don't necessarily equal the general equilibrium impacts (once kids re-sort in response to policy changes).

Posting a little late but new blogpost from World Bank Development Impact on my job market paper. Peer matching interventions often require a nuanced understanding of how direct vs general equilibrium effects can operate differently. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... #EconSky

To pair or not to pair isolated students with more popular peers? Trade-offs in deskmate plans for socio-emotional growth. Guest post by Palaash Bhargava

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Today’s #econjmp post is by @palaashbhargava.bsky.social, who does a RCT in India to examine how peer interactions work within and across classrooms. He shows tradeoffs from pairing isolated kids with popular kids vs each other blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

1/ 🤔 Ever wondered if pairing socially isolated students with popular peers helps or hurts their outcomes? My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools. Thread below 🧵 #EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP