Last day of BÆM 2026. We conclude with a workshop on "Fairness in the Economy." We again have a jam-packed program of great presentations: www.baem.info/Program_FIE_... Stay tuned for live coverage!

Christoph Albert shows that US immigrants buy substantially more imported goods than natives. They also reduce trade costs and increase local import supply, with small spillovers to natives. Tariffs hit immigrant households far harder than natives. Paper: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

Ran Abramitzky addresses the interaction between immigration and politics: if immigrants' outcomes are positive, why are immigration politics so negative? Long-run perspective using historical US data.

Can migrant letters shape culture at origin? @martinfs23.bsky.social presents evidence from 6,000+ letters by 19th-century Irish migrants in North America. The Catholic Church’s staggered expansion in the US increased religious content, contributing to a Catholic revival in Ireland.

Welcome to day 2! @david-schindler.de shows that sexual violence committed by Moroccan soldiers in Italy during WWII triggered a far-right shift after the recent arrival of immigrants from Syria/MENA. Mechanism: selective recall of collective memory. Paper: david-schindler.de/workingpaper...

Closing talk for today by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, who revisits the role of outmigration for development, with a focus on rural agricultural economies.

Next up, Sarah Winton studies Jordan’s decision to grant Syrian refugees the right to work. Refugees moved to better jobs, while Jordanians shifted out of the most exposed occupations. Result: higher output, lower inequality, and the largest gains for the poorest Jordanians.

@linchuanxu.bsky.social studies labor recruitment agencies in China. By connecting workers in poorer regions to jobs in high-wage cities, these middlemen increase temporary migration, narrow regional wage gaps, generate output gains, and capture a large share as profits.

@jeromevallette.bsky.social studies how far-right movements reshape mainstream politics in France. As the Front National gained votes, mainstream right candidates moved to its terrain, talking more negatively about immigration and linking it to crime and welfare.

With Caroline Theoharides, we turn to how migration moves more than people. International mobility can carry skills, ideas, and human capital across borders, with important lessons for how policy shapes who benefits from these flows.

@yajnagovind.bsky.social studies France’s 1993 reform requiring children of immigrants to formally request French citizenship. The reform weakened French identity, increased perceived discrimination, and reduced cultural integration.

Emma Thill studies how European national football shapes immigration attitudes. When diverse teams win, people become more open to immigration. When they lose, immigrant-origin players become scapegoats, and support for the far right increases.

Next, @mkaradja.bsky.social shows that war reaches people who never enter the conflict zone. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians in Sweden saw mental-health prescriptions rise by 30%, while also working and earning more to support family and friends at home.

Next, @mettefoged.bsky.social studies Denmark’s decision to label high-immigrant neighborhoods as “ghettos.” Rather than fostering social cohesion, the policy backfired: families chose more foreign-sounding names and cultural distance widened.

The second 2026 Bristol Applied Economics Meeting is on the Economics of Migration. We have an amazing program ahead of us. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk. Program: www.baem.info/Program_MIG_...

First up is @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social, who shows that violence against Hindus in India fuels anti-Muslim rhetoric in Westminster. Why? UK MPs respond to constituency pressures in areas with larger Hindu communities.

💥 We’re absolutely thrilled that the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM) kick off tomorrow at the University of Bristol! 💥 We have an amazing program bringing together leading research on development, migration, and fairness in the economy.

Listen to him!

Pietro Biroli@pietrobiroli.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📆 Gentle reminder that the deadline is approaching for submission. Don't answer that other email, drop everything else, focus. You HAVE TO POLISH THE PAPER and send it to ESSGN🧬. NOW. (think how the NON-gentle reminder would have been) ⚒️

Happy to finally see our new working paper on the effect of earmarked paternity leave out. Joint work with: Henrik Kleven, Camillie Landais, @ansolassen.bsky.social, Philip Rosenbaum and Herdis Steingrimsdottir.

Expanding Paternity Leave: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Gender Gaps

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Really enjoying the new #ESSGN podcast by @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. Really good entertainment and a great explainer for all things related to social science genetics. Check it out: essgn.org/podcast/.

Podcast

The ESSGN produces the podcast “Born and Raised”. Available on all streaming platforms and on essgn.podbean.com, published every other Friday starting January 23, 2026!

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📣 Last call for BÆM 2026 📣 Submissions are open until this Saturday, 31st January. Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås www.baem.info

Paul Hufe@paulhufe.net · 7mo ago

‼️ Less than two weeks to go! ‼️ 📢 Submit your papers to BÆM 2026! - Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi - Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides - Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås www.baem.info

‼️ Less than two weeks to go! ‼️ 📢 Submit your papers to BÆM 2026! - Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi - Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides - Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås www.baem.info

Very instructive thread! I love the idea of connecting perceived social value and deservingness. I am not aware of a study that has explored this avenue. Go for it @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social ! I would certainly be keen to see the results :)!

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A deep paper -- that popped into my head as I was perusing S. Durlauf's recent essay on meritocracy. The paper raises a broader question: how to be meritocratic when there is uncertainty about the relative weights of luck and effort in individuals' production function? www.tse-fr.eu/sites/defaul...

✨Winter School #IT19 ✨ Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19) 3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about! @cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

Wohooo! Ganz herzlichen Glueckwunsch! Ich freue mich sehr fuer dich. 💪

Henning Hermes@henninghermes.com · 8mo ago

1/ 📣 BIG News! It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳 I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.

1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA

Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...

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Checking off your pre-🎄to-do list? Don’t forget to submit your paper to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol School of Economics 🔗 www.baem.info Send us your best work!

Paul Hufe@paulhufe.net · 9mo ago

📢 CfP Alert! We’re excited to announce the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol Three focused workshops in applied economics: Development, Migration & Fairness. 🔗 www.baem.info

🚨 JOB MARKET PAPER ALERT! 🚨 Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵

BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers: Development Economics, 5-6 May Economics of Migration, 6-7 May Fairness in the Economy, 8 May Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/

📢 CfP Alert! We’re excited to announce the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol Three focused workshops in applied economics: Development, Migration & Fairness. 🔗 www.baem.info