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.
Randi Hjalmarsson
@profhjalmarsson.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, University of Gothenburg; Yale PhD; labor economics, economics of crime and criminal justice; 🇺🇸🇸🇪 https://sites.google.com/site/randihjalmarsson/
New RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Ozkan Eren, @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social & @orgulozturk.bsky.social examine how judge–defendant gender match affects juvenile sanctions and long-run outcomes. Find out more: 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
New RFBerlin Discussion Paper! @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social & @matthewjlindq.bsky.social examine the effects of diagnosing ADHD in prison. The consequences extend far beyond the prison walls. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
To book to attend the RES Summit, or for more information on the Webinar visit: bit.ly/4nCD9Z5 (2/2) @theifs.bsky.social | @nuffieldfoundation.org | @abicadams.bsky.social | @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social | @drstevenproud.bsky.social
RES Summit 2025 - Royal Economic Society
RES Summit: Economics of the Justice System Tuesday 2 December: Zoom Webinar The RES Summit is an annual RES member event with 2 parts. The first part draws together a panel of experts who will explor...
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📢 Save the date! RES Summit 2025 - 2 Dec Theme: The Economics of the Justice System ⚖️ Sponsored by the @nuffieldfoundation.org Speakers: Imran Rasul, @drstevenproud.bsky.social, Rocco d’Este, @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social, Arpita Ghosh, Emily Owens 👉 Register here: shorturl.at/Dclkz #EconSky
Congrats @kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social @nadineketel.bsky.social @econom.bsky.social on a great publication!
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions" by Kyra Hanemaaijer, Nadine Ketel, and Olivier Marie. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Lasse Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School) gave a keynote lecture at the CFF conference on Asset Pricing and Machine Learning. The conference is organized by @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social and funded by Andra AP-fonden and Handelsbanken.
Excited to release this working paper
A criminal record reduces earnings and shifts workers across firms. Firms vary substantially—even within industry—in their propensity to hire workers with records, from Randi Hjalmarsson, Matthew J. Lindquist, Louis-Pierre Lepage, and Conrad Miller https://www.nber.org/papers/w33865
❗️Deadline is approaching: Don’t forget to submit your paper for the #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin @diw.de, 26-27 September, jointly organised with @chtraxler.bsky.social ⏱️ Deadline: **May 02** (this Friday) All details below 👇
#TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of #Crime, Berlin, 26-27 September, jointly organized w/ @annabindler.bsky.social 📝Call for papers: drive.google.com/file/d/16bOU... ⏱️Submission deadline in 3 weeks: 02 May 2025 📥Submit your papers➡️ bit.ly/4183vJ8 #EconSky #EconConf (1/2)
☀️ Summer Course Spotlight - Applied Public Policy Evaluation (July 7-11, 2025) Early Bird Fee until April 15: tinbergen.nl/applied-publ... Faculty: Bas van der Klaauw & Pierre Koning @basvdklaauw.bsky.social @pierrekoning.bsky.social @vusbe.bsky.social #EconSky #SummerSchool #TinbergenInstitute
Summer School Applied Public Policy Evaluation
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Open call for papers, The Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on October 10, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on June 4, 2025. More informat... https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/economics-firearm-markets-crime-and-gun-violence
We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux.
Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics Published
We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux. Recognized as a leading resource in the field, the Handbook brin...
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Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin. Save the date: 26-27 September 2025. CfP follows next month #econsky
📣 Submit your crime paper by Feb 14. 🔸 4th Workshop on the Economics of Crime for Junior Scholars 🔸 29-30 May, 2025 🔸 Quattrone Center, UPenn 🔸 Keynote: @amandayagan.bsky.social 🔹 Send your paper to: WEC.Jr.Econ@gmail.com @emmarackstraw.bsky.social
🚨 Deadline approaching 🚨 PhD students in Econ and related fields, please submit your extended abstracts for our PhD conference *by 31st Jan*! We pay for your travel, accommodation and food, and we always have great speakers and lots of fun! More info and submission form below. #EconSky #EconPhD
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 The 13th Warwick Economics PhD conference will take place 3-5 June 2025. Applications are welcome from every field in economics. Accommodation and travel costs will be covered. Keynotes by Prof Stefano Caria and Dr Amrita Kulka The deadline is 31st January! Link in🧵
We are organizing the 3rd edition of our Workshop in Economic History organized in beautiful Uppsala on May 22-23, 2025 with a keynote by Elias Papaioannou! Call for papers with submission link: tinyurl.com/49tah8zd
LAST CALL! 6th annual Chicago-LSE Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, in Chicago, May 8-9, 2025. Submission deadline Jan. 10: bit.ly/3V5VySA . Tell your friends! #EconSky
Call for Papers: 2025 Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice | Becker Friedman Institute
The 6th annual Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, co-hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago and London School of Economics, will be held on May 8-9, 2025 i...
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I am organizing 2 days of Economics of Crime sessions at the 2025 Westerns (SF June 21-24). I try to create a workshop-like environment. Great networking opportunity for grad students! Express interest here before Feb 1 forms.gle/7rZEmBUHu4tL... (please repost @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social & others!)
WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions
Hi everyone! Please fill out form below if you are interested in joining for the WEAI Economics of Crime Sessions this year in San Francisco before February 1, 2025. Similar to prior years, I will org...
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📢 Call for papers: 🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynote: Alexander Willen PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.cesifo.org/en/event/202... Deadline: 16 Feb 2025 Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky
I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring. The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Sandra E. Black as the 2024 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to @econsandy.bsky.social
Ok, following on that last thread, here are my suggestions about how to be a good mentor (though this is still a work in progress!) (And others should feel free to add to my list!) A🧵
We have a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐃-𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in our PhD program available for someone interested in applied microeconomics/labor economics. Limited teaching load. Please spread the word and RT! #EconSky #EconSkyD Any questions about the position feel free to contact me. More information here 👇
📢 Job opening: Paid position in our PhD program (4 years fixed-term) with a very manageable teaching load. Fields: Applied microeconomics, particularly labor economics. Deadline 2025 Jan 29. Please share with your students and RT. #EconSky Details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...
From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the December update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2024-25 cycle. A thread with graphs follows... #EconJobMarket #EconSky @aeainformation.bsky.social @aeacswep.bsky.social @joelistings.bsky.social 1/9
Job market update: Many thanks to the nearly 400 candidates who applied to the applied micro (labor/development) position in Gothenburg! The recruiting committee has reviewed the applications and made interview invitations. We look forward to meeting you. #econsky #econjobmarket
📢 Final deadline: Nov 22! Join the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg! We invite applications for an Assistant Professor position in Applied #Microeconomics, with a focus on #Labor or #Development. Start: Sept 2025. econjobmarket.org/positions/10... #econsky #Econ #JobMarket
2025 Price Theory Summer Camp applications are now open! PTSC, led by UChicago economist Kevin Murphy, was founded to introduce PhD students from outside the university to price theory, focusing on applying basic economic tools to real-world problems. More info & apply: bit.ly/49po33N #EconSky#Econ
Looking forward to this—-the report is in English as is much of the seminar.
På måndag släpps Randi Hjalmarssons SNS-rapport "Determinants of Recidivism: How Criminal Justice Interactions and the Post-Release Environment Affect Repeat Offending". I samband hålls ett seminarium om hur återfall i brott kan minskas: www.sns.se/artiklar/hur... @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social
PhD students - look here! 👉 In the spring, our department will give a PhD course on Equality of Opportunity. The course is open to any PhD students in Economics and free of charge! Schedule allows for commute from e.g. Stockholm-Uppsala, Gothenburg and Copenhagen-Lund. Apply and/or spread the word!