The Call for Papers for the 2027 Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Annual Meeting is now open! Submit your papers (deadline Oct 31): www.sole-jole.org/upcoming-mee... Hope to see you there -- April 30 - May 1 at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore, Maryland!

Upcoming Meeting

Call for Papers is available and submissions are open!

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New paper by @ecapuab.bsky.social professors Xavi Ramos and Riccardo Turati @turatiric.bsky.social “Social Mobility, Protests, and Migration: Evidence from Latin American Countries”, The World Bank Economic Review

Social Mobility, Protests, and Migration: Evidence from Latin American Countries

Abstract. This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational social mobility, migration aspirations, and participation in political demonst

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Did you ever feel that Macro is taught differently in undergraduate vs graduate courses? A few years ago, F. Courtoy, M. De Vroey and I started exploring this question. Our research is now out in History of Political Economy (HOPE): read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

@turatiric.bsky.social from @uab.cat follows up with his presentation on "Immigration, Identity Choices, and Cultural Diversity". #MigrationForum2026 #MigrationResearch #Economics

🚨 Please share widely! 🚨 I'm hiring a postdoc (from Aug 1) to help build a new research program on politically sustainable immigration policies at Notre Dame. Looking for a social scientist with strong quant skills, familiarity with new computational tools, and interest in public-facing research.

New paper by @ecapuab.bsky.social professor Riccardo Turati @turatiric.bsky.social “Populism and the Skill-Content of Globalization” The Economic Journal.

Populism and the Skill-Content of Globalization*

Abstract. We propose new ways to measure populism, using the Manifesto Project Database (1960-2019) as main source of data. We characterize the evolution o

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BÆM💥5 days left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings! 🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi 👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides ⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås 👉 baem.info

📣 REMINDER - Call for Papers: The Economics of Migration Junior Workshop 💡 The event aims to provide an opportunity to junior researchers on #migration #economics to present and meet in-person. 📅 May 26-27, 2026 at @uc3meconomics.bsky.social ⏳ Submit by Feb 1st. 🔗 economig2026.sciencesconf.org

This brilliant. I've experimented with making similar simulators before, but this from Giving What We Can is so well executed and needed right now... some perspective, and just how lucky we (some of us) are. #charity #wealth #redistribution #fairness #equity #equality

Birth Lottery

If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?

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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Yasmine Elkhateeb, @turatiric.bsky.social, & @jeromevalette.bsky.social study how immigration shapes identity choices and cultural diversity, showing how migrants balance heritage, assimilation, and social incentives. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

‪ With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the 4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain. Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org

New paper alert! 🚨 What are the aggregate effects of NIMBY policies? How much GDP would we gain from building more in productive cities? I show that how house prices are modelled matters for the answer. Most popular house price functions and microfoundations *underestimate* policy gains! #econsky

Dep Economia Aplicada UAB@ecapuab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New @ecapuab.bsky.social working paper by professor Gabriele Guaitoli @gguaitoli.bsky.social : ”Modelling the Aggregate Effects of Housing Supply Policies” econpapers.repec.org/paper/uabwpr...

Great to see Ece on the market! She is a brillant PhD candidate from our Department! Ece's research tackles relevant questions in education and development through rigorous impact evaluation. She brings hands-on experience designing RCTs, plus valuable policy expertise from her time at the WB.

PhD Program in Applied Economics - UAB@gear-phd.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🎓 Job Market Candidate 2025/26 – PhD in Applied Economics (UAB) The Department of Applied Economics at UAB is pleased to present our 2025/26 Job Market Candidate: Ece Yagman Job Market Paper: Gender Gaps in Socioemotional Skills: Evidence from the Classroom Advisor: Caterina Calsamiglia

📣The Call for Papers for EJ special issue ‘AI Measurement in Applied Economics’ is now open. ⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026 More info here 👉 bit.ly/47sNmS7 @albertobisin.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social

📢 We are hiring!! 📢 👩‍🏫The Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is offering tenure-track positions at the level of assistant professor, starting Sep 2026. 👨‍🏫 📝Apply by Nov, 30. 📅 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... 👉More details here: www.uab.cat/en/applied-e...

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Job Market 2025-26

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Call for papers for a World Bank Economic Review special issue on migration and development: we are doing a special issue that builds on a recent conference, but with submissions open also for non-conference papers. Short papers in the AER insights type format also welcome. Deadline November 30.

📢 Call for papers: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 @caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

⭐WE ARE HIRING! ✨ Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences - Ref: 25-35 ℹ️ Learn more: shorturl.at/YrzIh 📧 Work-related questions: Contact Dr. Magdalena GORCZYNSKA-ANGIULLI | magdalena.gorczynska@liser.lu 📧 Administrative matters: Contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA | recruitment@liser.lu

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries. 📅26 - 28 Mar 2026 📍Oxford, UK ⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct cepr.org/events/pedl-...

Our department welcomes 5 new faculty members at the beginning of this academic year: Laia Bosque-Mercader @laiabosque.bsky.social Gabriele Guaitoli @gguaitoli.bsky.social Antonia López-Villavicencio Rubén Poblete-Cazenave Alessio Romarri @alessioromarri.bsky.social www.uab.cat/en/applied-e...

New post by @ecapuab.bsky.social professor Riccardo Turati @turatiric.bsky.social and coauthors on @iza.org World of Labour blog. Populism and the skill-content of globalization. wol.iza.org/opinions/pop...

Populism and the skill-content of globalization

Right-wing populism rises with low-skill globalization but falls with high-skill trends, showing that skill divides—not globalization alone—drive political shifts  

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Do students respond differently to feedback depending on the evaluator’s perceived gender? We find that they push back more when the randomly assigned name of the evaluator is female-sounding --implications for women’s authority and credibility in educational and professional contexts!

📢 Call for Papers - Fall 2025 📢 If you are a #junior scholar studying the #economics of #migration, we encourage you to submit! 📧 Email junioreconmig@gmail.com 🗓️ Submit by September 1, 2025 🎤 Seminars will take place on Tuesdays at 5:30pm CET

Visited the Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin: great experience for migration lovers.

Open call for papers, Immigrants and the US Economy. Conference to be held in Virtually on March 6, 2026. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on December 12, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/immigrants-and-us-economy

🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.

Come to @uab.cat for the 50th "Simposio" of the Spanish Economic Association!

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Send us your papers! The 50th "Simposio" of the Spanish Economic Association will take place in Barcelona, December 17-19. Join us! Deadline June 15: asesec.org/simposio-de-...

Deadlines for applications at St Andrews: 3 Ed-Focused Lecturers: Th, 17.4 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM019/l... 4 Ed & Research Lecturers: W, 23.4 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM015/l... 1 Sr Lecturer/Reader: W, 30.4 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK745/s... 1 Professor: W, 30.4 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK740/p...

Lecturer in Economics (Education Focused) - AO1976DD at University of St Andrews

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For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research. en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...

Dear US colleagues, In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France. There are several M$ in the budget. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...