Reposted by Andreas MadestamAssociation of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don't forget to apply to ASWEDE's annual conference in development economics. Deadline TODAY! 021
Reposted by Andreas MadestamThe Economist @economist.com · 19/08/2026Homework scores once predicted exam performance; now a new study shows those who score highest are, perversely, more likely to do worse in exams. Our charts explain the trendbit.lyDoes AI stop children from learning?New data show the peril and promise of the technology 2238
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAssociation of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Join us for ASWEDE's 11th annual conference in Development Economics! November 16-17 at Marholmen in the Roslagen archipelago, an hour from Stockholm. Deadline: October 2. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics 023
Reposted by Andreas MadestamNBER @nber.org · 15/08/2026There is persistence in subfertility, affecting both female and male children of parents that experienced infertility. Assisted reproductive technologies equalize fertility outcomes if used, from Viktoria Falk, @amadestam.bsky.social, and Emilia Simeonova www.nber.org/papers/w35585 031
Reposted by Andreas MadestamOwen Ozier @owenozier.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Introducing IDEA - the International Development Economics Association. Come join! Here's a message from the idea.devecon.org board, with @deanyang.bsky.social @ashani.bsky.social @farahsaid.bsky.social @evedmonds.bsky.social @ebeam.bsky.social @paolofalco.bsky.social @willafriedman.bsky.social 182
Reposted by Andreas MadestamJonas Vlachos @jonasvlachos.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Tillsammans med kollegor har jag en studie ute om hur lärares sjukskrivningar och arbetsmiljö påverkas av elevunderlaget - och därmed av skolsegregation. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...rfberlin.comClassrooms as Workplaces: How Student Composition Affects Teacher Health - RFBerlin%citation_technical_report_number% 0178
Reposted by Andreas MadestamJohn Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026... 02312
Andreas Madestam @amadestam.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Bokslut för biståndsåret 2025: Regeringen kräver evidens men kapar 4 miljarder i blindo. Sida saknar utvärderingspolicy. Resultatet blir beslut på känn, inte på kunskap. Jag och Jakob Svensson föreslår tre reformer för evidensbaserat bistånd i DN Debatt. Gott nytt år!dn.seDN Debatt. ”Biståndspengarna ska inte gå till konsulter och tidskrifter”DN Debatt. Det behövs permanenta strukturer – inte de improvisationsövningar vi ser i dag, skriver två nationalekonomer. 020
Reposted by Andreas MadestamSara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!saralowes.comResourcesIf you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ]. 168
Reposted by Andreas MadestamPaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 08/12/2025I've now updated this with a few updates: 1. I've added the JFE, JF, and RFS 2. I've added QJE and (most of) JPE 3. I've fixed some bugs 4. I added a way to adjust for length of papers over time 5. I've added citation counts (per OpenAlex) paulgp.com/econlit-pipe... 24910
Reposted by Andreas MadestamJuan Felipe Ladino @jfladino1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Thrilled to have presented our work with @saadgulzar.bsky.social and @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social "Pay-to-Play: Campaign Contributions and Long-term Distortions in Public Procurement" at the XLIII Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference at Caltech piep.caltech.edu/selected-pap... 123
Reposted by Andreas MadestamDavid Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2025For more takeaways from the North East Universities Development Consortium conference earlier this month, see our blog post. www.cgdev.org/blog/whats-l...cgdev.orgWhat’s the Latest Research on Human Development in Economics? A Roundup from NEUDC 2025Earlier this month, the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference hosted presentations of more than 150 recent economic development studies. We went through each of those 60+ st... 031
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAssociation of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Superb research and engagement at ASWEDE's 10th conference. Thanks to everyone who made this event memorable! #ASWEDE2025 032
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAssociation of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 16/11/2025ASWEDE's 10th Annual Conference kicks off tomorrow at Nääs Fabriker! We look forward to sharp presentations and discussions on development economics from PhD students and senior researchers. Program: bit.ly/3K1sRUJbit.ly 032
Reposted by Andreas MadestamPaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 15/11/2025Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/... 215845
Reposted by Andreas MadestamInes Helm @ineshelmecon.bsky.social · 15/11/2025📢 5 more days to apply to our AP position in Microeconomics! 084
Reposted by Andreas MadestamSTICERD & CASE @ LSE @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Ten Years of Relational Power: The Long-Run Effects of Teaching Negotiation Skills to Adolescent Girls Read the latest #NBER paper by Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau @corinnelow.com & Xiaoyue Shan nber.org/papers/w34339nber.orgTen Years of Relational Power: The Long-Run Effects of Teaching Negotiation Skills to Adolescent GirlsFounded 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... 023
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender Differences in Economics Seminars" by Pascaline Dupas, Amy Handlan, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, Mateo Seré, Haoyu Sheng, Justin Wolfers, and Seminar Dynamics Collective. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgGender Differences in Economics Seminars(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc... 14528
Reposted by Andreas MadestamThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 13/10/2025🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress. #PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize 25131
Reposted by Andreas MadestamStockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 03/10/2025”There is a dramatic change when women become mothers while nothing is happening to the fathers. Motherhood penalties around the world account for much of the gender pay gap in advanced economies.” Professor Marianne Bertrand delivering this year´s Gunnar Myrdal lecture. www.su.se/english/news...su.seMarianne Bertrand explaining theMarianne Bertrand, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, held a lecture at Stockholm University last week, in front of an audience of around 150 people includin... 0116
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAssociation of Swedish Development Economists @aswede.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Join us for ASWEDE's 10th annual conference in Development Economics! November 17-18 at Nääs Fabriker, outside Gothenburg. Submission deadline in one week: September 26. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics 043
Reposted by Andreas MadestamFredrik Söderqvist @soderqvist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Mycket intressant inlägg om behovet att reformera svenska doktorandutbildningarna i nationalekonomi. 021
Reposted by Andreas MadestamSandip Sukhtankar @sandipz.bsky.social · 27/08/2025India now spends ₹2 trillion/year (0.6% of GDP) on cash transfers to 130M+ women—yet we know little about their effects. In a new paper (bit.ly/4mE6EtW), @karthik-econ.bsky.social Paul Niehaus Jeff Weaver & I present findings from the first large-scale RCT of maternal cash transfers in India (1/10) 194
Reposted by Andreas MadestamHannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 13/08/2025Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT preparedhannahshelley.neocities.orgGoogle Scholar Is DoomedAcademia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong? 54966410
Reposted by Andreas MadestamLinus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 31 Aug 05544
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAnders Nilsson @etwasanders.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Vore det inte smidigare för alla om SJ bara tog betalt för halva biljetten redan från början? Och så får man betala in resten om tåget mot förmodan ankommer i tid? 4509
Reposted by Andreas MadestamDavid Schindler @david-schindler.de · 29/07/2025By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season. Let me explain. 25421
Reposted by Andreas MadestamBen Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/ 2732187
Reposted by Andreas MadestamKhoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like 11847159
Reposted by Andreas MadestamNBER @nber.org · 04/07/2025New evidence that immigration raises intergenerational mobility, from Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan L. Rothbaum www.nber.org/papers/w33961 083
Reposted by Andreas MadestamNBER @nber.org · 04/07/2025Parenting choices, shaped by economic incentives, contribute to social stratification and inequality in society, from Francesco Agostinelli, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti www.nber.org/papers/w33963 0162
Reposted by Andreas MadestamP.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Our paper with @nicolaslagios.bsky.social & @ilantojerow.bsky.social is now out in the Economic Journal ( @resmedia.bsky.social). It shows that demonstrating against the far-right in France had the intended effect. 1/18 academic.oup.com/ej/article-a... 1/18academic.oup.comMedia, Spillovers and Social Norms: The Electoral Impact of Anti-Far-Right Protests in the 2002 French ElectionAbstract. We study the electoral impact of protesting against the far right by investigating the demonstrations held during the 2002 French presidential el 1114
Reposted by Andreas MadestamNBER @nber.org · 01/07/2025How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero www.nber.org/papers/w33947 0114
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Plata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians" by Massimo Pulejo and Pablo Querubín. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgPlata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians(Forthcoming Article) - What is the effect of politicians’ wages on corruption in the presence of criminal groups, that use both bribes and violence? With a regression discontinuity design and three d... 042
Reposted by Andreas MadestamDepartment of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Congratulations to @rhelensdotter.bsky.social ! 072
Reposted by Andreas MadestamJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 26/06/2025New study shows that unfettered access to ChatGPT can harm student learning. Without guardrails, students use ChatGPT as a “crutch” while learning and subsequently perform worse on their own. But (!) these negative learning effects are largely mitigated by safeguards one can build into ChatGPT. 43711
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Just published on APSR First View: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, HORACIO LARREGUY (@HLarreguy), and JORGE MANGONNET (@jmangonnet) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgFamily Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites | American Political Science Review | Cambridge CoreFamily Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites 051
Reposted by Andreas MadestamJoseph Shapiro @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Is US air pollution regulation too lenient? 🏭💸 We find marginal benefits of pollution control exceed marginal costs by >10×. New evidence from dozens of US pollution offset markets. 📄forthcoming at AER, w/ Reed Walker: joseph-s-shapiro.com/research/IsA... 1/🧵 1207
Reposted by Andreas MadestamChris Karbownik @chriskarbownik.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Been waiting for this to come out for a while now: www.nber.org/papers/w3397.... That's such a cool paper!!!nber.orgState of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of PaintingsFounded 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... 043
Reposted by Andreas MadestamSeema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL). I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome! seemajayachandran.com/womens_power... 59126
Reposted by Andreas MadestamLinus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...fhs.varbi.comPostdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopoliticsDescription The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis 01914
Reposted by Andreas MadestamPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Academics are the only mammal who carries an idea for 4–7 years, then abandons it at birth. 220824
Reposted by Andreas MadestamLaura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025! 📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here: editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... More details to come! #NEUDC #NEUDC2025 12312
Reposted by Andreas MadestamLee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 17/06/2025"AI and development economics: Early evidence and how to keep up" voxdev.org/topic/ai-and... 1126
Reposted by Andreas MadestamSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I love this upside down Equal Earth map centered around Australia. Great piece by @mtnmapper: buff.ly/AU3DIqQ 55613
Reposted by Andreas MadestamAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Forthcoming in the AER: "A Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory" by Adam Szeidl and Ferenc Szucs. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgA Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory(Forthcoming Article) - We model populism as the dissemination of a false “alternative reality”, according to which the intellectual elite conspires against the populist for purely ideological reasons... 0115
Reposted by Andreas MadestamMark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Adapting my favourite Brexit-tweet. Trump: you don’t have the cards! Zelenskyy lays down a royal flush Putin looks at his own cards: Mr Bun the Baker, Pikachu, a Shadowmage, a fireball spell, and the Fool. 58018
Reposted by Andreas MadestamKonrad Burchardi @konradburchardi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025💥Research Assistant Positions💥 1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data. 12214