Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy to share that our paper was accepted at AEJ: Applied! We show that Roma self-identification in Romania drops sharply with education, from 80% to 40%. Official data may undercount Roma post-secondary graduates by a factor of 3 to 6. andrei-munteanu-econ.github.io/assets/pdf/r... 0206
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 29/11/2025What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts: 13010
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Check out our new NBER working paper on the link between ethnic self-identification in official records and education - and what this implies for official statistics, policy, and stereotype formation. 021
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025In Moldova, a pro-EU and pro-NATO party has taken an outright majority of the seats in parliament, allowing them to consolidate their control over the country. Russia's sustained campaign to influence the elections was a failure. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...lemonde.frEn Moldavie, le parti pro-européen de la présidente Maia Sandu en tête des législativesLe Parti Action et Vérité, au pouvoir depuis 2021, arrive en tête avec 47,6 % des voix contre 25,9 % au Bloc patriotique prorusse, selon un décompte presque définitif de la commission électorale. La c... 016545
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 01/09/2025My work (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...) on competitive high school admissions in Romania and their effects on student outcomes features in this new article in Palladium magazine. 👇 www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/w...palladiummag.comWhy Romania Excels in International Olympiads 283
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 04/05/2025First presentation as a PhD student: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicV...youtube.comBreznhev coughYouTube video by Armeme 010
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuKevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Below are some comments on the LPC platform released yesterday. If the CPC releases a platform in the next few days, I'll try to find the time for some comments on it. bsky.app/profile/kevi... 2157
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Here's an open letter you can sign opposing the administration's harmful tariff policy. anti-tariff.organti-tariff.orgReject Tariffs, Restore Trade | Anti-Tariff DeclarationJoin the movement to protect America's prosperity. 053
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuDariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 11/04/2025❗️Our next workshop will be on April 25th, 6 pm CEST on Dealing with Duplicate Data in R by @astroeringrand.bsky.social! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz 1116
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 10/04/2025www.mass50501.com/events/april12mass50501.comStand Up, Harvard! — Mass 50501Tell Harvard leadership: defend our academic community! Join us at a protest on Cambridge Common, jointly planned by AAUP Harvard, Mass 50501, and the Cambridge City Council. 1103
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuKris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Lund University (Sweden) has opened 3 doctoral student positions in historical demography-economic history - Inequalities in health and survival /jobID:810603 - Demographic Inequality /jobID:809395 - Colonial maternal health legacies /jobID:808817 Applications are invited! 📉📈🗃🛟 #history #demographylu.varbi.comWork at Lund UniversityJob opening 02726
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The kicker is the subject line 1234
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuIlya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 31/03/2025In this piece, I endorse Tufts Fletcher School faculty's proposal that universities challenge Trump's speech-based deportations of non-citizen students in court, and explain why this strategy is much better than letting targeted students fend for themselves: reason.com/volokh/2025/...reason.comUniversities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in CourtThe Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That 201066296
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuShobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 28/03/2025That Louisiana ICE Detention Center could now form a pretty credible US university, given all of the scholars that have been sent there. 261120197
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Dozens of US lawmakers condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Tufts student with pro-Palestine views - www.middleeasteye.net/news/dozens-u…middleeasteye.netDozens of US lawmakers condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Tufts student with pro-Palestine viewsLawmakers ask Trump administration to spell out laws used to revoke Turkish national's visa 04321
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Saturday April 5 11 am Boston Common track-mg.mobilize.us/CL0/https:%2...track-mg.mobilize.usHands Off Massachusetts! Rally/March · Hands Off***RALLY AND MARCH*** **SCHEDULE:** - 11:00 am: Meet at Parkman Bandstand - 11:15 am: Kickoff speaker - 11:25 am: March to City Hall Plaza - 12:30 pm: Speakers at City Hall Plaza **CURRENT SPEAK... 0296
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuDavid Woodruff @dmwoodruff.bsky.social · 27/03/2025A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel. 111136394876
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuNBER @nber.org · 26/03/2025Open call for applications, The Review of Economics and Statistics Fellowship for NBER Summer Institute. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on May 1, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers... 0105
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuTodd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start! Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall). Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768 Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks! 04842
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuBen Crum @bencrum.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Imagine “the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations […] issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers of undermining the rule of law, academic freedom, and scientific research” @drodrik.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...project-syndicate.orgWhen Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project SyndicateDani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense. 02618
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🚨Working Paper Alert!🚨 How did compulsory schooling (CS) shape educational outcomes across generations in the US? 👩🎓➡️🧑🎓Titus Galama, @kthom.bsky.social and I exploit the staggered roll-out of CS laws across states on a panel of full-count census data (1920 - 1940). 🧵 #education #econ #economics 151
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Trump is at war with the rule of law and free expression. Business and academia are the big losers. They owe it to themselves as well as society at large to speak up. My latest. 48828
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuRachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH 7072655010664
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 16/03/2025If you're a professor, you have a LOT of power. Not to freak you out, but authoritarian regimes' favorite first move is to shut down the intellectuals in one way or another. Which means you're a threat to them. Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud! 10772233
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"Harvard must stand up, speak out, and lead a public defense of our freedom to speak and study freely." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comFirst They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard CrimsonWe must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us. 49025
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine 11718003234120
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuLudger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Sunday is the deadline for submissions to our 🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynotes: Alexander Willén and @alexeble.bsky.social 🎇 Submit now! 👇 02415
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuAEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Last chance! #ASSA2025 to fill out the survey! See you all in an hour at the tutorial on reproducibility DAY 1! 001
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Are you on the job market and have very few interview requests (<5, say)? Now is the time to email your advisor and ask for help! 13510
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 06/12/2024🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.politico.euRomanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fearsConstitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place. 841387427
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuBhash Mazumder @bhashmazumder.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Chicago Fed is hiring in our micro group! The ad is not yet on JOE but see this link. 3+ years of experience. Don't need rec letters but do need to list 3 references: rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comEconomist/Senior Economist/Economic Advisor - Microeconomics TeamCompany Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Economic Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago invites applications for the Economist/Senior Economist/Economic Advisor positions on th... 22515
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuGabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 19/11/2024📢📢📢 🌇🌇🌇 🚌🚌🚌 I am hiring a predoctoral fellow to work on projects in urban transportation, spatial and development, using a mix of quantitative and experimental tools. Please share and/or apply! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13401academicpositions.harvard.eduPre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof Kreindler)Professor Gabriel Kreindler is seeking a predoctoral fellow. The fellow will work on projects in the areas of urban, spatial and development economics, which involve structural modeling and estimation... 11614
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuSara Ayllón @ayllonsara.bsky.social · 29/11/2024🎯JOB ALERT!🎯 I am looking for a RA to work with me and my team on several projects. You should be interested in poverty in developed economies, labour, gender or meta-analysis. 32626
Reposted by Andrei MunteanuLudger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 30/10/2024📢 We are hiring 📢 ifo is looking to fill 5 positions, incl. one 6-year Postdoc 👩🎓 to join our team at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! 👉https://econjobmarket.org/positions/11131 Deadline: 24 Nov 2024 Please spread the word! #EconSky 45649
Andrei Munteanu @andrei-econ.bsky.social · 20/11/2024A post on the other website reminded me of one of my all-time favorite maps. Historical borders of Austria-Hungary (broken up in 1918) and present-day elections across 5 different countries: 130