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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are very happy to share the job market placement of our PhD graduate @dcunhabystrom.bsky.social! He is now a postdoctoral researcher at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and @sofi.su.se at Stockholm University. Congratulations and all the best in your new role! 🎉

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Julia. @peroxsym.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Söker gymnasieskolor i Stockholmsområdet som vill låta mig & mina kollegor pröva ut ett kartläggningsmaterial (uppdrag från Skolverket). Uppgiften handlar om skönlitterär läsning, och eleverna får läsa och diskutera korta textutdrag. Låter det intressant? Maila julia.forsberg@su.se (eller skicka dm)

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Olle Hammar @ollehammar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jag har läst @fredrikkopsch.bsky.social bok Utvisad 📖 Läs min recension i senaste numret av @ekonomiskdebatt.bsky.social 👉 www.nationalekonomi.se/artikel/de-u...

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mamdani is such an excellent communicator.

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The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the current issue: ‘Employer Market Power in Silicon Valley’ by Matthew D Gibson doi.org/10.1093/ej/u... @resmedia.bsky.social @williamseconomics.bsky.social @upjohninstitute.bsky.social #EconSky

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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Olof Johansson-Stenman, Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, is taking over as Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. A major and well-deserved vote of confidence in Olof!

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/09/2026

Saw a movie about one of those farcical-but-serious episodes of Finnish history: the kidnapping of (former) president K. J. Ståhlberg and his wife Ester, who wouldn't be left behind, by hapless far-right goons. The movie was very much "inspired by a true story," so here's my version. A THREAD:

A black and white photograph of president Ståhlberg of Finland and his wife, listening to an old guy speaking outside.

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German Bender @germanbender.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Den 12 november är det dags för Arena Idés och den fackliga produktivitetskommissionens årliga konferens. I år ligger fokus på makt och AI, med två internationella toppnamn som keynotes, bla Richard B Freeman vid Harvard. Mer info & anmälan dig via länken, haffa en plats! arenaide.se/kalender/kon...

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Teknik och makt: Utmaningar för moderna arbetsmarknader - Arena Idé

Vem får makten över morgondagens arbetsmarknad – och hur påverkar det produktivitet, sysselsättning och jämlikhet?

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NBER @nber.org · 03/09/2026

Dominant employers use local labor market power to shape voter preferences and turnout, increasing Republican participation and potentially changing presidential election outcomes, from Carlos Fernando Avenancio-León, Adelina Barbalau, Cyndi Hou, and Alessio Piccolo www.nber.org/papers/w35676

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

*When unions increase wages, who pays?* It's normally hard to answer this Q: unions don't behave randomly, they respond to firm conditions, & firm data is hard to get. Our setting in Norway tackles both... 🧵on our paper (@microsamonomics.bsky.social Alex Willen) academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

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Axel Malmcrona @axelm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Min första konferens blev EARIE i Mannheim 2026

En person lutar sig mot ett av borden i en undervisningssal

Jag presenterar min forskning framför en slide med teori.

Tre poserande personer på rad med konferensbrickor runt halsen.

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 28/08/2026

US corporate profits have hit a record high while employees’ share has fallen to 60 per cent, the lowest since the 1950s. "The gains that the top is seeing far, far, far outpace the gains — if any — that the bottom is seeing," says a policy adviser. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/0AG2YAu

Line chart showing US corporate profits as a share of national income, rising to a record high of roughly 18% in 2026.

Line chart showing employee pay as a share of US national income, falling from peaks of around 68% to about 60% in 2026.

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Herb Hovenkamp @sherman1890.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This morning’s post in “The Monopoly Problem” considers the nature and scope of cost savings or product improvements that result from mergers; should there be an “efficiency defense” in merger cases? herbhovenkamp.substack.com/p/antitrust-...

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Antitrust and Mergers: Efficient Production and Competitive Harm

Should there be an Efficiency “Defense” to Merger Challenges?

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

i keep saying this but LLMs are almost ideally shaped for collective ownership. the union idea is a super interesting direction to go with that

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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Very proud of this piece (forthcoming in JEL). It took years to write and edit. But happy of the final outcome, and even happier to see how the literature grew even as we were reviewing it!

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Johannes Klenell @johannesklenell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Skrev lite om hur våra politiker bygger sin makt på att vi är livrädda för varandra. Men att de som egentligen är livrädda nu heter Åkesson, Kristersson, Busch och Mohamsson. Och hur det är anledningen till att de nu skruvar upp sin rasistiska retorik till elva. Läs gärna arbetet.se/2026/08/18/d...

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Jimmie Åkesson är livrädd för valresultatet

SD och Tidögänget skruvar upp rasismen till elva.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17/08/2026

Monopsony Makes It Big by an all-star roster: @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social @arindube.bsky.social & Suresh Naidu #EconSky www.nber.org/papers/w3560...

Monopsony Makes it Big
Sydnee Caldwell, Arindrajit Dube & Suresh Naidu
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Working Paper 35608
DOI 10.3386/w35608
Issue Date August 2026
The literature on imperfect competition in labor markets has expanded rapidly in recent years. This article provides a guide to the field, focusing on the firm-specific ("residual") labor supply elasticity as the definition of a firm's labor market power. We present a general framework showing how this elasticity nests the three widely studied sources of monopsony power: search frictions, preference heterogeneity, and employer concentration. We summarize the empirical estimates of the elasticity of labor supply, highlighting sources of possible heterogeneity. We emphasize that it is difficult to infer elasticities from markdowns (and vice versa) due to the diversity of firm wage-setting practices, illustrating this point using the interaction between monopsony and efficiency wages. We discuss how policy issues in antitrust, labor market regulation, immigration, and macroeconomics interact with monopsony and conclude by listing several areas for future research

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Aureo de Paula @paulaaureo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Agnes Norris Keiller, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social and I have recently issued a revision for our on "Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data”! Here comes a short thread on what we do in the paper. @ucleconomics.bsky.social @poid-lse.bsky.social (1/9)

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're experiencing loneliness epidemic. Could AI chatbots help solve that problem? If you would have asked me up until recently I would say "probably!". But we don't know for sure. To answer this question, researchers in France recently ran a very cool experiment...

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NBER @nber.org · 22/07/2026

Joint custody boosts fathers’ earnings and mental health and improves kids' test scores, with no measurable downsides for mothers, from Canessa, Dahl, Hasselqvist, Meghir, Niknami, Palme, Rainer, Rosenqvist, and Xiao www.nber.org/papers/w35482

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In Danish data, GLP-1 treatment reduces long-term sickness leave by 17.3%. Estimated total fiscal benefits of GLP-1 initiation are approximately 1.3–1.5% of annual labor income per employed individual. www.nber.org/papers/w35475

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The Labor Market Impacts of GLP-1s

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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IFAU @ifau.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

När ett företag anställer i ett yrke som inte tidigare funnits på arbetsplatsen betalar de högre ingångslöner och rekryterar mer selektivt. De som anställs har längre arbetslivserfarenhet och rekryteras oftare från en annan arbetsgivare Nytt WP idag av @dgulumser.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I know my blue sky network is not optimized around tennis, a topic I became interested in a week ago having seen a YouTube short. But I still need you to play around with this

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Jeb Bush's 'Please Clap' Moment

ALT: Jeb Bush's 'Please Clap' Moment

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August @cinnober.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Långedragsborna när sommarturisterna kommer för en tur ut till skärgården.

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Anja @anjarolland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tenker på dette sitatet minst én gang i uken

Før fotball-VM i 1994 ble landslagstrener Egil Drillo Olsen spurt om han var bekymret for Rune Braseths kne. «Jeg er langt mer bekymret for markedsliberalismens frammarsj i Europa», svarte Drillo.

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NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages @repec-nep-lma.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Off the Labor Supply Curve: The Zero Employer Size Wage Effect Within Large Firms: Benjamin Schoefer

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Mentalt handikappat boskap @toebias.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Gillar att Japan har en fackombudsman på planen

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Ruben Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I anledning skattekommisjonens rapport: For noen år siden undersøkte jeg nordmenns skattepreferanser: En bred tverrpolitisk enighet hvis du spør _velgerne_ til partiene er at skattesystemet bør være progressivt hele veien. Det står i kontrast til det faktiske systemet som er regressivt i toppen.🧵

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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Earlier this month, we hosted the annual Behavioural/Experimental Group Workshop at the Department. Researchers presented their work on topics ranging from climate action and biodiversity to corruption, redistribution, and market morality. Thank you to all for an inspiring day! 📸 Moritz Janas

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 25/06/2026

The UK's tax system has tilted towards taxing people on the highest incomes www.ft.com/content/55a3...

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IFAU @ifau.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Välfärdssektorn är drygt 20 % av arbetsmarknaden. Lönerna är lägre, men många upplever sina arbeten som meningsfulla och är nöjda. Rörligheten mellan välfärdssektorn och övriga arbetsmarknaden har ökat De anställda stannar kvar i arbetslivet längre upp i åldrarna. Ny rapport - länk nedan!

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'm so grateful to the colleagues who have been willing to read my forthcoming book How Economics Discovered Women in advance (#1).

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Good piece by Yasheng Huang, who makes the same point that I often do: China's massive trade surplus reflects competitive (or absolute) advantage, not comparative advantage, and this is based mainly on its relatively low labor share of output. yashenghuang.substack.com/p/china-as-a...

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China as an absolute advantage economy

The puzzle is not why China exports cars but why it is still exporting t-shirts

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Rasmus Fleischer @rsmsflschr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Indexkritik! olåst artikel: archive.is/nGFnv

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Minister för Popmusik och Skörlevnad. @pappahutten.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Jävla blek gul färg på kortbyxorna?

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thread about our new @wid.world working paper with @jakobmolinder.bsky.social and Svante Prado on income inequality and structural transformation in Sweden, 1870–1970! Link to paper: wid.world/document/inc... Thread 1/

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New paper by Dahl and Knepper www.restud.com/unemployment... #REStud #EconSky

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

our working paper is out with the World Inequality Lab with a nice press release style summary! Read it here: "Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data, 1870–1970", World Inequality Lab Working Paper 2026/14. 🤠 wid.world/news-article...

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Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970 - WID - World Inequality Database

Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970 The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed...

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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🎓🎉 Congratulations to @danielcunhajr.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis in economics, In the Path of Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Firms! We're happy to celebrate this milestone and wish him all the best in his future research. Read more about his thesis: lnkd.in/diA6ViSM

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

things are going beautifully in Sweden, despite what Trump has to say about this social democratic hellhole

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