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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Nope. The shorts are too short for proper German style

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Nora Strecker @streckernm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Full house, sharp insights, and lively discussion @ Tariff Talk today -- “Shamrocks & Sledgehammers: Ireland in the Crossfire of Trump’s Trade War” Big thanks to Alan de Bromhead and Ron Davies for helping unpack global trade tensions with clarity and punch. @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This is incredibly sad and a massive loss for the profession. IZA was my home for 5 years during which I met many wonderful people. I still have many friends there and am very sorry for them.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Damn autocorrect. Haha. gaelic

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm afraid Irish English will confuse you here. It's written like British English but we (often) say "soccer" because there is an Irish sport called "Garlic football".

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Exciting times! The UCD School of Economics is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors, one in AI & Data Science in Economics and another in Behavioural Economics and Sustainability. These positions underline our ambition to grow in research & impact. More info here: x.com/EconomicsUCD...

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

My fantastic co-author Julian Voss has meticulously compiled municipality-level election results for Post-WW2 Western German elections (1949-1969) from historical records. What a great resource! Read the paper, use the data: osf.io/preprints/os...

Maps of municipality-level election results

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

tidyverse for data wrangling, base R for basic regressions (lm and glm), fixest for more advanced methods. And quarto for writing assignments.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

100% agree. We switched all our econometrics courses to R and it works very well. It's free and the AI support for R is excellent, which is a big plus.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Reading this paper and absolutely loving it. Addresses an important methodological issue, concise and clearly written, methods are implemented in an R package so others can use them easily. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Oooh fun topic. At a Czech university I was once given a pile of koruna on the spot, signed a receipt and that was it. They told me a bank transfer would take more than a year.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Wait, that was a year ago 🤭

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

I am very happy to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economics at UCD. It has been quite a journey, and I'm deeply grateful to family, friends, colleagues, and mentors who provided invaluable support over many years. I'll pay forward for sure. #firstgen

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14/11/2023

🚨 Call for Papers —Conference on the economics of migration in Latin America, Mar. 14–15 in Washington —Featuring top researchers @sandrarozo.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social @claireadida.bsky.social et al., run by HUMANS network of LACEA —With a keynote by me —Submissions due 🔜 December 15

2nd Call for Papers: Humans Lacea Network. Place and date: The conference will be held at the Headquarters of the World Bank in Washington DC on March 14 and 15, 2024. Keynote Speakers: Michael Clemens and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Panel with Expert Researchers: David McKenzie and Claire Adida Scientific Committee: Santiago Perez, Claire Adida, David McKenzie, Cynthia Van Der Werf, Ana Maria Ibafiez, Marcela Meléndez, Antonella Bandiera, and Sandra Rozo. The deadline for submitting complete papers is December 15, 2022. Full papers, in PDF format, should he submitted online via humanslacea@gmail.com. The authors of accepted papers will be notified by email on January 31st, 2023. There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor discussion. Airfare and accommodations will be covered for up to one presenter of the selected papers. Founders of the network include Ana Maria Ibanez (Network head), Marcela Meléndez, Antonella Bandiera, and Sandra Rozo.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Check out the work by Uta Bolt and coauthors on gender attitudes measured from essays in early secondary school: drive.google.com/file/d/1TkZY...

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

2 days remaining to submit your latest work on migration to our special volume in Research in Labor Economics. More information here 👇

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Simon Wiederhold @simonwiederhold.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Recruiting: IWH Halle and Uni Magdeburg are hiring an Assistant Professor in Labor Economics (max. 6 yrs, no TT)👇 www.iwh-halle.de/en/career/jo... Deadline: 26 Nov 2023 Reduced teaching load (just 2 hours per week), supportive atmosphere & great research environment: Come see yourself!

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 19/10/2023

Wondering what to get the academics in your life for the holidays? Wonder no more.

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Joël Machado @joelmachado.eu · 11/10/2023

New Discussion Paper alert #EconSky "The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal" co-authored with Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha'ngom and Frédéric Docquier www.iza.org/publications... 1/12

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Very interesting work. Will take a closer look soon!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I was waiting for the pun "us mere settler mortals"

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Riesige Glückwünsche an Claudia Goldin zum diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften! Worum geht es bei ihrer Forschung? Ein paar Eindrücke aus ihrer Forschung zum Arbeitsmarkt (auf deutsch).

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

#EconSky 📉📈 Let me introduce FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social - the Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies of the Bruno Kessler Foundation. FOLLOW IT! More information: irvapp.fbk.eu

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Bayern älteren Semesters würden zu dem Ergebnis sagen "Unter'm Strauss hätt's des ned gemm"

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 07/10/2023

We started @malengo.org in 2021 to support Ugandan students on their journey to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. We admitted 10 students in 2021; 30 in 2022; and 120 in 2023. Our next goal: FOUR HUNDRED! We urgently need both investors and donors — please read and spread widely! 1/n

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Great to see you over here, Michael. Looking forward to your insights.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Thanks so much, Mette, for your contribution. We're very much looking forward to putting this volume together.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...

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IZA - Research in Labor Economics - Paper Submission

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Great. Let's get the jokes out of the way: will they distribute special invite codes? Do I need to include my postcode in my profile so that people will talk to me?

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Wonderful show. The accents are hilarious and there are definitely some jokes for grown-ups in there.

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

I remember visiting you in Stirling years ago when the Behavioural science centre was basically your office. Very impressive that you and others built such a strong centre since!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Things start to heat up over here. Keep it coming!

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Touché. That's what I did on mastodon. But this time is different...

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

So far, the #econsky experience is fun. 1) "Oh, such and such is here as well" 2) A bunch of economists trying to solve a collective action problem by writing "Are we really doing this now?"; really means "Is this time different or are we doing Mastodon again?"

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Does anyone know how to view Bluesky on an iPad in full screen mode? The current app seems to be made for iPhone

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Ben Elsner @benelsner.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Hi everyone! Happy to give this one a shot.

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