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Frank Schilbach

@fschilbach.bsky.social
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Behavioral and development economist at MIT studying poverty, sleep, alcohol, mental health, and loneliness

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econimate @econimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How well do we learn from others? John Conlon (OSU), Malavika Mani (Warwick), Gautam Rao (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social), Matthew Ridley (Warwick) & @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) on barriers to social learning: youtu.be/XAT-DGhjRRM
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Christina Felfe @christinafelfe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Fantastic Job Opportunity for Behavioral Economists: Research Group Leader - 5year Ass Prof Position (non TT) + PhD Position + Research Allowance + Access to Funding Opportunities at the Excellence Cluster The Politics of Inequality! More details are here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/c...
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Research Group Leader at the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality"
Deadline: May 15, 2026
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“We commend her fearlessness, leadership, and commitment to understanding what is lost and what is gained for everyone when opportunities for women contract or expand.” #econsky #academicsky #history #economichistory marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/03/clau...
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Claudia Goldin to Receive Talcott Parsons Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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NBER @nber.org · 15/02/2026
In an Indian college, 56% screen for depression/anxiety yet only 3% use free therapy. In an RCT, incentives boost take-up and screening improves targeting. A combination does both, from Breza, Carney, Raghavan, Rajah, Rangaswamy, Rao, Schilbach, Shadbar, and Stratton www.nber.org/papers/w34819
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New research on postpartum depression as a mechanism of the motherhood penalty (i.e., mothers' reduced lifetime earnings) in Denmark "The penalties are concentrated among less educated mothers and those in less family-friendly jobs." (Application to the US is left as an exercise for the reader)
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EconPapers: Postpartum Depression and the Motherhood Penalty
By Bhalotra. Sonia, N. Meltem Daysal, Louis Freget, Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Priyama Majumdar, Mircea Trandafir, Miriam Wust and Tom Zohar; Abstract: Using Danish administrative data linked to two independent, validated postpartum depression screenings, we study how
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Fantastic conference on field experiments in economics and business!
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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#econsky et al. I am happy to announce the #call_for_papers for the 2026 Economics of Mental Health Workshop! The workshop is hosted by @peibich.bsky.social at Paris Dauphine and takes place from June 22-23. They keynotes are @jcmecon.bsky.social & Marco Bertoni. 1/n
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Excellent full time research assistant position in India with @jainr.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch. This is a field-based, travel-intensive role rather than desk-based research. Application details: lnkd.in/e_YzfZEt
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
What would it cost to end extreme poverty? "We estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% ... would cost $170B nominal per year." "The results correspond to a cost of (approximately) ending extreme poverty of roughly 0.3% of global GDP."
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Terrific job market paper by our student Kailash Rajah on how husbands‘ jealousy restricts women’s work opportunities in India
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Duncan Webb @duncanwebb.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🔥Very cool paper showing that women in India are way more likely to take up a job (↑29%) in a female-only workplace, and that this can be explained by husbands' jealousy/desire for control. These are massive effects, equivalent to 2.5x increases in wage bit.ly/4nn9apn
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 28/11/2025
📆 2 December @ 16:00 CET The Fall 2025 VDEV/CEPR/BREAD series comes to a close with @fschilbach.bsky.social presenting "Not Learning from Others and Learning in the Household" Moderator: Suanna Oh @pse.bsky.social ow.ly/aUH450X49HB #EconSky
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What are the best practices for ensuring subject comprehension in lab or field experiments? Can you recommend any research papers or guides? #econsky
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process. There's still time to sign! And please share. #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
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Ted Miguel @tedmiguel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Great NYT write up of our new results on child mortality and cash transfers in Kenya: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...
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A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Cash transfers improve sleep quality for household heads but not other family members, revealing how financial pressures burden those responsible for providing. Read today's article to learn more:
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Ursina Schaede @ursina.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Excited that Tufts is hosting NEUDC this fall! Spread the word and send us your finest work by Aug 17. t.co/fxMQPJRgAR
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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 22/05/2025
Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare,” by Finkelstein, Notowidigdo (@profnoto.bsky.social), Schilbach, and Zhang: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare*
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Do recessions reduce mortality? Very excited about this @econimate.bsky.social video on our paper!
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econimate @econimate.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Do recessions impact mortality? Amy Finkelstein (MIT), @profnoto.bsky.social (Chicago Booth), @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) & @jzhangecon.bsky.social (Duke Sanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession: youtu.be/XrBXo9b2e6g
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Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I appreciate that the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences has this prominently placed at the top of their main webpage right now. as.tufts.edu
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Jing Li @jingli-econ.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In "Colluding Against Environmental Regulation," we study collusion among firms against imperfectly monitored environmental regulation, applied to a case study about automakers and diesel vehicle emissions. With Jorge Alé-Chilet, Cuicui Chen, and Mathias Reynaert. @reveconstudies.bsky.social
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Jaishri Srinivasan @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🚨 Attention for those who had USAID funding terminated....
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Special Application Window for USAID Research - Weiss Fund
Special Application Window for USAID Research Overview Researchers who have recently had projects terminated by the USAID or received a stop work order are invited to apply to a special call of the We...
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."
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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Welcome to Bluesky, my Tufts colleague @jingli-econ.bsky.social ! Jing has a new NBER working paper out today on political ideology and EVs:
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Rachel Glennerster @rglenner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thank you to @charlesjkenny.bsky.social, @justsand.bsky.social and others @cgdev.org whose careful data work underpins this important and devastating article by @nickkristof.bsky.social in @nytimes.com. A great eg of combining data with the human face of that data.
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is very important. If you’re still out there saying that they’re coming after X, Y or Z “because of woke”, then you’re part of the problem.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 07/03/2025
#StandUpForScience, Boston
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Fantastic conference on field experiments in economics and business!
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Princeton Economics @princetonecon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Princeton Econ welcomes Simon Jäger (@simonjaeger.bsky.social), a leading labor economist, to the department and the Industrial Relations Section. Jäger studies labor markets, inequality, worker representation, and wage dynamics. Read more about his research and appointment: bit.ly/43ij3Ng
Welcome message for Simon Jäger, featuring a portrait and titled 'Associate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton Economics'.
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Abby Sussman @abbysussman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
**Spread the word** ONLY 4 DAYS TO SUBMIT to the 2025 Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) virtual conference. Submit by February 21 for short presentations. Conference is May 1-2. Check out details and submit: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/02/2025
If you are American, please stop what you are doing and contact your representative. Regardless of who you voted for, tell your representative that you expect them to protect our capacity for research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other crucial science. —> www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals ) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
This paper experimentally documents discrimination in the formation of professional networks among academic economists. We created fictitious human-like bot acc
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
#QJE Feb 2025, #12, “Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive,” by Kaur, Mullainathan (@sendhil.bsky.social), Oh, and Schilbach (@fschilbach.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?*
Abstract. Workers who are worried about their personal finances may find it hard to focus at work. If so, reducing financial concerns could increase produc
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 23/12/2024
🚨 Christmas WP Alert 🚨 New study explores the causal impact of correcting misperceived gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations. Using a field experiment with German mothers of young children, we find three key results: 📄👇 #EconSky
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 12/12/2024
📣📣📣 #EconSky Inspired by @tapiorasanen.bsky.social, here is a starter pack for economists conducting field experiments 🤓🫶 Please let me know who is missing – and share widely! 🚀 go.bsky.app/9hev4gN
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Yes! We talk about this briefly in our conclusion:
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Very excited to see this in print soon!
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive,” by Kaur, Mullainathan (@sendhil.bsky.social), Oh, and Schilbach (@fschilbach.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?*
Abstract. Workers who are worried about their personal finances may find it hard to focus at work. If so, reducing financial concerns could by itself incre
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Would you please add me? Thank you!
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🆕 The overlooked role of sleep in children's education in India Today on VoxDev, Maulik Jagnani (Fletcher School, Tufts) explores why sleep is a fundamental component of children's ability to learn and succeed academically: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
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The overlooked role of sleep in children's education in India
Later sunsets reduce children's sleep, harming their learning and long-term education outcomes in India.
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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Watching Gautam Rao present a 5 year evaluation results of a low-cost psychotherapy intervention in India, and to what extent helping alleviate depression might also improve labor and economic outcomes from (Thanks hosts @katymilkman.bsky.social & Penn CHIBE! chibe.upenn.edu/event/gautam...
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Ray Fisman @rfisman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
My small part in trying to get people to understand why it seems like running government like a business is a good idea, when in fact it's a terrible one (1/4): www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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Opinion | If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.
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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
🔔‼️ Terrific job market paper on learning in the household!
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The NBER Development Economics fall conference is being livestreamed now. Here's the program, which runs until 4:45 pm ET today: www.nber.org/conferences/...
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Development Economics Program Meeting
YouTube video by NBER
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