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econ assistant prof at wu vienna causal inference, networks, and development hesss.org

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🔎 Meet our Job Market Candidate: @shushmargaryan.bsky.social 📑 bit.ly/3K0Jfop 🌐 shushanm.github.io 👥 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social #econjobmarket #jobmarketcandidate
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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New paper out in @science.org! “Brain drain” or “brain gain”? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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simon heß @hesss.org · 13/05/2025
is openai running the model's in javascript in my browser? otherwise I cannot understand how the interface can be this laggy
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
i am genuinely curious to see if the asteroid that is about to hit the american economy can actually separate trump from his base
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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Researcher @meyting.bsky.social has been published in Nature!🎉 His study with @minxiesci.bsky.social, Felix Michalik, @hesss.org, Seunghun Chung & @pascalge.bsky.social finds a 20% lower dementia risk after shingles vaccination using economic methods. 👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky
Photo of and quote by Markus Eyting: "Our approach demonstrates how tools from economics can help establish causal relationships rather than mere correlations. This opens new avenues to evaluate public health interventions and enriches both fields with innovative analytical frameworks."
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Markus Eyting @meyting.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉 Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Die deutsche Innenministerin wollte nach Damaskus reisen, um Abschiebungen nach Syrien zu verhandeln – weil das Land ja angeblich sicher genug sei. Die Reise fiel aus. Grund: *checks notes* Sicherheitsbedenken. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
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Syrien: Faeser sagt Reise wegen Terrorwarnung ab
Bundesinnenministerin Faeser hat ihre geplante Reise nach Syrien abgesagt. Es gebe Hinweise "auf eine terroristische Bedrohung".
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Klaas Müller @klaasmueller.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Schon Arendt wusste: ohne Staatsangehörigkeit verliert der Mensch seinen "Platz in der Welt." Gerdes zu den gefährlichen deutschen Tendenzen in Richtung Loyalitätsstaatsbürgerschaft.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 15/03/2025
Könnten „Terrorunterstützer, Antisemiten und Extremisten" bald die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit verlieren? Warum dies ohne explizite Hinwendung zu einem anderen Staat völker- und verfassungswidrig wäre, erläutert MARIA MARTHA GERDES. verfassungsblog.de/illoyalitat-...
Zitatkachel der Autorin Maria Martha Gerdes mit dem Inhalt: "Aber auch Verlusttatbestände (mit Ausnahme des § 35 StAG) unterliegen in ihrer Systematik einer bestimmten Logik: Sie haben alle etwas mit Zuordnung zu tun"
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Lavinia Kinne @kinnelavinia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Very excited to see our paper on aging&cognitive skills out in the neuroscience section of Science Advances 🎉 @science.org We show that usage of skills seems to be the key to maintaining them 💡 Great collaboration with my co authors E.A. Hanushek, F. Witthöft and @woessmann.bsky.social! Details ⤵️
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
[PA system stutters alive] attention moderates. this is your final warning. anti-trans backlash is in fact backlash against gender nonconformity in general, including homosexuality, and it seeks to roll back all related forms of progress. this is your final warning, places please
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simon heß @hesss.org · 25/02/2025
Sorry to ask, but was IZA affiliation only merit-based or mostly network-based?
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It's midterm season. If you're giving a paper exam, consider using this LaTeX shell to write the exam. It adds up all of the points for you and it compiles a solution booklet for you, too. github.com/talgross-bu/...
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GitHub - talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams: A template to create paper exams with LaTeX
A template to create paper exams with LaTeX. Contribute to talgross-bu/LaTeX-template-for-exams development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨 How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
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simon heß @hesss.org · 09/02/2025
bbc.co.uk
Bodies of migrants recovered in Libya, authorities say
It comes just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm nearby.
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simon heß @hesss.org · 01/02/2025
PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students. 5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
The WU campus ail k
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simon heß @hesss.org · 29/01/2025
Wenn Merz Politik macht, die nur mit der AfD Mehrheiten hat, ist dann auch völlig egal ob die AfD dadurch schrumpft oder nicht.
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. "Then they came for the trade unionists … "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." —Martin Niemöller #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/pres...
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Presidential memo shuts down all government grants (now including NSF)
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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 27/01/2025
DeepSeek is a much better writing assistant than GPT currently is.
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Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
An agile EU would offer grants to US-based academics.
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simon heß @hesss.org · 22/01/2025
I'm in the UK since 3 weeks and haven't seen a single pound of cash. Grüße gehen raus nach Österreich und Deutschland.
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Elif Oezmen @elifoezmen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Point of no return. Diesen Tag und diese Nachricht werde ich den Rest meines Lebens nicht vergessen. Denn heute habe ich eingesehen, dass man mir und meinesgleichen in meinem Geburts- und Heimatland niemals eine sichere Heimat bieten wird. search.app/kscX74bMF3Qj...
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Merz gibt deutliche Botschaft: „Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsbürgerschaft“
Merz zeigt sich unzufrieden mit den Einbürgerungsrichtlinien der Ampel. Bei einem Sieg bei der Bundestagswahl hat der CDU-Chef vor, einiges grundlegend zu verändern.
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simon heß @hesss.org · 07/01/2025
can someone with a better understanding of Austrian politics tell me if it's already time to look for jobs abroad?
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simon heß @hesss.org · 07/01/2025
I'm visiting Oxford for the next 2 months. If you're around, let's meet!
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simon heß @hesss.org · 02/01/2025
when DHL sends the "your delivery will arrive between x and y" they are estimating a 5% confidence interval.
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Dany Jaimovich @djaimovi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Next year, the German Development Economics Conference (GDE) will take place in Frankfurt, my former hometown. I hope to see you there with a beer in your hands! @andregroeger.bsky.social @hesss.org @fuchsa.bsky.social @cannoncloud.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social @kczura.bsky.social
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Everywhere people celebrate, even in the Christian neighborhoods. This is Sahnaya, Damascus.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 11/11/2024
Hi everyone! Anna, here. I'm known as @itsafronomics on all platforms and I'm currently trying to survive my #phd in policy and economics at Harvard. I also write for the public on topics related to #race, #gender, and the #economy. I hope to connect with y'all soon! #econsky #academia
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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Excited to be at WU Vienna today to talk about new @nuffieldfound.bsky.social funded work on "Inequalities in applications and offers to graduate recruitment programmes" using exciting new recruitment data from a number of employers @franziskadbacher.bsky.social www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outr...
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WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
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simon heß @hesss.org · 23/10/2024
If I had another paper ready in time I would go. You should all submit to this excellent conference!
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Stefano Fiorin @stefanofiorin.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Call for papers for the 4th Workshop on Networks and Development, Naples, 22-23 May 2025, keynotes by Emily Breza (Harvard University) and Yves Zenou (Monash University). Apply before January 30th 2025. Details 👇 Please spread the word!
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simon heß @hesss.org · 22/10/2024
actual footage of me proctoring an exam
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simon heß @hesss.org · 22/10/2024
I'm in a bad place right now... not mentally, I just went on X to check something
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simon heß @hesss.org · 22/10/2024
this is fun! (bluesky)
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BlueArk Global @en.blueark.app · 18/10/2024
With BlueArk, you can migrate your tweets from X/Twitter to Bluesky quickly, securely and with the original date of each post. We preserve your stories, your media and your most relevant content on a new platform, without losing anything along the way. 🪽 blueark.app/en-us/
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simon heß @hesss.org · 19/10/2024
How does one decide whether to cancel a project that has a draft and 5 years of work put in? I mean if one is worried that it will lead nowhere?
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Our annual "blog your job market paper" call for PhD students in development economics is now open, with submissions due November 6. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Blog your job market paper 2024: submissions now open
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Journal Of Interesting Research @journalofir.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
I think we have a crisis #EconSky
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simon heß @hesss.org · 14/10/2024
I updated my latex preamble. follow me for more productivity hacks.
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John “Danielle” Phipps @magitekdad.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
Guys, get the fuck off Twitter.
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Cannon "like boom" Cloud @cannoncloud.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Part 2 go.bsky.app/CkasaUk
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Cannon "like boom" Cloud @cannoncloud.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
A somewhat random list of dev econ people. Please let me know if you would like to be added, or what people I'm missing. I'll make a second list once this is full. go.bsky.app/7dWAEXe
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simon heß @hesss.org · 16/11/2023
Postdoc in Development Economics at Uni of Frankfurt with Matthias Schündeln. I had that job and can wholeheartedly recommend all aspects of it. econjobmarket.org/positions/10...
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Johannes Kasinger @kasingerj.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Just out in @J_Ind_Econ (joint with @AljoschaJ): We explore when firms, facing rational inattentive consumers, optimally obfuscate prices, e.g. by hiding fees or choosing complex add-on pricing structures. doi.org/10.1111/joie... 🧵
Title, Authors and Abstract of paper "Obfuscation and Rational inattention"The main graph of the paper, showing the area where obfuscation equilibria exist, depending on consumers' prior beliefs and information costs
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Emma Rackstraw @emmarackstraw.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
(1/many) #EconSky My job market paper investigates what police propaganda and its effects can teach us about the institution of policing. t.co/5bzHCTdmR2
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When Reality TV Creates Reality: How “Copaganda” Affects Police, Communities, and Viewers
Television shows with police officer protagonists are ubiquitous on American television. Both fictional shows and reality shows portray a world where criminals
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Luisa Wallossek @lwallossek.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Why on earth is ctrl + F in outlook forward and not find???
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
🆕 Policymaking, trust, and the demand for public services. Today on VoxDev, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Dijana Zejcirovic & Fernando Fernández Bazán outline evidence from a nationwide family planning programme in #Peru: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Policymaking, trust, and the demand for public services
There is growing concern that citizens around the world have declining trust in institutions such as public health agencies, private corporations, scientists, or vaccine manufacturers. This column
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