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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 27/10/2025

I realized it's long chat histories

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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

yeah, of course. I think this would be impossible. but something *very* computationally intensive is happening locally

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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

I don't know if it'd be more merit based in absolute terms, but it would certainly be less "need to know"-network based, and for fairness at least I think that'd be desirable. I also acknowledge that network-based growth of groups has benefits (makes personal interactions more organic).

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simon heß @hesss.org · 25/02/2025

Oh yeah. Dev econ networks are a mystery to me.

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simon heß @hesss.org · 25/02/2025

I see. So you first need a network to tell you this and then someone to write a letter. Not saying the work of iza isnt great, just thinking there has to be a better way to run these things than these networks.

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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

I'm wondering: If part of Berlin had to repeat the last election because too many people weren't able to cast their votes (due to admin chaos), what's going to happen if many of the postal votes are not going to arrive on time.

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simon heß @hesss.org · 01/02/2025

(German proficiency is not required)

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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...

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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 28/01/2025

Is it "coil whining"? If so, processors vary massively in how much they do it.

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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-R1 was released a week ago and generated a lot of attention. I only started using deepseek last week

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simon heß @hesss.org · 27/01/2025

Can be, I'm running them in parallel with the same prompts at the moment and see me mostly going with deepseek's suggestions

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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 25/01/2025

That's right. Good reading comprehension skills. Way to go.

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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 · 23/01/2025

I think there's a lot of regional variation. Frankfurt and Berlin are very different from smaller places, where I perceive "Kartenzahlung erst ab 10 Euro" and gastronomy only taking cash as still a thing.

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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

A few countries come to mind where the political landscape might be disastrous in other ways, but where there's less day-to-day xenophobia to worry about: [parts of] UK, Singapore, NZ, Malaysia.

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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

I honestly think this must be a coding error where the intern was asked to do 95% and did 5%. Or some CEO said "do not report an interval longer than x.

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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 25/12/2024

Sorry to hear that. That sucks. Thanks for posting it though, I think it helps others get a realistic impression of how things go.

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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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simon heß @hesss.org · 08/12/2024

Like Vienna? What kind of visit are you thinking? Let's chat!

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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 · 09/11/2024

How is this disentangleable from the German government crisis and related fallout?

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