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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📢 Recently accepted at #EconomicsofEducationReview 📣by Hall, Lindahl & Rosenqvist "Reforming the preschool application system to reduce enrolment gaps" 1/2 #EconSky @ckcarruthers.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Really enjoyed this year's sites.google.com/site/prgreen... Highlights - Spillover effects of childcare in 🇩🇪 - The thumb rule in 🇳🇱 - Skill formation and returns to skills in 🇸🇪 - School construction in 🇺🇸 - Teacher grading practices in 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and 🇫🇮 1/3

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey #EconSky, join the #EconFPL. Win the fantastic mug ⤵️, and most importantly join this list of past winners 20/21 Vigyan D Ratnoo 21/22 @proflivingston.bsky.social 22/23 @conornomics.bsky.social 23/24 @danielepaserman.bsky.social 24/25 @proflivingston.bsky.social 24/25Vigyan D Ratnoo

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Hi #EconSky 📢 New paper accepted at #EconomicsofEducationReview by Christopher Avery & @abacherhicks.bsky.social : "Inequality and within-school student-teacher assignment patterns" They use US-data to analyse within school matching of students and teachers. 1/3

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hi #EconSky 📢 New paper accepted at #EconomicsofEducationReview by Landaud & Maurin:"Tracking when ranking matters" 👩‍🎓 The paper studies the effects of grouping students by prior achievement in a 2y program that prepares students for the competitive entrance exams @ckcarruthers.bsky.social 1/N

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

📢 New paper accepted at #EconomicsofEducationReview by De Benedetto, Silipo, and Ciccarelli: "Bridging the gap: The effect of National Operational Program (PON) on primary school performance" 1/N #EconSky @ckcarruthers.bsky.social @tyleransom.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social

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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

2 PhD positions at the Department of Economics at NTNU available 1. Open field shorturl.at/dm9kH 2. EduGAP. Work with Jon Iversen, myself, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @gillwyness.bsky.social, and Richard Murphy to understand assessment effects on student outcomes. shorturl.at/1h74L

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PhD in Economics (295348) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: PhD in Economics (295348), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, April 2, 2026

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

📢 New paper accepted at Economics of Education Review by Bedoya, Hoyos & Estrada: "Rule-based civil service: Evidence from a nationwide teacher reform in Mexico" #EconSky #EconomicsOfEducationReview @ckcarruthers.bsky.social @tyleransom.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social 1/N

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Oskar Nordström Skans @oskarnskans.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Call for papers -- Wages, Employment and Inequality, part IV. Uppsala Sep 4-5. Keynotes @simonjaeger.bsky.social & Anna Salomons. Also confirmed Alexander Willén and Lena Hensvik. Its the 4th time I do this with @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social, great fun every time - join us! verotutkimus.fi/en/wei-2026/

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» Call for Papers: Workshop in Labor Economics: WEI IV in Uppsala on 4 – 5.9.2026

<p>The fourth Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality (WEI IV) will be organized in Uppsala, Sweden, on September 4 – 5, 2026. The workshop has secured an outstanding lineup of s...

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

📢 New paper accepted at Economics of Education Review! Assaad, Aydemir, Dayıoğlu and Kırdar: “Wage returns to human capital resulting from an extra year of primary school: Evidence from Egypt” 1/N #EconSky #EconomicsOfEducationReview

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📢 New paper accepted at Economics of Education Review! @simonbriole.bsky.social “From teacher quality to teaching quality: Instructional productivity and teaching practices” 1/N #EconSky #EconomicsOfEducationReview

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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) to be held 7th-8th September in Trondheim, Norway. sites.google.com/site/prgreen... Keynotes: Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth) and Björn Öckert (IFAU) Call for papers open soon Funded by EduGAP project samforsk.no/prosjekter/e... #EconConf

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WEEP 2026

The Department of Economics at NTNU and NTNU Samfunnsforskning are pleased to announce the 4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) in Trondheim, Norway 7th-8th September 2026. We invite...

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Female presenters are interrupted 10% more I wrote about the new seminar dynamics paper in the AER here: open.substack.com/pub/hanshenr... #econsky

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Female economists face 10% more interruptions in econ seminars

New AER paper on seminar dynamics

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

⭐New paper!⭐ About generative network modelling - a key approach for understanding network structures. First half: We give a general introduction to generative network models Second half: We consider their use in animal behaviour research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🌟New paper!🌟 Very happy to have been part of this fun project with @delphinedemoor.bsky.social and coauthors.

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Super important work by @profsimonb.bsky.social and the team 👍 How do we make sure kids get access good school? Check this ⬇️ work analysing policy alternatives!

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This week I read the forthcoming paper in AEJ: EP by Bowden, Rodriguez, Weingarten studying how a more lenient grading policy affected student behavior and outcomes As the table shows - pre: min effort for D -> 69 points - post: min effort for D -> 60 points #econsky 1/N

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Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🚨 @andrealanauze.bsky.social & I are organizing the 2nd women & femme-id ppl in enviro econ workshop ♀️🌱📈 #EconTwitter Key dates: submit full paper or long abstract by Dec 3 Workshop: 9-10 April, in Venice, Italy Thx to @cagewarwick.bsky.social for 💰 & @cepr.org for support Link in 🧵 👇

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

2 new papers on smartphone use First, a new NBER working paper on Florida, suggesting that phone bans in school in the short run lead to worse outcomes, but improved outcomes in the longer run 1/2 #EconSky

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

👇#EJME 25/26 Mock Interviews: Recruiters needed! ℹ️on how to sign up: www.eeassoc.org/news/call-re... @david-schindler.de @eayeconomists.bsky.social @ecqe.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

New Research I came across this week #EconSky 1: Teaching negotiation skills to 8th graders in Zambia leads to better outcomes 10y later, with high returns! Paper: www.nber.org/system/files... 1/3

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

New cool study by @scandersen.bsky.social and @tsguul.bsky.social in JPART on how teachers use information from school tests to adjust their teaching. See more here: hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/do-teacher... #econsky @ingoisphording.bsky.social

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Do teachers use test results?

New RCT (in a low stakes setting!) says yes!

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Do school meals work? No: according to a new meta study by Sara Ayllón and Samuel Lad summarizing results from 42 studies. I discuss that study in slightly more detail here: hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/the-causal...

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Here is my favourite grant application trick: write the first drafts in British English. Now, the night before the deadline I can just change all the “ou” to “o” to be within the character limit🥳

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

My 3-hour blog post outperforms my 6-year papers New substack: hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/effort-and... #econsky

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Last chance to set your #FPL team ! - here are some of today's biggest changes in ownership

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

In Denmark, new mothers are quasi-randomly assigned to mother groups by nurses. This new paper shows that being assigned to a group with a depressed peer decreases mothers self-reported mental health + increases mental health care uptake. Fascinating!

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Martin Weidner @weidnerecon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Calling Econ PhD candidates: Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Deadline: September 30 Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Beautiful and simple thread on different ways of visualizing the distribution of one variable. Clear plots, beautiful examples.

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

OLS estimation - 2 equally sized groups - But different slops - And different variance in X Who get's more weight? I wrote my second substack post hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/ols-gives-... #EconSky

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

What students think working with data looks like. #EconSky

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Heya #EconSky #DataSky Moving from Stata to duckdb (thx @alemartinello.com for the push) Wrote my 1st substack post about it (and share code). Read for free and please suggest how I can make it faster. Thanks! hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/moving-to-...

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Moving to duckdb and sql

moving slowly to a faster and lighter world

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

What is hot in Public Econ - emoji verison! ⚡👫 -> 👶 🔫🔫 -> 🧑‍⚖️ 🦊📰 -> 🗳️ 🧮✔️ -> 🙋‍♂️ 🖥️💶 -> 🧾 🙏🚪 -> ⚖️ 🔌🎥 -> 🚔 📏💰 -> 💦 #EconSky

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Chloe does amazing work. Join the CEPEO lecture today if you can! I promise it will beat the Tour and the Tennis! #EconSky

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 09/07/2025

Tools like #coefplot and #reghdfe have quietly powered a huge share of empirical research. Citing them helps give credit where it’s due. What are some other packages or tools you think are widely used but might be undercited? journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

What is hot in Public Econ? - Divorce -> child outcomes - Shootings -> gun policy - Fox news -> democracy - Fact checking ->fact. knowledge - E-invoicing -> reported sales - Affirmative action ->minority representation - Electronic monitoring -> recidivism - Min. wages -> wage spillover #EconSky

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Heya #EconSky, has anyone read the recent @nber.org WP on "Uncertainty in Empirical" Econ by Shorfheide and You? Based on a quick look this morning - this is interesting! - I need more time to read it and someone to discuss it with 1/N

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Just accepted in #EconomicsOfEducationReview: “Self-learning at the right level, COVID-19, school closure, and non-cognitive abilities” By Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada, Mai Seki, & Kazuma Takakura #EconSky 1/N

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Daniel Kuehnle @danielkuehnle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🚨 One spot just opened up for our Summer School in Health Economics! Top-notch lectures by @jmwooldridge.bsky.social and Stefanie Schurer, presentations, and a great social program are waiting for you. First come, first served – apply now! #EconBluesky #economics @healtheconall.bsky.social

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Just accepted in #EconomicsOfEducationReview: “The demand for data analytical skills by gender” By Menghan Shen, Xiangrui Zheng, Tong Wang, & Xiaoyang Ye #EconSky 1/N

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Just accepted in the #EconomicsOfEducationReview, "The effect of compulsory education on non-cognitive skills: Evidence from low- and middle-income countries" by @antoniaentorf.bsky.social & Thomas Dohmen 1/N #EconSky

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