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Palaash Bhargava @palaashbhargava.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Education economists! Come join us in Bonn! We look forward to your submissions and hope to get a great conference lined up. @ingoisphording.bsky.social

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Massimo Anelli @massimo-anelli.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We’re thrilled to announce the first AI and Society Conference 🧠🤖 📍 Bocconi University, Milan 📅 11–12 June 2026 🎤 Keynote by Sendhil Mullainathan Call for papers open—join us! bocconi.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is wild! Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I appreciate the WSJ following up on this story, which is already in danger of being one of many forgotten scandals in elite academia.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

From the job ad. Don’t you dare work a minute longer. Welcome to Germany 🙃🕐

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

At Our World in Data, we spend much of our time counting deaths. But it’s just as important to know the number of lives saved — even though it is harder to estimate and involves much larger uncertainty. My Data Insight today includes this chart of some estimates.

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Jonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

It's fantastic that the network is saved. But IZA as an institute closing down is still a tremendous loss

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I am super happy about the IZA network and DP series having found a new home at @liser.lu . Having visited in the past, I think LISER is the kind of place IZA could (and should ) have been. I wish them all the best!

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hi, all! Looking for recommendations for asynchronous courses or self-paced learning materials (not just books or slides but also including exercises) for learning R and Python relevant to academic uses in business and economics research! TIA #EconSky

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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Just to answer @erdaltekin.bsky.social‘s question: ESPE 2026 will be held at Aalto University in Helsinki on 11-13 June 2026. Looking forward to seeing your submissions!!

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Jörg Spengler 🇪🇺 @joergspengler.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Wir brauchen eine Baumoffensive in unseren Städten. Bäume sorgen für ein angenehmes Stadtklima und bremsen die Klimakatastrophe . #StädteFürMenschen 🌳🌳🌳 📷 @birgithebein.bsky.social

Bild von einem Baum mit Parkbank:
Kostet neu ca. 25.000* Euro
Steht 100% der Zeit herum
Speichert CO,
Kühlt die Straße spürbar ab
Wird mehr als
70 Jahre alt.
Bild von einem Kleinwagen:
Kostet neu ca. 25.000 Euro
Steht 94% der Zeit herum
Erzeugt CO,
Heizt die Straße spürbar auf
Wird durchschnittlich
6,9 Jahre alt.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Cool thing: @ihs.ac.at produces its own honey – and gifts it to presenters. 🍯🐝 Great audience and comments, too!

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Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) @ihs.ac.at · 01/07/2025

Thanks to @ingoisphording.bsky.social for an insightful IHS Talk about the mental health challenges among teachers!

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Visiting the @ihs.ac.at in Vienna these days. Highly recommended office situation given the heat! Thank you, @kbekhtiar.bsky.social and Holger Bonin for the invitation.

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Today, the German Federal Election Officer released data on voting by age and gender for the 2025 election. Contrary to popular belief, AfD support is still not strongest among the youngest voters, but rather among the middle-aged (males). Support is also still much lower in older cohorts. (1/3) 🧵

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Does anyone else observe increasing bullshitting with ChatGPT? I use it extensively to summarize research papers, but in several occasions over the past weeks, it just hallucinates a completely different paper than the one I provide, even if I ask several times. I did not notice this before.

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 19/06/2025

Pretty niche, but could work

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Our third speaker is @antoniaentorf.bsky.social, talking about “Mental Health Challenges Among Teachers: The Role of Occupational Structure and Workplace”.

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antoniaentorf.bsky.social @antoniaentorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I had the great pleasure to attend the CEPR Labor Symposium in Berlin and to present the joint project with @ingoisphording.bsky.social and Miriam Gensowski on mental health challenges among teachers.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Kind of heartbreaking to see the amount of brilliant guests at IZA this week.

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

What an incredible evening and night! We are thrilled to continue our journey together at @econtribute.bsky.social after yesterday's decision by @dfg.de🚀Find out more about our research and what we're planning for the second funding phase 👉: econtribute.de/funding-exte... #ExStra #WeECONtribute

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antoniaentorf.bsky.social @antoniaentorf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I am happy to share that my first paper, co-authored with Thomas Dohmen, has been published in the Economics of Education Review today! 😊 doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

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J-PAL Europe @j-paleurope.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📣 Happening today: Watch the livestream of our roundtable on #evidence & #climatepolicy, co-hosted w/ @iza.org. Hear from our participants (shown below) & learn about our Air & Water Labs launched w/ Community Jameel. 🕠 5:30–7:00 pm CEST Register to watch: conference.iza.org/conference_f...

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Academia is cool because if you're doing it right, every paper you published in the last 3 years feels inadequate now that you understand the topic better, but it'll take 3 years to get out the version where you get it more right, and you get to do that until one day you die! Isn't that cool

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ciffi / Christian Füller @ciffi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Man muss sich klarmachen, dass alles, was Trump jetzt macht, eine Blaupause sein wird für die ersten AfD-Regierungen etwa im Osten Deutschlands. Ganz viel von dem Schrott werden die hier auch probieren.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

One of the best things about Sweden: my coffee addiction finally feels socially accepted. Many thanks to @ifau.bsky.social for the kind invitation — and for making “Fika” an official item on the meeting agenda — after presenting joint work with @felix-holub.bsky.social and @beatethies.bsky.social

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Suppression of the opinion of Turkish oppositionists, advertising for the AfD, megaphone for Russian war propaganda, journalistic support for Trump's coup: Musk uses X like Goebbels used the Volksempfänger (People's Receiver)

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

In front of my window, I see the participants of the IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC Mentoring Workshop leaving the building. This is one of the very last events in a long history of @iza.org activities supporting researchers from the global south.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Not all news are bad these days 😃: "Average skills increase strongly into the 40s before decreasing slightly in literacy + more strongly in numeracy." New @science.org paper by Rock Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social , Frauke Witthöft and @woessmann.bsky.social on age-skill profiles.

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Felix Poege @fpoege.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Very excited to see our paper "Like Stars: How Firms Learn at Scientific Conferences" out in print in Management Science! (with Stefano Baruffaldi - yet to join over here) pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Devastating news at IZA yesterday. More than 25 years of hard work, earned reputation, and valuable institutional knowledge and public good provision wiped out with a single stroke. It’s hard to find the words.

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This week, we welcome @danielioren.bsky.social from Tel Aviv University at @iza.org . Today, he speaks about an unfortunately more than timely topic: Decomposing the Rise of the Populist Radical Right (with Noam Gidron, Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Ro’ee Levy).

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Ich denke, der Grund, dass Klimathemen beim #kanzlerduell weitestgehend ausgespart wurden, liegt einfach im breiten gesellschaftlichen Konsens über dieses Thema, so dass ein Austausch hierüber nur wertvolle Sendungszeit kosten würde. #ironie

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

📢 We’re Hiring! 2 Doctoral Researchers – Labor Econ 💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets? 📈 Background in Econ/ STEM? 🖥️ Love working with large-scale data? If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂 Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

F-ing brilliant…

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 31/01/2025

Congratulations to the authors! But a publication lag of 10+ years and 8 articles per issue is not the way to push the relevance of a field.

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Jonas Vlachos @jonasvlachos.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Dear social scientists! Please direct me to data sources (not the least microdata) that are available to students at the undergrad and master's level. I have already LIS and ILSA (PISA, TIMSS etc) on my list. #econsky #economics #data

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Shon Ferguson @shonferguson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Unsolicited advice to authors: In your responses to reviewers, the best practice is to respond point by point, using the same numbering and even including the reviewers' comments verbatim directly before each response. Do not remove the numbering, jumble the order, and paraphrase the comments!

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

#econsky, I’m exploring a new literature and would love to tap into your hivemind. What are good starting points and key references on the effects of working conditions and occupational demands on workers’ #mentalhealth? @ckronenberg.bsky.social @henninghermes.com

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Please welcome and follow my former colleague and now @liserinlux.bsky.social Research Associate @terrygregory.bsky.social on BlueSky! (also part of the IZA starter pack go.bsky.app/GANhcR9)

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Terry Gregory @terrygregory.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Thanks @ingoisphording.bsky.social for a great presentation today in the Data Science Lunch Seminar @liserinlux.bsky.social on "Patterns of Knowledge Worker Productivity: Insights from Github Activity Data". Fascinating data with interesting possibilities for research. @iza.org

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 11/01/2025

Alice Weidel nennt Universitäten "queer-woke Kaderschmieden" und sagt: "Wir schließen alle Gender Studies und schmeißen alle diese Professoren raus". Die Naturwissenschafts-Community muss sich hier klar auf die Seite der Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaft stellen. Das ist ein Angriff auf alle. (Thread)

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