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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Speaking of, @hertieschool.bsky.social and @wzb.bsky.social are searching a professor of labour economics, inexplicably advertised here in PDF www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/5_... Applications due 17 May (sorry!)

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🔎 Meet our Job Market Candidate: @heddanielsen.bsky.social 📑 drive.google.com/file/d/1dVn1... 🌐 sites.google.com/view/heddani... 👥 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social #econjobmarket

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Simeon Schudy @simeonschudy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

If you are hiring this year, check out Charlotte's profile! She is a great young researcher and a big plus to every team!

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SALDRU @saldru.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Join us at UCT for our 2-day December Workshop co-hosted with ERSA, discussing frontier research in applied economics for developing countries! 2 keynotes: Taryn Dinkelman & Joseph Kaboski. 12 presenters from 7 international & 4 local universities, & PhD student panels.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 23/10/2025

Great news on @malengo.org: With a new large investment from The Shapiro Foundation (theshapirofoundation.org), we'll be able to bring several hundred vocational training and university students from Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda to Europe over the coming years! More here: malengo.org/malengo-secu...

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Lab² @labsquare.net · 31/07/2025

🚨Job Opportunity at WZB Berlin Social Science Center WZB’s Markets and Choice department is hiring Student Research Assistants for two major projects: - Lab^2 (@leventneyse.bsky.social) - Mental Models and Discrimination (@kaibarron.bsky.social) 🔗Learn more & apply: wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/398...

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Student Research Assistants (ID 350)

The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading-edge theory-based and problem-oriented social ...

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Please share! We have FIVE openings for student assistants to work on a range of projects at our group at @wzb.bsky.social (must be a Berlin based student) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/384...

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Five Student Assistants (ID 337)

The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social s...

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Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · 07/05/2025

In the German system, the professor is - supervisor - employer - examiner of "their" PhD students. Plus, they usually function as gatekeeper to the relevant scientific community. What can possibly go wrong? 🤔

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A relevant property of the German system: few professors. Only professor can examine students, apply for certain grants, sit on certain committees, ... (with minor exceptions). Privilege, sense of entitlement - and multitasking, which they're not good at, so they delegate many things to juniors.

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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

After Trump´s disgraceful behavior last week, we thought we need to do something to help Ukraine directly. And you can help too…

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1. If two people give 2 each, it is €4. If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million. Let’s coordinate, here 👇 and please re-post to spread the word. yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

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Your Contribution Squared

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Tim Köhler @timkohler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

How has the return to education evolved in post-Apartheid SA?🇿🇦 Happy to share a new working paper where I use reliable earnings data not publicly available to provide a more precise analysis than previously possible. 🔗: tinyurl.com/educ-returns... 5 key findings below!

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Miloš Fišar @milosfisar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🚨Save the date: September 3 - 6, 2025 I'm happy to announce the 2025 European Meeting of Economic Science Association to be held at @econmuni.bsky.social in Brno🇨🇿 Keynote speakers: • Anna Dreber Almenberg • George Loewenstein • @mbigoni.bsky.social • Michal Bauer More info:👇 esa2025.econ.muni.cz

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2025 European Meeting of the Economic Science Association | 2025 ESA European Meeting

2025 European Meeting of the Economic Science Association

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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Will repeat this forever, but if there's a US foreign policy program that deserves unambiguous support from a global health/humanitarian/economic/political/every angle you can think of perspective, it's PEPFAR. Sharing the economists letter of support here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Econsky

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PEPFAR letter

January 28th, 2025 With news that President Trump’s foreign aid executive order has halted distribution of life-saving HIV medications through PEPFAR, we write as concerned economists to express how c...

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 04/02/2025

I am hearing that PEPFAR programs are still being stalled, and medication appointments cancelled, despite a waiver in place to allow life-saving programs to continue. Thus, @belindaarch.bsky.social and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4

Text of letter available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SMkdyaeJWOHN4y-DC5RPY1ZGk9B_SIIk5Tv_Yz5zQRw/edit?tab=t.0

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Thousands of people, mostly kids, will die for no reason because of this www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/...

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Anthony Fish Hodgson @scantzor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Thrilled to share this paper based on my MPH research! Before-after analysis of suicide rates in South Africa: -no evidence of increase in overall rates during pandemic cf 2017 -significantly decreased rates when alcohol was fully banned, especially among men gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...

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Alcohol restrictions and suicide rates in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a natural experiment

Background Alcohol use is a well-established potentially modifiable risk factor for suicide, yet few studies have investigated the impact of alcohol restrictions on suicide rates, particularly in low-...

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 14/12/2024

A group of researchers has attempted to replicate our work on self-control and asset market prices published in the Review of Financial Studies (doi.org/10.1093/rfs/...) and not been able confirm our findings. See doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Do experimental asset market results replicate? High-powered preregistered replications of 17 claims

Experimental asset markets provide a controlled approach to studying financial markets. We attempt to replicate 17 key results from four prominent studies, coll

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Role model way to respond to replications:

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🎬 INSIGHTS Video: Narrative Persuasion 🌍 How do narratives shape economic decision-making? 💡 In our interview, @kaibarron.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social b.bsky.social) discusses how narratives influence investors' interpretations of objective information. Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uowZ...

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Narrative Persuasion - How one person may shape another's interpretation of objective information

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Thomas Drechsel @tdecon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We recently posted a new version of our paper "Identifying Monetary Policy Shocks: A Natural Language Approach" - with Boragan Aruoba We use natural language processing techniques to identify monetary policy shocks! Paper available here: econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

🌍 Want to connect with experts in behavioral economics and other fields of economics tackling applied societal questions of high policy relevance? 📚 Follow the “Rationality & Competition” Starter Pack for the latest research and discussions from our CRC members! #EconSky go.bsky.app/Uubbqcx

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

📢 Thrilled to announce that our CRC Rationality & Competition has been extended for the period 2025-2028! Huge thanks to the German Research Foundation (DFG), our incredible team, and especially our leads Klaus Schmidt & @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social! 🙌🚀 #EconSky

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Thomas Drechsel @tdecon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi everyone, I just recently signed up to Bluesky. I am mostly interested in macroeconomics and monetary economics, but also politics and history. Let’s connect! 🙂

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Anne Sophie Lassen @ansolassen.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Join our group at WZB in Berlin And if you don't do macro (gender/labor), check out the other positions within @bseberlin.bsky.social in micro - both theory and applied!

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Vincent Meisner @vincentmeisner.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Exciting news for PhD students: Visit Berlin for our 1st Berlin Micro Theory and Behavioral Economics PhD Conference, July 7-9, 2025! Apply before January 20. More details here: wzb.eu/en/events/1s... #EconSky

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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Good news - we are hiring!! 🥳 Are you an Applied Microeconomist on the job market & interested in policy-relevant research on crime, labor & inequality? Come work with us @diw.de & join our new team in a vibrant research environment - right in the center of Berlin. (1/2)

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Anna is looking for 1 x Post-Doc (up to 6Y!) 👇 and 1 x Pre-Doc in Berlin #Econ_ra #econsky Don't miss this if you're into the Economics of Crime!

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

📯Call for Applications: 2025 Research Associates Program We support postdoctoral researchers and junior professors in economics! More details or apply👇 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @unipotsdamwater.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social

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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

We have an opening for a Postdoc (initially 6 years) and will recruit via the European job market: tinyurl.com/yhwjb7y8 Deadline to apply: November 30. #econsky (2/2)

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Join us in Berlin!

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

🆕 What happened to violence, crime and mortality when South Africa banned alcohol? Today on VoxDev, Kai Barron (WZB Berlin Social Science Center), Rob Dorrington (Uni of Cape Town) & Richard Matzopoulos (SAMRC) outline the impacts of South Africa's nationwide alcohol ban: voxdev.org/topic/health...

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What happened to violence, crime and mortality when South Africa banned alcohol?

A nationwide alcohol ban in South Africa reduced violent crime and injury-related deaths, offering critical lessons for public policy.

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · 15/10/2024

📢Calling future economic experts: Ready to dive deep into economic theory, data analysis, and real-world impact? Applications are now open for the DIW Graduate Center PhD programme intake of 2025! Apply now and start your PhD journey with us! www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 08/12/2023

🚨🚨 One more week left to submit for our next Ludwig Erhard ifo Conference on Institutional Economics 2024 in beautiful Fürth, featuring keynote speakers @elliottash.bsky.social & @claudenbach.bsky.social, March 7th/8th: ifo.de/en/event/2024-… Please reach out if you have any questions! 🙂🙃🚀

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Steffen Huck @steffenhuck.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Here is the call for papers for the special issue of the EER in memory of Nora: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/euro...

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Valeria Rueda @valerueda.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

My recent paper in Economic Journal: In the Econ job market men and women are recommended differently: letters for women stress hard work, those for men more likely highlight brilliance. This affects job placement. Link to Paper: t.co/HUieaMuERd With Giovanni Facchini and Markus Eberhardt

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Deadline 15 November 👇

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

#EconSky 📉📈, you can now follow us on BlueSky. We combine methods and insights from behavioral and neoclassical economics to better understand important applied economic problems and reach more robust economic policy conclusions. [1/3] Who are we? 👇

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Peter Andre @peterandre.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference 2024 Check out the call, help spread the word to your early-career colleagues, and submit your wonderful papers! Bonn, briq, July 1–2 More infos sites.google.com/site/ecbecon... #ECBE2024 #EconSky 📉📈

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