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Melanie Luhrmann

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Economist, Professor at Royal Holloway, @IFS @CESifo @G53.

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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In case you want to know if education is worth it (in terms of lifetime earnings): ifs.org.uk/publications...
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New estimates of the impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings | Institute for Fiscal Studies
How does going to university affect earnings over people’s lifetimes? How much do individuals and taxpayers benefit from people going to university?
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thanks to all for an inspiring workshop! #econsky #rhulecon #echo.rhul #leverhulme
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Our Summerschool on Economics of Health and Human Capital with the fabulous Leverhulme Visiting Professor Martin Karlsson is just kicking off! #econsky #Health #Leverhulmetrust #rhulecon #cinch
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📢 Come and join our EcHo Summer School in Economics of Health & Human Capital! 🗓 12–15 May 2026 | Stewart House, London Lectures, individual feedback sessions & a 2-day research workshop for PhD students and early-career researchers. Full details & sign-up 👇 echo-rhul.github.io/summerschool...
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Summer School — Economics of Health & Human Capital | EcHo · Royal Holloway
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Last day to submit to our workshop!
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
8 days left to apply!
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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📢Notifications for the Essen Health Conference 2026 are now out! (Don't forget to check your spam folders). Many thanks to our scientific committee who had the joy and challenge to select from such an excellent pool of papers
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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · 27/02/2026
📢 Call for Applications | IZA@LISER Summer School in Labor Economics 2026 #IZALISER2026 📅 1–3 June 2026 in #Luxembourg 🗣️ W/ featured lecturers @alanmanning4.bsky.social & Kristiina Huttunen ⏳ Deadline: 5 March 2026 🔗 www.liser.lu/news/call-fo... #LaborEconomics #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Call for Papers: Economics of Health & Human Capital Organised by EcHo Royal Holloway 🗓️ May 14–15, 2026 | Stewart House, London ⏰ Deadline: March 20, 2026 Keynote: Leverhulme Visiting Professor Martin Karlsson drive.google.com/file/d/1Ktqo... #HealthEconomics #EconSky #CallforPapers #rhulecon
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EcHO_Call_for_Papers_2026.pdf
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New call for papers for a special issue on the gender wage gap onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
<em>Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society</em> Journal publishes research furthering understanding of employment relations, labour markets, & the organization & future of work globally.
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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨Two weeks left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2026! Submit your work in the fields of health, labour or education by 🗓️ 31 January! Further information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc26
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Fabulous news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc26
The Essen Health Conference 2026 will take place on 3-5 June 2026 in Essen, Germany. We accept papers on topics of Health, Education and Labour. We only accept full paper submissions. Please submit before the deadline of 31st January 2026, at the following link - https://bit.ly/submit-ehc26
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Royal Holloway Psychology @rhulpsychology.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
📢 We are recruiting Clinical Psychologists to join the Royal Holloway Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as Lecturers (Professional Practice). 📍 Egham | £49,325–£58,345 + £8,588 supplement | PT or FT | Permanent. Apply by 2 Sept 2025. jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Professional Practice)
Full-Time or Part-Time, PermanentSalary is £49,325 to £58,345 per annum including London Allowance (Pro-rata if offered on a part-time basis). A Clinical Lecturer supplement of £8,588 (Pro-rata if par...
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Bastian Schulz @bsecon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The 1st Aarhus Workshop on Labor Markets (AWLM 2025) happens from Oct 22-24 at Aarhus University, Denmark. We are excited to receive papers that focus on understanding and analyzing labor market dynamics, policies, and outcomes. Both empirical research and structural work is highly welcome!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
A new award for young scholars in the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics.
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
📢 Sanitation Infrastructure On Thursday July 10th, Britta Augsburg @theifs.bsky.social, Molly Lipscomb ‪@uvabatten.bsky.social‬ & ‪@afosterri.org‬ will outline key takeaways for policy from their forthcoming #VoxDevLit at our launch event. Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Sanitation Infrastructure: VoxDevLit Launch Event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Sanitation infrastructure plays a critical role in improving public health and wellbeing, yet nearly one in five people globally still lack access to basic services. At this VoxDevLit launch event, B...
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Economics. For Society. @ubscenter.uzh.ch · 27/06/2025
Jetzt anmelden zum Vortrag der deutschen «Wirtschaftsweisen» @monika-schnitzer.com an der Universität Zürich. Sie ist Vorsitzende des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social und Professorin an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/de/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New paper out! We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products by local businesses and the household demand for toilets in rural Nigeria. More here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social is joined by @ckfarquharson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social to explore the impact and legacy of Sure Start. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/pol...
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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
CHIBE researchers Christina Roberto and Alyssa Moran are cited in a TIME essay by Arianna Huffington advocating that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps not allow the purchase of sugary drinks or soda. time.com/7297603/snap...
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The Case Against Using SNAP to Subsidize Soda
Arianna Huffington makes a case against using SNAP benefits to subsidize soda.
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Having a great time at ESPE2025- inspiring programme! #espe2025
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My co-author Grigory Aleksin presenting our work (with Arnaud Chevalier) showing that small community youth projects cause short-run reductions in crime, especially anti- social behaviour. #espe2025 #econ #rhul
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Nearly a decade ago, IZA World of Labor ("bridges the gap between research and policy") asked me to write a short intro to Instrumental Variables (IV) estimation. Now teamed up with the great Grigory Aleksin (RHUL) for an update. Enjoyed the team work a lot! wol.iza.org/articles/usi...
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Using instrumental variables to establish causality
Even with observational data, causality can be recovered with the help of instrumental variables estimation
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Ines Helm @ineshelmecon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz! Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ. Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor Please help us spread the word and RT.
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Labor Economics
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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We just released our paper using a field experiment to reveal indoor air pollution (IAP) in London: It’s worse than you think! 🧵with six main results👇 With @sjroth.bsky.social.
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🆕 Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay Today on VoxDev, Juanita Bloomfield (Universidad de Montevideo), Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid & Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) demonstrate how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices: voxdev.org/topic/health...
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Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay
A phone-based intervention in Uruguay, which included access to an AI chatbot, demonstrates how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices and improve early childhood development at scale.
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CINCH @cinchessen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment. Deadline: May 1, 2025 Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social #healtheconomics #econsky #teachecon
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Daniel Kuehnle @danielkuehnle.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🔈 Call for Papers 🔈 Join us for the first NU-DE Workshop on Applied Microeconomics 📍Nuremberg | 🗓️ Oct 1–2, 2025 For more information, see the call for papers. Interested? Submit your paper! We are looking forward to seeing you in October! #econsky #healtheconomics Thanks for sharing widely!
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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 29/03/2025
75% of US scientists who answered @nature.com poll consider leaving. More than 1,600 readers answered their poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fabulous news! ifs.org.uk/news/helen-m...
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Helen Miller appointed as new Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is delighted to announce that Helen Miller has been appointed as its next Director.
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
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John Eric Humphries @johneric.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Jason Abaluck and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 2-3. Submit your papers by March 24: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/... @jabaluck.bsky.social
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Cowles Summer Conference Paper Submission Form
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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
🚨HRSA's Area Health Resources Files webpage is now down. Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here: data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
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County-level data on U.S. opioid distributions, demographics, healthcare supply, and healthcare access
This repository includes data from the Health Resources & Services Administration's Area Health Resources Files (years 2000-2001, 2004-2022), CDC Wonder, National Conference of State Legislatures, and...
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Gema Zamarro @gzamarro.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If you are doing macroeconomic research about Greece, check out this fabulous new data resource, directed by my fabulous colleague Manolis Galenianos: www.greeceinnumbers.com
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Greece in Numbers
Greece in Numbers collects data about Greece and organizes, explains, and presents it in an accessible way and free of charge in Greek and in English.
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Climent Quintana-Domeque @climent.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🚨 Exciting news! The 3rd #Diversity & #HumanCapital Workshop @uofebusiness.bsky.social returns June 16–17, 2025 🎉 Keynote speakers: Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes & Imran Rasul. Call for Papers will be out soon. Stay tuned! tinyurl.com/yc8h2nkr #econsky #economics @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Last day to submit!
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
4 days left to submit to this fabulous conference!
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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Friendly Reminder! 🚨6 days left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2025 ⏰ Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January! Find all information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc25
Call for papers for the Essen Health Conference 2025. The Conference will be held from 29-31 May 2025 in Essen, Germany. The conference accepts submissions on themes of Health, Education and Labour. 

Keynote speakers - Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute), Mariacristina De Nardi (University of Minnesota), and Uwe Sunde (University of Munich).  

Submit your full papers by 31 January 2025 to contact.conference@ibes.uni-due.de 

More information is available at udue.de/ehc25
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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Call for Papers for the Essen Health Conference 2025 is out now, with an excellent line-up of international keynotes - Farzana Afridi, Mariacristine De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), & Uwe Sunde 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2025🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc25
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Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · 12/01/2025
Young Economists' Meeting 2025 will take place in Brno! #EconSky #EconConf
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Melanie Luhrmann @luhrmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A little contribution to the value of a university degree:
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Ulf Zölitz @ulfzoelitz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🚨 Job alert! 🚨 The Jacobscenter and Department of Economics is looking for an Assistant Professor specializing in the Economics of Child and Youth Development. 📅 Deadline: TOMORROW! Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10...
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INOMICS @inomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
CESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics 2025 dlvr.it/TGB95C #EconSky
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We're currently recruiting for outstanding post-doctoral economists to join our research teams. 📅 Find out more and apply by 11:59pm Friday 22 November here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10965
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Jonas Radbruch @jonasradbruch.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🌟 We're hiring! 🌟 Join us as a postdoc at the BSoE @bseberlin.bsky.social ! We have several open positions including some in Organizational Economics or Behavioral Economics at Humboldt University. 🔗 Details: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res... #EconSky #EconJMP #Economics #Berlin
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Call for Applications 2025
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results. Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected. Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: buff.ly/4fIiRK7 Read the working paper: buff.ly/3APnHq6
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We're hosting a recruitment event for our summer student programme for current university students, where you can meet current IFS staff and ask questions about IFS and our recruitment process. Monday 2 December | 5pm to 6pm | Online Sign up here:
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IFS recruitment event: Summer students | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We're offer an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.
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