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Marc Witte

@marcjosefwitte.bsky.social
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Labor and development economist VU Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute www.marcwitte.com

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Rudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Es gibt eine offizielle Stellungnahme des @vfsecon.bsky.social, verfasst von Regina Riphahn, Kerstin Schneider und mir (unter Mithilfe einiger KollegInnen) zum drohenden Verlust von Daten in Deutschland. Bitte RT und mit Euren Kontakten in der Politik sprechen. www.socialpolitik.de/de/kommissio...
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sobering fact #econtwitter #econsky re U.S. dominance in top general interest econ journals: from 2021 to 2025, there were more papers about SNAP/EITC/Medicare/Medicaid alone (66, by my count - abstract + title coding) than about Mexico (a country of 133 million ppl - 50 papers).
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The poorest economies in the world are not achieving economic growth. The consequence is that progress against the very worst poverty is coming to a halt. This is one of the worst problems in the world today, but hardly gets any attention.
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🆕The benefits of financial support after job loss and why programme design matters more than we think 📢 Today on VoxDev w/ Lukas Hensel (Peking University), François Gerard (UCL) & Stefano Caria (Department of Economics, University of Oxford): ow.ly/qFx350Z4Bzy
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The benefits of financial support after job loss and why programme design matters more than we think
In January 2022, the US suspended Ethiopia’s eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act, ending Ethiopia’s preferential trade access to the US market, and leading to a major increase in tariffs, the loss of key buyers and, at some companies, mass layoffs. New evidence shows that losing these formal jobs had lasting negative impacts, highlighting the importance of expanding job-loss support and changing its current design.
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🎙️Researcher Spotlight In late March, Yifu He and @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social each presented their work at the 2026 CSAE conference in Oxford, one of the largest annual conferences on development economics.
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Interested in studying economics? Our department offers programs at every level, from bachelor's to research master's. Registration deadlines are coming up soon, so don't wait! Apply now and join us! ➡️ #TeachingMatters #HigherEd #AcademicLife #VUAmsterdam #Economics #StudyEconomics
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“Bureaucrats had labyrinthine requirements and were painfully slow. They demanded paper documents and rejected submissions in English.” Sigh. www.ft.com/content/124c...
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Europe’s rearmament meets reality: the story of a failed frigate project
The fate of the €10bn F126 is a cautionary tale for an agency that buys everything from flip-flops to fighter jets
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Sign up for our Summer Courses – The early bird deadline in approaching
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
10 more days to get the early bird 🐦 discount for our @tinbergeninstitute.bsky.social summer school in development economics!
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Lukas Hensel @lukashenselecon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Now, @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social presents on the direct and indirect impact of a nursing training program for women. The training increases both participants’ and connect individuals’ employment and earning. Spillovers likely emerge due information spillovers. #OxCSAE2026
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Lukas Hensel @lukashenselecon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
So good to be back @oxfordcsae.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk for the 2026 CSAE conference on development economics. I will post on Bluesky about the papers I see over the next days. Stay tuned. #OxCSAE2026
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What I thought was a joke is real: you can now bet on German train delays. bahn.bet
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BahnBet — Bet on German Train Delays
Predict Deutsche Bahn delays and win. Real-time prediction markets on ICE, IC & EC train delays.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
FAZ and the council are traditionally the home of German ordoliberal orthodoxy. So far, so expected on c). But that she is from the US and offers an international perspective was *the point*, and is still needed. Germany's economic weakness in part comes from its insular economic debates.
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📖 Alumni News (EN) We are proud to share that Hans Vijlbrief, an alumnus of our department, has been appointed Minister of Social Affairs.
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Tinbergen Institute @tinbergeninstitute.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Applications Open: Tinbergen Institute Summer School 2026 🎓 13 courses ⏰ June-August 💸 Early bird fee until April 13 ✔️ 3 ECTS 🗣️ English 🏢 Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, Roeterseiland Campus 🖊️ More information and registration at: tinbergen.nl/summer-school/
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Tinbergen Institute Summer School 2026
An academically rigorous program and a highly interactive learning environment.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This long-term thread will collect stories about Germany's absurd, over-lawyered and court-heavy bureaucracy following my Free Exchange column this week. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Germany has a lawyer problem
Its endless bureaucratic rules trap would-be reformers
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Stanislav Avdeev @stnavdeev.com · 26/11/2025
New WP: “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization” Debates on international students often focus on capacity constraints, funding, or competition. In the paper, I show that the main effects of internationalization on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Our department co-hosted the Dutch Development Economics (DuDE) PhD Workshop at the Tinbergen Institute on Friday, 31st October 2025.
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📣 Thinking about studying Economics and Business Economics in Amsterdam? Join us at the VU Bachelor’s Day on Friday November 7 and Saturday November 8 and get to know the Bachelor Economics and Business Economics (EBE) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew:
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Can public attention shape justice? In a forthcoming paper in the American Economic Review: Insights, our colleague @nadineketel.bsky.social (together with Olivier Marie and Kyra Hanemaaijer) explores how sudden surges in media attention, “salience shocks”, influence judicial decision-making.
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"De Brexit is enorm meegevallen in economische zin!”
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Paolo Falco @paolofalco.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨 Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀! Dedicated time for your own research. Reach out to hear more! ** PLEASE REPOST **🙏 Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11 👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf #EconSky
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
One of my favorite traditions is now underway: for the 15th straight year, the Development Impact blog launches a call for PhD students in development economics to blog their job market paper - submissions due 8pm EST on Wednesday November 5: blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Blog your job market paper 2025: submissions now open
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Maria Balgova @balgovamaria.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Why don't firms publish pay in their job adverts? We present the first experimental evidence on how (not) posting wages changes the applicant pool, and whether that gives firms a reason to hide wage info. Great short thread by my co-author Lukas + link to the full paper👇
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The return of the Puma Speedcat really shocked me...
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Lukas Hensel @lukashenselecon.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🚨🚨New WP Alert (tinyurl.com/4sesthst)%F0... @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social , @balgovamaria.bsky.social , Tsegay Tekleselassie, and I have a new working paper using a field experiment to study the causal impact of pay information in job adverts on application numbers and applicant skills. A🧵
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@basvdklaauw.bsky.social -- is this something @economics-vu.bsky.social might consider?
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Wouldn't even call them side alleys anymore, it's so blatantly obvious when looking at it from a certain distance
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A) Hormuz?
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
D) Panama canal?
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
C) looks like Gibraltar
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Ah, sorry: as a German it takes me 3-4 business days to process jokes, and certainly not on the weekend
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
But the article says that these buildings do have air conditioning: "[...] they rely on energy-intensive air conditioning and heating systems to maintain a liveable internal temperature. [...] 'it is very quickly dramatic' if for any reason the air conditioning switches off".
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
@ingoisphording.bsky.social this last one goes out to you explicitly
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
@askitas.bsky.social
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
on.ft.com/4nWM7Sy „Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning“
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is surprising to hear -- I wonder if it varies so much on a local level? Here in Rotterdam, everything is communicated very clearly, well in advance, and documented both digitally and on paper. And it works very well in English (I don't speak Dutch either)
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
For vaccination to be effective, over 90% of kids need to be vaccinated (so diseases can’t spread). The Netherlands doesn’t hit this level for *any* childhood vaccine - and uptake is falling year on year. In my experience the program is laughably bad. Next government should fix it! nos.nl/l/2571726
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Iets minder jonge kinderen gevaccineerd
Het RIVM meldt in zijn jaarrapportage dat de vaccinatiegraad onder kinderen tot 5 jaar licht lijkt te zijn afgenomen.
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Perfect set-up for a big house-cooling party?
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Peak Dutch politics: After three parties (BBB, NSC, VVD) couldn’t agree on who should be immigration minister, they’ve reached a compromise: there will be three immigration ministers; one from each party
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
With great support from and hosted at the @tinbergeninstitute.bsky.social !
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
👥 Conference Organization Our development group organized the 14th Dutch Development Economics (#DuDE2025) Network Conference this year.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now. Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days. My Charlemagne this week www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
👥 Conference Participation We are proud to announce that Nursena Aksunger, PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics, has been selected as one of only three young scientists from the Netherlands to participate in the 8th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences!
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Marc Witte @marcjosefwitte.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My department made it to Bluesky!
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
WH has now confirmed: this is insane nypost.com/2025/04/02/u...
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