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Matthias Doepke

@mdoepke.bsky.social
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Family economics and macroeconomics at the London School of Economics. Coauthor of "Love, Money, and Parenting" bit.ly/lovemoneyparenting

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
All of the NSF’s directorates are awarding fewer new grants, but the hardest hit is the social, behavioural and economic sciences (SBE) directorate, which the White House proposed eliminating in its 2027 budget request to Congress. SBE has so far awarded 84 new grants this year, about 11% of its average, mainly in areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and decision-making. Much of its portfolio, such as sociology, archaeology, political science, economics and geography, has received zero new awards. “I don’t think they’ve realized yet that there’s no awards,” one NSF staff member says of researchers in those fields. “That’s going to be clear soon.”
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Erzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
1/5 AEA journals have run a pilot using Refine, and author reactions were overwhelmingly positive: >90% favored incorporating Refine into the editorial process. Think of Refine not as a referee, but as a detailed technical proofreader. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Have to sort some of my dad‘s affairs, and my God was I right with this column. 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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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is an iconic feminist tract by @soumayakeynes.ft.com. What happens when you have a spreadsheet to measure how much time each parent spends on childcare?
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The perks of parenting by spreadsheet
One simple trick to share it equally
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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...
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Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/07/2026
When one of my kids was little, she was averse to cheese. She reacted badly to cheese near her. To build her tolerance, she, my spouse, and I co-designed this ladder of exposure. Started with 1) talk about cheese. Ended at 10) smell feta and goat cheese. It worked. Found behind fridge.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
All as expected. #Fifa www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda...
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 05/07/2026
May he who does not have a crypto gambling aristocrat paying the rent on a five storey Georgian townhouse near Buckingham Palace cast the first stone.
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Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My hope now: Burnham and Streeting strike a deal that avoids a leadership contest and puts Streeting as Chancellor
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Greg Shill @gregshill.com · 17/06/2026
This is a chart I wish the remote work discourse would more fully internalize. It shows the employment level among prime-age Americans with disabilities rising by nearly one quarter post-pandemic (from ~31% to approaching 39%). It's up even more from 2016. This is almost certainly hybrid work & WFH.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/work-from-home-is-here-to-stayeven-if-some-ceos-dont-love-it-5bd6690a?st=hq9Wsk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
To me (someone w/ no dog in this fight) your reply shows you are not a good scholar: rather than publicly confronting the clear evidence of your misrepresenting your sources, you turn to (perhaps correct) personal criticism of Magness. This is the behavior of (bad) politician, not a scholar.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 05/06/2026
Congratulations to CEPR Research Fellow Oriana Bandiera, who was awarded the 2026 Birgit Grodal Award by @eeanews.bsky.social. The committee praised the conceptual depth, empirical innovation, and policy relevance that characterises her work. Full statement here: ow.ly/EAI950Z808m #EconSky
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Hedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Zum Muttertag ein Thread über die Verhöhnung der Mütter 1945 bis 1970er - also in Zeiten, in denen die "Hausfrau und Mutter" als gesellschaftliche Norm galt. Es gilt für die Hausfrauen auch, was für alle anderen Frauen gilt: Egal, was sie machen, wie sie es machen, es ist iwie falsch.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 01/05/2026
Today, the EU-Mercosur agreement begins to apply provisionally. The benefits are real and visible as of now. Tariffs start falling. Companies are gaining access to new markets. Investors have the predictability they need.
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 13/04/2026
Eine Senkung des ⛽️ Preises für alle durch eine zeitlich befristete Aussetzung der Energiesteuer ist die schlechteste aller bisher diskutierten Optionen. Das ist eine Hilfe mit der Gießkanne, auch für Menschen, die den höheren Preis verkraften können. Es reduziert den Anreiz…
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
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I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.
Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Preparing Kids for Capitalism by @mdoepke.bsky.social, Mariko Klasing www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Private Information in the Family by Suzanne Bellue, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Michèle Tertilt www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
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Gabriel Yoran @yoran.com · 20/01/2026
Der kanadische PM Mark Carney mit einer Rede für die Geschichtsbücher (der Hauptteil auf Englisch beginnt bei 11:08). Man wünscht sich, Merz würde die Augen auch so weit aufkriegen („Nostalgia is not a strategy“): www.youtube.com/live/miM4ur5...
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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🇪🇺 never cancels grants
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 18/01/2026
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni. Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18/01/2026
Have helped guard a local mosque during their Friday prayers. Been very cold but Somali restaurant offers us delicious, warm tea constantly. Members expressed much gratitude & confidence this ugly time will pass.
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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A big welcome to our new Associate Editors the Journal of @eeanews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jeea/pages/E...
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Editorial Board
Managing Editor Romain Wacziarg UCLA Anderson School of Management wacziarg@ucla.edu Romain Wacziarg is a professor of economics at UCLA Anderson School of M
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs. I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap. NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605 Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
Abstract of "Women's Power in the Household": We examine women's household power in low- and middle-income countries, synthesizing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence on its measurement, determinants, and consequences. We define women's household power as their influence over household choices, distinguishing it from broader empowerment concepts. We review economic models, including unitary, collective, and bargaining frameworks, and map these to empirical approaches. We then discuss measurement methods such as structural estimation of consumption allocation, survey measures, and laboratory experiments. On the determinants of women's power, we find that some approaches, such as transfers targeted to women, show mixed results, while others, such as increasing women's control over their earnings, show clearer positive impacts. On the effects of women's power, we pay special attention to children's human capital. Few studies provide strong evidence that mothers invest more in children than fathers do, but collectively the evidence suggests such an effect. We conclude by highlighting research and methodological gaps.
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John P de New 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @denewjohn.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas to my mates in the USA. THREE academics doing some heavy lifting in the US to protect freedom @mclem.org @aaronsojourner.org @justinwolfers.bsky.social
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a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .
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Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Macro at LSE is hiring predocs for September 2025! Come and work in the best city in the world, on cutting edge macro with Ben Moll, Ricardo Reis, Joe Hazell, Ethan Ilzetzki, and me. Past predocs have gone to places like Harvard, LSE and Northwestern. t.co/2RrUaQl6Pk #econ_ra #EconSky
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https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4174/0/460743/15539/research-assistant-in-macroeconomics-x2
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 12/12/2025
If this proposal becomes reality, international conferences in the US will become a thing of the past.
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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 12/12/2025
I had temporarily suspended all US travel after news emerged of how some fellow Germans and fellow academics were treated at the US border. If this passes, I won't travel to the United States before it is repealed. This saddens me as I miss out on meeting friends and colleagues...
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Rudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas: 1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden. 2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren. Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
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Centre For Macroeconomics @cfmuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
CFM Director Ricardo Reis congratulates LSE academic Philippe Aghion, at LSE Dept. of Economics breakfast reception, for jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences with Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward? A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
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Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 13/10/2025
"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...
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LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks
YouTube video by Reuters
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
„The decline was most pronounced among first-year graduate students. Illinois Urbana-Champaign has seen a 22% drop and Buffalo, 58%.“ Informative article 👇🏼 about 🇺🇸 int‘l students. 🇪🇺 has much freer speech now - so, welcome - it but should be said that silly admission restrictions exist here, too.
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Samuel Bentolila @samben8.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I am really grateful to Cemfi for organizing this workshop and in particular to all the organizers, participants, and attendants. It was a high quality scientific event, full of warmth and fun. It was wonderful to get together with so many good friends
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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/
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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups. Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I think the key problem here is a continuing assumption, in traditional media, that when the White House speaks on a major topic, this is a big news story. That model can't cope with a president with no regard for truth, who's in constant broadcast mode, & who veers around from one day to another.
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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 23/09/2025
My book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 22/09/2025
The astronomical new Skill Penalty on US work visas will hobble a core driver of productivity growth in the US economy. “H-1B visas cause innovation, they cause entrepreneurship, they cause more R&D investment,” I told the @wsj.com Very nice and balanced piece by @jdlahart.bsky.social —>
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Will the $100,000 Visa Fee Help U.S. Workers? Economists Aren’t So Sure
Changes to the H-1B system could benefit some U.S. workers. But economists say losing foreign talent could weaken the overall job market—and shift production overseas.
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fabolange.bsky.social @fabolange.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If the UK does not take this good advice, maybe Canada will? Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver are great places for tech hubs - lets compete for them by enabling skilled migration and students.
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Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The 100K H-1B fee is the biggest opportunity for the UK yet to revive economic growth and business dynamism. Now let’s drop those visa fees and NHS surcharges right away to send a clear signal and reap the benefits!
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"The countries where comedians can't mock the leader on late night TV are not really ones you want to live in." - Chris Hayes
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/09/2025
Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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This Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back.
Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The August 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now published (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of 10 fantastic papers from a wide range of fields of economics. @jeeanews.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.
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