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Paul Hufe

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social scientist (economist). interests: equality of opportunity, skill development, and education. paulhufe.net

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Last but not least: @kristoberg.bsky.social builds social welfare functions holding workers responsible for *merit* (own education) not *circumstances* (parental education), calibrates on an optimal tax model on Norwegian registers. Result: lower optimal marginal rates than utilitarian.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Why do meritocratic societies tolerate big inheritance-based inequalities? Simona Sartor runs two US experiments: people partly accept inherited merit as merit — "aristocratic meritocracy." Optimal inheritance tax falls below the pure-meritocrat benchmark.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
When good ends require dodgy means, what do people do? Our second keynote Roland Benabou (Princeton Economics) runs a real-stakes trolley plus 5 other ends-vs-means games. 20–44% pick non-consequentialist — but trolley choices predict *nothing* about the rest. Kantian/utilitarian isn't a trait.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Next up: Ingvild Almas (UZH Department of Economics) on perceived *unfair* inequality in labor markets — with a particular focus on the influence of inequality perceptions and fairness preferences.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
What story do people *spontaneously* tell about inequality? Magdalena Wasilewska (UvA) asks Dutch respondents in their own words: 62% structural (labour market, taxes, family), 25% merit, 16% luck.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Across 27 EU countries, @paolobrunori.bsky.social (@lseinequalities.bsky.social) asks: do people correctly identify *why* their society is unequal? Mostly no. Education gets recognised; family wealth and gender mostly only by people they hit. The employed and upwardly mobile credit hard work.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
How you measure inequality changes how people feel about it. @joelvdweele.bsky.social (UvA): the Gini *desensitises* people; the top-10% share boosts support for redistribution. Economists' default isn't politically neutral.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Is it OK to put yourself first? @ranveigfalch.bsky.social asks ~28k people in the US and Scandinavia. 95% say yes — but only 8% accept caring *only* about yourself. Markets/voting fine, family/work not. Americans more permissive than Scandinavians.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
A Next: @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social on equity–efficiency tradeoffs once you take other-regarding preferences seriously. Classic question, fresh angle.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Why do some countries hold the line on inequality? @mortenstostad.bsky.social runs a 40-country, 90k-person experiment splitting redistribution into altruistic vs "self-preserving" (inequality is bad *for you*). Self-preserving predicts welfare states — biggest in the Nordics.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Opening keynote (on zoom): Ernst Fehr (UZH) showing that social preferences from standard designs suffer from an omitted variable bias. You need to account for both behindness- and aheadness- aversion to get it right.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Opening keynote (on zoom): Ernst Fehr (@econ.uzh.ch) showing that social preferences from standard designs suffer from an omitted variable bias. You need to account for both behindness- and aheadness- aversion to get it right.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Last day of BÆM 2026. We conclude with a workshop on "Fairness in the Economy." We again have a jam-packed program of great presentations: www.baem.info/Program_FIE_... Stay tuned for live coverage!
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 07/05/2026
Christoph Albert shows that US immigrants buy substantially more imported goods than natives. They also reduce trade costs and increase local import supply, with small spillovers to natives. Tariffs hit immigrant households far harder than natives. Paper: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 07/05/2026
Ran Abramitzky addresses the interaction between immigration and politics: if immigrants' outcomes are positive, why are immigration politics so negative? Long-run perspective using historical US data.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 07/05/2026
Can migrant letters shape culture at origin? @martinfs23.bsky.social presents evidence from 6,000+ letters by 19th-century Irish migrants in North America. The Catholic Church’s staggered expansion in the US increased religious content, contributing to a Catholic revival in Ireland.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 07/05/2026
Welcome to day 2! @david-schindler.de shows that sexual violence committed by Moroccan soldiers in Italy during WWII triggered a far-right shift after the recent arrival of immigrants from Syria/MENA. Mechanism: selective recall of collective memory. Paper: david-schindler.de/workingpaper...
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
Closing talk for today by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, who revisits the role of outmigration for development, with a focus on rural agricultural economies.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
Next up, Sarah Winton studies Jordan’s decision to grant Syrian refugees the right to work. Refugees moved to better jobs, while Jordanians shifted out of the most exposed occupations. Result: higher output, lower inequality, and the largest gains for the poorest Jordanians.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
@linchuanxu.bsky.social studies labor recruitment agencies in China. By connecting workers in poorer regions to jobs in high-wage cities, these middlemen increase temporary migration, narrow regional wage gaps, generate output gains, and capture a large share as profits.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
@jeromevallette.bsky.social studies how far-right movements reshape mainstream politics in France. As the Front National gained votes, mainstream right candidates moved to its terrain, talking more negatively about immigration and linking it to crime and welfare.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
With Caroline Theoharides, we turn to how migration moves more than people. International mobility can carry skills, ideas, and human capital across borders, with important lessons for how policy shapes who benefits from these flows.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
@yajnagovind.bsky.social studies France’s 1993 reform requiring children of immigrants to formally request French citizenship. The reform weakened French identity, increased perceived discrimination, and reduced cultural integration.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
Emma Thill studies how European national football shapes immigration attitudes. When diverse teams win, people become more open to immigration. When they lose, immigrant-origin players become scapegoats, and support for the far right increases.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
Next, @mkaradja.bsky.social shows that war reaches people who never enter the conflict zone. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians in Sweden saw mental-health prescriptions rise by 30%, while also working and earning more to support family and friends at home.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
Next, @mettefoged.bsky.social studies Denmark’s decision to label high-immigrant neighborhoods as “ghettos.” Rather than fostering social cohesion, the policy backfired: families chose more foreign-sounding names and cultural distance widened.
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
The second 2026 Bristol Applied Economics Meeting is on the Economics of Migration. We have an amazing program ahead of us. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk. Program: www.baem.info/Program_MIG_...
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026
First up is @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social, who shows that violence against Hindus in India fuels anti-Muslim rhetoric in Westminster. Why? UK MPs respond to constituency pressures in areas with larger Hindu communities.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 04/05/2026
Follow along here for live updates and highlights over the next few days 👀 🔗 www.baem.info #Economics #BAEM2026 @tomanbarsbai.com @dcoluccia.bsky.social @erlendberg.bsky.social
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 04/05/2026
💥 We’re absolutely thrilled that the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM) kick off tomorrow at the University of Bristol! 💥 We have an amazing program bringing together leading research on development, migration, and fairness in the economy.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 25/02/2026
Listen to him!
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Jakob Søgaard @jakobsogaard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Happy to finally see our new working paper on the effect of earmarked paternity leave out. Joint work with: Henrik Kleven, Camillie Landais, @ansolassen.bsky.social, Philip Rosenbaum and Herdis Steingrimsdottir.
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Expanding Paternity Leave: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Gender Gaps
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 23/02/2026
Really enjoying the new #ESSGN podcast by @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. Really good entertainment and a great explainer for all things related to social science genetics. Check it out: essgn.org/podcast/.
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Podcast
The ESSGN produces the podcast “Born and Raised”. Available on all streaming platforms and on essgn.podbean.com, published every other Friday starting January 23, 2026!
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 02/02/2026
Submit your papers. It is going to be an enriching and fun time in beautiful Bologna 🤩!
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 30/01/2026
📣 Last call for BÆM 2026 📣 Submissions are open until this Saturday, 31st January. Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås www.baem.info
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 18/01/2026
‼️ Less than two weeks to go! ‼️ 📢 Submit your papers to BÆM 2026! - Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi - Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides - Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås www.baem.info
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 13/01/2026
Very instructive thread! I love the idea of connecting perceived social value and deservingness. I am not aware of a study that has explored this avenue. Go for it @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social ! I would certainly be keen to see the results :)!
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Francesco Andreoli @fandreoli83.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
✨Winter School #IT19 ✨ Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19) 3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about! @cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 07/01/2026
Great event as always --- thanks for having me! 😀
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 11/12/2025
Wohooo! Ganz herzlichen Glueckwunsch! Ich freue mich sehr fuer dich. 💪
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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/12/2025
Checking off your pre-🎄to-do list? Don’t forget to submit your paper to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol School of Economics 🔗 www.baem.info Send us your best work!
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Dana Scott @danascott.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 JOB MARKET PAPER ALERT! 🚨 Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵
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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 05/11/2025
BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers: Development Economics, 5-6 May Economics of Migration, 6-7 May Fairness in the Economy, 8 May Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 31/10/2025
📅 Submission Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 Details 👉 www.baem.info Submit, submit, submit! We look forward to seeing you in May. 🌸
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 31/10/2025
🌍 Development (5–6 May) M. Mobarak (Yale), K. Orkin (Oxford), I. Rasul (UCL), P. Rossi (CREST) 👥 Migration (6–7 May) R. Abramitzky (Stanford), J. Monras (UPF), C. Theoharides (Amherst) ⚖️ Fairness (8 May) E. Fehr (Zurich), R. Bénabou (Princeton), I. Almås (Zurich)
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 31/10/2025
📢 CfP Alert! We’re excited to announce the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol Three focused workshops in applied economics: Development, Migration & Fairness. 🔗 www.baem.info
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 29/10/2025
Thanks, Pietro 🙏
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 28/10/2025
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 28/10/2025
Thanks! That is very nice to hear, and glad you like it.
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