Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaYonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 13/10/2026📢 Job alert! Our sister department - King's Business School Economics is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) Apply (and more information) here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... 055
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Attention JMCs! Are you wondering where your department tends to place candidates like you? This newly updated resourse lets you explore 18,500+ placements across 82 departments and 14 countries, track hiring trends, and see where recent cohorts have landed. 🔗 www.econphdplacements.comeconphdplacements.comWhere do PhD economists land?Placement records of 18,000+ graduates from 82 economics departments, 1990–2026. Search by name, department, field and employer. 22717
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨new working paper🚨 Chris Blair (@chriswblair.bsky.social), Jeremy Weinstein, and I describe here The Dataset of World Refugee and Asylum Policies, in which we code de jure asylum policy for 205 countries, from 1951-2022. We hope you will find the paper and data helpful. osf.io/preprints/so...osf.ioThe Dataset of World Refugee and Asylum Policies (DWRAP): de jure asylum policy for 205 countries, 1951-2022More than two-thirds of the world's refugees and asylum-seekers are hosted in the developing world, yet the national laws governing their reception have never been measured comprehensively across coun... 03926
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 01/10/2026"It takes a lot of effort to make immigration look zero-sum" A forceful piece by the brilliant @jerusalem.bsky.social on what it might take for populist politicians to take their migration-skeptical supporters' concerns seriously—>theargumentmag.comStop trying to make xenophobia sound smartNo one actually cares about how immigration impacts the economy 1206
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎃👻 Spooky season is here—and so is Episode 1 of 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙥, Standard Error’s new podcast with @o.simardcasanova.net and @sameyler.bsky.social! 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱: job market papers, existential crises, and the special horror of job market season. 🕯️ stderr-editors.com/blog/season-...stderr-editors.comSeason of Dread: How to Write a Job Market Paper and Live to Tell About ItSpooky season is here—and so is the launch of Talk at the Top, with a pilot episode on the real horror of finishing an economics PhD: writing your job market paper. 033
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaJuan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is not mind-boggling. It is very straightforward. 4388
Reposted by Pierre-Louis Vézinajeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Forthcoming article "Recovering Within-Country Inequality from Trade Data" by Dorothee Hillrichs and Gonzague Vannoorenberghe @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...doi.orgRecovering Within-Country Inequality from Trade DataAbstract. This paper develops a novel method to estimate inequality within a country based on what the country imports. If preferences are non-homothetic, 175
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaVoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🆕Startups in Africa Today on VoxDev, Emanuele Colonnelli (Chicago Booth), Marcio Cruz (World Bank), Mariana Pereira-López (World Bank), Tommaso Porzio (Columbia Business School) & Chun Zhao (Stanford University) discuss Africa’s startup ecosystem: ow.ly/rKrN50ZLMnFow.lyStartups in AfricaAfrica’s startup ecosystem is small but growing fast. We built a new dataset to study who starts these firms, what capital they want, and who finances them. Startups want equity and investors with local knowledge, yet most capital comes from abroad and disproportionately reaches founders with foreign exposure. The same forces that make the ecosystem foreign also appear to keep it small. 042
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaEd Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026👀 Global shipping industry group makes its first public intervention since it was founded 60 years ago, to warn that the rules governing global shipping are breaking down. "Without maritime trade... the global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt". www.ft.com/content/c651...ft.comGlobal shipping rules are collapsing, say maritime nationsWars and the growth of the shadow fleet are causing a ‘structural shift’ in global trade, according to 18 maritime authorities 35221
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaVoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 08/09/2026K Manova, D Novy, @thomsampson.bsky.social, & A Tang show that confusion about the current state of tariff policy led to a decline in US imports similar in size to the reduction caused by tariff increases alone. Confusion doubled the negative impact of tariffs. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 185
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaVoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🆕 Mining for peace: Why and how the location of new mines shapes conflict risk Today on VoxDev w/ @rolandhodler.bsky.social (University of St. Gallen), @paulschaudt.bsky.social (KU Leuven) & Alberto Vesperoni (King's College London): voxdev.org/topic/instit...voxdev.orgMining for peace: Why and how the location of new mines shapes conflict riskWhether a new mine raises or lowers a country's risk of violence depends not only on the mine itself, but on the country's entire ethnic and mining geography. Results for Sierra Leone and sub-Saharan ... 052
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374392807
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Most white people born in Europe don't contribute much to society, but Declan Rice and Harry Kane certainly do. "A trutch that I wish more politicians would acknowledge". 000
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026A story in three acts. Act 1: In February, George Borjas released a paper justifying the US President's $100,000 H-1B tax. www.nber.org/papers/w34793 Below is that version's mandatory @nber.org disclosure section, when it was released in February and revised in March. 1226
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Interesting paper. Key chart is below. academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a... 02813
Reposted by Pierre-Louis Vézinajeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Forthcoming article "Mining for Peace" by @rolandhodler.bsky.social @paulschaudt.bsky.social and @albertovesperoni.bsky.social @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...doi.orgMining for PeaceAbstract. We study the feasibility of opening new mines in ethnically diverse countries without escalating the risk of conflict. We propose a theoretical m 153
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Côte d'Ivoire Chile Congo-Kinshasa Burundi Qatar 040
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 26/06/2026oh wow merci beaucoup! c'est surtout grâce à ma coauteur :) 000
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaDean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon.bsky.social ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍 16927
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 18/06/2026with data from neilpaine.substack.com/p/2026-world...neilpaine.substack.com⚽ 2026 World Cup Odds Tracker 📈Aggregating each team's Polymarket odds to advance through, and win, the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 000
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 18/06/2026And here's the correlation with odds of making it to the quarterfinals 🤓 111
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I don't suppose we can do "parents country of birth" easily 🤓 000
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaAlexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif... 45318
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Great stuff! Thanks for the update. It'd be cool to have the "net effect" of total migrants in a synth graph too. And to have UK total migrants vs a synth of US/CAN/AUS who do not have the EU "bias" in terms of where migrants are from. 210
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 14/06/2026#RefugeeAllStars World Cup 2026: Nestory Irankunda - the refugee who quit Bayern to make Australia history - BBC Sport share.google/wCmKQ4tHyk78...share.googleWorld Cup 2026: Nestory Irankunda - the refugee who quit Bayern to make Australia historyNestory Irankunda was born as a refugee in Tanzania before becoming Australian record breaker with goal in victory over Turkey. 000
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Geopolitical tensions are increasingly influencing where companies choose to invest, according to 🆕 research co-authored by @plvezina.bsky.social The study suggests firms are now more likely to favour politically-aligned countries when making foreign investments 🪙 ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/geopoli...kcl.ac.ukStudy finds geopolitics playing increasing role in investment decisions | King's College LondonGeopolitical tensions are increasingly influencing where companies choose to invest, according to new research co-authored by a King’s academic that suggests firms are becoming more likely to favour p... 041
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 04/06/2026#RefugeeAllStars Antonio Rüdiger: ‘Refugees have no other choice – it’s important they be listened to’ | Football | The Guardian share.google/OGx3r9lwyclO...share.googleAntonio Rüdiger: ‘Refugees have no other choice – it’s important they be listened to’Drawing on his own family’s experience, the Real Madrid and Germany defender tells Sam Cunningham why he is advocating for refugees 010
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Now out in the Journal of Comparative Economics and open access (not sure who pays for that :) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comGeopolitical fragmentation and friendshoring evidence from project-level foreign investments dataThis paper examines the relationship between geopolitical distance and foreign investments over time, countries, and sectors. The analysis uses compre… 0112
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaSantiago Sanchez-Pages @sanpages.eurosky.social · 01/06/2026In June 15-16, the 1st SPEIN Workshop will bring to @kcl-spe.bsky.social economists, economic historians, and political scientists studying the political economy of Spain. If you work in or are interested in the field and would like to learn more, get in touch! www.tonirodon.cat/spein-confer...tonirodon.catSPEIN Conference 165
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 29/05/2026📈📉 Standard Error is delighted to announce that Sarah Winton (LSE ’26) has been awarded the Best Paper Prize at the 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 🧵 1/9 stderr-editors.com/blog/best-pa... #Migration #Refugees #LaborEconomics #DevelopmentEconomicsstderr-editors.comStandard Error awards Best Paper Prize at Rome migration research workshop to Sarah WintonThe research finds that Jordan's 2016 policy granting Syrian refugees work authorization increased overall output by 10.9% and raised Jordanians' average wages by nearly 1%. 185
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Delighted to arrive today to Sapienza University for the 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, where @standarderror.bsky.social will be selecting and presenting the workshop Best Paper Prize ✨✨✨ Watch this space! cepr.org/events/7th-w...cepr.org7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration 2114
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaKing's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Excited for tomorrow: the 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration kicks off in Rome! We're happy to co-organize this fantastic event together with @cepr.org , @ebrd.bsky.social, and Sapienza University. We’ve got a great program lined up 👇 cepr.org/system/files... 084
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaVoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 27/05/2026@pgourinchas.bsky.social, Gene Kindberg-Hanlon, Manasa Patnam, Lorenzo Rotunno, & Michele Ruta show that permanent tariffs generally have modest effects on current account balances and are a weak tool for rebalancing. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 072
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 20/05/2026When people ask me if we like living in London, I say yeah, we love that city, but it's been tough to live its decline... London’s economy loses its lustre - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FTgiftarticle.ft.comLondon’s economy loses its lustreThe city has been hit by successive shocks and diminishing growth. But the rest of the UK needs it 010
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 19/05/2026What I find weird about the smartphone explanation is that ALL the couples I know have met through an app. And there was tinder and all that. It's changing mating patterns, but it's not just making people antisocial. 020
Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Supporting mass deportations is pretty evil while thinking Reform is better for growth than Burnham is very stupid... (maybe a rich founder asked him to tweet that...) 000
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaZeke Hernandez @profzeke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026*** NEW RESEARCH *** Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas? Thread... 🧵 15705312
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaMollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Wes Streeting has resigned to take the job he was born to do…regional sales manager for Moss Bros 311175204
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaChloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ooooooo I'm making the Department of Homeland Security mad with my new research y'all Check out @planetmoney.bsky.social's coverage of my research on the labor market effects of ICE in Trump 2.0 and DHS' response here: www.npr.org/sections/pla...npr.orgThe economic chilling effect of Trump's immigration crackdownNew research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too. 09529
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaKing's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sascha Becker (@essobecker.bsky.social) on "From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler". Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending. 043
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaDIAL @dialdevelopment.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Séminaire DIAL jeudi 7 mai de 12h30 à 13h45 @univdauphine.bsky.social. Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) : " #Refugees and #Entrepreneurship: Evidence from #Ukrainians in #Poland" (Joint with C.G. Aksoy and P. Lewandowski). dial.ird.fr/evenements/r...dial.ird.frRefugees and entrepreneurship: Evidence from Ukrainians in Poland – Pierre-Louis Vézina (King’s College London) – DIALAbstract : 041
Reposted by Pierre-Louis VézinaOlhaZadorozhna @olhazadorozhna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🎙️ New episode of Policy Implications. I spoke with @dariia.bsky.social about her new paper on UA migration to PL and what it tells us about migration and voting. The findings challenge the simple idea that more migration automatically boosts the far right. Listen here: tinyurl.com/52ar3c7k 153