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Did a (very scientific, much unbiased) poll of the audience at the <<Empirical Methods in the Age of AI>> conference I just attended. Here were the results! hai.stanford.edu/events/empir...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 22/09/2026

Why do inequalities endure, and what does “fairness” really mean? A Focus issue published by Nature Human Behaviour — Inequality and Fairness in a Complex World — explores these questions and their implications for research and policy. go.nature.com/4rr87ae 🧪

nature portfolio: Inequality and fairness in a complex world. Nature Human Behaviour. A red die showing 5 and a white die showing 6, both with red pips, casting shadows on a dark background. SPRINGER NATURE.

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Economics LMU Munich @econmunich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📢 How can field experiments help us understand and reduce inequality? Read the Introduction to a Special Issue in the European Economic Review: 👉 lmy.de/WbNTc

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Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Submissions are open for SOLE! I’m on the scientific committee and I can’t wait to see all the cool papers that apply. www.sole-jole.org/upcoming-mee...

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Economics LMU Munich @econmunich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The workshop was organized by @henninghermes.com, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social and hosted by the TUM Global Center for Family Enterprise.

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Economics LMU Munich @econmunich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The programme featured two outstanding keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (@utaustin.bsky.social) and 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗳𝗹𝗼 (@mit.edu and 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵).

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Economics LMU Munich @econmunich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚀 On 7–8 September 2026, the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 brought together researchers to discuss exciting developments and exchange ideas in the field. 📸 Maximilian Föll

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ifo Institut: PISA-Abstieg gefährdet unseren Wohlstand Der eklatante Abstieg der PISA-Ergebnisse muss zu einem Umdenken in der Bildung führen. Die Vermittlung der Basiskompetenzen muss höchste Priorität haben. Link zum ausführlichen Statement im Kommentar 👇🏻

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

*When unions increase wages, who pays?* It's normally hard to answer this Q: unions don't behave randomly, they respond to firm conditions, & firm data is hard to get. Our setting in Norway tackles both... 🧵on our paper (@microsamonomics.bsky.social Alex Willen) academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/08/2026

The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky www.economist.com/letters/2026...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑‍🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22

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The JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Female #students taught by same #gender professors in smaller classes are more likely to receive a top exam grade, but no such effect is found in larger classes. @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, Guido Schwerdt & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social suggest why: Close interaction matters. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Understanding Gender Match Effects in Higher Education: The Role of Class Size
Stephan Maurer, Guido Schwerdt and Simon Wiederhold
It is widely believed that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018, we show that gender match effects are sizable in smaller classes, but are absent in larger classes. These results suggest that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are crucial for gender match effects to emerge. In contrast, the mere fact that one’s professor is female is not sufficient to increase performance of female students.

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 26/05/2026

🚨 New piece in @nathumbehav.nature.com: We show that socioeconomic gaps in childcare access across the OECD are not mainly about lower demand. Many disadvantaged families want childcare but face barriers such as scarcity, costs, and complex procedures. Main takeaway: make access easier 📣

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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Here is a figure showing the various OECD countries minimum wages as a ratio of median. Average around 60%. But many at or above 2/3. Then there is an outlier, the US.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Price shocks are passed on to consumers when positive, but hardly passed on when negative. Source: Goldman Sachs

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 12/05/2026

🚨 FINAL REMINDER: THREE more days to submit, deadline 15th of May 🚨 We're looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🙏 All infos 👇 #FieldExperiments

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Vielen Dank für die spannende Diskussion bei unserem #ReStart Talk „Kita ist für alle da? Zwischen Wunsch & Wirklichkeit?“ mit @simonwiederhold.bsky.social! Den Vortrag gibt’s auf unserem YouTube-Kanal: youtu.be/eqvNqmC2Hcw @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @iwh-halle.bsky.social

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 29/04/2026

REMINDER: Less than three weeks left to submit for our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Please send your best papers! 🙏 All infos 👇 #AcademicConference #CallForPapers #ResearchCommunity #EconResearch

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 28/04/2026

My friend is teaching to his Economics Ph.D. students and explaining why they should be interested in topics that are not in their subfield. The friend asked for statements about why learning from other fields is good. Here was my answer: " Five things:

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Submit within 3 days 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🥁🥁🥁

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 17/04/2026

Finally updated the search engine behind econlit-db to Meilisearch. Everything should be quite fast now -- under a second or two. Let me know if you have any bugs. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

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Economics Literature Search

Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.

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Rudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Ein sehr hörenswerter Podcast zum Forschungsdatengesetz, den Ursula Weidenfeld mit Regina Riphahn, Kerstin Schneider und Christoph Schmidt geführt hat. Es wird hier sehr gut erklärt, warum wir dieses FDG dringend brauchen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Wozu brauchen wir ein Forschungsdatengesetz?

Podcast Episode · Tonspur Wissen - der Podcast von Rheinischer Post und Leibniz-Gemeinschaft · April 9 · 32m

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Erzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Congratulations to Botond Kőszegi for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in theory, behavioral, and experimental econ. His term will start on January 1, ‘27. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky

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Erzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in Jan ‘27): Robert Clark, Klaus Desmet, Joshua Goodman (@joshua-goodman.com), Melanie Morten, Luigi Paciello, Wing Suen, and Thomas Wollmann. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky

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Erzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Congratulations to Barbara Petrongolo for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in labor and related fields. Her term will start on September 1. I’m delighted to have her on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Welche Familien haben Zugang zu einem Kita-Platz – und welche nicht? Darüber diskutieren wir mit @simonwiederhold.bsky.social bei unserem virtuellen #ReStart Talk, organisiert von @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social & @econtribute.bsky.social, am 5. Mai! Anmeldung 👉 econtribute.de/de/event/res...

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 06/03/2026

I spent the past two days at the Annual Meeting of the Education Economics Committee (@vfsecon.bsky.social) at @bibb.de in Bonn🤓🙏 Inspiring discussions on #AIinEducation — from mentoring & skills to digital education. Fantastic keynote by @susanna-loeb.bsky.social! 💪 #EducationEconomics

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 04/03/2026

Good post by @joshgans.bsky.social on why the scientific publishing system will not collapse from the rise of AI-supported research. open.substack.com/pub/joshuaga...

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Journopoclypse!

Yeah, na. I don't think so

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 27/02/2026

Two days of fun and great discussions at the Workshop on Microeconomics @leuphana.bsky.social 🤓 I presented our ongoing work “Paternalism across the World”, with B. Bartling, A. W. Cappelen, A. Moorthy, M. Skivenes & B. Tungodden Thanks so much for organizing B. Hirsch, J. Lohse & M. Mechtel 🥳

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The JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Did you know submitting authors are welcome to suggest a particular Coeditor best suited to handle their manuscript? Add it to your cover letter. Submit at: jhr.msubmit.net JHR Editorial Board: jhr.uwpress.org/content/edit...

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Come join @nathannunn.bsky.social James Fenske, Stephan Heblich and myself in the far north of 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, boasts up to 240 nights of active aurora borealis per year ❤️

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Michael Hoffman @leboncondorcet.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Interesting and impressive amory-gethin.fr/files/pdf/Ge...

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 09/02/2026

📢 Very excited to be selected for a Kickstart Fund (50 TEUR) by the Joachim Herz Stiftung (@jherzstiftung.bsky.social) 🎉 With this support, my team and I will further develop a digital mentoring platform 🙏🚀 #TechForGood #EducationalInnovation #Mentoring @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 02/02/2026

🚀 KICK-OFF 🚀 Over the next five years, I’ll be working jointly with ROCK YOUR LIFE on a large randomized-controlled trial with disadvantaged adolescents to generate robust, policy-relevant evidence on how mentoring can be effectively scaled. [1/2]

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal: “Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests” w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani 💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

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Frank Schilbach @fschilbach.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Fantastic conference on field experiments in economics and business!

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IWH_Halle @iwh-halle.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#CallForPapers: IWH economist @simonwiederhold.bsky.social belongs to the team of scientific organizers of the 5th Workshop on #FieldExperiments in #Economics and #Business. ▶️ All details below and here: www.field-experiments.eu #Conference #Research

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Workshop on Field Experiments

+++ Call for Papers now online | Please submit your best papers! +++

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 28/01/2026

📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨 #EconSky

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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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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

One week to go to submit to what I promise will be an outstanding and fun conference. @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

👇🏼 with a very German, yet beautiful, expression: „Für Kurzentschlossene“ The application deadline was yesterday but surely my colleagues allow a weekend application. („For people who decide swiftly (to make a change)“)

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Martina Uccioli @martinauccioli.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Good news against January blues: 🏹 the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop is back! 🏹 Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper! 🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT) 📅 1-2 June 2026 🌍 University of Nottingham Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a

Call for papers, available at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a

Participants to the 2nd edition of the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop, June 2025

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