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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 13h

Our colleague @packlesshepherd.bsky.social and coauthors discuss their research on the consequences of policy-induced refugee return, using Afghanistan's 2016 cash-for-return program.

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 We are hiring at UVA Economics! We have TWO Assistant Professor openings this year: • Microeconomic Theory and/or Industrial Organization • Applied Microeconomics Applications are due November 10. Apply here: • apply.interfolio.com/190672 • apply.interfolio.com/192420

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics, by our colleague David Van Dijcke (@packlesshepherd.bsky.social). After RTO mandates at three large U.S. tech firms, senior employees left at higher rates, shifting the workforce toward junior employees. Paper: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...

direct.mit.edu

Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution

Abstract. Debates over return-to-office mandates have intensified since the COVID-19 pandemic ended, though their economic implications remain poorly understood. Using large-scale resume data, we anal...

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Newly accepted paper by our colleague Alex MacKay (@amackay.bsky.social) in the RAND Journal of Economics. Consumer inertia can lead standard merger models to overstate the extent to which mergers raise prices. Read the paper: alexandermackay.org/files/Merger...

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New report from our colleague Sarah Turner on the future of graduate student lending after the elimination of Grad PLUS. Private credit is poised to play a much larger role in how graduate students finance their education. Read here: www.aei.org/research-pro...

aei.org

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In a new working paper, our colleague Jonathan Colmer finds that wildfires have long-lasting economic consequences for affected communities. Read the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w35675 Read a summary of the findings: today.ucsd.edu/story/wildfi...

today.ucsd.edu

Wildfire Losses Have Lasting Economic Consequences for Homeowners

A new National Bureau of Economic Research from the University of California San Diego shows that wildfire damage can have long-term economic consequences for households, resulting in income losses, r...

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UVA Economics @uvaeconomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is the official @bsky.app account of the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia.

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