Reposted by Verena WiedemannMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/12/2025Many people are aware of the demographic collapse in countries like Korea and Italy. But demographic collapse is coming *now* to middle-income countries. Over the next 20 years, without immigration, the number of workers per elderly will collapse by about *half* in Mexico, Vietnam, Brazil, China. 17723
Reposted by Verena WiedemannEmber @ember-energy.org · 15/05/2025NEW | Ember launched a new open dataset tracking monthly installments of wind and solar power. Why? Analysts need immediate information on the deployment of the two fastest growing energy sources in history. View and bookmark the page here: ember-energy.org/lat... 1359
Reposted by Verena WiedemannSean Higgins @seankhiggins.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The 2025 #WEFIDEV RFS @cepr.org Conference kicks off with Chhavi Rastogi presenting on investment along the supply chain in #India 🇮🇳 171
Reposted by Verena WiedemannCSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 27/03/2025📣🎉Applications are open for the CSAE Visiting Fellowships Scheme 2026. The scheme supports African scholars pursuing a career in economics (with a doctorate). Candidates must apply online by 31 May 2025 to be considered. 💻 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel... 📃 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-visitin... 01315
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Thanks a lot @priyamanwaring.bsky.social for the summary! 030
Reposted by Verena WiedemannMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 18/03/2025In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day. 5513188
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Fantastic conference! Had very inspirational conversations and discussions at last year's iteration. Paper submissions until April, 30 👇 031
Reposted by Verena WiedemannAna Maria Santacreu @anamarias.bsky.social · 07/03/2025 📢 Call for Papers! 📢 The 6th Women in International Economics Conference will be held at Yale University on Oct 16-17, 2025. Keynote speaker: Penny Goldberg. We invite submissions from junior women in international economics. 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025 📩 Submit here: forms.gle/ucoE6ZcjqwQ1...forms.gle 1177
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Can't recommend The Continent's accessible, high quality reporting enough. Weekly issues available through WhatsApp and Signal. @thecontinent.org 062
Reposted by Verena WiedemannCharles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Events beyond the eastern DRC war frontline could reshape the region.continent.substack.comThe eastern DRC war could reshape the regionEven as the conflict escalates, regional powers look to seize an economic opportunity. 167
Reposted by Verena WiedemannAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 10505284822435
Reposted by Verena WiedemannBen Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 17/01/2025PLEASE RT :) Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics Deadline Jan 30 (soon!) Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford 48076
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Working on private sector development? Trade? Net zero transition? Food security? Come join us! Our IFC Economic and Market Research Department is hiring - we are looking for job market candidates in any of the (sub-)fields listed in the advert. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....aeaweb.orgAmerican Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025 043
Reposted by Verena WiedemannJakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Interested in how we can use consumer card spending data to estimate local retail markets for the UK? A short blog on the website of the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence about this joint CMA-ONS project: www.escoe.ac.uk/estimating-l... Data freely available to all on the CMA website!escoe.ac.ukEstimating local markets from card spending data - ESCoEA new ESCoE discussion paper offers an alternative approach to estimating local markets, using consumer card spending data. 072
Reposted by Verena WiedemannGabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 19/11/2024📢📢📢 🌇🌇🌇 🚌🚌🚌 I am hiring a predoctoral fellow to work on projects in urban transportation, spatial and development, using a mix of quantitative and experimental tools. Please share and/or apply! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13401academicpositions.harvard.eduPre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof Kreindler)Professor Gabriel Kreindler is seeking a predoctoral fellow. The fellow will work on projects in the areas of urban, spatial and development economics, which involve structural modeling and estimation... 11614
Reposted by Verena WiedemannPrashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I've made a starter pack for the Economics of Networks! 🕸️ This includes economic and social networks and wide range of methods: applied/econometrics and theory. I'm sure I have missed a lot. Please DM/reply with others, including self-nominations. go.bsky.app/4yrQJsw 197421
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Our IFC econ research unit is hiring a postdoc working on topics like firms, climate, trade, finance, innovation, networks etc. (more areas listed in job post) to join our fantastic team in Paris for a year: worldbankgroup.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...worldbankgroup.csod.comPost-doctoral FellowIFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in m... 001
Reposted by Verena WiedemannMaximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Interested in a position as development economist, outside the US? Consider applying to Oxford: econjobmarket.org/positions/11116 Position without tutorial teaching. Both fresh graduates and lateral applications encouraged! Application deadline: Nov 29 @OxfordEconDepteconjobmarket.orgEJM - Econ Job MarketThe automated language-translation service on econjobmarlet.org is provided free by Google Translate, a third party service. Google is wholly responsible for the translation service. Econ Job… 056
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 21/02/2024Bridging the gap: How does Kenya’s domestic firm network link to international supply chains? @bkirui.bsky.social, Peter Chacha and myself wrote up a blog post for UNIDO: iap.unido.org/articles/bri...iap.unido.orgBridging the gap: How does Kenya’s domestic firm network link to international supply chains? | Industrial Analytics PlatformNovel data provides insights into how Kenya’s domestic firm network links with international markets. 051
Reposted by Verena WiedemannSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 29/11/2023We have a revamped page on Life Expectancy on Our World In Data! • Life expectancy has increased at all ages • Wide differences in life expectancy remain globally • Women live longer than men, but this gap isn't constant + many new charts! Check it out: ourworldindata.org/life-expecta... 2218
Reposted by Verena WiedemannThe Continent @thecontinent.org · 25/11/2023Sometimes those cables break. When they do, there is no quick fix. A decades-old ship, packed with high-tech equipment, must chug along around the continent to make physical repairs. This week, The Continent travels aboard that ship.open.substack.comDown to the wire: The ship fixing our internetAfrica’s connection to the World Wide Web depends on cords of hair-thin fibres that rope along the ocean floor. Sometimes they break. 102
Reposted by Verena WiedemannArin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 13/11/2023A🧵on Ihsaan Bassier's #JMP. Ihsaan is a post-doc at LSE working on labor & development, and on the market this year. He's doing amazing research on labor market institutions, monopsony, inequality. His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector. 1/sites.google.comIhsaan BassierIhsaan Bassier 1159
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Our econ research unit @ IFC is hiring on the job market. We conduct policy relevant research on anything firms and private sector development related - ranging from finance, climate, and technology adoption to trade and spatial econ. Happy to answer any questions. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....aeaweb.orgAmerican Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024 010
Reposted by Verena WiedemannDavid Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 09/11/2023Last weekend, more than 130 development economists presented new research about more than 40 countries on myriad topics. Here’s a micro-summary of every study presented at the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference. www.cgdev.org/blog/whats-l... by Almedina Music and me 0148
Reposted by Verena WiedemannTreb Allen @treballen.bsky.social · 27/10/2023Please spread the word: Dartmouth's Globalization Cluster is looking to hire 3 Pre-Doctoral Fellows for 1-2 years to work on research related to international economics (while taking classes & going to seminars). globalization.dartmouth.edu/programs/glo...globalization.dartmouth.eduGlobalization Pre-Doctoral Fellows 186
Verena Wiedemann @verenaw.bsky.social · 20/10/2023"Did you really want to be an astronaut but ended up an economist?" - I feel seen. 040
Reposted by Verena WiedemannSimon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 09/10/2023Riesige Glückwünsche an Claudia Goldin zum diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften! Worum geht es bei ihrer Forschung? Ein paar Eindrücke aus ihrer Forschung zum Arbeitsmarkt (auf deutsch). 110645
Reposted by Verena WiedemannR @raphaelb.bsky.social · 05/10/2023New open-access paper in BMJ Mental Health! 🎉 While 83% of the world's refugees are hosted in LMIC, most mental health studies focus on refugees in high-income countries. We conducted a representative survey of ~16,000 refugees and host populations in East Africa. We find...👉 t.co/lcPn3wIbzut.coDepression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multi...Background Existing research on refugee mental health is heavily skewed towards refugees in high-income countries, even though most refugees (83%) are hosted in low-income and middle-income countries.... 4156
Reposted by Verena WiedemannDina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 04/10/2023The media never reports about it. Only the doom and gloom make headlines. The website www.ourworldindata.org is a great resource that I recommend to my non-econ friends who are interested in these trends. 292
Reposted by Verena WiedemannThe Continent @thecontinent.org · 23/09/2023This is Faith Kipyegon’s year, and the rest of us are just trying to keep up.open.substack.comOn track with the GOATThis is Faith Kipyegon’s year, and the rest of us are just trying to keep up. 013