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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2 exciting PreDoc positions in my team at the University of Bern, starting late summer/early fall! Collaborate on cutting-edge research in Political Economy, Development &Behavioral Economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.

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How economics has changed

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If I were to learn how to do research on political economy and development economics, I'd definitely consider doing it with @kaigehring.bsky.social .

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Families' wealth in 1427 predicts their wealth in 2011.

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Really glad to see this edited volume out! And huge thanks to Val, Ken, Tom, and Rachel for shepherding it post-pandemic. I have a chapter on social media and elections!

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It's time to make European universities as attractive as possible.

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When thinking about the academic pension reform, it is crucial to bear in mind the specificities of academic careers: They start late and after a period of precariousness and international mobility. 👇 www.rtbf.be/article/jeun...

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If you want to know how Belgian academics' pensions could be affected by the pension reform, a group of representatives from all of Belgium's French-speaking universities has just published a simulator that allows anyone to test out a series of scenarios. 👇 public.pension.uni-fra.org/simulation

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Si vous êtes inquiets au sujet de l'avenir des universités en Belgique, vous pouvez le faire savoir en signant et en diffusant cette carte blanche. 👇 If you are concerned about the future of universities in Belgium, you can sign and share this column. 👇 uni-fra.org #université #university #FWB

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Just learned something new. You can buy spurious citations that will show up on Google Scholar -- and people do.

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After the trade talks with the UK and China: 1. The average tariff rate in the U.S. is 17.8%, the highest since 1934 2. The Trump import tariffs will cost the average family around $2,800 per year 3. It's a bigger share of the budgets of low-income folks budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...

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On voudrait démotiver les académiques et rendre nos universités moins attractives pour les chercheuses et chercheurs qu'on ne s'y prendrait pas autrement. Le communiqué du #Cref est très instructif. Faites-le circuler. actus.ulb.be/fr/actus/ins...

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We cannot take democracy for granted. The turn towards more democracy is a huge human achievement. It is more recent than we often realize. Only 9 countries have had an electoral democracy for over 91 years - and even fewer for liberal democracy. Let's take care of these important institutions.

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EU countries most exposed to the already announced new US tariffs on cars, pharma, and steel exports: Ireland, Belgium, Slovakia, Germany, Austria. via @danielkral.bsky.social

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The world is getting more of its electricity from renewables but less from nuclear power

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"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! From @vinpons.bsky.social, Marx and Rollet. The companion paper: www.restud.com/electoral-tu... #EconSky #Elections

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“There’s a sense that the protests of Trump’s first term were ultimately futile… In fact, popular resistance in Trump’s first term accomplished more than many observers realize; it’s just that most wins happened outside the spotlight.” theconversation.com/social-movem...

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People who are signing have a lot of smart things to say about why this is important. This will be a thread with some of them. Please sign & share with your networks. bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd "Because I am appalled by the current regime’s attack of education, academic freedom and free speech."

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More than 80% of countries vote, but less than 40% do so freely and fairly

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Doctoral positions in Regensburg: leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...

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Postdoctoral positions in Regensburg: leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...

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Countries that have democratized experience an increase in the number of citations per document in the social sciences and humanities. Another reason to be concerned when the social sciences and humanities are targeted. #academia @theepcs.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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"Whether one likes it or not, a lot of people cite stuff they have only read the abstract of." So, reading this blog post on how to write abstracts is a worthwhile investment. www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...

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🇫🇷 J-PAL’s resources for randomized evaluations are now available in French! 🎓 Ideal for researchers and teams designing and implementing impact evaluations. 💡 Free, practical tools based on expert insights—now for a francophone audience. 🔗 Explore the resources: https://buff.ly/4ifvWvK

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GDP per capita since year 0. A striking animation by @ourworldindata.org. ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-...

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Professor:innen seien „der Feind“, (Vance), Unis „queer-woke Kaderschmieden“ (Weidel). Vor lauter Debatte über Migrations-/Aussenpolitik gehen Angriffe auf Bildungs-/Wissenschaftspolitik unter. Hier in den USA verfügen erste Unis Anstellungsstops wegen den auf sie zielenden Sparprogrammen #btw25

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Indeed, we need more research on democratic backsliding and autocratic transitions.

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Join us for this year's Silvaplana workshop in political economy.⛰️👇

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Le prochain management café, c'est déjà après-demain, mais vous pouvez toujours vous inscrire et vous joindre à nous.

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#EconS1001

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« Des économies sur les universités ne sont pas des économies », notre chronique avec Jean Luc de Meulemeester dans la Libre Belgique d’hier. @ulbruxelles.bsky.social #universités #EnseignementSup #Recherche www.lalibre.be/economie/dec...

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Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire Explications détaillées 🧵

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Le prochain management café aura lieu le 19 février. Vous y entendrez Anne-Laure Desgris (Smart), Nicolas Belayew (Pierre Papier Studio et Smart), et Mathias Schmit (CEBRIG, ULB). C'est gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous mais vous devez penser à vous inscrire.👇

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Emmanuel Didier sur la manière dont la parole publique, ici le premier ministre, sape l'autorité de la démarche scientifique. A lire. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

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Fantastic new macro data source for 243 countries - GDP, inflation, government finance, trade, unemployment, interest rates etc. - open-source - continuously updated - unification and extension of existing resources (IMF, World Bank, and OECD) with historical records:

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Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities. He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous. @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...

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