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Sorry to ask, but was IZA affiliation only merit-based or mostly network-based?

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It's midterm season. If you're giving a paper exam, consider using this LaTeX shell to write the exam. It adds up all of the points for you and it compiles a solution booklet for you, too. github.com/talgross-bu/...

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1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨 How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky

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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students. 5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Wenn Merz Politik macht, die nur mit der AfD Mehrheiten hat, ist dann auch völlig egal ob die AfD dadurch schrumpft oder nicht.

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"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. "Then they came for the trade unionists … "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." —Martin Niemöller #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/pres...

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Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals ) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

DeepSeek is a much better writing assistant than GPT currently is.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

An agile EU would offer grants to US-based academics.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I'm in the UK since 3 weeks and haven't seen a single pound of cash. Grüße gehen raus nach Österreich und Deutschland.

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Point of no return. Diesen Tag und diese Nachricht werde ich den Rest meines Lebens nicht vergessen. Denn heute habe ich eingesehen, dass man mir und meinesgleichen in meinem Geburts- und Heimatland niemals eine sichere Heimat bieten wird. search.app/kscX74bMF3Qj...

submitted 54 days ago • 211 comments

can someone with a better understanding of Austrian politics tell me if it's already time to look for jobs abroad?

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

I'm visiting Oxford for the next 2 months. If you're around, let's meet!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

when DHL sends the "your delivery will arrive between x and y" they are estimating a 5% confidence interval.

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Next year, the German Development Economics Conference (GDE) will take place in Frankfurt, my former hometown. I hope to see you there with a beer in your hands! @andregroeger.bsky.social @hesss.org @fuchsa.bsky.social @cannoncloud.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social @kczura.bsky.social

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Everywhere people celebrate, even in the Christian neighborhoods. This is Sahnaya, Damascus.

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Hi everyone! Anna, here. I'm known as @itsafronomics on all platforms and I'm currently trying to survive my #phd in policy and economics at Harvard. I also write for the public on topics related to #race, #gender, and the #economy. I hope to connect with y'all soon! #econsky #academia

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Excited to be at WU Vienna today to talk about new @nuffieldfound.bsky.social funded work on "Inequalities in applications and offers to graduate recruitment programmes" using exciting new recruitment data from a number of employers @franziskadbacher.bsky.social www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outr...

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

If I had another paper ready in time I would go. You should all submit to this excellent conference!

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Call for papers for the 4th Workshop on Networks and Development, Naples, 22-23 May 2025, keynotes by Emily Breza (Harvard University) and Yves Zenou (Monash University). Apply before January 30th 2025. Details 👇 Please spread the word!

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actual footage of me proctoring an exam

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

I'm in a bad place right now... not mentally, I just went on X to check something

submitted 129 days ago • 2 comments

this is fun! (bluesky)

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