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We would like to share with you a new video featuring the talk by Nobel Laureate Paul Milgrom and the subsequent reception. The event in the fall was jointly organized by the department and ZEW.
https://t.co/ygClBS4gyF

09.03.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 12:15 pm, we welcome Christian Bayer, Univ. Bonn, to our Macro-CRC TR 224 Seminar (@EPoS224). He will present β€œFiscal constraints on Monetary Policy: How Debt Limits Monetary Effectiveness.” (joint w. Kuester/Gong)
More info –
https://t.co/zdcOyXdB1e https://t.co/T5CV...

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We would like to share with you a new video featuring the talk by Nobel Laureate Paul Milgrom and the subsequent reception. The event in the fall was jointly organized by the department and ZEW.
https://t.co/ygClBS4gyF

08.03.2026 09:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are #hiring! Researcher/PhD student with interests in #competition #economics.

Come join a vibrant research team at @ZEW (working on innovation, competition, entrepreneurship, industry dynamics)

Job posting + link:...

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08.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover picture EARIE Annual Conference 2026.

Cover picture EARIE Annual Conference 2026.

🚨 #CallforPapers: 53. EARIE Annual Conference, 26-28 August 2026 in Mannheim.
Keynotes: @a_gavazza, @myrto_kaloup, Jidong Zhou @Yale
πŸ—“οΈ Submissions deadline: 15 March 2026, early bird tickets until 1 June 2026
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08.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you read our mini-comic adaptation of Power and Progress yet? Download the comic for free at the link below https://t.co/WppIBnhlfQ

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Updating a fun graph (courtesy Niall Ferguson)
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04.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oil prices just surged 8% in light of recent events. In our recent paper in @IMFEconReview, we study exactly this kind of shock: what happens to workers across the income distribution when oil supply contracts? 🧡 https://...

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04.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Divorce happens in 35–40% of marriages, yet couples expect only ~15%. This overoptimism drives more specialization, less saving, and worse post-divorce outcomesβ€”especially for lower-wage spouses.

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04.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is WfH a steppingstone or stumbling block for women’s careers? A calibrated GE model shows expansion raises women’s earnings growth (+7.2pp), narrows the gender gap (βˆ’7.4%), and boosts welfare (+11.1%), but entails short-r...

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Why has fertility declined worldwide? Technological change plays an important role. In a GE model with endogenous fertility, marriage, education & women’s time use, we show skill and gender-biased tech explain 30% of J...

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Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 12:15 pm, we welcome Michelle Rendall, Monash University, to our Macro-CRC TR 224 Seminar (@EPoS224). She will present β€œCollege Majors and Skill Mismatch in Labour Markets: A General Equilibrium Approach.” More info –
https://t.co/zdcOyXdB1e https://t.co/rSx5NwMPxK

02.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m not a lawyer so I won't interpret contracts for you. But I am an economist, so here's my take on the economics of what happened yesterday (TL;DR: Jesse is right).

One of the main drivers of economic activity in develo...

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01.03.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This new QJE paper concludes that the macroeconomic costs of climate change are far greater than earlier estimates suggested. It finds that a 1Β°C rise in global temperatures reduces world GDP by over 20%. https://t.co/BhVi...

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28.02.2026 09:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is hard to communicate how much programming has changed due to AI in the last 2 months: not gradually and over time in the "progress as usual" way, but specifically this last December. There are a number of asterisks bu...

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27.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am looking forward to present tomorrow at the @ResearchTI my work with @LeanneNam8 and Gasper Ploj
"Employment Stability, Earnings Dynamics, and Life-Cycle Savings"
I am excited to present a lot of new results & plea...

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25.02.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear followers, I’m happy to share a new working paper joint with @davidautor and @baselinescene explaining how a pro-worker direction of AI is feasible and what its effects would be

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25.02.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guter Artikel. Die Anreize von Managern waren mE entscheidend fΓΌr wo wir mit China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ nun stehen: Deren Deal war Technologietransfer fΓΌr kurzfristigen Gewinn & große Boni. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Dazu unser Podcast mit Jean...

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25.02.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Refine. A rave review of the economist paper-improving program.
https://t.co/c5ju02IPmH

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Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 12:15 pm, we welcome Leonardo Elias, Fed. Reserve Bank, New York, to our Macro-CRC TR 224 Seminar (@EPoS224). The title of the paper to be presented β€œThe Global Credit Cycle” (joint with Nina Boyarchenko).” More info –
https://t.co/zdcOyXdB1e https://t.co/eio7xjggG4

24.02.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21181
Estimating Impact with Surveys versus Digital Traces: Evidence from Randomized Cash Transfers in Togo
Emily Aiken @berkeleyecon, Suzanne Bellue @EconUniMannheim, Joshua Blumenstock @jbl...

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The #DISS2026 workshop (Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy) starts tomorrow!

Check out the program πŸ‘‡ and join us. We begin at 2 p.m. CET / 8 a.m. ET.

Register here for Zoom info: https://t.co/KhX32MeKVL

@zew_...

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Call for Papers: 4th Workshop in Labor Economics (WEI IV)

The 4th Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment & Inequality is now accepting submissions.

Keynote Speakers:
Simon JΓ€ger (Princeton University)

Anna ...

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17.02.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you a student interested in learning the latest AI and ML methods for social science research?

Apply to our AI & Economics Summer Institute. Held at @ChicagoBooth and co-organized with @ethayarajh @LindseyRRaymon...

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Thursday, February 12, at 12:15 pm, we are thrilled to welcome Morten Olsen, University of Copenhagen, to our Macro-CRC TR 224 Seminar (@EPoS224). He will present β€œPareto Technologies, Firm Dynamics, and the Cobb–Douglas Production Function.” More info –
https://t.co/zdcOyXe8QM https://t.co/DFDjj...

16.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The paper was rejected by β€œgeneral interest” academic economics journals but received substantial interest from economists working on prices and inflation in statistical agencies and central banks across the world. It fou...

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15.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Submit your papers for the @nberpubs Summer Institute Macro Public Finance sessions by March 26th!

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"Basic Needs Satisfaction as a Fundamental Distributive Principle: Evidence from the Lab and the Field" is now available: https://t.co/BK1dSP0KZV

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New evidence that concern for basic needs satisfaction (BNS) is a distinct distributional motive. Across 5 dictator-game experiments in Germany & Georgia (N=446), many give up income and efficiency to meet others’ basi...

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