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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 23h

This is so Slavic.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 23h

This zinger! 👏🏽

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

Third, it's true: some immigration researchers' choices do bias their results.

A key example is Borjas (2006).

Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

Third, it's true: some immigration researchers' choices do bias their results.

A key example is Borjas (2006).

Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 1d

I will take that if that’s an option!

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 1d

America, the rogue state—in more ways than one!

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 1d

So, now that I’m po(a)sting again (occasionally) on Bluesky, can someone please tell me how to change the date format from the nonsensical MM/DD/YYYY to the more elegant DD/MM//YYYY?

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 1d

Well, look, if we’re given the budget, why not? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 1d

Are you kidding me?! Ghost of Tsushima is seriously impressive.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Honestly, that sounds marvelous.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Did you reject the cookies?

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Congratulations, my friend. 🎈 When are you coming to visit my town again?

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Merci, Olivier! 🙏🏽

Ryan Edwards @ryanbedwards.bsky.social · 2d

Two minor updates, friends:

- As of 1 January 2026, I'm an Associate Professor.

- As of today, the first paper I started writing on palm oil, about a decade ago, is in print in the Journal of International Economics.

Read, share, cite. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Export agriculture and rural poverty: Evidence from Indonesian palm oil

This paper measures the impacts of Indonesia’s palm oil export expansion on district poverty and household expenditure from 2002 to 2015. Identificati…

www.sciencedirect.com

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Oh, BTW, Jan is now an Associate Professor—an unsurprising promotion that warms my heart! 🥰 Congratulations! 🎊

Jan Kabatek 💙💛 @jankabatek.com · 2d

My greatest 2025 accomplishment is that I pushed through a (very mundane) request that was summarily rejected by our central HR.

Becoming Associate is nice and all that, but Jan vs. Kafka was the true fight of the year. 🤜🤛

Jan Kabatek 💙💛 @jankabatek.com · 2d

My greatest 2025 accomplishment is that I pushed through a (very mundane) request that was summarily rejected by our central HR.

Becoming Associate is nice and all that, but Jan vs. Kafka was the true fight of the year. 🤜🤛

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

Breakfast is the biggest scam ever pulled. Completely unnecessary meal.

Karinna Saxby @ksaxby.bsky.social · 2d

Come do a PhD with us in Melbourne ☕️ working on the economic causes and consequences of family & domestic violence
#econsky #melbourne
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPX277/p...

PhD in Economic Causes and Consequences of Family and Domestic Violence at Monash University, Australia

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

C’mon, man.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 2d

A recent one I stumbled upon: Krankenhausversorgungsverbesserungsgesetz.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 3d

Learning German remains one of the most fulfilling things I ever did. It made integrating into life in Germany immeasurably easier when I lived there. The surname translation phase never really stops though. You just get faster at it.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 3d

>1 year into learning German, I'm still translating people's surnames in my head when I read them.

Look out, especially those of you with amusing/nominative deterministic surnames.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 3d

Meanwhile, tell me you’re in Australia without telling me you’re in Australia (specifically, a children’s party).

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 3d

>1 year into learning German, I'm still translating people's surnames in my head when I read them.

Look out, especially those of you with amusing/nominative deterministic surnames.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 3d

Can we not pretend authoritarian regimes were following the rules until America gave them an excuse not to? International law isn’t some delicate vase the US just knocked off the shelf. It’s been getting smashed repeatedly by autocracies who never cared about it in the first place.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 4d

I came home to a flooded apartment on January 1 after being away for two weeks, and now, this. So, 2026 is starting out terrific, mates.

Screenshot saying Trump captured the Venezuelan president and his wife

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 4d

The harshest institutional failures don’t come from villains—they come from good people adapting to bad incentives. Rafe’s essay is a reminder of how success inside a system can erode what we’re willing to defend as values degrade.

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.

open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...

Caveat Vendor

Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar

open.substack.com

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.

open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...

Caveat Vendor

Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar

open.substack.com

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 23d

G’day, mate. The night may lengthen, but it never has the final word—hate exhausts itself.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 24d

I’ve been re-appointed for another term as Economics Discipline Leader (Dept Chair) at UOW. I’m looking forward to backing our staff, advocating for the resources they need, and helping a brilliant group of economists do their best work. I’m very grateful for the trust and excited for what’s ahead.

Alfredo (standing) talking to four colleagues (seated)

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 27d

Repeat visitors will get priority.

Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 27d

I haven’t posted here in months, but this felt worth resurfacing for: I’ve been elected to the University Council, UOW’s highest governing body. It oversees strategy, budget, and performance; and it protects UOW’s long-term sustainability and academic independence. I’m grateful for the trust. 🙏🏽

Belmore Basin. View of Mt Keira. Beach on the foreground. Sunset hues.

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