This year’s recipients—Maurizio Marinelli, @awaxman.bsky.social, and Fangxin Yi—submitted proposals for academic and policy research papers addressing land, urban, fiscal, and environmental issues relating to urbanization in China. Learn more: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Just read this truly lovely history of the fixed effects estimator, a concept I've repeatedly taught and used but never knew the origins of.

(Also helps me justify never using random effects!)

Thanks to Marc Bellemare and @dlmillimet.bsky.social for writing it.

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ok, following on that last thread, here are my suggestions about how to be a good mentor (though this is still a work in progress!)

(And others should feel free to add to my list!)

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The last two days I taught Academic Writing at WU Vienna. Teaching is fun with such engaged students! If you want to have a peak, my slides are on dominika-langenmayr.net/teaching-pag...

Join us at the International Transportation Economics Association Annual Conference & School at Northwestern University, June 23-27, 2025! Featuring keynote speaker Prof. Dave Donaldson (MIT). Submit your transportation economics research by Feb 28. Two paper prizes available!

📢📢The Berlin School of Economics @BSE_Berlin will be recruiting PhD students in spatial economics 📢📢 (again). Still, time to apply before the 🧑‍🎄 break. See www.bqse.de for an overview of our activities in "spatial". Apply now & retweet! berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-programm...

Okay, here is the start of the urban economics starter pack. Please send me more names and prod folks who haven't moved. @aaronsojourner.org can you add to your page?

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Also, for a nice urban/geography/regional mix, see the pack of @maxnathan.bsky.social.

The LBJ School at UT-Austin has open searches for a health and education economist. The deadline is Nov 17. It's a great place to work. Please apply and share!
Health: dossier.interfolio.com/apply/151343
Educ.: dossier.interfolio.com/apply/151348

If you haven't done so already, please consider doing the following today:

– Deactivating your Twitter

– Encouraging your friends/network to do the same

– Start rebuilding your network here, or elsewhere

(more starter packs below)