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Dennie van Dolder
@dvdolder.bsky.social
Behavioural economist. Associate Professor. Director of the Essex Centre for Behavioural Science. AE at JEBO #econtwitter #firstgen #econsky

www.dennievandolder.com
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🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

A 🧵 1/6
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Honoured to be part of @cesifo.org's network!
Welcome @dvdolder.bsky.social! 🎉 ‬‬
We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. He is a behavioral economist at the University of Essex and Director of the Essex Centre for Behavioral Science. 🌍📚 #Welcome

Learn more about his work: dennievandolder.com
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social

#behavioraleconomics
August 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Join us at King's College London for a great seminar series in Quantitative Political Economy!

If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!

Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.

📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Last week, I recorded a live podcast in Munich (yes, with real humans, not AI) about our research on giving behaviour, using a Dutch TV show where people donate to those in financial need. 🎙️
Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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My longtime co-author Dennie van Dolder recently recorded a podcast about our research into giving behavior (for which we used a Dutch TV show). A great listen—highly recommended!
Last week, I recorded a live podcast in Munich (yes, with real humans, not AI) about our research on giving behaviour, using a Dutch TV show where people donate to those in financial need. 🎙️
Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last week, I recorded a live podcast in Munich (yes, with real humans, not AI) about our research on giving behaviour, using a Dutch TV show where people donate to those in financial need. 🎙️
Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🔵Coming up this Monday!
Join us on July 7 at 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 with @dvdolder.bsky.social (𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐱), who will present "Impact or Responsibility? Giving Behavior in a Televised Natural Experiment"

#EconSky
July 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
100th Parkrun
June 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Academia will form these little pockets -- people whose theorizing is outrageous & supported by methods outdated since the 90s -- but once it reaches a critical size those people just review each others papers & grants, form societies, hand out awards etc, like a self-contained parallel society.
June 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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New Research Briefing "An interdisciplinary explanation of rule-following in the absence or presence of incentives" out in @nathumbehav.nature.com. This Research Briefing provides a brief summary of "Why people follow rules" just published in @nathumbehav.nature.com. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
An interdisciplinary explanation of rule-following in the absence or presence of incentives - Nature Human Behaviour
Why do people follow rules that they often have an incentive not to follow? Across four sets of experiments, we showed that respect for rules and conformity with social expectations are fundamental fa...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Presenting our work using Dutch TV show data to study altruistic motives all the way in Beijing at Peking University. A great group to visit.
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Presenting our work using Dutch TV show data to study altruistic motives all the way in Beijing at Peking University. A great group to visit.
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Coinciding with it's "No" letter Harvard has refashioned its university homepage into essentially an advertisement for the social benefits of university research. This is the current front page.
April 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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This is such an important point that I've updated my chart, just for @jasonfurman.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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🚨 New piece at @polbehavior.bsky.social w @chiaravalli.bsky.social @timgravelle.bsky.social @mikemikemed.bsky.social Céline Murri & Beatrice Eugster

TLDR: In 🇨🇭 visible mosques increases support for the #FarRight in elections and in referenda (~ +3-5%)

Paper: tinyurl.com/5xk6ydv9
Data: osf.io/27pkj
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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📢 We have FIVE open-ended positions available and are looking for people who are committed to both excellence in research and excellence in teaching in cognitive Neuroscience and psychology on our RT track 🔥

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
March 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Nottingham as I see it. It remains my favourite city, and it was great to be able to be back for a brief visit @uoncedex.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looking forward to visiting the Economics department at Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) and my old research group (@uoncedex.bsky.social). Having lived in Nottingham for almost five years (MSc + Postdoc), it feels like visiting my old hometown 😀
This Wednesday 26th March we welcome @dvdolder.bsky.social of @essexuni.bsky.social as our latest CeDEx seminar speaker. The talk will be at 1pm in the Sir Clive Granger Building @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. More about Dennie: tinyurl.com/bdhk8d4e More about our seminars: tinyurl.com/4tc9up9u
Dennie Van Dolder | University of Essex
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March 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Just posted on SSRN, an experimental follow-up to my comment with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social, and Robert Walatka.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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🚨 A call for Expressions of Interest to apply for the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships to join the Econ Department at the University of Essex. #econsky #econtwitter

vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
February 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM