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Sascha O. Becker
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Economist @MonashWarwick
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
BWV227
Editor @EJ_RES
Associate Editor @QJEHarvard
First gen high school grad
Classical music and jazz enthusiast

Economics 48%
Political science 30%
Pinned
Excited to have been elected as Fellow of the Econometric Society. Official Certificate Ceremony today at the World Congress in Seoul 🇰🇷 (handshake with Larry Samuelson) @econometric.bsky.social

The amazing Ricardo Dahis has created a web calendar with all Economics seminars in Melbourne: @monashuniversity.bsky.social Melbourne U, Deakin U and beyond.
Such a great public good.

melbourne-economics.org

Reformation Day coverage of our research (2020 ASR and 2025 SocForces) describing Martin Luther as hyper-influencer

👉 2020 paper: doi.org/10.1177/0003...
👉 2025 paper: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

www.mdr.de/wissen/bildu...
Hyper-Influencer Luther? Wieso die Reformation Erfolg hatte | MDR.DE
Martin Luther und seine persönlichen Beziehungen spielten einen wichtigen Faktor bei der Verbreitung der Reformation. Doch sie allein erklären nicht, wieso die Protestanten an bestimmten Orten Erfolg ...
www.mdr.de

You'll test and correct for spatial unit roots. No more scaremongering 👇

bsky.app/profile/pdav...
🚨 New Version 🚨

The new and extended version of our paper on dealing with spatial unit roots in regressions, now
*forthcoming at the Stata Journal* under a new title!

w/ @essobecker.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social

Relevant to anyone who uses spatial data !

Link and more information in🧵(1/n)

"Now, what belongs together is growing together." (Willy Brandt, November 1989)

"Jetzt wächst zusammen, was zusammengehört"
Occasional reminder of differences PRE German partition.

See (pdf) 👉 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

@lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social

Great to see Bob Hart at the University of @stir.ac.uk today.
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏

Back home in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂

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Link to new version: pauldavidboll.com/SPUR_Stata_J...

Stata package:
github.com/pdavidboll/S...

The new title reflects that we have significantly extended the practical application section to make this paper more useful to applied researchers generally, regardless of software persuasion.
pauldavidboll.com
🚨 New Version 🚨

The new and extended version of our paper on dealing with spatial unit roots in regressions, now
*forthcoming at the Stata Journal* under a new title!

w/ @essobecker.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social

Relevant to anyone who uses spatial data !

Link and more information in🧵(1/n)

>the< place for fascinating papers: @theeconjournal.bsky.social 👇 @resmedia.bsky.social
Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf!
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf!
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
Are you an economist looking for a pre-doc? Are you interested in youth crime and policy? Then come work with us! We're hiring at @cep-lse.bsky.social to come and work with Rui Costa, Matteo Sandi and myself on a joint project. Applications now open: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#EconRA #EconSky
Research Assistant - Youth Criminal Justice
Research Assistant - Youth Criminal Justice, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
.@warwickecon.bsky.social has a number of vacancies for Assistant Professors (Macro & Development)

Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc.
... is one hour from London,
20 mins from Birmingham
90 mins from the Peak District National Park

Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
We are hiring (a bit)! This year we are on the market for multiple positions at the junior and senior market and here is why you should join us (1/n): Deadline Nov. 1st!
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econjobmarket #Economics #jobs

31 October: Reformation Day ⛪

I have always liked the idea of using the interior height (in feet) of cathedrals as a proxy for the strength of deterrence against Protestantism.

31 Oct: Happy Reformation Day ⛪
This land return and tule elk reintroduction is a significant milestone in California's relationship with the Tule River Indian Tribe.

We're taking critical steps to confront the historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land.

Delighted to host the wonderful @weijiali.bsky.social at @warwickecon.bsky.social

Weijia ❤️ Weber

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The Gentleman of the Arctic

In the early 1900s, when most explorers were racing to plant flags or carve their names into maps, one man headed north for an entirely different reason.

He didn’t want to conquer the wilderness.
He wanted to understand it.

Photo with some fellow Fellows
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...

Done.

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TOMORROW (Thursday AEDT): AYEW Behavioural & Experimental Econ Workshop!

Join us at 8pm BST 22nd Oct / 6am AEDT 23rd Oct to listen to Till(@tilburg-university.bsky.social), Stella (WashU),Sanchaita (University of Utah) & Mike Wu (Monash)

Sign up for link: www.monash.edu/business/imp...
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)

I ❤️ that paper 😉

Good marketing, Gabriele 🔥

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4. by P. GROSJEAN 2020
"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers." American Economic Review 110 (5): 1430–63.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
(May 2020) - We study the long-run effects of forced migration on investment in education. After World War II, millions of Poles were forcibly uprooted from the Kresy territories of eastern Poland and...
www.aeaweb.org
1. Because we are a great department in a great city! Sydney is a large multicultural financial center in an English-speaking high-state-capacity liberal democracy. The ocean is a 🚶 from campus; wilderness a short 🚉 away.

Joel Mokyr at Nick Crafts 70th birthday conference in 2019 at @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @warwickuni.bsky.social
Brilliant insight by @stephenkb.bsky.social: if the Tories keep insisting that Brexit was a good thing, they will never find enough talented people to join their party
on.ft.com/4qeqPkw
How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool
The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea
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