Jacopo Mazza
@jacopomazza.bsky.social
Assistant prof. of economics at Utrecht University. Labor, migration, education, pizzas, and Ac Milan.
https://jacopoto.github.io/
https://jacopoto.github.io/
Want to leave all this madness behind? We have 2 one way tickets!
Grab them before mid may!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Grab them before mid may!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Want to leave all this madness behind? We have 2 one way tickets!
Grab them before mid may!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Grab them before mid may!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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While the likes of Reform, AfD and PVV claim we are in a never ending crisis
The number of irregular border crossings into the EU fell by 31% in the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data collected by Frontex
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
April 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
While the likes of Reform, AfD and PVV claim we are in a never ending crisis
My department (Utrecht School of Economics in NL 🇳🇱) is hiring 2 full professors. One in Macro and one in Applied Microeconometrics (don't let the fancy title in the opening fool you).
I'm not on either committee, but happy to answer questions.
Links 👇. Deadlines in May.
I'm not on either committee, but happy to answer questions.
Links 👇. Deadlines in May.
Full Professor Applied Economic Data Research Methods
Will you be our new colleague and lead the Applied Economic Data Research Methods chair group? Apply now!
www.uu.nl
April 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My department (Utrecht School of Economics in NL 🇳🇱) is hiring 2 full professors. One in Macro and one in Applied Microeconometrics (don't let the fancy title in the opening fool you).
I'm not on either committee, but happy to answer questions.
Links 👇. Deadlines in May.
I'm not on either committee, but happy to answer questions.
Links 👇. Deadlines in May.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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The UniCredit Foundation (unicreditgroup.eu) has just launched new contests for research grants:
unicreditgroup.eu
December 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
The UniCredit Foundation (unicreditgroup.eu) has just launched new contests for research grants:
Hi #econsky, my department is on the market for a full professor. The field is broadly applied with a focus on development/gender/migration/environmental.
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
Full Professor Global Economic Challenges and Development
USE is expanding in Global Economic Challenges and development with the appointment of a new Chair to strengthen its education and research in these fields.
www.academictransfer.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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„Onverantwoord”. Burgemeester Floor Vermeulen van Wageningen (VVD) laat er geen twijfel over bestaan dat hij geen fan is van de voorgenomen bezuinigingen op onderwijs. „Ieder plan dat zorgt dat die bezuinigingen verminderd worden moet serieus genomen worden.”
‘We koersen af op een vreselijke bezuinigingsoperatie’, zegt VVD-burgemeester van Wageningen
Floor Vermeulen | voorzitter Netwerk Kennissteden Nederland: Het kabinet stuit op hevig verzet tegen de bezuinigingsplannen op onderwijs. Maandag is er een grote demonstratie op het Malieveld, namens…
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November 25, 2024 at 5:16 AM
„Onverantwoord”. Burgemeester Floor Vermeulen van Wageningen (VVD) laat er geen twijfel over bestaan dat hij geen fan is van de voorgenomen bezuinigingen op onderwijs. „Ieder plan dat zorgt dat die bezuinigingen verminderd worden moet serieus genomen worden.”
Next week the Dutch parliament will vote to cut 2 billions on education and research.
Some Dutch economists write here that the economic case for these cuts is incomprehensible.
Of course they are right. These cuts are only understandable in the context of a vendetta.
fd.nl/opinie/15374...
Some Dutch economists write here that the economic case for these cuts is incomprehensible.
Of course they are right. These cuts are only understandable in the context of a vendetta.
fd.nl/opinie/15374...
Door te bezuinigen op onderwijs, levert Nederland welvaart en zijn internationale pioniersfunctie in
Het kabinet bezuinigt €2 mrd op onderwijs en onderzoek. Toekomstige economische groei loopt drastisch terug als deze plannen worden doorgezet, waarschuwen acht hoogleraren. Maak ruimte vrij op de begr...
fd.nl
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Next week the Dutch parliament will vote to cut 2 billions on education and research.
Some Dutch economists write here that the economic case for these cuts is incomprehensible.
Of course they are right. These cuts are only understandable in the context of a vendetta.
fd.nl/opinie/15374...
Some Dutch economists write here that the economic case for these cuts is incomprehensible.
Of course they are right. These cuts are only understandable in the context of a vendetta.
fd.nl/opinie/15374...
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My department at Utrecht University is hiring a Full Professor. We’re considering a wide range of profiles in applied economics with a focus on development & environmental. Application deadline is Dec 15. I’m happy to answer questions. Please share widely! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Full Professor Global Economic Challenges and Development
U.S.E. is expanding in Global Economic Challenges and development with the appointment of a new Chair to strengthen its education and research in these fields.
www.uu.nl
November 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM
My department at Utrecht University is hiring a Full Professor. We’re considering a wide range of profiles in applied economics with a focus on development & environmental. Application deadline is Dec 15. I’m happy to answer questions. Please share widely! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Introducing 2024-2025 Job Market Candidates of Tinbergen Institute!
All candidates & their personal websites can be viewed on
our website: tinbergen.nl/job-market-c...
All candidates & their personal websites can be viewed on
our website: tinbergen.nl/job-market-c...
Tinbergen Institute Job Market Candidates 2024-2025
Tinbergen Institute is proud to support our PhD students in successfully preparing for the academic job market and promote their work.
tinbergen.nl
November 14, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Introducing 2024-2025 Job Market Candidates of Tinbergen Institute!
All candidates & their personal websites can be viewed on
our website: tinbergen.nl/job-market-c...
All candidates & their personal websites can be viewed on
our website: tinbergen.nl/job-market-c...
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📯 Job Market Paper Alert 📯
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
![Robust Estimation of Private Business Wealth*
Job Market Paper
Simon J. Toussaint†
November 14, 2024
[Most recent version here]
Abstract
Estimating the market value of private businesses is essential for understanding both aggregate firm dynamics and top wealth
inequality, yet these values are inherently unobservable. This paper introduces an econometric approach that treats the gap
between true market values and initial estimates as measurement error. I employ time-series restrictions on these errors as
moment conditions within a GMM framework, and use the fitted values from these estimations as error-free estimates of
private business wealth and capital stocks. Applying this method to Dutch administrative data linking the universe of firms
to their owners, I find that aggregate private business wealth increases by 30% of GDP initially, and is more stable than the
unadjusted series. Top 1% and 0.1% wealth shares increase by 3–5 percentage points, peaking at 38% and 20%, respectively.
Adjusted returns to firm wealth exhibit a steeper gradient across the wealth distribution than unadjusted returns, consistent
with models of return heterogeneity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wus4g34bpbzjefp547irpkeu/bafkreibg34g2k7zwmjqytkllrcxfsj5tnov22hdny74qz7ks5jwa5csbou@jpeg)
November 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM
📯 Job Market Paper Alert 📯
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
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Hi @khoavuumn.bsky.social , you might like my JMP thread? Thanks for all the great memes! bsky.app/profile/simo...
📯 Job Market Paper Alert 📯
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
November 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Hi @khoavuumn.bsky.social , you might like my JMP thread? Thanks for all the great memes! bsky.app/profile/simo...
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5 days left to apply!
Join our group in Berlin
🟩 quantitative macro with a focus on labor/gender/intergen mobility/growth
(if this is not you, check out other positions in @bseberlin.bsky.social)
🟦 3+3 year position
🟪 no teaching obligations and lots of support
Happy to answer any questions!
Join our group in Berlin
🟩 quantitative macro with a focus on labor/gender/intergen mobility/growth
(if this is not you, check out other positions in @bseberlin.bsky.social)
🟦 3+3 year position
🟪 no teaching obligations and lots of support
Happy to answer any questions!
Our research group (Inequality, social mobiliy and growth) at
WZB is hiring a postdoc!
Field: quantitative macroeconomics (especially heterogeneous agent models) with research related to labor, inequality, intergenerational mobility, gender 📈
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res...
WZB is hiring a postdoc!
Field: quantitative macroeconomics (especially heterogeneous agent models) with research related to labor, inequality, intergenerational mobility, gender 📈
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res...
Call for Applications 2025
berlinschoolofeconomics.de
November 15, 2024 at 10:46 AM
5 days left to apply!
Join our group in Berlin
🟩 quantitative macro with a focus on labor/gender/intergen mobility/growth
(if this is not you, check out other positions in @bseberlin.bsky.social)
🟦 3+3 year position
🟪 no teaching obligations and lots of support
Happy to answer any questions!
Join our group in Berlin
🟩 quantitative macro with a focus on labor/gender/intergen mobility/growth
(if this is not you, check out other positions in @bseberlin.bsky.social)
🟦 3+3 year position
🟪 no teaching obligations and lots of support
Happy to answer any questions!
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(First) afterthought on the cancelling of our protest #WOinActie.
The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >
The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >
This afternoon, I learnt that our demonstration, planned for tomorrow, was cancelled. We had expected at least 5000 students, teachers and scholars to protest against the budget cuts. It's an absolute clusterfuck, and I have many questions.
Here's what I shared with our local group::
Here's what I shared with our local group::
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 AM
(First) afterthought on the cancelling of our protest #WOinActie.
The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >
The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >
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I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
November 13, 2024 at 9:33 AM
I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
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#econsky, a methodological question: I need to create an indicator about workers' mental health, based on register data covering prescriptions, diagnoses and doctor contacts. Most of these items are right skewed, with excess zeros. What is a common/best way to do this?
November 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
#econsky, a methodological question: I need to create an indicator about workers' mental health, based on register data covering prescriptions, diagnoses and doctor contacts. Most of these items are right skewed, with excess zeros. What is a common/best way to do this?
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RECRUITING: Post-Doc position (2 years) in Public/Urban/Labor Economics at @WiSoUniCologne / @ECON_tribute, no teaching.
@ERC_Research project: Housing, Inequality and Public Policy (HIPPO)
CGN Team: @Sigginho, @RaoulMaarseveen, Löffler, Gharbi, Reiners + many int'l colleagues
@ERC_Research project: Housing, Inequality and Public Policy (HIPPO)
CGN Team: @Sigginho, @RaoulMaarseveen, Löffler, Gharbi, Reiners + many int'l colleagues
November 13, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Hi #econsky, my department is on the market for a full professor. The field is broadly applied with a focus on development/gender/migration/environmental.
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
Full Professor Global Economic Challenges and Development
USE is expanding in Global Economic Challenges and development with the appointment of a new Chair to strengthen its education and research in these fields.
www.academictransfer.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Hi #econsky, my department is on the market for a full professor. The field is broadly applied with a focus on development/gender/migration/environmental.
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
Please help me spread this as widely as possible, and I’m happy to answer questions informally.
www.academictransfer.com/en/346598/fu...
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Forthcoming in JOLE: "Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities" by Melanie Arntz, Cäcilia Lipowski, Guido Neidhöfer, and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky
October 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Forthcoming in JOLE: "Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities" by Melanie Arntz, Cäcilia Lipowski, Guido Neidhöfer, and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky
The Dutch university system is facing a severe crisis. The far-right government's actions reveal its vindictive nature but also demonstrate the risks of universities relying solely on government funding for survival.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Far-right governments seek to cut billions of euros from research in Europe
Anti-immigration parties are pushing policies that are hostile or indifferent towards science.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:43 AM
The Dutch university system is facing a severe crisis. The far-right government's actions reveal its vindictive nature but also demonstrate the risks of universities relying solely on government funding for survival.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on the labor market for immigrant workers in Europe, by Research Associate Francesco Fasani and @jacopomazza.bsky.social, has been published on ILR Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 19, 2023 at 9:00 PM
New evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on the labor market for immigrant workers in Europe, by Research Associate Francesco Fasani and @jacopomazza.bsky.social, has been published on ILR Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I’m teaching a new course next term and I am considering not to make lectures’ slides available to students in advance.
Has anyone done the same? Experiences? Would you recommend it?
Has anyone done the same? Experiences? Would you recommend it?
December 9, 2023 at 3:50 PM
I’m teaching a new course next term and I am considering not to make lectures’ slides available to students in advance.
Has anyone done the same? Experiences? Would you recommend it?
Has anyone done the same? Experiences? Would you recommend it?
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If you're a senior male economist and would be interested in discussing the drafting of an open letter re the newly announced IZA leadership change, e-mail me.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
November 10, 2023 at 7:59 PM
If you're a senior male economist and would be interested in discussing the drafting of an open letter re the newly announced IZA leadership change, e-mail me.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
Today is a good day to not be affiliated with IZA.
November 10, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Today is a good day to not be affiliated with IZA.