Luca Fumarco
@lfumarco.bsky.social
Asst Prof, @econmuni.bsky.social; @iza.org, GLO, @j-pal.bsky.social. Before @tulaneu.bsky.social, and @statec-luxembourg.bsky.social.
Studies (mostly) on discrimination w/ RCTs and age at school entry.
https://sites.google.com/site/lucafumarco
Studies (mostly) on discrimination w/ RCTs and age at school entry.
https://sites.google.com/site/lucafumarco
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Interesting paper on the gendered heckling the German Bundestag www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Interesting paper on the gendered heckling the German Bundestag www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
hey #econsky, here is another cool AI: paperreview.ai from Stanford ML group. This is an AI reviewer, it (apparently) works well with econ papers! It is free, you just enter an API key, and then paperreview will email you a report within minutes.
Stanford Agentic Reviewer - Submit Paper
paperreview.ai
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
hey #econsky, here is another cool AI: paperreview.ai from Stanford ML group. This is an AI reviewer, it (apparently) works well with econ papers! It is free, you just enter an API key, and then paperreview will email you a report within minutes.
hey #econsky, check this out: seminar-dry-run.vercel.app from @plausiblyexog.bsky.social. Very cool way to train for seminars: AI listens to your presentation, asks you questions, and then provides you with feedback!
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
hey #econsky, check this out: seminar-dry-run.vercel.app from @plausiblyexog.bsky.social. Very cool way to train for seminars: AI listens to your presentation, asks you questions, and then provides you with feedback!
🚨new pub!🚨
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
W/ S. Baert, L. Halewyck, E. Moens, A. Vandromme
We show that small differences in age at school entry can meaningfully shape early career outcomes. A short overview 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
W/ S. Baert, L. Halewyck, E. Moens, A. Vandromme
We show that small differences in age at school entry can meaningfully shape early career outcomes. A short overview 👇
Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work? - De Economist
This study estimates the impact of relative age (i.e., the difference in classmates’ ages) on both the speed and quality of individuals’ transition from education to the labour market, and investigate...
link.springer.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
🚨new pub!🚨
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
W/ S. Baert, L. Halewyck, E. Moens, A. Vandromme
We show that small differences in age at school entry can meaningfully shape early career outcomes. A short overview 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
W/ S. Baert, L. Halewyck, E. Moens, A. Vandromme
We show that small differences in age at school entry can meaningfully shape early career outcomes. A short overview 👇
🚨new pub!🚨
We study a novel education-based determinant of adolescents' dietary behaviors: the within-class age difference, referred to as relative age. w/ @svenahartmann.bsky.social & Francesco Principe. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We study a novel education-based determinant of adolescents' dietary behaviors: the within-class age difference, referred to as relative age. w/ @svenahartmann.bsky.social & Francesco Principe. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Influence of within-class age differences on adolescents’ eating behaviors
This study examines within-class age differences as a novel determinant of adolescents’ dietary behaviors, isolating it from confounders such as absol…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🚨new pub!🚨
We study a novel education-based determinant of adolescents' dietary behaviors: the within-class age difference, referred to as relative age. w/ @svenahartmann.bsky.social & Francesco Principe. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We study a novel education-based determinant of adolescents' dietary behaviors: the within-class age difference, referred to as relative age. w/ @svenahartmann.bsky.social & Francesco Principe. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hi #econsky folks! I am enjoying Paper Skygest! It is a personalized, curated feed, linked to the account @paper-feed.bsky.social, created by @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and @nkgarg.bsky.social!
Welcome to your personalized Paper Skygest, a curated feed showing posts from your network.
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➡️ Follow this account for Skygest updates!
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➡️ Follow this account for Skygest updates!
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Hi #econsky folks! I am enjoying Paper Skygest! It is a personalized, curated feed, linked to the account @paper-feed.bsky.social, created by @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and @nkgarg.bsky.social!
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**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network
August 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network
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These authors wanted to know whether people with physical disabilities face discrimination in hiring: even when they are equally qualified.
So they ran an experiment.
So they ran an experiment.
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
These authors wanted to know whether people with physical disabilities face discrimination in hiring: even when they are equally qualified.
So they ran an experiment.
So they ran an experiment.
Hi lovely #econsky people!
📢 Call for Papers: YEM2026 – Young Economists’ Meeting, Brno (yem.econ.muni.cz).
Submit full papers or extended abstracts by Feb 28 for the conference on May 27–29, Brno, Czech Republic.
We can’t wait to see you there!
#YEM2026
📢 Call for Papers: YEM2026 – Young Economists’ Meeting, Brno (yem.econ.muni.cz).
Submit full papers or extended abstracts by Feb 28 for the conference on May 27–29, Brno, Czech Republic.
We can’t wait to see you there!
#YEM2026
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Hi lovely #econsky people!
📢 Call for Papers: YEM2026 – Young Economists’ Meeting, Brno (yem.econ.muni.cz).
Submit full papers or extended abstracts by Feb 28 for the conference on May 27–29, Brno, Czech Republic.
We can’t wait to see you there!
#YEM2026
📢 Call for Papers: YEM2026 – Young Economists’ Meeting, Brno (yem.econ.muni.cz).
Submit full papers or extended abstracts by Feb 28 for the conference on May 27–29, Brno, Czech Republic.
We can’t wait to see you there!
#YEM2026
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🧪 Some really important data points in here to share with others.
Over the past year, Bluesky has 5 million research posts (0.25% of the total traffic).
Compared to the 11.2 million research posts on Twitter (0.000006% of the total traffic).
Bluesky is punching above its weight!
#AcademicSky
Over the past year, Bluesky has 5 million research posts (0.25% of the total traffic).
Compared to the 11.2 million research posts on Twitter (0.000006% of the total traffic).
Bluesky is punching above its weight!
#AcademicSky
THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
🧪 Some really important data points in here to share with others.
Over the past year, Bluesky has 5 million research posts (0.25% of the total traffic).
Compared to the 11.2 million research posts on Twitter (0.000006% of the total traffic).
Bluesky is punching above its weight!
#AcademicSky
Over the past year, Bluesky has 5 million research posts (0.25% of the total traffic).
Compared to the 11.2 million research posts on Twitter (0.000006% of the total traffic).
Bluesky is punching above its weight!
#AcademicSky
I have just uploaded my #econ5k at @econ5k.bsky.social. It was on a Jan 1st. Looking back at the time, I can only guess that vitel tonnè, insalata russa, türtlin, bagna cauda, panetün of those days did not help much 🏃
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I have just uploaded my #econ5k at @econ5k.bsky.social. It was on a Jan 1st. Looking back at the time, I can only guess that vitel tonnè, insalata russa, türtlin, bagna cauda, panetün of those days did not help much 🏃
Once, a colleague told me: "Using a particular dataset is not, by itself, a contribution." I mostly agree. But I also feel that in many papers the main contribution is access to a particular dataset — and it’s often framed that way. 1/7
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Once, a colleague told me: "Using a particular dataset is not, by itself, a contribution." I mostly agree. But I also feel that in many papers the main contribution is access to a particular dataset — and it’s often framed that way. 1/7
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
probably the best comment I have ever received in a referee report, it opens as this: "I decided that I hate referees who seem to ask for changes just so that they look like
they did something, and thus I would just send you this big thumbs up, with two very
small comments..."
they did something, and thus I would just send you this big thumbs up, with two very
small comments..."
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
probably the best comment I have ever received in a referee report, it opens as this: "I decided that I hate referees who seem to ask for changes just so that they look like
they did something, and thus I would just send you this big thumbs up, with two very
small comments..."
they did something, and thus I would just send you this big thumbs up, with two very
small comments..."
it is a great relief to see that the main @iza.org activities will proceed under @liser.lu (e.g. world of labour, wp series, summer schools, visiting programs). this is a couple of weeks old news, but many of us were still on vacation. newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...
IZA Network finds new home at Luxembourg’s LISER
Transition ensures continuity of cutting-edge research and global reach
newsroom.iza.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
it is a great relief to see that the main @iza.org activities will proceed under @liser.lu (e.g. world of labour, wp series, summer schools, visiting programs). this is a couple of weeks old news, but many of us were still on vacation. newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...
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not at all surprising: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
not at all surprising: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Hi marvellous #econsky! I am new to PSID data. What variables shall I use to merge cross-year individual data to transition into adulthood data?
July 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hi marvellous #econsky! I am new to PSID data. What variables shall I use to merge cross-year individual data to transition into adulthood data?
🚨#econsky ppl🚨
Submit your work to the 2nd International Virtual Conference on Ukraine. "Leading scholars as well as researchers at all career levels are invited..." All details here: www.kth.se/ukraine-conf...
Submit your work to the 2nd International Virtual Conference on Ukraine. "Leading scholars as well as researchers at all career levels are invited..." All details here: www.kth.se/ukraine-conf...
Second International Virtual Conference on Ukraine | KTH
The Second International Virtual Conference on Ukraine will be arranged by KTH, Sweden, 22–23 August 2025.
www.kth.se
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨#econsky ppl🚨
Submit your work to the 2nd International Virtual Conference on Ukraine. "Leading scholars as well as researchers at all career levels are invited..." All details here: www.kth.se/ukraine-conf...
Submit your work to the 2nd International Virtual Conference on Ukraine. "Leading scholars as well as researchers at all career levels are invited..." All details here: www.kth.se/ukraine-conf...
great visibility and network opportunity, submit your papers!
2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2025.
Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This is the seventh cohort of the…
Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This is the seventh cohort of the…
2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2025.
Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2025-26 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This is the seventh cohort of the successful GLO venture to support career developments of young researchers. It also provides a unique opportunity to interact with the large and very active GLO global research network. The application deadline is August 15, 2025, 5 PM GMT…
glabor.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
great visibility and network opportunity, submit your papers!
#YEM2025 was a blast, as usual. W keynotes @dkuebler.bsky.social & @neumarkecon.bsky.social. Great papers from participants & the best paper award to @juliaengel.bsky.social.
May 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#YEM2025 was a blast, as usual. W keynotes @dkuebler.bsky.social & @neumarkecon.bsky.social. Great papers from participants & the best paper award to @juliaengel.bsky.social.
Over a few days, I have saved a few spare hours for myself. I have >1500 (mostly running) activities on Runkeeper since 2013. I guess I have to use Stata for a non-economic project.
April 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Over a few days, I have saved a few spare hours for myself. I have >1500 (mostly running) activities on Runkeeper since 2013. I guess I have to use Stata for a non-economic project.
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I love #econsky. They bring facts that tell us what we should be paying attention to
Going to be some upset companies it it continues
Going to be some upset companies it it continues
The trade war threatens to decouple the world’s top LNG buyer and seller.
China hasn’t imported LNG from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years. #EconSky
China hasn’t imported LNG from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years. #EconSky
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I love #econsky. They bring facts that tell us what we should be paying attention to
Going to be some upset companies it it continues
Going to be some upset companies it it continues
awesome DiD paper (March 17):
arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323
"Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner's Guide"
Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323
"Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner's Guide"
Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
arxiv.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
awesome DiD paper (March 17):
arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323
"Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner's Guide"
Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323
"Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner's Guide"
Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
#econsky #EconJobMarket Post-job market suggestion (specifically in Europe). There are two things that I realized too late: 1) you might be willing to change institute type (e.g. uni vs research institute), and 2) you might be willing to change country. Hurray for the flexibility. However... 1/5
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#econsky #EconJobMarket Post-job market suggestion (specifically in Europe). There are two things that I realized too late: 1) you might be willing to change institute type (e.g. uni vs research institute), and 2) you might be willing to change country. Hurray for the flexibility. However... 1/5
However, I feel that after an initial enthusiastic period that lasted a few months, Blusky is not gaining further momentum with #econsky ppl, or? I do not see the sparkling atmosphere as on the other place
March 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
However, I feel that after an initial enthusiastic period that lasted a few months, Blusky is not gaining further momentum with #econsky ppl, or? I do not see the sparkling atmosphere as on the other place