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Melanie Luhrmann
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Economist, Professor at Royal Holloway, @IFS @CESifo @G53.
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The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social
🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨
Details here - udue.de/ehc26
The Essen Health Conference 2026 will take place on 3-5 June 2026 in Essen, Germany. We accept papers on topics of Health, Education and Labour. We only accept full paper submissions. Please submit before the deadline of 31st January 2026, at the following link - https://bit.ly/submit-ehc26
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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rhulpsychology.bsky.social
📢 We are recruiting Clinical Psychologists to join the Royal Holloway Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as Lecturers (Professional Practice).
📍 Egham | £49,325–£58,345 + £8,588 supplement | PT or FT | Permanent. Apply by 2 Sept 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Professional Practice)
Full-Time or Part-Time, PermanentSalary is £49,325 to £58,345 per annum including London Allowance (Pro-rata if offered on a part-time basis). A Clinical Lecturer supplement of £8,588 (Pro-rata if par...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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bsecon.bsky.social
The 1st Aarhus Workshop on Labor Markets (AWLM 2025) happens from Oct 22-24 at Aarhus University, Denmark.

We are excited to receive papers that focus on understanding and analyzing labor market dynamics, policies, and outcomes. Both empirical research and structural work is highly welcome!
August 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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pengzell.bsky.social
A new award for young scholars in the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics.
cepr.org Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Jul 15
📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
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To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Ghazala made important contributions in a large number of fields, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics. The award will promote work in those fields by young scholars. The first edition of this award will consist of a 5,000 euro prize for the best paper in this set of fields by junior researchers. The selection of the laureate will be carried out by a scientific committee composed of Pierre Cahuc, Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo. Eligibility for the prize requires that all authors have obtained their PhD after 1 September 2018. Papers written jointly with more senior researchers will not be considered. The prize will be awarded at SciencesPo during the event organised in memory of Ghazala on 10 December 2025. One of the authors of the prize winning paper will present the work at this event. Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2025.
July 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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voxdev.bsky.social
📢 Sanitation Infrastructure

On Thursday July 10th, Britta Augsburg @theifs.bsky.social, Molly Lipscomb ‪@uvabatten.bsky.social‬ & ‪@afosterri.org‬ will outline key takeaways for policy from their forthcoming #VoxDevLit at our launch event.

Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Sanitation Infrastructure: VoxDevLit Launch Event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Sanitation infrastructure plays a critical role in improving public health and wellbeing, yet nearly one in five people globally still lack access to basic services. At this VoxDevLit launch event, B...
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June 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Jetzt anmelden zum Vortrag der deutschen «Wirtschaftsweisen» @monika-schnitzer.com an der Universität Zürich. Sie ist Vorsitzende des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social und Professorin an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social.

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#EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS
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June 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
luhrmann.bsky.social
New paper out!
We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products by local businesses and the household demand for toilets in rural Nigeria. More here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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theifs.bsky.social
NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK

@pjtheeconomist.bsky.social is joined by @ckfarquharson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social to explore the impact and legacy of Sure Start.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/pol...
June 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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CHIBE researchers Christina Roberto and Alyssa Moran are cited in a TIME essay by Arianna Huffington advocating that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps not allow the purchase of sugary drinks or soda. time.com/7297603/snap...
The Case Against Using SNAP to Subsidize Soda
Arianna Huffington makes a case against using SNAP benefits to subsidize soda.
time.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
luhrmann.bsky.social
Having a great time at ESPE2025- inspiring programme! #espe2025
June 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
luhrmann.bsky.social
My co-author Grigory Aleksin presenting our work (with Arnaud Chevalier) showing that small community youth projects cause short-run reductions in crime, especially anti- social behaviour. #espe2025 #econ #rhul
June 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Nearly a decade ago, IZA World of Labor ("bridges the gap between research and policy") asked me to write a short intro to Instrumental Variables (IV) estimation. Now teamed up with the great Grigory Aleksin (RHUL) for an update. Enjoyed the team work a lot!

wol.iza.org/articles/usi...
Using instrumental variables to establish causality
Even with observational data, causality can be recovered with the help of instrumental variables estimation
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September 22, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz!

Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ.

Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor

Please help us spread the word and RT.
May 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We just released our paper using a field experiment to reveal indoor air pollution (IAP) in London: It’s worse than you think!

🧵with six main results👇

With @sjroth.bsky.social.
February 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🆕 Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay

Today on VoxDev, Juanita Bloomfield (Universidad de Montevideo), Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid & Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) demonstrate how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices: voxdev.org/topic/health...
Calling all parents: Boosting early childhood outcomes in Uruguay
A phone-based intervention in Uruguay, which included access to an AI chatbot, demonstrates how behavioural insights can enhance parenting practices and improve early childhood development at scale.
voxdev.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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cinchessen.bsky.social
Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment.

Deadline: May 1, 2025
Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🔈 Call for Papers 🔈

Join us for the first

NU-DE Workshop on Applied Microeconomics

📍Nuremberg | 🗓️ Oct 1–2, 2025

For more information, see the call for papers.

Interested? Submit your paper!

We are looking forward to seeing you in October!

#econsky #healtheconomics

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April 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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monika-schnitzer.com
75% of US scientists who answered @nature.com poll consider leaving.
More than 1,600 readers answered their poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Fabulous news!
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Helen Miller appointed as new Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is delighted to announce that Helen Miller has been appointed as its next Director.
ifs.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Jason Abaluck and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 2-3. Submit your papers by March 24: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/...

@jabaluck.bsky.social
Cowles Summer Conference Paper Submission Form
cowles.yale.edu
February 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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assumenormality.bsky.social
🚨HRSA's Area Health Resources Files webpage is now down.

Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here:

data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
County-level data on U.S. opioid distributions, demographics, healthcare supply, and healthcare access
This repository includes data from the Health Resources & Services Administration's Area Health Resources Files (years 2000-2001, 2004-2022), CDC Wonder, National Conference of State Legislatures, and...
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February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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nber.org NBER @nber.org · Mar 10
A persistent and large gender difference in academic promotion for female economists is found. However, no significant differences in promotion by race is found, from Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn, and Daria Milakhina https://www.nber.org/papers/w33538
March 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
luhrmann.bsky.social
If you are doing macroeconomic research about Greece, check out this fabulous new data resource, directed by my fabulous colleague Manolis Galenianos:
www.greeceinnumbers.com
Greece in Numbers
Greece in Numbers collects data about Greece and organizes, explains, and presents it in an accessible way and free of charge in Greek and in English.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🚨 Exciting news! The 3rd #Diversity & #HumanCapital Workshop @uofebusiness.bsky.social returns June 16–17, 2025 🎉 Keynote speakers: Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes & Imran Rasul. Call for Papers will be out soon. Stay tuned! tinyurl.com/yc8h2nkr

#econsky #economics @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 10:52 AM