Mirco Tonin

@mircotonin.bsky.social

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Economic Policy Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano @unibz.bsky.social, Italy; Director at FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in Trento. Personal opinions here.
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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 3d

Please, SHARE: The call is out for the course for #PhD students on "Panel Data for Causal Research Designs" (Bertinoro, 29 June – 3 July 2026), organized by @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social and the SIdE - Italian #Econometric Association - link: www.side-iea.it/events/cours... #EconSky 📉📈

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

6 February 1944 | A transport of 700 Italian Jews that had been arrested in Milan & Verona arrived at Auschwitz. During the selection 97 men & 31 women were registered in the camp. 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.

One of them was Clotilde Nissim. She was 79 years old.

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing round glasses and a high-collared black dress.

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 4d

"2026 Best Paper #Awards on #Gender #Economics" by UniCredit Foundation www.unicreditfoundation.org/en/open-call...

2026 Best Paper Awards on Gender Economics

Apply to the sixteenth edition of the Best Paper Awards on Gender Economics for researchers from European countries within the UniCredit geographical area, with the aim of rewarding outstanding scient...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 5d

The Bolzano Applied Microeconomics #Workshop will be held at the #Bolzano Campus of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano @unibz.bsky.social, Italy on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2026. Deadline for submissions: February 15th inomics.com/conference/b...

Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop | INOMICS

The Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop will be held at the Bolzano Campus of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2026. 

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 6d

Editoriale sul Corriere dell' #AltoAdige e Corriere del #Trentino di oggi su relazioni industriali e illusione monetaria

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Mirco Tonin, Simon Wiederhold

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal:

“Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital:
Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests”
w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani

💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US

👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Alexander Wuttke, Justin H. Kirkland , and 5 more Brendan Nyhan, Alexander Wuttke, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirco Tonin, Sebastian Karcher, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Roman Senninger, Ariel White

Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 13d

🎺 Call for proposals 🎺

1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment

on repdata.com

3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study

details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1

please repost!

Call for Proposals: Data Collection for
Replication+Novel Political Science Survey Experiments
Alexander Coppock and Mary McGrath
January 27, 2026
We invite proposals for a survey experiment replication+novel design competition. Se-
lected replication+novel design survey experiments will be conducted on large samples of
American respondents, quota sampled to match U.S. Census margins and filtered for quality
and attention by the survey sample provider Rep Data (repdata.com).
Each proposal consists of two parts: (1) a replication study of an existing, previously
published survey experiment, and (2) a novel experimental design on a topic of the authors’
choosing.
The replication studies and reanalyses of the existing studies will be combined into a
meta-paper to be co-authored by all authors of accepted proposals along with the princi-
pal investigators (Coppock and McGrath). As a condition for acceptance, authors commit
to sharing the data and producing a write-up of the findings from their novel design for
submission to a scholarly journal, and public posting of a working paper pre-publication.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13d

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13d

Eighty-one years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.

1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

A historical black and white photo of young survivors in striped uniforms standing behind a barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Black and white historical photo of liberated prisoners walking under the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Black and white historical photo showing a large hall filled with discarded clothing, with a person visible in the background.

Historical black and white photograph of Auschwitz concentration camp after liberation showing dilapidated wooden barracks and victims' bodies on the ground.

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 16d

“Tanta distanza tra realtà e retorica” - commento su Salto sulla riforma dell'accesso a medicina. salto.bz/it/article/2...

“Tanta distanza tra realtà e retorica” | SALTO

Mirco Tonin, docente unibz di Politica economica, analizza i dati nazionali sul "semestre filtro" della facoltà di medicina: "Ammessi anche i bocciati alle prove".Mirco Tonin, docente unibz di Politic...

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · 24d

Sono aperte le iscrizioni alla quarta edizione del "Corso sulla #valutazione di impatto delle #politiche pubbliche" organizzato da FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social e rivolto a dirigenti e funzionari dell’amministrazione pubblica e di organizzazioni private. irvapp.fbk.eu/trainings/de...

Corso sulla valutazione di impatto delle politiche pubbliche – Quarta edizione

Il corso approfondisce la valutazione d’impatto delle politiche pubbliche, un passaggio fondamentale per ottimizzare l’uso delle risorse e migliorare l’efficacia delle decisioni. Attraverso esempi con...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27d

14 January 1919 | Italian Jew Franco Sacerdoti was born in Naples.

On 22 February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz.
No. 174545
He did not survive.

One of about 7,500 Italian Jews deported to #Auschwitz.

Black and white portrait of a man, wearing a suit and tie, looking directly at the camera.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Mirco Tonin, Laurent Pech , and 2 more Steve Peers, Mirco Tonin, Laurent Pech, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jan 9

New column today:
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Reposted by Erdal Tekin, Mirco Tonin, Marina Della Giusta

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Jan 8

The program for the Health Economics and Risky Behaviors (HERB 2026) workshop is out! See you in Bologna!

eventi.unibo.it/workshop-her...

HERB 2026 program: 📅 22 January 2026
– From Courtroom to Court of Public Opinion: Secondary Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence — Caterina Muratori (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
– From Awareness to Action: Help-Seeking and Femicides after Gender-Based Violence Campaigns in Italy — Margherita Agnoletto (University of Turin & Collegio Carlo Alberto)
– Rising Temperatures and Domestic Violence in Peru: Evidence and Mechanisms — Fiorella Parra-Mujica (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
– After the Draft: The Lasting Effects of Male Conscription on Well-Being — Chiara Notarangelo (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies)
– Leader Identity and Cesarean Childbirths: Evidence from Random Allocations of Female Leaders in Indian Villages — Mujaheed Shaikh (Hertie School)
– Qualitative Insights on the Income–Health Behavior Gradient — Manuela Puente-Beccar (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)

📅 23 January 2026 — 📍 Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Session 3 (Chair: Ana Armendariz)
– Health After Birth: The Persistent Health Penalty of Becoming a Parent — Jonathan Rossi (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
– Precisely Zero: Migration’s Null Effect on Sex Crimes — Riccardo Ciacci (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
– Do Drug Consumption Rooms Reduce Drug-Related Hospitalisations? Evidence from Switzerland — Ana Armendariz (University of St Gallen)
Session 4 (Chair: Flavia Cavallini)
– Empowering Parents in the Digital Age — Margaux Suteau (London School of Economics and Political Science)
– Children by Choice, Not Chance: Family Planning Associations and Fertility in Britain — Sara Tozzi (University of Bologna)
– Expectation Shocks and Fertility: The Case of Brexit — Flavia Cavallini (Università della Svizzera italiana)

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Jan 5

This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity.

Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this: @heidiwilliams.bsky.social, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! (Also: me.)

Cost=zero. Applications due January 9th! #EconSky @ifp.bsky.social

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online PhD Short Course | Institute for Progress

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 3

3 January 1900 | Italian Jew Emanuele Di Porto was born in Rome. A merchant.

In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

A vintage black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and bow tie.

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Erika Deserranno @erikadeserranno.bsky.social · Jan 1

I’m hiring a predoc at Bocconi starting summer 2026. Projects in development and personnel economics, to study how to improve worker productivity in private and public organizations both low and higher-income countries. Apply!

Details below

#EconSky #EconTwitter #Predoc #ResearchJobs

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Dec 29

29 December 1923 | An Italian Jew, Shlomo Venezia, was born in Thessaloniki.

In #Auschwitz from 11 April 1944.
No. 182727
Forced to work in the Sonderkommando
He survived the war & passed away in 2012.

Black and white portrait of an Italian Jew, Shlomo Venezia, he was forced to work in the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz.

A phot of an Italian Jew, Shlomo Venezia, forced to work in the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz., He is standing in front of the ruins of the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Joanna Bryson, Caroline Krafft , and 2 more Diane Coyle, Joanna Bryson, Caroline Krafft, Mirco Tonin, Georg Weizsäcker

Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Dec 29

Great pre-doc opportunities at @econ.uzh.ch in Zurich for aspiring PhD candidates from low- & middle income countries or with a refugee/asylum seeker background.

Predoctoral Program Global Talent Common Application: www.facultyhiring.oec.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0... Please share widely in your networks!

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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · Dec 28

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Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Dec 28

New WP out: "Patterns in #University Applications: Socioeconomic Status, #Gender, and Subject vs. Institution Preferences" with Friederike Hertweck, Robbie Maris, @mvlass.bsky.social LINK: www.iza.org/publications...

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Scott L. Greer, Mirco Tonin , and 1 more Anne Applebaum, Scott L. Greer, Mirco Tonin, Iikka Korhonen

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · Dec 26

A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America

Anti Italian cartoon

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Dec 23

Should we be concerned about VAT evasion at the retail stage in contexts with high enforcement and low informality?

In their paper Annalisa Tassi and Adrien Bussy
exploit a VAT reform to answer this question.

📄Read the full paper: irvapp.fbk.eu/publications...

VAT collection only at the retail stage: Evidence on tax compliance

We investigate whether firms engage in VAT evasion at the retail stage—typically a point of weakness in VAT systems—in a high-enforcement, low-informality setting. To measure evasion, we exploit a ref...

irvapp.fbk.eu

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Dec 19

19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.

On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with a bow in their hair, looking surprised.

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Dec 18

Per limitare la povertà educativa, è necessario rafforzare e rinnovare le politiche di diritto allo studio.

Davide Azzolini, Antonia Mazara e Loris Vergolini ne parlano su La Voce e riportano i risultati di un esperimento in Italia.

lavoce.info/archives/109...

Quando il risparmio è un’arma contro la dispersione scolastica | D. Azzolini, A. Mazara e L. Vergolini

Per limitare la povertà educativa, è necessario rafforzare e rinnovare le politiche di diritto allo studio. Sembrano dare buoni risultati i programmi che incentivano il risparmio familiare. Lo dimostr...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Dec 14

Happy Hannukah

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Every year our card contains a picture that aims at inspiring moral reflection about the world we all share.

(Photo: Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

A man holds the remains of a Russian-made, inexpensive decoy drone made of foam and wood, known as a Gerbera, beside an Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone, known as a Geran-2.

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Dec 9

Siamo lieti di invitarvi al seminario che si svolgerà in modalità ibrida: "Competenze digitali e di base", con la partecipazione di Roberto Ricci, presidente INVALSI.

Iscrizioni e info:
irvapp.fbk.eu/it/events/de...

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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · Nov 27

Quali conoscenze economiche servono per decidere in modo consapevole?

In occasione del mese dell’educazione finanziaria ne abbiamo parlato con Elsa Fornero, @mircotonin.bsky.social e Matteo Ploner

Approfondimento di @gretasofial.bsky.social su FBK Magazine👇
magazine.fbk.eu/it/news/educ...

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Nov 20

"Aumentare l'offerta di alloggi", editoriale su Corriere dell' #AltoAdige e Corriere del #Trentino di oggi - LINK: pressreader.com/article/2815...

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