Richard Bluhm
@rbluhm.bsky.social
Development/ political economist at the University of Stuttgart www.richard-bluhm.com
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📢 Kicking off today: @rbluhm.bsky.social joins us as a guest researcher from November 3rd to 11th!
His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics, development and political economics, and urban and regional economics. 📈
🔍 www.richard-bluhm.com
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...
His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics, development and political economics, and urban and regional economics. 📈
🔍 www.richard-bluhm.com
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
📢 Kicking off today: @rbluhm.bsky.social joins us as a guest researcher from November 3rd to 11th!
His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics, development and political economics, and urban and regional economics. 📈
🔍 www.richard-bluhm.com
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...
His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics, development and political economics, and urban and regional economics. 📈
🔍 www.richard-bluhm.com
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...
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We are very happy to welcome @fsberger.bsky.social and @jyusof.bsky.social to our Political Economy of Global Development Lab @unistuttgart.bsky.social l 🥳💪
Stay tuned for exciting research in political economy by Felix and on inequality and fairness by Jeffrey @pegdev.bsky.social
Stay tuned for exciting research in political economy by Felix and on inequality and fairness by Jeffrey @pegdev.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We are very happy to welcome @fsberger.bsky.social and @jyusof.bsky.social to our Political Economy of Global Development Lab @unistuttgart.bsky.social l 🥳💪
Stay tuned for exciting research in political economy by Felix and on inequality and fairness by Jeffrey @pegdev.bsky.social
Stay tuned for exciting research in political economy by Felix and on inequality and fairness by Jeffrey @pegdev.bsky.social
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🚨Development Economists!🚨Do you use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS Program) data, which had been supported by USAID? IPUMS ( @ipums.bsky.social ) and the UN Statistics Division have a survey for you. I just filled it out. You can too. #econsky
Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.
Questionnaire on the use of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🚨Development Economists!🚨Do you use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS Program) data, which had been supported by USAID? IPUMS ( @ipums.bsky.social ) and the UN Statistics Division have a survey for you. I just filled it out. You can too. #econsky
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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
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JAMA: "We are committed to working with authors to publish in accordance with the highest standards for scientific and editorial integrity. We will act flexibly, where appropriate, to ensure that censoring efforts will not silence the integrity of the scientific process"
In a new Editorial, JAMA editors, JAMA Network Editors in Chief, and JAMA editorial leadership address the recent executive orders that have impacted the scientific process and reaffirm their commitment to scientific and editorial integrity.
ja.ma/4b5LsIt
ja.ma/4b5LsIt
February 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
JAMA: "We are committed to working with authors to publish in accordance with the highest standards for scientific and editorial integrity. We will act flexibly, where appropriate, to ensure that censoring efforts will not silence the integrity of the scientific process"
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1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
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If you considered posting something critical of the Trump regime but then decided against due to fear for retaliation, then you are no longer living in a democracy.
February 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you considered posting something critical of the Trump regime but then decided against due to fear for retaliation, then you are no longer living in a democracy.
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Nice to see this in print in The Journal of Urban Economics. How do official Chinese-funded infrastructure projects diffuse economic activity in developing countries? The strongest effects are in least-developed regions and near cities. 1/2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Connective financing: Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial distribution of economic activity within subnational regions across a …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Nice to see this in print in The Journal of Urban Economics. How do official Chinese-funded infrastructure projects diffuse economic activity in developing countries? The strongest effects are in least-developed regions and near cities. 1/2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the December update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2024-25 cycle.
A thread with graphs follows...
#EconJobMarket
#EconSky
@aeainformation.bsky.social
@aeacswep.bsky.social
@joelistings.bsky.social
1/9
A thread with graphs follows...
#EconJobMarket
#EconSky
@aeainformation.bsky.social
@aeacswep.bsky.social
@joelistings.bsky.social
1/9
December 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the December update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2024-25 cycle.
A thread with graphs follows...
#EconJobMarket
#EconSky
@aeainformation.bsky.social
@aeacswep.bsky.social
@joelistings.bsky.social
1/9
A thread with graphs follows...
#EconJobMarket
#EconSky
@aeainformation.bsky.social
@aeacswep.bsky.social
@joelistings.bsky.social
1/9
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Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
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Super cool that someone has actually estimated the environmental benefits of OPEC: about a trillion per decade!
www.nber.org/papers/w3311...
www.nber.org/papers/w3311...
November 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Super cool that someone has actually estimated the environmental benefits of OPEC: about a trillion per decade!
www.nber.org/papers/w3311...
www.nber.org/papers/w3311...
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The “I’m too cool for Bluesky and need all my Twitter followers for ego validation” crowd are a pretty shameful bunch.
Researchers say Twitter changed its algorithm to promote posts from Elon Musk and Republicans in the run-up to the election.
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
November 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM
The “I’m too cool for Bluesky and need all my Twitter followers for ego validation” crowd are a pretty shameful bunch.
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I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs
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This estimate, per WaPo, sure makes it look like voters under 30 and Gen Xers didn't shift to Trump so much as just not show up for Harris, full stop.
November 12, 2024 at 8:54 PM
This estimate, per WaPo, sure makes it look like voters under 30 and Gen Xers didn't shift to Trump so much as just not show up for Harris, full stop.
🚨JOB OPPORTUNITIES 🚨
We are looking for an assistant professor (fixed-term) and PostDocs (1-2 yrs) for our new Political Economy of Global Development Lab.
AP job Posting here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... and, 1-2 years post doc, www.ivr.uni-stuttgart.de/dokumente/Po...
Please share widely!
We are looking for an assistant professor (fixed-term) and PostDocs (1-2 yrs) for our new Political Economy of Global Development Lab.
AP job Posting here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... and, 1-2 years post doc, www.ivr.uni-stuttgart.de/dokumente/Po...
Please share widely!
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
November 11, 2024 at 8:49 AM
🚨JOB OPPORTUNITIES 🚨
We are looking for an assistant professor (fixed-term) and PostDocs (1-2 yrs) for our new Political Economy of Global Development Lab.
AP job Posting here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... and, 1-2 years post doc, www.ivr.uni-stuttgart.de/dokumente/Po...
Please share widely!
We are looking for an assistant professor (fixed-term) and PostDocs (1-2 yrs) for our new Political Economy of Global Development Lab.
AP job Posting here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... and, 1-2 years post doc, www.ivr.uni-stuttgart.de/dokumente/Po...
Please share widely!
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Patriarchy means men don’t get to choose what they want either. "Men’s low share of care work does not necessarily reflect their preferences. When jobs grant greater freedoms, men choose to care for their kids." from @draliceevans.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
When men can work flexibly, they do more childcare, & this increases women's earnings.
2 new papers show gender divisions of labour dont reflect inherent preferences, but can change with tech!
draliceevans.substack.com/p/job-flexib...
2 new papers show gender divisions of labour dont reflect inherent preferences, but can change with tech!
draliceevans.substack.com/p/job-flexib...
October 10, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Patriarchy means men don’t get to choose what they want either. "Men’s low share of care work does not necessarily reflect their preferences. When jobs grant greater freedoms, men choose to care for their kids." from @draliceevans.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
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Monash Economics is hiring 👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878
"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878
"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."
October 5, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Monash Economics is hiring 👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878
"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878
"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."
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Some news: I have joined the Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) at Science. Part of the remit is to encourage more high-quality economics submissions. So here’s a long-ish thread on why, what, and how you should submit to Science, as well as some details on the editorial process 1/n
October 3, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Some news: I have joined the Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) at Science. Part of the remit is to encourage more high-quality economics submissions. So here’s a long-ish thread on why, what, and how you should submit to Science, as well as some details on the editorial process 1/n
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Reminds me of this paper looking at NZ “that the greater the difference between the value of a discipline's outside opportunities and its New Zealand academic salary, the weaker its research performance in New Zealand universities” www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Pay Peanuts and Get Monkeys? Evidence from Academia
In most countries, academic pay is independent of discipline, thus ignoring differences in labor market opportunities. Using some unique data from a comprehensive research assessment exercise undertak...
www.degruyter.com
September 24, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Reminds me of this paper looking at NZ “that the greater the difference between the value of a discipline's outside opportunities and its New Zealand academic salary, the weaker its research performance in New Zealand universities” www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Blue skies in Melbourne ❤️
Monash Economics 🇦🇺 is hiring this season. Job ad coming soon.
#Melbourne Botanical Garden with CBD skyline.
Monash Economics 🇦🇺 is hiring this season. Job ad coming soon.
#Melbourne Botanical Garden with CBD skyline.
September 23, 2023 at 12:50 AM
Blue skies in Melbourne ❤️
Monash Economics 🇦🇺 is hiring this season. Job ad coming soon.
#Melbourne Botanical Garden with CBD skyline.
Monash Economics 🇦🇺 is hiring this season. Job ad coming soon.
#Melbourne Botanical Garden with CBD skyline.
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Tipping points are real
September 20, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Tipping points are real