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Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series!
📆Check out the full schedule below!
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If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📆Check out the full schedule below!
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If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📢Meet the 2025-26 @usiidep.bsky.social Job Market Candidates!
We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research.
Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#EconJobMarket
We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research.
Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#EconJobMarket
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📢Meet the 2025-26 @usiidep.bsky.social Job Market Candidates!
We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research.
Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#EconJobMarket
We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research.
Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#EconJobMarket
📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (@usiidep.bsky.social) at Università della Svizzera Italiana! 🎉
A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH).
Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs!
👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH).
Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs!
👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
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November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (@usiidep.bsky.social) at Università della Svizzera Italiana! 🎉
A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH).
Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs!
👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH).
Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs!
👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
👏 Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the @eeanews.bsky.social Council (2026–2031)!
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
👏 Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the @eeanews.bsky.social Council (2026–2031)!
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
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Congrats to Elias Papaioannou on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026
Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert
on being elected to Council.
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Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert
on being elected to Council.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congrats to Elias Papaioannou on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026
Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert
on being elected to Council.
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Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert
on being elected to Council.
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Today Gabriela Deschamps @stoneeconucl.bsky.social presented "Motherhood and Violence".
Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today Gabriela Deschamps @stoneeconucl.bsky.social presented "Motherhood and Violence".
Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care".
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care".
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
🔍New research highlight!
A new paper by our PhD student @alimok.bsky.social is now out on JEEM.
Together with Hamed Ghoddusi (CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality.
Check the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new paper by our PhD student @alimok.bsky.social is now out on JEEM.
Together with Hamed Ghoddusi (CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality.
Check the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New causal evidence in JEEM: Iran’s move from fuel subsidies to (near) universal cash transfers reduces inequality. Reallocating about $1 per person per day cuts the expenditure Gini by ~8%.
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #EnvironmentalEconomics
@jeem-econ.bsky.social @usiidep.bsky.social @usi.ch
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #EnvironmentalEconomics
@jeem-econ.bsky.social @usiidep.bsky.social @usi.ch
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October 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🔍New research highlight!
A new paper by our PhD student @alimok.bsky.social is now out on JEEM.
Together with Hamed Ghoddusi (CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality.
Check the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new paper by our PhD student @alimok.bsky.social is now out on JEEM.
Together with Hamed Ghoddusi (CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality.
Check the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today @maxposch.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social presented "Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S."
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
October 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today @maxposch.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social presented "Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S."
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
Today at @usiidep.bsky.social we host the 7th Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics.
Sessions cover: corporate taxation, efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/economic effects, urban-rural productivity, skill sorting, and political budgeting.
Sessions cover: corporate taxation, efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/economic effects, urban-rural productivity, skill sorting, and political budgeting.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today at @usiidep.bsky.social we host the 7th Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics.
Sessions cover: corporate taxation, efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/economic effects, urban-rural productivity, skill sorting, and political budgeting.
Sessions cover: corporate taxation, efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/economic effects, urban-rural productivity, skill sorting, and political budgeting.
🔍New research highlight!
A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review.
They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US.
#EconTwitter #USIEcon
A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review.
They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US.
#EconTwitter #USIEcon
Where do workers shift when they lose their jobs to #automation? Giuseppe Di Giacomo and Benjamin Lerch
#USI_university show that show that 8% of workers enroll in college, about 10% claim disability benefits, and nearly 40% retire early.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
#USI_university show that show that 8% of workers enroll in college, about 10% claim disability benefits, and nearly 40% retire early.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🔍New research highlight!
A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review.
They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US.
#EconTwitter #USIEcon
A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review.
They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US.
#EconTwitter #USIEcon
Davide Cantoni (@econmunich.bsky.social) presented “Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850."
With Matthias Weigand & Cathrin Mohr, he shows that the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious & national.
With Matthias Weigand & Cathrin Mohr, he shows that the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious & national.
September 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Davide Cantoni (@econmunich.bsky.social) presented “Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850."
With Matthias Weigand & Cathrin Mohr, he shows that the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious & national.
With Matthias Weigand & Cathrin Mohr, he shows that the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious & national.
Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series!
📆Check out the full schedule below!
idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📆Check out the full schedule below!
idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
September 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series!
📆Check out the full schedule below!
idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📆Check out the full schedule below!
idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
Congrats to Nicole Venus (@n-venus.bsky.social) on defending her PhD “Essays in Labour and Gender Economics” at @usiidep.bsky.social.
Her research explores gender, labour & household economics.
She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibe.ch) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
Her research explores gender, labour & household economics.
She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibe.ch) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
August 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Congrats to Nicole Venus (@n-venus.bsky.social) on defending her PhD “Essays in Labour and Gender Economics” at @usiidep.bsky.social.
Her research explores gender, labour & household economics.
She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibe.ch) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
Her research explores gender, labour & household economics.
She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibe.ch) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
Congrats to Giuseppe Di Giacomo (@g-digiacomo.bsky.social) on defending his PhD at @usiidep.bsky.social.
His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education.
Next stop: Ifo Institut in Munich!
His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education.
Next stop: Ifo Institut in Munich!
August 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Congrats to Giuseppe Di Giacomo (@g-digiacomo.bsky.social) on defending his PhD at @usiidep.bsky.social.
His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education.
Next stop: Ifo Institut in Munich!
His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education.
Next stop: Ifo Institut in Munich!
🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland?
@fabricolella.bsky.social (@usiidep.bsky.social) with @rlalive.bsky.social & S. Schroeter (UNIL) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it.
Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993
@fabricolella.bsky.social (@usiidep.bsky.social) with @rlalive.bsky.social & S. Schroeter (UNIL) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it.
Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993
The 39% tariff on Swiss Exports to the U.S. - Expert analysis
The newly imposed US tariffs are expected to substantially affect Swiss exporters and drive up consumer prices in the United States. Fabrizio Colella, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics a...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland?
@fabricolella.bsky.social (@usiidep.bsky.social) with @rlalive.bsky.social & S. Schroeter (UNIL) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it.
Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993
@fabricolella.bsky.social (@usiidep.bsky.social) with @rlalive.bsky.social & S. Schroeter (UNIL) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it.
Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993
Congrats to IdEP PhD candidate Alda Marchese on being awarded the USI Doc-Mobility grant. She'll be visiting @uclaanderson.bsky.social, hosted by Ricardo Perez-Truglia 🇺🇸🌴
Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it
Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it
August 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Congrats to IdEP PhD candidate Alda Marchese on being awarded the USI Doc-Mobility grant. She'll be visiting @uclaanderson.bsky.social, hosted by Ricardo Perez-Truglia 🇺🇸🌴
Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it
Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it
📣 Now open: Associate or Full Professor in Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Research (IRE) at USI Lugano🇨🇭
IRE is looking for candidates with an international research profile in applied economics.
Deadline: 31/08/2025
More info: shorturl.at/K5Njz
IRE is looking for candidates with an international research profile in applied economics.
Deadline: 31/08/2025
More info: shorturl.at/K5Njz
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July 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📣 Now open: Associate or Full Professor in Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Research (IRE) at USI Lugano🇨🇭
IRE is looking for candidates with an international research profile in applied economics.
Deadline: 31/08/2025
More info: shorturl.at/K5Njz
IRE is looking for candidates with an international research profile in applied economics.
Deadline: 31/08/2025
More info: shorturl.at/K5Njz
@mikkelmertz.bsky.social (@rockwoolfonden.dk) presented “Effects of a Housing Policy on Neighborhoods, Residential Mobility & Inequality”.
With C.Dustmann (@ucl.ac.uk) & @rlandersoe.bsky.social (Rockwool), he finds that private coop ownership attracted affluent residents & widened areas inequality
With C.Dustmann (@ucl.ac.uk) & @rlandersoe.bsky.social (Rockwool), he finds that private coop ownership attracted affluent residents & widened areas inequality
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@mikkelmertz.bsky.social (@rockwoolfonden.dk) presented “Effects of a Housing Policy on Neighborhoods, Residential Mobility & Inequality”.
With C.Dustmann (@ucl.ac.uk) & @rlandersoe.bsky.social (Rockwool), he finds that private coop ownership attracted affluent residents & widened areas inequality
With C.Dustmann (@ucl.ac.uk) & @rlandersoe.bsky.social (Rockwool), he finds that private coop ownership attracted affluent residents & widened areas inequality
📈 Francis Kramarz (Bocconi University, @college-de-france.fr, @uu.se) taught a PhD course on AKM models and the microeconometrics of matched employer-employee data. Topics included wage decomposition, firm/industry effects, and the role of networks.
June 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📈 Francis Kramarz (Bocconi University, @college-de-france.fr, @uu.se) taught a PhD course on AKM models and the microeconometrics of matched employer-employee data. Topics included wage decomposition, firm/industry effects, and the role of networks.
Today, Andreas Kotsadam (@UniOslo) presented his joint work with S. Dahlum, T.Hanson, Å. Johnsen, and A. Wuttke on whether support for authoritarian rule is contagious. Using field & survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, they showed that it spreads via peer influence.
May 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today, Andreas Kotsadam (@UniOslo) presented his joint work with S. Dahlum, T.Hanson, Å. Johnsen, and A. Wuttke on whether support for authoritarian rule is contagious. Using field & survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, they showed that it spreads via peer influence.
🎓 Apply for the Master in Economics at USI – Deadline: 30 June 2025!
👇 See program highlights & links below.
#USIEcon #EconBluesky
👇 See program highlights & links below.
#USIEcon #EconBluesky
May 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🎓 Apply for the Master in Economics at USI – Deadline: 30 June 2025!
👇 See program highlights & links below.
#USIEcon #EconBluesky
👇 See program highlights & links below.
#USIEcon #EconBluesky
Today @uglogowsky.bsky.social (@jku.at) presented “The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health”, joint w. @ahammeralex.bsky.social (JKU Linz) @mhalla.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) & T. Hener (@au.dk).
They find parenthood imposes greater mental health burdens on mothers, leading to long-run gaps
They find parenthood imposes greater mental health burdens on mothers, leading to long-run gaps
May 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today @uglogowsky.bsky.social (@jku.at) presented “The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health”, joint w. @ahammeralex.bsky.social (JKU Linz) @mhalla.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) & T. Hener (@au.dk).
They find parenthood imposes greater mental health burdens on mothers, leading to long-run gaps
They find parenthood imposes greater mental health burdens on mothers, leading to long-run gaps
Today, Manuel Bagues (@warwickecon.bsky.social) presented “Friends in Childhood and the Gender Equality Paradox”, coauthored with N. Zinovyeva (Warwick).
They show that children in richer, more equal societies have fewer opposite-sex friends. Evidence suggests household income as the key driver.
They show that children in richer, more equal societies have fewer opposite-sex friends. Evidence suggests household income as the key driver.
May 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, Manuel Bagues (@warwickecon.bsky.social) presented “Friends in Childhood and the Gender Equality Paradox”, coauthored with N. Zinovyeva (Warwick).
They show that children in richer, more equal societies have fewer opposite-sex friends. Evidence suggests household income as the key driver.
They show that children in richer, more equal societies have fewer opposite-sex friends. Evidence suggests household income as the key driver.
Junior seminar today by Elodie Andrieu (@pse.bsky.social), presenting “Can Firm Subsidies Spread Growth?”, coauthored with John Morrow (PSE Paris). The results show that R&D support boosts firm hiring (especially technical workers) and triggers sectoral spillovers beyond the direct recipients.
May 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Junior seminar today by Elodie Andrieu (@pse.bsky.social), presenting “Can Firm Subsidies Spread Growth?”, coauthored with John Morrow (PSE Paris). The results show that R&D support boosts firm hiring (especially technical workers) and triggers sectoral spillovers beyond the direct recipients.
A.Chevalier (@royalholloway.bsky.social) presented "When Parents Work from Home", joint work w. P.Achard (@crestsociology.bsky.social) & @michelebelot.bsky.social (@cornelluniversity.bsky.social). They find a positive effect of parental right to work from home on children's educational attainments.
April 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A.Chevalier (@royalholloway.bsky.social) presented "When Parents Work from Home", joint work w. P.Achard (@crestsociology.bsky.social) & @michelebelot.bsky.social (@cornelluniversity.bsky.social). They find a positive effect of parental right to work from home on children's educational attainments.