Andreas Link
@andreaslink.bsky.social
Postdoc @unifau.bsky.social. Economic History, Development Economics, Political Economy
https://sites.google.com/view/andreas-link/
https://sites.google.com/view/andreas-link/
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The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for diamonds significantly reduced armed conflict, suggesting it was successful in limiting rebel groups' ability to finance violent activities.
@christinebinzel.bsky.social @dietmarfehr.bsky.social @andreaslink.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
@christinebinzel.bsky.social @dietmarfehr.bsky.social @andreaslink.bsky.social
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#EconSky
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for diamonds significantly reduced armed conflict, suggesting it was successful in limiting rebel groups' ability to finance violent activities.
@christinebinzel.bsky.social @dietmarfehr.bsky.social @andreaslink.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
@christinebinzel.bsky.social @dietmarfehr.bsky.social @andreaslink.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
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✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
July 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
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Welcome to the 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! We’re kicking off with Development Economics. We have an exciting lineup of speakers, incl. @saralowes.bsky.social as keynote and Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social as invited speakers. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk!
May 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Welcome to the 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! We’re kicking off with Development Economics. We have an exciting lineup of speakers, incl. @saralowes.bsky.social as keynote and Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social as invited speakers. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk!
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@jisteinert.bsky.social, Andreas Landmann, and I are organizing a Bavarian PhD Workshop in Development Economics in July! Goal is to strengthen the regional network among PhD students in Bavaria who work on DevEcon. Please spread the word and apply/drop by! :) Deadline May 4.
tinyurl.com/zzem65nx
tinyurl.com/zzem65nx
CfP_BavarianDevEcon_PhDWorkshop_2025.pdf
tinyurl.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
@jisteinert.bsky.social, Andreas Landmann, and I are organizing a Bavarian PhD Workshop in Development Economics in July! Goal is to strengthen the regional network among PhD students in Bavaria who work on DevEcon. Please spread the word and apply/drop by! :) Deadline May 4.
tinyurl.com/zzem65nx
tinyurl.com/zzem65nx
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Version 2 of my dropbox command is out. This tool locates a user’s Dropbox folder automatically and adds an option to search a secondary drive before moving to the primary one. Installation instructions at github.com/arpie71/drop.... (Thanks to
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social for suggesting changes)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social for suggesting changes)
GitHub - arpie71/dropbox
Contribute to arpie71/dropbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Version 2 of my dropbox command is out. This tool locates a user’s Dropbox folder automatically and adds an option to search a secondary drive before moving to the primary one. Installation instructions at github.com/arpie71/drop.... (Thanks to
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social for suggesting changes)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social for suggesting changes)
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In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature
The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Can winegrowing cause rural development? @wahlfabi.bsky.social and I have just published our little piece on this in the European Historical Economics Review! academic.oup.com/ereh/advance... #econhist #economics #history
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can winegrowing cause rural development? @wahlfabi.bsky.social and I have just published our little piece on this in the European Historical Economics Review! academic.oup.com/ereh/advance... #econhist #economics #history
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Join us for the European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Conference at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, September 4-6, 2025. Submission is open until February 15 via ehesconference.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Join us for the European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Conference at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, September 4-6, 2025. Submission is open until February 15 via ehesconference.org
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🚨 What are the long-term effects of imperialism & authoritarianism on voting behavior? 🚨
I recently gave a presentation that speaks to this question at Stanford University's @theeuropecenter.bsky.social. It’s based on a paper with D Gingerich.
Here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Np...
I recently gave a presentation that speaks to this question at Stanford University's @theeuropecenter.bsky.social. It’s based on a paper with D Gingerich.
Here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Np...
February 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚨 What are the long-term effects of imperialism & authoritarianism on voting behavior? 🚨
I recently gave a presentation that speaks to this question at Stanford University's @theeuropecenter.bsky.social. It’s based on a paper with D Gingerich.
Here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Np...
I recently gave a presentation that speaks to this question at Stanford University's @theeuropecenter.bsky.social. It’s based on a paper with D Gingerich.
Here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Np...
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📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social!
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
docs.google.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social!
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
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Paper is: invention of modern innovation. Neffke et al
They are going to ask how human societies learn as the sum of knowledge expands
ideas.repec.org/p/egu/wpaper/2…
1/?
They are going to ask how human societies learn as the sum of knowledge expands
ideas.repec.org/p/egu/wpaper/2…
1/?
January 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Paper is: invention of modern innovation. Neffke et al
They are going to ask how human societies learn as the sum of knowledge expands
ideas.repec.org/p/egu/wpaper/2…
1/?
They are going to ask how human societies learn as the sum of knowledge expands
ideas.repec.org/p/egu/wpaper/2…
1/?
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🚨 New Working Paper 🚨
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
January 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
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Have you been hearing the term 'Geoeconomics' everywhere lately but aren't quite sure what it really means? Then this paper has you covered and will tell you all about the current state of the literature www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Have you been hearing the term 'Geoeconomics' everywhere lately but aren't quite sure what it really means? Then this paper has you covered and will tell you all about the current state of the literature www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...
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Thema #Rente #GRV wird (zu Recht) wieder mal heiß diskutiert, auch Dank der tollen ZDF Doku (unten). Ich hatte vor zwei Jahren mit @martinwerding.bsky.social und Jörg Rocholl (BMFBeirat, ESMT) darüber gesprochen.
youtu.be/gPC8eToIOlU?...
www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
youtu.be/gPC8eToIOlU?...
www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
60 Minuten: Wie geht es weiter mit der Alterssicherung?
YouTube video by ifo Institut
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thema #Rente #GRV wird (zu Recht) wieder mal heiß diskutiert, auch Dank der tollen ZDF Doku (unten). Ich hatte vor zwei Jahren mit @martinwerding.bsky.social und Jörg Rocholl (BMFBeirat, ESMT) darüber gesprochen.
youtu.be/gPC8eToIOlU?...
www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
youtu.be/gPC8eToIOlU?...
www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
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Pls share: Davide Cantoni and me are looking for pre-doc research assistants to work on projects in international economics and econ history! For details, see: bit.ly/4gSNIVh
2025 LMU_Predoc_jobad_Steinwender Cantoni_v2.pdf
bit.ly
January 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Pls share: Davide Cantoni and me are looking for pre-doc research assistants to work on projects in international economics and econ history! For details, see: bit.ly/4gSNIVh
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#QJE Feb 2025, #6, “LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation,” by Evsyukova (@yuliaevsyukova.bsky.social), Rusche (@felixrusche.bsky.social), and Mill (@econmill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation*
Abstract. We assess the impact of discrimination on Black individuals’ job networks across the United States using a two-stage field experiment with 400+ f
doi.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#QJE Feb 2025, #6, “LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation,” by Evsyukova (@yuliaevsyukova.bsky.social), Rusche (@felixrusche.bsky.social), and Mill (@econmill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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An overview of recent empirical and methodological advances in the study of historical intergenerational mobility trends, from Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, and Tamar Matiashvili https://www.nber.org/papers/w33330
January 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An overview of recent empirical and methodological advances in the study of historical intergenerational mobility trends, from Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, and Tamar Matiashvili https://www.nber.org/papers/w33330
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ADHD diagnoses of kids are 14% more likely on Halloween (62.7 per 10,000 child-visits) compared with surrounding weekdays (55.1 per 10,000).
Kids are just more excited because it's the best holiday and doctors misdiagnose.
www.nber.org/papers/w33232
Kids are just more excited because it's the best holiday and doctors misdiagnose.
www.nber.org/papers/w33232
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
ADHD diagnoses of kids are 14% more likely on Halloween (62.7 per 10,000 child-visits) compared with surrounding weekdays (55.1 per 10,000).
Kids are just more excited because it's the best holiday and doctors misdiagnose.
www.nber.org/papers/w33232
Kids are just more excited because it's the best holiday and doctors misdiagnose.
www.nber.org/papers/w33232
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Is your research in Historical Political Economy and are you based in Europe? @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and I seek to map the current state as well as the future potential of the field in Europe. Help us to do so by taking our 15-minute survey: forms.gle/kXXsGQZUVtrH...
Historical Political Economy - Insights from Europe
Thank you for your interest in our survey.
We are a team of researchers based at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, University of Bonn and University of Geneva. The goal of this survey is to map the ...
forms.gle
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Is your research in Historical Political Economy and are you based in Europe? @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and I seek to map the current state as well as the future potential of the field in Europe. Help us to do so by taking our 15-minute survey: forms.gle/kXXsGQZUVtrH...
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If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
December 1, 2024 at 3:17 PM
If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
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Calling all theoretical and empirical political economy scholars! 📢 Join us in beautiful Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 for the next EPCS Conference.
We also welcome work on related topics like public econ, development or political science. ✍️ #EPCS2025 #PoliticalEconomy #Riga
We also welcome work on related topics like public econ, development or political science. ✍️ #EPCS2025 #PoliticalEconomy #Riga
November 25, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Calling all theoretical and empirical political economy scholars! 📢 Join us in beautiful Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 for the next EPCS Conference.
We also welcome work on related topics like public econ, development or political science. ✍️ #EPCS2025 #PoliticalEconomy #Riga
We also welcome work on related topics like public econ, development or political science. ✍️ #EPCS2025 #PoliticalEconomy #Riga
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Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...
November 22, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...
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My book "Paleoeconomics" is now available in online book stores. It offers a chronologically structured overview of the economics of prehistory from the first hominins to the rise of states in 3500 BCE. It builds on rapidly growing research in several fields. 1/6 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Paleoeconomics
This accessible and insightful textbook Paleoeconomics provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of prehistory.
link.springer.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
My book "Paleoeconomics" is now available in online book stores. It offers a chronologically structured overview of the economics of prehistory from the first hominins to the rise of states in 3500 BCE. It builds on rapidly growing research in several fields. 1/6 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Apply and join our team to conduct pioneering research on international educational migration!
We are hiring a Predoc! Join our international research team at the MPI to work on an RCT focused on international educational migration. Based in Bonn, Germany, with competitive pay and exciting opportunities for professional development. Apply here: career.coll.mpg.de/jobposting/c...
Predoctoral Research Assistant (m/f/div) for Project on International Educational Migration
career.coll.mpg.de
November 15, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Apply and join our team to conduct pioneering research on international educational migration!