Andrei Munteanu
@andrei-econ.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics @ the University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM) | Postdoc @ Harvard CID
Education, labor, applied micro
https://www.andrei-munteanu.com/
Education, labor, applied micro
https://www.andrei-munteanu.com/
Check out our new NBER working paper on the link between ethnic self-identification in official records and education - and what this implies for official statistics, policy, and stereotype formation.
Studying how ethnic identification varies with education among disadvantaged minorities in Romania, from Andreea Mitrut, Gabriel Kreindler, Margareta Matache, Andrei Munteanu, and Cristian Pop-Eleches www.nber.org/papers/w34383
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Check out our new NBER working paper on the link between ethnic self-identification in official records and education - and what this implies for official statistics, policy, and stereotype formation.
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In Moldova, a pro-EU and pro-NATO party has taken an outright majority of the seats in parliament, allowing them to consolidate their control over the country. Russia's sustained campaign to influence the elections was a failure. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
En Moldavie, le parti pro-européen de la présidente Maia Sandu en tête des législatives
Le Parti Action et Vérité, au pouvoir depuis 2021, arrive en tête avec 47,6 % des voix contre 25,9 % au Bloc patriotique prorusse, selon un décompte presque définitif de la commission électorale. La c...
www.lemonde.fr
September 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In Moldova, a pro-EU and pro-NATO party has taken an outright majority of the seats in parliament, allowing them to consolidate their control over the country. Russia's sustained campaign to influence the elections was a failure. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
My work (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...) on competitive high school admissions in Romania and their effects on student outcomes features in this new article in Palladium magazine. 👇
www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/w...
www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/w...
Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads
www.palladiummag.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My work (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...) on competitive high school admissions in Romania and their effects on student outcomes features in this new article in Palladium magazine. 👇
www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/w...
www.palladiummag.com/2025/08/29/w...
First presentation as a PhD student:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicV...
Breznhev cough
YouTube video by Armeme
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
First presentation as a PhD student:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicV...
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Below are some comments on the LPC platform released yesterday.
If the CPC releases a platform in the next few days, I'll try to find the time for some comments on it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
If the CPC releases a platform in the next few days, I'll try to find the time for some comments on it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
A few comments on the @mark-carney.bsky.social platform released today. You can find it here: liberal.ca/cstrong/.
I provided some 'sounding board' advice here and there to those working on the platform. As always: I disclose, but you can decide what weight to put on that.
Thread below...
I provided some 'sounding board' advice here and there to those working on the platform. As always: I disclose, but you can decide what weight to put on that.
Thread below...
Canada Strong | Liberal Party of Canada
Download our plan
liberal.ca
April 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Below are some comments on the LPC platform released yesterday.
If the CPC releases a platform in the next few days, I'll try to find the time for some comments on it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
If the CPC releases a platform in the next few days, I'll try to find the time for some comments on it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Here's an open letter you can sign opposing the administration's harmful tariff policy.
anti-tariff.org
anti-tariff.org
Reject Tariffs, Restore Trade | Anti-Tariff Declaration
Join the movement to protect America's prosperity.
anti-tariff.org
April 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here's an open letter you can sign opposing the administration's harmful tariff policy.
anti-tariff.org
anti-tariff.org
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❗️Our next workshop will be on April 25th, 6 pm CEST on Dealing with Duplicate Data in R by @astroeringrand.bsky.social!
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz
April 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
❗️Our next workshop will be on April 25th, 6 pm CEST on Dealing with Duplicate Data in R by @astroeringrand.bsky.social!
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz
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Lund University (Sweden) has opened 3 doctoral student positions in historical demography-economic history
- Inequalities in health and survival /jobID:810603
- Demographic Inequality /jobID:809395
- Colonial maternal health legacies /jobID:808817
Applications are invited!
📉📈🗃🛟 #history #demography
- Inequalities in health and survival /jobID:810603
- Demographic Inequality /jobID:809395
- Colonial maternal health legacies /jobID:808817
Applications are invited!
📉📈🗃🛟 #history #demography
Work at Lund University
Job opening
lu.varbi.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Lund University (Sweden) has opened 3 doctoral student positions in historical demography-economic history
- Inequalities in health and survival /jobID:810603
- Demographic Inequality /jobID:809395
- Colonial maternal health legacies /jobID:808817
Applications are invited!
📉📈🗃🛟 #history #demography
- Inequalities in health and survival /jobID:810603
- Demographic Inequality /jobID:809395
- Colonial maternal health legacies /jobID:808817
Applications are invited!
📉📈🗃🛟 #history #demography
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The kicker is the subject line
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The kicker is the subject line
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In this piece, I endorse Tufts Fletcher School faculty's proposal that universities challenge Trump's speech-based deportations of non-citizen students in court, and explain why this strategy is much better than letting targeted students fend for themselves: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court
The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That
reason.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In this piece, I endorse Tufts Fletcher School faculty's proposal that universities challenge Trump's speech-based deportations of non-citizen students in court, and explain why this strategy is much better than letting targeted students fend for themselves: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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That Louisiana ICE Detention Center could now form a pretty credible US university, given all of the scholars that have been sent there.
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
That Louisiana ICE Detention Center could now form a pretty credible US university, given all of the scholars that have been sent there.
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Dozens of US lawmakers condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Tufts student with pro-Palestine views - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dozens-us-lawmakers-condemn-disturbing-arrest-tufts-student-pro-palestine-views
Dozens of US lawmakers condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Tufts student with pro-Palestine views
Lawmakers ask Trump administration to spell out laws used to revoke Turkish national's visa
www.middleeasteye.net
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Dozens of US lawmakers condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Tufts student with pro-Palestine views - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dozens-us-lawmakers-condemn-disturbing-arrest-tufts-student-pro-palestine-views
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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Hi folks,
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hi folks,
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
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Open call for applications, The Review of Economics and Statistics Fellowship for NBER Summer Institute. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on May 1, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Open call for applications, The Review of Economics and Statistics Fellowship for NBER Summer Institute. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on May 1, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
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Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
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Imagine “the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations […] issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers of undermining the rule of law, academic freedom, and scientific research” @drodrik.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Imagine “the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations […] issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers of undermining the rule of law, academic freedom, and scientific research” @drodrik.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
🚨Working Paper Alert!🚨
How did compulsory schooling (CS) shape educational outcomes across generations in the US? 👩🎓➡️🧑🎓Titus Galama, @kthom.bsky.social and I exploit the staggered roll-out of CS laws across states on a panel of full-count census data (1920 - 1940). 🧵 #education #econ #economics
How did compulsory schooling (CS) shape educational outcomes across generations in the US? 👩🎓➡️🧑🎓Titus Galama, @kthom.bsky.social and I exploit the staggered roll-out of CS laws across states on a panel of full-count census data (1920 - 1940). 🧵 #education #econ #economics
March 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨Working Paper Alert!🚨
How did compulsory schooling (CS) shape educational outcomes across generations in the US? 👩🎓➡️🧑🎓Titus Galama, @kthom.bsky.social and I exploit the staggered roll-out of CS laws across states on a panel of full-count census data (1920 - 1940). 🧵 #education #econ #economics
How did compulsory schooling (CS) shape educational outcomes across generations in the US? 👩🎓➡️🧑🎓Titus Galama, @kthom.bsky.social and I exploit the staggered roll-out of CS laws across states on a panel of full-count census data (1920 - 1940). 🧵 #education #econ #economics
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Trump is at war with the rule of law and free expression. Business and academia are the big losers. They owe it to themselves as well as society at large to speak up. My latest.
When will US academia and business speak up against Trump?
Donald Trump's war on US trade partners and academic institutions is no surprise. What is more shocking is that corporate and academic leaders have made barely a peep, @drodrik.bsky.social observes.
Donald Trump's war on US trade partners and academic institutions is no surprise. What is more shocking is that corporate and academic leaders have made barely a peep, @drodrik.bsky.social observes.
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump is at war with the rule of law and free expression. Business and academia are the big losers. They owe it to themselves as well as society at large to speak up. My latest.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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If you're a professor, you have a LOT of power. Not to freak you out, but authoritarian regimes' favorite first move is to shut down the intellectuals in one way or another. Which means you're a threat to them.
Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud!
Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud!
March 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you're a professor, you have a LOT of power. Not to freak you out, but authoritarian regimes' favorite first move is to shut down the intellectuals in one way or another. Which means you're a threat to them.
Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud!
Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud!