David Schindler
@david-schindler.de
Associate Professor of Economics at Tilburg University, behavioral economists, father of two, husband, hockey fan, and aviation enthusiast.
https://david-schindler.de
https://david-schindler.de
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Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
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It's bad!
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Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
paulgp.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
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This data matches my observations regarding ads posted on EconJobMarket.org. The market this year will be very difficult for many candidates.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This data matches my observations regarding ads posted on EconJobMarket.org. The market this year will be very difficult for many candidates.
I had great fun presenting some recent work with @rghidoni.bsky.social here at @tudresden.bsky.social! Amazing room filled with amazing people and great feedback!
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I had great fun presenting some recent work with @rghidoni.bsky.social here at @tudresden.bsky.social! Amazing room filled with amazing people and great feedback!
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🗣️(self) nominations for editorship of JEEA now open.
Fields of expertise sort in this search include: Labour Economics, Economics of Gender, Family economics & Health Economics.
Candidates should be available to start receiving manuscripts from early 2026.
ℹ️ www.eeassoc.org/news/nominat...
Fields of expertise sort in this search include: Labour Economics, Economics of Gender, Family economics & Health Economics.
Candidates should be available to start receiving manuscripts from early 2026.
ℹ️ www.eeassoc.org/news/nominat...
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🗣️(self) nominations for editorship of JEEA now open.
Fields of expertise sort in this search include: Labour Economics, Economics of Gender, Family economics & Health Economics.
Candidates should be available to start receiving manuscripts from early 2026.
ℹ️ www.eeassoc.org/news/nominat...
Fields of expertise sort in this search include: Labour Economics, Economics of Gender, Family economics & Health Economics.
Candidates should be available to start receiving manuscripts from early 2026.
ℹ️ www.eeassoc.org/news/nominat...
Join us to learn everything about the signaling mechanism! Important for both candidates and recruiting committees!
📢Candidates & recruiters invited to join
@david-schindler.de for a Q&A session on EJME signalling mechanism
🗓️Friday, Nov 7 @ 15:30 CET
ℹ️& pre-registration: europeanjobmarketofeconomists.org/workshops
@resmedia.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
#EconSky #EconJMP
@david-schindler.de for a Q&A session on EJME signalling mechanism
🗓️Friday, Nov 7 @ 15:30 CET
ℹ️& pre-registration: europeanjobmarketofeconomists.org/workshops
@resmedia.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
#EconSky #EconJMP
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us to learn everything about the signaling mechanism! Important for both candidates and recruiting committees!
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
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This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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A long way to go for 🇪🇺 in academia - but worth it.
Informative PBS clip on the situation in the US👇🏼
Informative PBS clip on the situation in the US👇🏼
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A long way to go for 🇪🇺 in academia - but worth it.
Informative PBS clip on the situation in the US👇🏼
Informative PBS clip on the situation in the US👇🏼
It's Election Day and polling stations are set up on campus. I hope that sanity prevails this time in this insane world and the Netherlands gets a government the country deserves: one that invests in education and innovation.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's Election Day and polling stations are set up on campus. I hope that sanity prevails this time in this insane world and the Netherlands gets a government the country deserves: one that invests in education and innovation.
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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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Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
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Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
I just received an email informing us about safety measures to take when traveling. Five years ago, I would not have imagined seeing these countries named together:
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I just received an email informing us about safety measures to take when traveling. Five years ago, I would not have imagined seeing these countries named together:
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
The socks helped! So grateful for this opportunity to invest time (and money!) in some exciting research projects over the next five years!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The socks helped! So grateful for this opportunity to invest time (and money!) in some exciting research projects over the next five years!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Super excited to have been awarded a Vidi Grant by the Dutch Research Council for the next five years! Very much looking forward to working on these research projects! But today is time to celebrate! 🎉
www.nwo.nl/nieuws/149-v...
www.nwo.nl/nieuws/149-v...
149 Vidi aanvragen toegewezen aan talentvolle onderzoekers | NWO
NWO heeft maar liefst 149 wetenschappers uit de wetenschapsdomeinen Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen (ENW), Toegepaste en Technische Wetenschappen (TTW), Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) en Zorgonderzoek en Medische Wetenschappen (ZonMw) Vidi-financiering van maximaal 850.000 euro toegewezen. Met behulp van de Vidi-beurs kunnen talentvolle wetenschappers een eigen onderzoekslijn verder ontwikkelen en hun eigen onderzoeksgroep opstarten of verder uitbouwen.
www.nwo.nl
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Super excited to have been awarded a Vidi Grant by the Dutch Research Council for the next five years! Very much looking forward to working on these research projects! But today is time to celebrate! 🎉
www.nwo.nl/nieuws/149-v...
www.nwo.nl/nieuws/149-v...
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Across Europe, mainstream politicians are watching their power cede to far-right, populist forces.
Europe's leaders are hoping the European Council today will show that the EU cares about issues that have left voters feeling disaffected.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/firs...
Europe's leaders are hoping the European Council today will show that the EU cares about issues that have left voters feeling disaffected.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/firs...
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Across Europe, mainstream politicians are watching their power cede to far-right, populist forces.
Europe's leaders are hoping the European Council today will show that the EU cares about issues that have left voters feeling disaffected.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/firs...
Europe's leaders are hoping the European Council today will show that the EU cares about issues that have left voters feeling disaffected.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/firs...
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A bellwether of the wreckage that will be caused by the catastrophic assault on science in the U.S.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A bellwether of the wreckage that will be caused by the catastrophic assault on science in the U.S.
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Congratulations Philippe Aghion, EEA past President, & co-winners Peter Howitt & Joel Mokyr on 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics
@johnvanreenen.bsky.social honours Philippe's remarkable impact, both through his influential research & his mentorship across generations of scholars
➡️http://bit.ly/47gw36j
@johnvanreenen.bsky.social honours Philippe's remarkable impact, both through his influential research & his mentorship across generations of scholars
➡️http://bit.ly/47gw36j
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Congratulations Philippe Aghion, EEA past President, & co-winners Peter Howitt & Joel Mokyr on 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics
@johnvanreenen.bsky.social honours Philippe's remarkable impact, both through his influential research & his mentorship across generations of scholars
➡️http://bit.ly/47gw36j
@johnvanreenen.bsky.social honours Philippe's remarkable impact, both through his influential research & his mentorship across generations of scholars
➡️http://bit.ly/47gw36j
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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📢EEA's Education Committee opens this year's Seedcorn Fund, supporting development & implementation of small-scale innovative projects aiming to improve the delivery of HE & undergrad or postgrad students' learning experience
ℹ️http://bit.ly/4nSPSYt
@ctale.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
ℹ️http://bit.ly/4nSPSYt
@ctale.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📢EEA's Education Committee opens this year's Seedcorn Fund, supporting development & implementation of small-scale innovative projects aiming to improve the delivery of HE & undergrad or postgrad students' learning experience
ℹ️http://bit.ly/4nSPSYt
@ctale.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
ℹ️http://bit.ly/4nSPSYt
@ctale.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social
Help candidates on the market by signing up for a mock interview. It doesn't cost you much time, but it can help candidates tremendously!
👇#EJME 25/26 Mock Interviews: Recruiters needed!
ℹ️on how to sign up: www.eeassoc.org/news/call-re...
@david-schindler.de @eayeconomists.bsky.social @ecqe.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social
ℹ️on how to sign up: www.eeassoc.org/news/call-re...
@david-schindler.de @eayeconomists.bsky.social @ecqe.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Help candidates on the market by signing up for a mock interview. It doesn't cost you much time, but it can help candidates tremendously!
Jobs posted on EJM are down 12% over last year, while applicants are 12% up. I also checked JOE today and it's 28% down over last year. This will be a very difficult market!
econjobmarket.org/marketState
econjobmarket.org/marketState
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Jobs posted on EJM are down 12% over last year, while applicants are 12% up. I also checked JOE today and it's 28% down over last year. This will be a very difficult market!
econjobmarket.org/marketState
econjobmarket.org/marketState
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Europe faces slowing growth, ageing populations, and structural shifts. Alfonso Gambardella, Florian Englmaier, & Maria Guadalupe discuss how organisational economics can illuminate the impact of structural forces on Europe and assist in policy design.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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#EconSky
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Europe faces slowing growth, ageing populations, and structural shifts. Alfonso Gambardella, Florian Englmaier, & Maria Guadalupe discuss how organisational economics can illuminate the impact of structural forces on Europe and assist in policy design.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.