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simon heß
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econ assistant prof at wu vienna

causal inference, networks, and development

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PhD positions in Vienna for research-minded students.

5 fully funded years to develop your research with our large and expanding econ department at WU Vienna.

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February 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I'm visiting Oxford for the next 2 months. If you're around, let's meet!
January 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
actual footage of me proctoring an exam
October 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I updated my latex preamble. follow me for more productivity hacks.
October 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Postdoc in Development Economics at Uni of Frankfurt with Matthias Schündeln.

I had that job and can wholeheartedly recommend all aspects of it.

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November 16, 2023 at 11:43 AM
We (@cannoncloud.bsky.social @kasingerj.bsky.social) evaluated the effects of e-scooters on accidents.

Combining city-level (staggered) rollout dates with data on police-reported accidents, we find that accidents involving personal injury increased by 8.2%. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 2, 2023 at 10:42 AM
very cool paper, had missed the earlier version
October 21, 2023 at 8:36 AM
got tired of doing academic CVs in TeX and made a simple and easy-to-use (r)markdown template.

hope this might be useful to some #econtwitter JMCs. let me know if you have suggestions.
github.com/simonheb/mar...
October 19, 2023 at 7:46 PM
What is Victor reposting here?
September 26, 2023 at 1:39 PM
What drugs do I have to take to have the confidence to explain to the Nobel Prize committee what a Nobel Prize is.
September 20, 2023 at 12:13 PM
I don't know, at least in the range of small effects, it seems to me as if 1/3 of the studies get substantially different estimates with TWFE than with imputation
September 20, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Holy fuck
September 18, 2023 at 2:05 AM
that's what DALL·E thinks "economists on blue sky" look like. who do you recognize?

I love how it got the 📈📉 right
July 6, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Blue skies in Vienna
July 4, 2023 at 11:39 PM
📈📉
July 4, 2023 at 4:53 PM
@bsky.app, I think I found a bug.

I managed to follow myself, and now I cannot undo it :D
July 4, 2023 at 2:56 PM