🌱 Can the plants turn green? — this JMP by IIES JMC Thore Petersen studies how German manufacturing plants can substitute fossil fuels with clean energy. Spoiler: switching is actually easier than standard models suggest. 🧵 www.su.se/institute-fo...

📢 On the #EconJobMarket: IIES JMC Juan Llavador Peralt has a fascinating paper, “The Granular Drag on Growth.” He uncovers a new mechanism through which market structure and firm-level productivity shocks interact to shape expected productivity growth. 🧵
bit.ly/48aykBG

Introducing IIES JMC @jonatanriberth.bsky.social.
In his JMP he studies how past adverse health experiences shape vaccination decisions and healthcare utilization.
The takeaway: rare but severe vaccine-related events have long-lasting effects on trust and uptake. 🧵
bit.ly/4opcCzH

🤓 Introducing IIES JMC @tiagobernardino.bsky.social.
In his JMP “Structural Transformation and the Transmission of Monetary Policy” he asks how the consumption shift from goods to services has changed how monetary policy works in the U.S.?
Turns out it’s made policy more powerful.
👉 bit.ly/4nCrCsY

@jonatanriberth.bsky.social is on the job market! He studies why scars don't fade easily. He shows how an adverse side-effect from a 2009 flu shot in Sweden led to lower COVID vaccine uptake years later, even among family members. A great researcher and colleague!

🚨 IIES JMC Jinci Liu asks: How does managerial feedback affect worker productivity? Her JMP uses GitHub + LinkedIn data to show how 🤬toxic, 🙂respectful, 👍positive, & 🛠️constructive feedback in code reviews impact worker productivity and retention. 🧵 bit.ly/4hJX3jy

🚨 Next IIES JMC: Chek Yin Choi studies how improvements in input market efficiency reshape the firm size distribution.
His JMP “Supplier Search and Market Concentration” models firms that pay fixed costs to find and bargain with suppliers. What happens when search costs fall?
🔗 bit.ly/4oLzHw8 🧵

Meet our Job Market Candidate Philipp Hochmuth. He is a macroeconomist interested in household heterogeneity and labor supply. In his job market paper, he uncovers a striking new fact: the work hours of entrepreneurs have declined substantially more than those of workers!

From quasi-inexistent in the '80s to an important force: radical-right parties are reshaping European politics.

How do voters and other parties respond?

Our JMC Chloé Nibourel (also at SSE) studies the impacts on voter mobilization, party alliances, and electoral results. 1/5

Many countries want to decarbonize their economies. Eg, the US aims to be net zero by 2050. Given this target: What is the optimal transition path? What are the main drivers and economic implications? Our Job Market Candidate Stefan Hinkelmann tackles these questions in his Job Market Paper.

Meet IIES JMC Evelina Linnros. Her research focuses on how reproductive health shapes women’s lives. In her JMP, she asks if the high infertility rates observed in Madagascar can be an underlying cause of child marriage in this setting.

I am so happy to launch my Bluesky account with some exciting news: Last week I won the poster competition at the CIVICA research conference at Sciences Po 🥳

The paper is coming soon! In the meantime, check out my winning poster "How do Voters and Parties Respond to the Radical Right?" ⤵️