Pietro Biroli
@pietrobiroli.bsky.social
Applied econ @unibo interested in genes, health, human capital. Dadx2. Lactose and fascist intolerant. he/him 📉📈
https://sites.google.com/site/pietrobiroli/
https://sites.google.com/site/pietrobiroli/
Pinned
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026)
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
eventi.unibo.it
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
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Eric Turkheimer (@ent3c.bsky.social) and I consider the paradoxical life of James Watson for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
(nonpaywalled link to come)
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
(nonpaywalled link to come)
The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Eric Turkheimer (@ent3c.bsky.social) and I consider the paradoxical life of James Watson for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
(nonpaywalled link to come)
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
(nonpaywalled link to come)
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
For some Italian bureaucracy, I had to dig out my phd thesis, and read again the dedication, which of course I forgot about.
Still check out ✅
Still check out ✅
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For some Italian bureaucracy, I had to dig out my phd thesis, and read again the dedication, which of course I forgot about.
Still check out ✅
Still check out ✅
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
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Very sad stats about the negative mental health effects of PhD study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Very sad stats about the negative mental health effects of PhD study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Just finished presenting at the labor seminar in SOFI @stockholmuni.bsky.social following a kind invitation by Toppeta.
Loved it. Clear, sharp, implementable feedback. And generally a good vibe about the interest for the topic and paper. Which wasn't a given since I presented this paper about ...
Loved it. Clear, sharp, implementable feedback. And generally a good vibe about the interest for the topic and paper. Which wasn't a given since I presented this paper about ...
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just finished presenting at the labor seminar in SOFI @stockholmuni.bsky.social following a kind invitation by Toppeta.
Loved it. Clear, sharp, implementable feedback. And generally a good vibe about the interest for the topic and paper. Which wasn't a given since I presented this paper about ...
Loved it. Clear, sharp, implementable feedback. And generally a good vibe about the interest for the topic and paper. Which wasn't a given since I presented this paper about ...
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I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences
- UiO:Life Science
The application process initiated a year ago has concluded, eight interdisciplinary research projects have been selected to address major societal challenges in the life sciences at the University of ...
www.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
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Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
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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.
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...
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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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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The US is the purple line bottoming out. Our economy may still roar, but we’re killing ourselves. Hoarding wealth, refusing to even ensure our kids have enough to eat. That line is an indictment. It reflects our warped values.
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The US is the purple line bottoming out. Our economy may still roar, but we’re killing ourselves. Hoarding wealth, refusing to even ensure our kids have enough to eat. That line is an indictment. It reflects our warped values.
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📣🚨New pre-doc position! Come work with Julia Fonseca and me on mortgage, housing, and labor markets. We'll be tackling policy-relevant questions with both empirical and structural methods. #econsky #economics -- Link: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Research Specialist
Duties & ResponsibilitiesIndependently cleaning, visualizing and analyzing data using programs such as Stata/Matlab/Python/R
Conducting research t...
illinois.csod.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📣🚨New pre-doc position! Come work with Julia Fonseca and me on mortgage, housing, and labor markets. We'll be tackling policy-relevant questions with both empirical and structural methods. #econsky #economics -- Link: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Interested in bite-sized, data-driven insights on the world and how it’s changing?
Check out our growing catalog of over 350 Data Insights (DIs) — which we’ve just made easier to explore and discover what matters to you!
Check out our growing catalog of over 350 Data Insights (DIs) — which we’ve just made easier to explore and discover what matters to you!
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Interested in bite-sized, data-driven insights on the world and how it’s changing?
Check out our growing catalog of over 350 Data Insights (DIs) — which we’ve just made easier to explore and discover what matters to you!
Check out our growing catalog of over 350 Data Insights (DIs) — which we’ve just made easier to explore and discover what matters to you!
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When researchers bring up confounders without ever having declared the actual analysis goal
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When researchers bring up confounders without ever having declared the actual analysis goal
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Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
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🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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5/10
Main Finding: People are willing to pay a lot for narratives.
Average WTP for an expert narrative = $4.23
WTP for a numerical Fed recession forecast = $3.61
That’s roughly the price of a Financial Times newspaper.
Narratives are valued at least as much or even more than hard numbers.
Main Finding: People are willing to pay a lot for narratives.
Average WTP for an expert narrative = $4.23
WTP for a numerical Fed recession forecast = $3.61
That’s roughly the price of a Financial Times newspaper.
Narratives are valued at least as much or even more than hard numbers.
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
5/10
Main Finding: People are willing to pay a lot for narratives.
Average WTP for an expert narrative = $4.23
WTP for a numerical Fed recession forecast = $3.61
That’s roughly the price of a Financial Times newspaper.
Narratives are valued at least as much or even more than hard numbers.
Main Finding: People are willing to pay a lot for narratives.
Average WTP for an expert narrative = $4.23
WTP for a numerical Fed recession forecast = $3.61
That’s roughly the price of a Financial Times newspaper.
Narratives are valued at least as much or even more than hard numbers.
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5. For example, research produced and funded by tech companies often either frames problems as user-driven, or explores solutions as the obligation of users (e.g. community notes). Seldom does it explore consequences of design, UX, or algorithmic implementation, let alone the business model.
October 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
5. For example, research produced and funded by tech companies often either frames problems as user-driven, or explores solutions as the obligation of users (e.g. community notes). Seldom does it explore consequences of design, UX, or algorithmic implementation, let alone the business model.
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026)
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
eventi.unibo.it
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
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📢📢📢 Why are sex markets gendered? Why is sexual activity declining even as norms liberalize? Finally a general economic theory that unifies paid sex and marriage. 👉 An Economic Theory of Sexual Exchanges and Human Capital #gender #humancapital #fertility
@davidedragone.bsky.social and Elias Carroni
@davidedragone.bsky.social and Elias Carroni
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📢📢📢 Why are sex markets gendered? Why is sexual activity declining even as norms liberalize? Finally a general economic theory that unifies paid sex and marriage. 👉 An Economic Theory of Sexual Exchanges and Human Capital #gender #humancapital #fertility
@davidedragone.bsky.social and Elias Carroni
@davidedragone.bsky.social and Elias Carroni
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📢🧵 New paper! #EconTwitter
How does intensive social media use affect puberty timing and risky behaviours in adolescence?
📄 Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence with Margherita Agnoletto
and Silvia Mendolia #ChildDevelopment #DigitalWellbeing
How does intensive social media use affect puberty timing and risky behaviours in adolescence?
📄 Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence with Margherita Agnoletto
and Silvia Mendolia #ChildDevelopment #DigitalWellbeing
August 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📢🧵 New paper! #EconTwitter
How does intensive social media use affect puberty timing and risky behaviours in adolescence?
📄 Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence with Margherita Agnoletto
and Silvia Mendolia #ChildDevelopment #DigitalWellbeing
How does intensive social media use affect puberty timing and risky behaviours in adolescence?
📄 Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence with Margherita Agnoletto
and Silvia Mendolia #ChildDevelopment #DigitalWellbeing
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⭐️On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, learn more about a study conducted by Giorgia Menta, Anthony Lepinteur and Sofie R. Waltl: Equal Price for Equal Place? Demand-Driven Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market 🏠
youtu.be/JziAw_u7KA4 📌
youtu.be/JziAw_u7KA4 📌
The Hidden Bias in House Prices | Giorgia Menta - LISER
YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⭐️On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, learn more about a study conducted by Giorgia Menta, Anthony Lepinteur and Sofie R. Waltl: Equal Price for Equal Place? Demand-Driven Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market 🏠
youtu.be/JziAw_u7KA4 📌
youtu.be/JziAw_u7KA4 📌