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🔹Huge thanks to the BESTEPS Organization Team (@mengweilin.bsky.social, Sergio Blanco Piñeiro, Marcella de Giovanni, and @nataliacarralero.bsky.social) for planning and organizing the event! Stay tuned for upcoming lectures! 

📸by @ruixizhang.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📕Check out "The BESTEPS Guide" based on the lecture series:
diposit.ub.edu
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔝 The Barcelona Essential Skills Training for Economics PhD Students (BESTEPS) is an ongoing PhD training project at the UB School of Economics, funded by the UB Doctoral School. It brings together leading experts to guide Economics PhD students through every stage of the research process.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The session was insightful and inspiring, valuable for students just beginning their PhD and for those gearing up to enter the job market soon.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🗣️ Professor Glitz offered practical advice and concrete examples on writing a strong Job Market Paper, highlighting what sets it apart from a standard economics paper and a dissertation chapter. He shared valuable tips on making the JMP clearer, more convincing, and truly competitive on the JM.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
💼 This Council brings together sixteen leading economists from academia, business, and social partners to advise on strategies that enhance the country’s competitiveness and economic leadership, within the Catalunya Lidera framework.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
💡Using close-election data, it finds that far-right mayors cut environmental spending and green investments, hindering progress toward EU climate goals.
👉🏽Learn more about Daniel: sites.google.com/view/danielf...

#Economics #EconJobMarket🧵@mfeliu.bsky.social @ub.edu 🔚
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
💡Using variation in law changes across states and time, it finds that such reforms significantly lower reported violence, suggesting broader effects through reduced coercive control and enhanced deterrence.

👉🏽Learn more about Alyvia: sites.google.com/view/alymcta...

#Economics #EconJobMarket🧵🔚
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
➕ More information here: ieb.ub.edu/en/call-for-...
Call for Applications: JUAN DE LA CIERVA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP SPONSORSHIP 2025-2026 – IEB
ieb.ub.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM