Excellent papers and excellent weather in Lund for the #WEHC2025. Looking forward to more!

On the fiscal impact of migrants to the UK: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

On the fiscal impact of immigrants: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
📍 Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton
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⚠️CALL FOR PAPERS⚠️
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
When: May 13-14
Submit before March 25
Where: Nottingham UK
Confirmed: Oriana Bandiera, Ernesto Dal Bò, Garance Génicot & Mathias Thoenig
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We can also look at individual records for a sample of divisions! We show that the share of female electors increases in locations that saw the march 🧵2.5/3...

The 1913 Pilgrimage for the Vote was a nationwide march organised by the National Union of Women Suffrage Societies to show general support for the cause in England. We show that this led to increased registration in local elections, the only category for which women were enfranchised. 🧵2/3...

WP Alert 🚨
We show that the Women's Suffrage Movement increased women's political participation. We leverage the 1913 Pilgrimage for the Vote and show that women exposed to this nationwide march increased their registration to elections.
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Get here: cepr.org/publications...

Thanks!! Re/institutions: These are the letters received by 1 institution. B/c of the Econ Job Mrket Structure, these are broadly representative of the letters received by research intensive institutions. It's 600->800 applicants per year, >12,000 letters. Most from top-100 institutions (see below)

My recent paper in Economic Journal:
In the Econ job market men and women are recommended differently: letters for women stress hard work, those for men more likely highlight brilliance. This affects job placement.
Link to Paper: t.co/HUieaMuERd
With Giovanni Facchini and Markus Eberhardt