Just confirming: it is not ok (or cool) in our profession to ignore papers that relate clearly to ours, even if they are working papers. There is some weird trend going on lately…

Couples rearrange their time after having a child—but what happens to their relationship? My JMP w/Belén Rodríguez introduces a novel measure of relationship quality (RQ). We find a sharp, lasting RQ decline after birth, driven by shifts in household specialization. 1/11

How low demand constrains productivity & economic development Michael Walker Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Nachiket Shah UC Berkeley, @tedmiguel Berkeley Economics, Dennis Egger Department of Economics, Oxford, Felix Samy Soliman Economics at Zurich & Tilman Graff Harvard Department of Economics explore the role of 'slack': voxdev.org/topic/macroeco…

🎉 Congratulations to Damian Osterwalder who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Understanding the Dynamics of Labor Markets: Unemployment, Vacancies, and Wage Formation". Damian's thesis addresses three key questions related to job search: how to optimally insure

🎉🎉Thrilled to announce that Thomas Graeber will join our department in June 2025 as an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neuroeconomics. His research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. Looking forward to

Congratulations to Vincent Rollet (MIT), winner of the student prize at the European #UEA2025 meetings for his paper: "Can We Rebuild a City? The Dynamics of Urban Redevelopment" vincent-rollet.com/research

Big congratulations to my great colleague D. Yanagizawa-Drott for sharing this prestigious award! We're proud this is the second time the award goes to Economics at Zurich, after Fabrizio Zilibotti won it in 2009.

The reciprocal tariff formula has its flaws… But at least we're not trying to balance trade firm by firm, like Argentina 2013-2015. Under the DJAI regime, importers were required to export in return. Or you couldn't import. This policy is analyzed in this paper 👇

Today’s approval of a new 48-month EFF marks an important step for Argentina. The program, with US$12B disbursed upfront, supports the authorities’ work to stabilize the economy, rebuild reserves, and advance reforms for the benefit of the Argentine people.

Thank you totocaputo for an excellent meeting. Encouraged by recent progress and continued efforts under the new program.

A warm welcome to our new colleagues Ingvild Almas and Thomas Graeber! Ingvild joins us from Institute for International Economic Studies as the new Larsson Rosenquist Professor of Child and Youth Development. Thomas joins us from HBS as the NOMIS Professor for Cognitive and Neuroeconomics. Economics at Zurich

Very excited to share our new working paper with Andrew Koh 📄 When should policymakers use taxes/subsidies (prices) vs. quotas (quantities) to correct externalities in economies with stochastic spillovers? We revisit an old question posed by Weitzman (1974), but in general

We have a new paper with Agustina Colonna and Lukas Rodrian on the effect of firm inspections on workplace conditions and employment in Mexico. Under labor market power, these inspections improve regulatory compliance and increase employment! #EconTwitter #LaborEconomics 👇

Nuevo documento con Agustina Colonna y Lukas Rodrian. En presencia de poder de mercado laboral, las inspecciones mejoran las condiciones de trabajo e incrementan el empleo en las empresas de México. #EconTwitter #LaborEconomics 👇

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics Economics at Zurich at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

I'm hiring a Post-Doc Economics at Zurich to work with me and my team at the frontier of tax policy and inequality research! Funded by my Consolidator Grant, no teaching, flexible start date and duration. Apply here: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph… European Research Council (ERC) Swiss National Science Foundation

UZH has a strong crop of econ job market candidates this year - and I am the placement director. If you are hiring, hit me up for further advice! econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd/z… #econtwitter #econjobs

Nos vemos la próxima semana en la Ibero donde hablaré de trabajo conjunto con Agustina Colonna y Lukas Rodrian sobre inspecciones a las empresas y empleo en condiciones de poder de mercado laboral.

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 📢 Join us for the 3rd Esade Macro Meetings (EM2) in Barcelona, May 14-15! 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: Virgiliu Midrigan (virgiliu midrigan NYU Economics Department ). 🗓️ Submission Deadline: February 15. 📃 Submit here: form.jotform.com/253153254696058 #EconTwitter #EconX

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