Will the spatial persistence literature persist? My old friend Tim Conley has co-authored an important paper with Morgan Kelly that should interest the 2024 Nobel Laureates.

Job Market Candidates: spend your lunchtimes discussing spatial correlation, bunching designs, left-handedness, and intergenerational transmission. The UCD Economics job ad is here jobs.ac.uk/job/DKD866/lec… #WorkAtUCD

We are now accepting applications for UCD Economics’s MLitt/PhD programme. Scholarships and stipends are available. Application deadline for funded places: January 26, 2025. For more info: inomics.com/program/phd-pr… Continue your education with us in Dublin!

On the job market? See a job in 🇮🇪 advertised as a 5-year position? I wrote a post outlining permanency/tenure here, and how sometimes 5 years ≠ 5 years. It’s not that simple. The post is useful if you’re thinking of applying to an academic job here. hargaden.com/enda/a-note-on…

UCD Economics has two tenure-track AP jobs available. One post is broadly in behavioural/enviro, and one is in ML/AI/econometrics. Pre-tenure, pay is up to €100k/year + pension. If you’re on the job market, or considering a move, you should at least apply. Deadline is Friday.

After last year's super successful event, Public Economics and Central Bank of Ireland are joining up to host IPEW this September! Keynote by Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 and panel discussion on supporting public policy through research! Enda Hargaden Barra Roantree Tara McIndoe-Calder UCD Economics TCD Economics

Public finance conference in Dublin ☘️ Submit your research to the Irish Public Economics Workshop (Sept 1st–2nd), hosted with the support of the Central Bank of Ireland. Theory and/or empirics welcome, we just want your best work. Keynote from the amazing Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣

We're extending the deadline for submissions to the 2nd Irish Public Economics Workshop by a week until Monday 21st April. Details in the thread below

Landmark day for some UCD students with a class trip to the Dáil. Parliamentary staff put on a fab workshop on the committee stages of legislative scrutiny, and a million thanks to Deputy Sinéad Gibney and her staff for a brilliant, close-up tour the building and the chamber.