What advice can this year’s The Nobel Prize winners give a new generation of economists? Laureate David Card of UC Berkeley joins @R_Shanbhogue on our “Money Talks” podcast econ.st/3lE7Jox

Join us tomorrow Sept 21 12:30 CET at Economics at Oslo Business School research seminar in-person/Zoom. Our speaker is Lars Erik Borge (@NTNUnorway). The paper is "Vertical fiscal imbalances and local government efficiency: Evidence from a natural experiment in Norway." DM for info! #EconTwitter

Currently applying to Berkeley’s Economics or ARE PhD programs? The student-led BEE Graduate School Application Bootcamp on November 6th will help underrepresented minority applicants prepare their SOPs, personal history statements, and letters of recommendation packets. 1/2

📢Interested in experimental evidence in education? Join our workshop on November 19 at @FEBkuleuven. Keynotes by Fenella Carpena and Chris van Klaveren. Contributions by a.o. @CarlaHaelermans, @_joana_elisa, Gloria L. Bernal, Fabian Mierisch The full program: feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER/map-w…

Part of the diversity issue may come from the fact that economics draws its US-born PhDs from a more advantaged undergraduate population. The share from public institutions is lower than the other major fields, and the share from an Ivy Plus institution is the highest. (6/N)

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KSE and its partners have launched a direct humanitarian aid campaign for Ukraine. We are now aiming for USD 10,000,000 extending our goal 4x given the high demand to support those in need. For card payments: kse.ua/support/donati… For bank transfers: kse.ua/donation-bank

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Considering doing fieldwork for your PhD? Then our course "STV9029 – Advanced Qualitative Field Methods" may be of interest. The course will be taught by Malfrid and me as a one-week workshop at UiO Jan 16-20, 2023, apply by Oct 15 uio.no/studier/emner/…

Dropped off my ballot! This election is too important to miss, so please vote! #PHVote #WeDecide

The only thing about the #PhilippineElections2022 that has made me smile are the Twitter convos about R^2, ratios, and linear trends. #nerd4life Otherwise, 😭. God help us all.

Pre-doc! I am hiring a 1-year, full-time RA. Formally based at (my ERC grant host) U. Oslo. Beyond-coursework familiarity w/ some of usual software (R/Stata/Python/etc) a plus (e.g. from prior RA work or dissertation). Any nationality. Email me a CV #predoc Econ RA Listings PREDOC.org