I am sad to hear that Stefano Fenoaltea passed away. He was a giant in Italian economic history. His contributions on slavery in the 1980s have been highly influential. He will be missed.

The NBER Development Econ fall meeting, which is next Thurs and Fri, Nov 19-20, 2:30 to 5 pm ET, will be livestreamed. You'll be able to access the livestream from the NBER YouTube page: youtube.com/channel/UC79EL… Here's the lineup of talks: nber.org/conferences/de…

🚨 Curious about recent advances on applied micro methods 🤓? I'm sharing a doc that I've put together and that lists a bunch of papers such advances. Suggestions are welcome! 🚨 👉 christinecai.github.io/PublicGoods/ap… 👈 #EconTwitter #PublicGoods #AppliedMicro #Econometrics

*ADOPT A PAPER program* Call for mentors & mentees of all genders! Junior scholars in Econ submit a working paper and receive comments from a senior scholar. Aims to expand & diversify access to high quality feedback. Excited to launch with Elira Kuka! adoptapaper.org

Today, @StefanoFalcon12 provides a summary of his job market paper with Michele Rosenberg, which explores the conflicting nature of the process of #agricultural modernisation in #Brazil. #PhDresearch Read the blog: ow.ly/rXbs50CFlJi Full paper: ow.ly/iirs50CFlJh

Hi all, this is getting distributed around again (thanks!) and I wanted to emphasize this offer still stands and people can reach out to me with early-stage research ideas (see below). I've gotten back to everyone within a week or two.

📅Save the date🖋️May 27-28 🎙️ Online conference on #BigData in Economic #History Are you interested in Big Data in History? Join leading scholars in the field of economic history and other related #socialsciences and #humanities for this 2-day event! bit.ly/2PQIXnN 1/2

(3/n) We are releasing an open-source deep-learning powered library, Layout Parser, that provides a variety of tools for automatically processing document image data at scale. Webpage: layout-parser.github.io Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2103.15348 Github: github.com/Layout-Parser/…

(19/n) Layout Parser contributors: @_shannon_shen, @ruochenxD, Melissa Dell, Ben Lee, Jake Carlson, Weining Li. Currently working with Quan Le 🗞️, Pablo Querubin, Leander Heldring, @krishna_econ, Sahar Parsa, and awesome RAs on additional models that will be added when complete.

Verry happy to be joining Essex this fall and looking forward to meeting everyone in person 🤞!!

We are hiring! I only just arrived Uni Essex Economics Dept, but the next Econ job market is already starting up! Are you looking to join a strong economics department, filled with talented, fun, and interesting people? Then go to the add here and apply: econjobmarket.org/positions/7848

This paper provides new, insightful evidence on the role of managers in shaping firms’ gender gaps.Maddalena Ronchi is a talented, innovative, extremely productive economist. I learned so much from her. Check out her other work on gender, labor, personnel: bit.ly/3ohYLxk

Schedule Now Online 3rd Monash-Warwick-Zurich Text-as-Data Workshop Feb 17-18 bitly.com/mwz-sched-3 register here: bit.ly/mwz-reg co-organized with @essobecker presentations by @cp_roth Johannes Wohlfart Luca Bellodi Paul Raschky Eleonora Alabrese Markus Leippold

We are witnessing, literally watching live, Putin commit genocide on an industrial scale in Ukraine while the most powerful military alliance in history stands aside. It's impossible not to be emotional, but let us also be rational and focus our rage on the facts. 1/13

The ASREC preliminary program is now available online! asrec.org/wp-content/upl… We have an amazing program: 84 fascinating papers Keynote by Ran Abramitzky Join us April 22-23 in Orange, CA!

Some personal news: I’m thrilled to be joining ScPoEcon as an AP. Sad to leave fantastic colleagues at UC3M Economics but looking forward to meeting great new ones. I’m currently visiting TSE & will move to Paris in January. Let's grab a coffee if you're in the area!

We announce the new PEPSI (Political Economy/Political Science Institutions) in-person seminar series at Government @ Essex and Uni Essex Economics Dept, jointly organized with Michele Rosenberg. If you want to attend in person get in touch via email! Great list of speakers!

And it's time for the last empirical paper of the day. Michele Rosenberg on resistence to technology adoption and local institutions. #EconTwitter

This Friday (5 April) King’s is hosting the 2nd workshop in Comparative Politics and Political Economy. We have an excellent line-up of speakers: @BglMarie, Anna Getmansky, Melanie Meng Xue, Michele Rosenberg, Cédric Chambru, @riazsascha, Gloria Gennaro. Come if you're around!