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“Alright. Don’t be bored here without me. And most importantly - don’t be idle, the frog won’t throw itself off the oil pipe.” Alexey Navalny

Aleksey Navalny was a fearless advocate for his beliefs who died unbroken by the tyranny he opposed. He fought corruption, inspired millions and never wavered in his insistence on free expression, the rule of law, and a Russia that is accountable to the people and not a dictator.

Having ignored all the miserable, nonsense-filled, propaganda-laden, conspiracy theory accounts on this platform, Twitter/X has decided instead to suspend the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Alexei Navalny.

Deadline for the Spanish Labour Economics Meeting is approaching! Only 3 days left to apply, until 23 Feb. Come join us in July in beautiful Barcelona! :)

Less than a week to deadline!! Please send us your urban papers!

Thousands of people are outside the church in Moscow's Maryino to say their goodbyes to Alexei Navalny.

One position in our Department!!!

🚨 New paper in the Journal of Development Econ. Are migrants from poor countries relatively high or low productivity workers? What happens to migration as incomes rise? Mariapia Mendola and I note: These are closely related questions with a counterintutive answer (thread)

We are hiring an assistant professor in economics at CUNEF Universidad in Madrid! Join our growing and diverse department and do not hesitate to contact me should you have questions about the position or life in Madrid! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Our Daily Data Insight today — the world has passed “peak child.”

The impacts of an Early Childhood Intervention in a poor population are moderated by the Educational Polygenic Score (PGS), offering the greatest advantage to low PGS children, from Orazio Attanasio, Gabriella Conti, Pamela Jervis, Costas Meghir, and Aysu Okbay nber.org/papers/w33781

“Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with large and statistically significant results, *even when* holding constant all other study features.” #NullEffectsMatter

Interesting paper: 161 researchers in 73 research teams used the same data and hypothesis (immigration reduces support for social policies among the public), but arrived at different results and conclusions. Paper in PNAS

🗣️"Entiendes que pasas por esto o abandonas tu carrera en la academia" INVESTIGACIÓN | Seis mujeres señalan a un catedrático de la Universitat de Barcelona por pedirles masajes y sexo mientras era su jefe eldiario.es/sociedad/seis-…

🚨Hoy escribo juntamente con Daniel Montolio en Nada es Gratis sobre nuestro working paper reciente “Crime at your doorstep: Gender-specific effects on university student performance” IEB 👇🏽