We, at Economía Uniandes, are hiring. We have two tenure-track positions open for assistant or associate professors in economics. Los Andes ranks among the top departments of economics in Latin America. We look forward to receiving the applications at: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Hits de resistencia, estadios llenos y un cabezudo con la cara de Hitler: 50 años de Canciones Para No Dormir La Siesta ladiaria.com.uy/cultura/articu… via la diaria

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr

With all my admiration for Philippe Aghion’s work on the importance of innovation (what he has done with Peter Howitt in the 1990s and what he does these days with his collaborators at the College de France is essential theoretical and empirical work), a caveat. An economy can

In the 1980s, Nestlé was moving into infant formula markets in low-income countries. With each new market entry, moms switched from breastfeeding to unclean water, and infant mortality increased substantially; 200,000 excess deaths per year. 1/n

We are hiring at UBC Economics two assistant professors. Focus on international trade/spatial and applied micro (dev, labor, env, etc). Fantastic department, great city, democratic country. Please apply! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

El problema de la informalidad laboral va más allá de quién está dentro o fuera del sistema. Las trayectorias intermitentes dejan agujeros en la red de protección social. Mi columna en Razones y Personas👇

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I am so excited to see this paper come out in the QJE. Hard to believe, but this fantastic contribution was almost prevented from being published.

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20750 The Effect of Migrant Regularization on Labor Exploitation @fscoamodio, Elia Benveniste The EBRD, Mario Carillo Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Marc Riudavets ow.ly/8Hmr50Xcjyp #CEPR_LE #EconTwitter

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Heterodox vs Mainstream economics, my take. Both can be criticized for substance, methods and tribal closedness. But harsh critics are often unfamiliar with other side. On average, probably more true of mainstream ignoring heterodox to be fair. 1/2

New evidence on the effect of cell phone bans in schools just dropped. "Enforcement of cellphone bans in schools led to a significant increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year, potentially suggesting a

Para Uruguay un trabajo reciente del Iecon Departamento de Economía FCEA (Amarante et al, 2025) muestra que el origen socioeconómico importa, con menores retornos para quienes provienen de liceos públicos, son primera generación universitaria, o terminaron secundaria en el interior. Va link abajo:

🚨Breaking: Harvard University just announced massive cuts to dozens of its PhD programs, citing “financial pressure.” - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German

Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender Differences in Economics Seminars" by Pascaline Dupas, Amy Handlan, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, Mateo Seré, Haoyu Sheng, Justin Wolfers, and Seminar Dynamics Collective. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Internationally trained PhDs are often seen as a ‘brain drain’, but evidence from Colombia suggests that they act as crucial bridges – connecting local researchers to the global scientific community. Read today's article to learn more: x.com/vox_dev/status…

Dark side of AI: (1) From a HS teacher close friend in the US: Kids not reading, not writing, not learning. "Even the IB students- la crème de la crème-90-95% of them are not reading Hamlet at all, just looking up summaries and interpretations on AI and faking it in class."

Desaparecidos, Jorge Troccoli condannato all’ergastolo: sequestrò e uccise tre italiani - la Repubblica roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/1…

With the "green backlash" underway in Germany and the EU (attempts to kill the EU ETS2 -- emissions trading scheme for transport and buildings -- and dilute the EU ETS1, which covers 'industry'), it strikes me as important to draw attention to social science work on the topic.