In Chicago, welfare would be increased by charging ~$0 for public transit, increasing the frequency of trains & lowering the frequency of buses. @Chicagobooth's Milena Almagro, Felipe Barbieri, Nathaniel Hickok, Tobias Salz, & Juan Camilo Castillo: bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/resear…

Friendly reminder that applications for the Dartmouth Globalization PhD Fellowship are due April 1.

Michelin, the French tire maker, said it would guarantee its employees a “decent wage,” part of a plan to ensure that none of its workers would struggle to make ends meet. The announcement has ignited a debate in France over what constitutes a decent wage. nyti.ms/3xVKvmw

Hi everyone, I am looking to hire a pre-doc to work on topics in political economy and economic history. Please RT and share with anyone who might be interested! More details below - apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOY… Econ RA Listings

Check out this new working paper at the intersection of urban economics and family economics! Check it out also for inspo on how to summarise your papers for twitter, what a stylish thread 👏🏽👏🏽

Only 10 more days to submit your papers to the Simposio!! This year in beautiful Palma de Mallorca. Don’t miss it!! All info below 👇🏼

This looks exciting!

📢 📢We are thrilled to announce the 1st European edition of the Junior Spatial Economics Conference. It will take place in Paris Sciences Po on the 18th-19th of Dec 2024. Send us your most recent work before June 20th. Extended abstracts are welcome! 👉cepr.org/events/junior-…

The 1st European edition of the Junior Spatial Economics Conference is happening in Dec 2024, and we could not have asked for a more charming location: Paris 👏🏽👏🏽Send your best spatial papers! Call for papers and more details below👇🏼

Fantastic papers by Milan Quentel, Jade Ponsard & Anaïs Fabre awarded the winner and runner-up prizes for the UEA Best Student paper. Very different but all with original interesting question & careful implementation. I very much enjoyed being part of the prize committee

The program for our 2024 Summer School in Urban Economics hosted by UNIGE_en & Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva is now online: urbaneconomics.org/workshops/summ… Looking forward to six faculty lectures, twelve student presentations, and small-group feedback sessions during June 24 - 26.

*** Call for papers *** CEP/LSE - Warwick Junior Trade Workshop 6 September 2024, London Centre for Economic Performance Warwick Economics LSE Department of Economics Bringing together PhD students and postdocs in international economics/trade who are going on the academic job market.

To those on the 2025 academic job market in international economics: submit by July 10 to this year's "CEP/LSE-Warwick Junior Trade Workshop" (to be held on Sept 6)! Event will be held LSE Department of Economics: excellent opportunity for constructive feedback from friendly discussant & audience!

Empieza el acto de presentación de la Oficina Nacional de Asesoramiento Científico 👏👏 Más ciencia, Mejor política 💪💪

El Presidente del Gobierno Pedro Sánchez anuncia una nueva convocatoria para financiar experimentos aleatorizados de innovación en políticas públicas. 👏

Thanks to UNIGE_en & Geneva Graduate Institute for hosting this week's Summer School in Urban Economics. 50+ students excited about urban economics enjoyed lectures on frontier research, presented their own work, and met some of the future stars in the field. urbaneconomics.org/workshops/summ…

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Anyone interested in urban + spatial economics topics: check out OSUS's awesome lineup!💥 The first seminar is next week, featuring Rick Hornbeck!

Call for Papers – European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2025 - mailchi.mp/cepr/european-…

📢VERY excited for the 3rd Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics 🌍📊 #Geoeconomics is reshaping global power dynamics and this event will gather leading experts to explore the new economic and security challenges. 🔹Keynote by Robert #Habeck Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz 🔹Keynote by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas