I'm hiring a postdoc!

> Aug 2024 - July 2027
> PhD completed or close to completion
> Interest in digital technology & politics
> Causal inference and/or computational social science
> Salary: CHF 81,400/yr

Pls help me spread the word!

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Exited to see this article /w Valentin Lang Axel Dreher out in HeavenTime: Our fresh look at over 250 articles in the aid effectiveness literature suggests that aid is effective when assessed against its intended goals. IDOS_research DEval - Development Evaluation ODI World Bank

We're excited to announce the creation of a new Short Paper submission option at the Journal of Public Economics!

AERI rules apply, submissions are now open!

See details here:

journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pub…

🎆Happy New Year from the GESS!

Friendly reminder that the early application deadline for our 11 #PhD programs in Business, Economics, Social and Behavioral Sciences is approaching!
Applications received by 15 Jan 2024 will be considered for early review: uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply/

The University of Mannheim is looking to fill two temporary positions in Macroeconomics starting in Fall 2024: a visiting position for one year and a 3-year position. W3 salary level, some publications required. If interested, email me.

My first paper 'The Minimum Wage and the Wage Distribution in Portugal' was just published in 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 EALE!

It shows how the minimum wage has shaped the wage distribution and reduced wage inequality over the last thirty years.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our paper 'The Global Distribution of Gains from Globalization' (Marina M. Tavares) is published in the Journal of Economic Inequality link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Main result: globalization promotes a dual trend:
- income convergence across countries
- income divergence within countries

Immigration and Nationalism in the Long Run | Valentin Lang, Stephan A. Schneider
#EconTwitter
cesifo.org/en/publication…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18417
Aid Effectiveness and Donor Motives
Axel Dreher Axel Dreher Uni Heidelberg KOF Swiss Economic Institute Valentin Lang Valentin Lang #UniMannheim , Bernhard Reinsberg Bernhard Reinsberg University of Glasgow
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#CEPR_DE

🚨Some news about the Local Projections approach to DiD (LP-DiD nber.org/papers/w31184)🚨

* New STATA example file w/ non-absorbing treatment at github.com/danielegirardi…

* LP-DiD STATA package (w/ Alex Busch) is in the works, and we hope to release a first version soon!

I've been telling people about this paper for a while, it's sooooo neat.

Prayers for rain only 'work' in places where the probability of rain is increasing in the length of the dry spell ---> so these places have more religious belief.

nber.org/papers/w31411

Still time to apply - postdoc in beautiful Munich, working on attitudes towards human rights with Katrin Paula and me 😊

France is leading the way: 40% of our new Special Drawing Rights will be reallocated to strengthen our commitment to international solidarity. That's concrete action.

I'm calling on all the other countries that are able to join to do so!

📈 If you have extensive experience building predictive statistical models, graduate-level knowledge of academic political science and a keen interest in electoral politics and public policymaking, we’d like to hear from you econ.st/3CxkBV7

Wurde das #Flüchtlingsschiff in #Griechenland #Kalamata gepushbackt? Meinem Kollegen فلاح آلياس haben verschiedene Geflüchtete erstmals diese These bestätigt. Das ist ein schwerer Vorwurf und wenn das wahr sein sollte, ein großes Verbrechen.
#Refugees #Greece #Flüchtlinge

Photos of migrant boat taken by Greek coast guard helicopter on Tuesday indicates hundreds were aboard. Official death toll so far 79 with 104 survivors. Shipping Ministry official says boat sunk in spot where sea is 4,000 meters deep so retrieving other victims may be impossible

Die Frankfurter Allgemeine berichtet über eine Studie mit Beteiligung von KOF-Ökonom Stephan Schneider über das #Wahlverhalten von #Heimatvertriebenen in Deutschland🇩🇪. Laut der Studie sind diese weniger anfällig für rechtspopulistische Parteien. faz.net/aktuell/politi…