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APPLY NOW FOR POSTDOC: We invite applications for the 4th postdoc cohort of the Stephan Klasen Fellowship that honors Stephan's commitment to support young researchers from the Global South. More at uni-goettingen.de/klasen-fellows… @wiwiunigoe Uni Göttingen GLAD #KlasenFellowship

Haha, spot on 😅

Sitting and standing all day are both bad, which leaves lying down as the best option, which is what I’ve been saying for years.

KPIs update:

My department at Utrecht University is hiring a Full Professor. We’re considering a wide range of profiles in applied economics with a focus on development & environmental. Application deadline is Dec 15. I’m happy to answer questions. Please share widely! uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Dutch cabinet in the process of collapsing over (allegedly) racist attitudes towards Islam and they discuss it over Indonesian takeout. The writers at Veep couldn’t script it better.

BÆM is back! Come and join us in beautiful Bristol for the 2nd edition of the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings: Development Economics: May 6-7 Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital: May 8-9 Submit your paper by Feb 28. Travel support is available. baem.info. 1/4

Do women earn less than men because they are less competitive? This awesome paper by Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, and Zingales shows that once we measure earnings some years after graduation, competitiveness does not explain the gender gap (or predict earnings) 🧵1/7

Ok, Bluesky it is. I guess the time has come for me to move there too.

De problemen op de wegen in en rondom #Groningen lossen zich zo langzamerhand op. Het extra aangebrachte zout en de inzet van de lava storm ( youtube.com/watch?v=9V27wt… ) doen hopelijk de problemen helemaal oplossen.

The Women Professors Monitor 2024 shows that the proportion of women, particularly in higher academic positions, continues to decline notably with each stage of the academic career ladder. End of 2023, the average percentage of women professors at Dutch universities is 28,7%.

Just seeing the RCT 'scandal' brewing among econs again. This is not a question about some bad apples or some instances of malpractice. The RCT industry has been completely distorted from its inception in Econ and this is closely tied to the incentive structure of the discipline.

What are the consequences of menopause, both for women's health and their earnings? In the latest #VoxTalks Rita Ginja Universitetet i Bergen tells Tim Phillips Talk Normal about the menopause penalty, and the difference that education and choice of career can make 🎧 cepr.org/multimedia/men…

If you have a PhD (by 10 September) and you work on #gender #economics you have the opportunity to express your interest for a great #mariecurie postdoc Università Bocconi and work with us AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality! unibocconi.it/en/horizon-eur…

I taught that new Anthropic paper "on the biology of LLMs" today and I just wrote a huge thread explaining it. Unfortunately that thread got deleted. But Twitter assured me it wasn't my fault. Anyway, here's a substack that explained it. causalinf.substack.com/p/inside-the-b…

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John B. Holbein alerted me, Olle Folke, and Joop Adema (Joop Adema) to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

10/ Please help share our extended replication to stop the spread of this erroneous policy evaluation! Read the new report here: econstor.eu/handle/10419/3…

A re-analysis of Ciacci's (2024) "Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: Evidence from Sweden" Journal of Population Economics reveals major issues. A year ago, reproducers Adema, Folke, and Rickne found coding errors driving the paper's key results. Let's unpack ⬇️

This paper confirms my belief that figuring out how to effectively employ LLMs at scale in education is one of the most important research problems of the day (and no, the answer is not “replace teachers with AI”). Huge potential returns, and the worst case is already happening

Amazing how Groningen city center is being constantly improved and made convenient for pedestrians and cyclers. When your city changes that often no need to move anywhere 😉