The IEA is delighted to announce that the next World Congress will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from June 22 to 26, 2026. In partnership with the Serbian Association of Economists (SAE), the event will be held at the Sava Centar in Belgrade.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Do women fare worse when men are around? Yup. "Our results reveal that in the absence of men, women exhibit enhanced performance, particularly in subjects where men do traditionally better, such as mathematics and logical reasoning."

Between espressos and gelatos, what’s being presented at #ESPE2025? Here's the distribution of papers by topic: espe2025naples.com

#espe2025 is under way, with great keynotes Abi Adams, Paolo Pinotti and Helmut Rainer. Excellent program thanks to Adeline Delavande Fantastic hosts Monica Langella and Roberto Nisticò More info: espe2025naples.com

The 5th Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics will take place at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway in Galway, Ireland, March 18-20, 2026. For info and to register, visit: blogs.cornell.edu/ireland-master… Cc: #EconTwitter International Health Economics Association (IHEA) @ashecon Healthecon-all

welcome back to Twitter Anna Adamecz, Anna Lovász & Sunčica Vujić , authors of a paper that just got accepted at #REHO "Beyond the Degree: Fertility Outcomes of `First in Family' Graduates "

🎉 For the first time, we awarded the ESPE PhD Prize to recognize outstanding work by emerging scholars in population economics. 👏 Congratulations to the winner, Stanislav Avdeev, and to all shortlisted candidates! espe.org/news #ESPE2025 #PopulationEconomics

👋Check out my new website, including the latest research, PhD students, and media appearances: suncicavujic.com As a bonus, it also has a pronunciation of my name. All background photos are my own. Thanks to Stefan from mariokovdesign.com

Twenty-first World Congress of the IEA Paper submission is open! Details here: ieawc2026.org/submission/

Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics) will deliver a plenary lecture at the 21st World Congress of the IEA. 📍 Sava Centar, Belgrade, Serbia 🗓️ 22 June 2026 | 🕥 10:30–11:30 More about the IEA 2026 World Congress: ieawc2026.org

First in the family, last in the family? 📢 New in REHO S. Grossbard edits Review of Econ of the Household With Anna Lovász and Sunčica Vujić, we show that first-in-family graduate women are more likely to be childless at age 46 than other grads & non-grads. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The fertility gap between graduate and non-graduate women becomes statistically insignificant when accounting for first-in-family (FiF) status. FiF graduates have fewer children than both non-FiF graduates and non-graduates, who exhibit similar fertility patterns. A great new

Forthcoming in JOLE: "Do Recruiters Penalize Men Who Prefer Low Hours? Evidence from Online Labor Market Data" by Daniel Kopp journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73… Chicago Journals Society of Labor Economists #EconTwitter

New in #REHO: Fertility and upward mobility: First-in-family graduate women in the UK show significantly higher rates of childlessness than their peers.\by Anna Adamecz, Anna Lovász & Sunčica Vujić using UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies BCS data UCL editor was @mguldi buff.ly/j3QMtPz

Causal returns to education - new review paper w/ Psacharopoulos: Across 182 estimates from 55 countries, causal (IV) methods show that the payoff to schooling is 38% higher than traditional estimates ➡️Each additional year of education raises earnings by ~10% on average