A meta-study of 54 studies and 170,000+ people found that: People remember more information if they read a physical book instead of a digital one. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Looks like paper beats pixel.

The State of Development Journals 2025: Quality, Acceptance Rates, Review Times, Open Access, and What’s New blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic Analysis at the Universitat de València! I’m also excited to be visiting ISEG – University of Lisbon this July. If you’re around, feel free to reach out!

A 🧵 on the ☀️Summer of 2025 #DiD reading list: Quite some authors have recently released new papers or updated their older ones. So here is a reading list dump in reverse chronological order: 👉 Clément de Chaisemartin, Xavier D'Haultfœuille (June 2025). Credible Answers to

#LUPEW has two PhD sessions showcasing great work from junior researchers: Mateus Maciel, Marlene Thomas, Lukas Hauck, Johannes Brinkmann, Filippo Tassinari and Lei Ma.

📢Call for papers is now out for the 18th Annual Conference on Migration and Development, to be held in Paris! Submission deadline: July 15, 2025

🌟We're hiring! Join The EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) in London as a Research Analyst and work with us on policy-relevant & cutting-edge research Apply 👉tinyurl.com/pe3m458x Econ RA Listings Economics Jobs | Econ-Jobs.com #econra Beata Javorcik Alexander Plekhanov Francesco Loiacono Cevat Giray Aksoy

Join us at The EBRD in London and work on policy-relevant, cutting-edge research in development economics. Also perfect for prospective PhD students looking to gain hands-on experience in applied economic research. Apply here: jobs.ebrd.com/job/London-Ana… Econ RA Listings PREDOC.org

📢 EH-Valencia is planning to launch a competitive call for a predoctoral contract, starting in Autumn 2025. More information below👇#past #history #economics #econhis #econhist #Spain #research

Yesterday I defended my PhD; today I’m releasing a fresh pre-print. Apparently, the “post-viva holiday” is a myth 😅. Here’s what war is doing to students’ learning in Ukraine. 🔗Full paper: bit.ly/4euXWea

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"To understand America today, study the zero-sum mindset." My piece in The Economist this week on how zero-sum thinking arises and why it matters so much for policy and politics. Based on our research at the Social Economics Lab. economist.com/by-invitation/…

🚨Davide Cipullo Tommaso Colussi domenico rossignoli and I are happy to share the call for the 25/26 Political Economy – Work in progress seminars. Tuesday, 5-6 pm, Universita’ Cattolica. Open to anyone doing political economy! Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #econtwitter #poliscitwitter

📢Job vacancy📢 Post-doctoral position in Health Economics HOPE at UoM High-profile policy evaluations, including the UK government's programme to increase labour market participation through health interventions. Deadline: 29th July jobs.manchester.ac.uk/DecideInternal…

🚀 Excellent opportunity! Pre-doc position in Valencia (with PhD opportunity) for motivated students interested in economic history #AcademicJobs #EconHistory #econtwitter

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE) we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link in tweet #2 if you’d like to join.

I'm happy to report I sent the final draft of my "TWFE-Two-Way Mundlak" diff-in-diffs paper to Empirical Economics, to appear in a special issue in honor of Robin Sickles. I took out some of the material in the original working paper but added more practically useful stuff.

Economics job market candidates p-hack. But, why? Well, doing so helps them get academic jobs. "We find evidence that marginally significant results in [job market papers] are associated with higher academic placement likelihoods."

Today marks the end of my research stay at ISEG Lisbon. Huge thanks to the Econ Department, and especially to João Pereira dos Santos @joaopsantos.bsky.social, for the kind invitation and exceptional hospitality. A unique and truly enriching experience – and a very productive one!

Grad programs often don't teach scholars how to write good reviewer reports. Here are some helpful resources. 1. Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️)'s review checklist: …icalmethodologist.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/tpm_v2… 2. "How to Write an Effective Referee Report": aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… What else am I missing?