Before the credibility revolution, everything was incredible.

HEMAP – Two-year Master programme in Health Economics, Management and Policy Health Economics, Management and Policy (HEMAP) is a curriculum of the Laurea Magistralis in Economics and Public Policy that uniquely combines economics, management and law to form professionals who will work in private and public organizations operating in the health care sector. The Department of Economics will award 4 merit-based grants (€ 4608 gross of taxes each) for newly enrolled students in the academic year 2026/2027.

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PAE – Two-year Master's program in Policy Analysis and Evaluation – Alma Mater Sturdiorum - Università di Bologna Looking for an opportunity to build skills in the economic analysis and the quantitative evaluation of public policy? Apply for admission to the University of Bologna’s 2-year Master’s program in Economics and Public Policy (LMEPP), curriculum Policy Analysis and Evaluation (PAE). The program is offered by the Department of Economics, a top economics department in Italy. This program aims at training people who are able to understand the economic rationale, the design, and the quantitative evaluation of micro-level public policies that target social and economic issues like poverty and inequality, the environment, social security and taxation, competition and market regulation, and unemployment.

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More sex, please, we’re economists In a paper published last year, Elias Carroni, Davide Dragone and Marina Della Giusta, three Italian economists, predicted that “digital sex”, such as online porn and virtual companionship, reduces the social and psychological cost of selling sex, as abundance erodes stigma. Replacing physical intimacy with the digital sort, they argued, may cause a slew of economic consequences, starting with a faster decline in fertility rates. Greater supply of sexual services may also cause prices to fall, further spurring demand. Only a very dismal scientist wouldn’t be interested in whether they are right.

It's so nice being cited by The Economist for our paper on sex work with Elias Carroni and Marina Della Giusta.
The closing sentence of the article is awesome!

Thrilled to give the keynote @ 3rd Workshop on the Economics of #Health & #HumanCapital (Madrid, 18/06/2026) 🤩

Boutique format: 10 papers, plenty of discussion time — ECR submissions especially encouraged 👌🏼

⏰ 15 April

Madrid in June doesn’t hurt either ☀️😏
#HealthEconomics

I use: Convexxx-sss Smiles-sss 😊 (it's the mouth of the S-ssssmiling emoticon)

How to Cheat on Tests using ChatGPT and Apple Watch. Next Level of Cheating Using AI ! YouTube video by Arthur Brassart

We cannot stop the ocean with our hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFG2...

Examples of problem sets or exams where using AI tools is encouraged. Could you share them with me and #econsky? @causalinf.bsky.social #healtheconomics

📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026

I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social

📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026

One hour to start @angelicameinhofer.bsky.social

#healtheconomics #econsky @healtheconomics-as.bsky.social

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Today we have the first 𝚅̲𝙴̲𝚁̲𝙱̲ 𝚜̲𝚎̲𝚖̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚊̲𝚛̲ of 2026! Please share!

𝐀𝐧𝐠é𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐫

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: State recreational cannabis laws and racial disparities in the criminal legal system

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 3:30 - 4:30pm UTC

Join via 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦: us02web.zoom.us/j/8675295172...

Last Reminder: Essen Health Conference 2026 - deadline tomorrow, 31 January #healtheconomics

Un'altra esecuzione di un cittadino americano da parte dell'ICE. In questo video si vede un nugolo di uomini che circondano un uomo ormai a terra, lo pestano, e lo uccidono con dei colpi di arma da fuoco, in un contesto in cui non vi è alcuna evidenza di una minaccia alla vita degli agenti.

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And it's a wrap. Workshop is done, bellies and minds are full, smiles and hugs have been exchanged, we look forward to next year. Come and join us for the #herb2027 on Jan 21-22. Same place, same time, some of the same people.

I agree: Awesome!!

It's a model about the interaction between eating and exercising, being fit and body weight.
We show that resting (for some time) can be an excellent idea, and we give a formal definition to the notion of lifestyle and remediation plans if often casually used in the literature.

Happy to share that the Journal of Health Economics has accepted our paper "Obesity, Sedentary Behavior and Lifestyle: A Lifecycle Model of Eating and Physical Activity"!

Nice way to start 2026.

@healtheconall.bsky.social #healtheconomics @econsky

ICE, Trump’s private army How a federal agency became a paramilitary force, built a parallel prison system, and now answers to the president alone—while Washington lectures Europe on democracy

🧵 For the past two days, we’ve been watching something obscene unfold.
The Trump administration is portraying the victim of ICE violence as a terrorist and the killer as a hero shielded by absolute immunity.
On one point, however, they tell the truth.

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#HERB2026 workshop is coming up soon, and I can't wait to be there.

📆Jan 22-23
📍University of Bologna, DSE Auditorium

Come and join us for a few talks on risky health behaviors, gender-based violence, C-sections, and more!

Here something from the previous sessions bsky.app/profile/piet...

Let's submit to @au-spa.bsky.social's 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior, to be held July 8–9, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy 🇮🇹
Deadline: March 6, 2026.
🎤 Keynote: Paolo Pinotti
👥 Organizers: Erdal Tekin, Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, & Marco Nieddu.
Link: www.american.edu/spa/risky-be...

@healtheconomics @econsky @healtheconall.bsky.social @pietrobiroli.bsky.social @mardelgiu.bsky.social

HERB 2026 program: 📅 22 January 2026 – From Courtroom to Court of Public Opinion: Secondary Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence — Caterina Muratori (Autonomous University of Barcelona) – From Awareness to Action: Help-Seeking and Femicides after Gender-Based Violence Campaigns in Italy — Margherita Agnoletto (University of Turin & Collegio Carlo Alberto) – Rising Temperatures and Domestic Violence in Peru: Evidence and Mechanisms — Fiorella Parra-Mujica (Erasmus University Rotterdam) – After the Draft: The Lasting Effects of Male Conscription on Well-Being — Chiara Notarangelo (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies) – Leader Identity and Cesarean Childbirths: Evidence from Random Allocations of Female Leaders in Indian Villages — Mujaheed Shaikh (Hertie School) – Qualitative Insights on the Income–Health Behavior Gradient — Manuela Puente-Beccar (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) 📅 23 January 2026 — 📍 Department of Economics, University of Bologna Session 3 (Chair: Ana Armendariz) – Health After Birth: The Persistent Health Penalty of Becoming a Parent — Jonathan Rossi (Erasmus University Rotterdam) – Precisely Zero: Migration’s Null Effect on Sex Crimes — Riccardo Ciacci (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) – Do Drug Consumption Rooms Reduce Drug-Related Hospitalisations? Evidence from Switzerland — Ana Armendariz (University of St Gallen) Session 4 (Chair: Flavia Cavallini) – Empowering Parents in the Digital Age — Margaux Suteau (London School of Economics and Political Science) – Children by Choice, Not Chance: Family Planning Associations and Fertility in Britain — Sara Tozzi (University of Bologna) – Expectation Shocks and Fertility: The Case of Brexit — Flavia Cavallini (Università della Svizzera italiana)

The program for the Health Economics and Risky Behaviors (HERB 2026) workshop is out! See you in Bologna!

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As of this writing, the retraction stands with its factually inaccurate notice. I continue
to seek its withdrawal and replacement with a corrective notice that accurately reflects
both the scientific committee’s conclusions and the actual content of the March 2025 publications.

🧵L’Europa non sta censurando nessuno. Sta provando a impedire che la manipolazione digitale inquini il dibattito democratico.
Da quando la Commissione Europea ha multato X, gli oligarchi russi e americani gridano alla censura.
Ma la realtà è completamente diversa. 👇

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🧵 Se non riuscite a orientarvi nella telenovela in cui si è trasformata la politica estera mondiale, qui c'è tutto ciò che bisogna sapere sulle telefonate del "falso mediatore" americano in preparazione del falso "piano di pace" di Putin e Trump: 👇

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Deadline expires soon!
Apply and share!
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Save the date! Fantastic VERB-IHEA seminar, Dec. 1, Sebastian Tello @sebastiantt.bsky.social @healtheconall.bsky.social #healtheconoics #econsky

In one hour!