Notre Dame folks! I’ll be giving an info session for the econ department on working with an academic editor today at 3:30 pm in 3060F Jenkins and Nanovic Halls. If you’re around, drop in and introduce yourself!

How Economics Discovered Women by Shelly Lundberg - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

My book (!) How Economics Discovered Women is now available for pre-order from the University of California Press. The book is a survey and critique of how the economics of gender has developed since the mid-1970s. www.ucpress.edu/books/how-ec...

Know an economist whose dedication and service have strengthened the economics profession? Help ensure their contributions are recognized by nominating them for the AEA Distinguished Service Award. Learn more at aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho.... #econsky

As a junior partner, I'm obviously biased, but Sam's work at @standarderror.bsky.social speaks for itself 🫡

Agreed!

Also, a propos of nothing, @sameyler.bsky.social and I do give best paper awards at @standarderror.bsky.social

Here are the first two, with more to come (DM me if you host an event and would like to discuss an award!):
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#EconSky: Registration for "The Craft of Publishing in Economics" is now open! March 9, 12-1:30 EDT.

Three fantastic editor will give suggestions for how to navigate the publication process w/ plenty of time for Q&A.

More info & registration form below.

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We’re very excited to be headed back to the Economics of Mental Health Workshop this June—this year as sponsors! Stay tuned 👀

We are very happy to support the new edition of this workshop!

We will also give a short presentation on common mistakes when writing economics papers, and we will award a prize for the best paper

We'll meet on Feb 19th at 4 pm CET!

Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

"France announced late last week that it would be awarding funds to 46 scientists as part of a high-profile initiative to recruit foreign researchers to the country with the promise of greater academic freedom. Almost all of them were previously at US institutions."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Book your expert editor today at bookings@stderr-editors.com

Workshop on Migration Find paper topics, past speakers, and the call for the next edition of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Migration

Call for papers for the Migration Workshop of the BSE Summer Forum
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📅 Dates: 8-9 June 2026

Keynotes: Leah Boustan & Sam Bazzi

Organizers: L. Farré, J. Fernández-Huertas Moraga, A. Glitz, A. Groeger, J. Llull, J. Monràs

⏰ Deadline: 28 FEB

@bsebarcelona.bsky.social

🧵 New WP with @kaimiele.bsky.social. We document 2 unsettling patterns in mental health care: 1) despite universal coverage, few individuals with mental illness receive guideline-consistent treatment, and 2) the more severe the illness, the lower the treatment uptake & the longer the wait times. 1/n

📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development.

At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.

Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9

Economists are facing a recession [FREE TO READ] Demand for their work is down as a hiring crunch hits

Economists are facing a recession

(My column this week)

1st 300 clicks free to read...
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One last (sobering) update on the #EconJobMarket before the winter holidays; data as of 2025-12-14.
In terms of # of job listings on Job Openings for Economists (JOE), this is the worst job mkt in recent yrs for PhD Economists. # jobs down 20% from last yr, even 18.9% lower than during COVID (2020).

AEA Survey of hiring plans of U.S. Economics Departments (and an unrelated unprecedented AEA announcement about Larry Summers)

The AEA is navigating through stormy times
#metoo #econsky #academicsky
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Left to right: Edna Carolina Sastoque, Samantha Eyler-Driscoll, Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri, and Irina España-Eljaiek at the 3rd Colombian Congress on Economic and Business History at EAFIT University

What a lovely time this week at the 3rd Colombian Congress on Economic and Business History, where I met some brilliant researchers documenting the historical role of women in the Colombian economy. Thanks again to @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social, Edna Carolina Sastoque, and ACHEE for inviting me!

My lovely friend @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social rocking pink satin while discussing the economic history Nobels on this panel at @universidad-eafit.bsky.social. We have to stan

Standard Error Research Editors: Untangling your knots since 2023

Organisers: Mariagiovanna Baccara, Gilat Levy, Paula Onuchic, Anna Sanktjohanser

📢 #CallForPapers - Women in Economic Theory Conference
May 15-16, 2026 @ LSE
Interested researchers are invited to submit papers for the conference, with a preference for completed papers.
Deadline: 14 December 2025
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25. Daron Acemoglu - Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan Daron Acemoglu is an acclaimed economist, author, and professor at MIT. In 2024, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. His research focuses on ...

I joined @utopiaspodcast.bsky.social for a conversation on Ramesh's podcast Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan. We discussed the power of Big Tech, the dangers and opportunities of AI, and much more. Listen to our full conversation here: www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/epis....

CONGRESO La Asociación Colombiana de Historia Económica y Empresarial, la Red de Investigadores en Historia Económica de Colombia, la Universidad Eafit y el Banco de la República organizan el III Congreso C…

I'm soooo excited to be giving an invited talk next week on how social science writers can learn to Think Like An Editor at the ACHEE Congress at @universidad-eafit.bsky.social. If you'll be in Medellin Wednesday afternoon, drop in!

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Why is Workplace Sexual Harassment Underreported? The Value of Outside Options Amid the Threat of Retaliation (Forthcoming Article) - Why is workplace sexual harassment chronically underreported? We hypothesize that employers coerce victims into silence through the threat of a retaliatory firing. To test this, we estimate how two external shocks which reduce workers’ outside options—unemployment rate increases and sharp cuts to unemployment insurance benefits—affect the selectivity of sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We find that both shocks increase selectivity, which implies an increase in underreporting. Bolstering these findings, anonymous Google searches for “sexual harassment in the workplace” (total prevalence) spike relative to charges filed (reported prevalence) during the Great Recession.

Forthcoming in the AER: "Why is Workplace Sexual Harassment Underreported? The Value of Outside Options Amid the Threat of Retaliation" by Gordon B. Dahl and Matthew Knepper. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Minimum wages in Brazil substantially raised wages for informal workers, and effects of the policy on reallocation out of formal employment were limited, from Ellora Derenoncourt, François Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos, and Claire Montialoux www.nber.org/papers/w34445

🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market!

My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?

To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.

A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)

Screenshot of working paper: The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct

📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣

"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu

If anyone has a job market paper they would like me to repost, tag me and I will do my best to do so! Would love to follow what people are working on more closely.