Best Paper #Prize in Public Policy Evaluation by FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social - papers by doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, or assistant professors are expected to apply counterfactual techniques to public policy evaluation. LINK: irvapp.fbk.eu/it/call-for-...
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Very excited to see this conference back alive!
I really enjoyed the interactions between econometricians & applied micro people
We're hiring graphic for CSAE's Senior Research Associate for the PROSPER programme. Deadline 19 January 2026. Include grey background and CSAE logo
📣WE’RE #HIRING
Interested in #development #economics, field research & rigorous evidence for better labour markets & policy?
Apply to be a Senior Research Associate on the PROSPER programme at CSAE & @blavatnikschool.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: 19 Jan, 12:00 GMT
ℹ️ www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Come and work with us on the @cgdev.org Global Education and Child Well-Being team! centerforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/UovitG...
Position closes on Monday, November 17.
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@miamiecon.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor this year! A great fit for someone who is passionate about teaching & advising undergraduates.
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🏭 How can we measure firms' political influence across countries?
➡️Using surveys of 27,000+ firms in 41 countries and a Bayesian IRT model, D C. Francis & @rmkubinec.bsky.social estimate firm-level influence scores and show how they vary across regimes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
📣 I am recruiting PhD student(s) in Public Affairs (Fall '26) at the Humphrey School, University of Minnesota! Come join me to work on Development/ Labor/ Education/ Gender/ ECD/ Inequality - in a top-ranked, fully-funded PhD program! Details: www.hhh.umn.edu/doctor-philo... #EconSky #PoliSky
🆕 Where to find development economics resources
I've updated my list of all the various sources of newsletters, articles, podcasts & videos relevant to development economics that I've come across in my three years at @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/where-...
@UCDavisARE.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics: Financial and Agricultural Commodity Market Economics.
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Hey, #EconSky! Got a policy-relevant paper that you want folks in DC to see? Present & publish it with NBER's Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy.
Submission deadline is Oct 20.
Conference is in DC on May 21, 2026.
More details below.
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
We (development econ faculty at Princeton) are hiring predocs, to start in summer 2026. Please share the application with folks who might be interested: rpde.princeton.edu/rpde-%E2%80%93-predoctoral-fellows-research-specialists-start-summer-2026
We'll review apps starting on 9/15. Thanks!
📢JOB OPPORTUNITY📢 I am hiring a part-time or full-time research assistant in Mexico City 🇲🇽
For a project with #PierreBachas #AndersJensen to understand the impacts of a tax on firms' cash deposits at banks
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#Econadvice I'm looking for some resources for undergraduate teaching, with an overview of key insights from the main fields in economics. E.g. what are some of the main findings from labor, public econ, etc.
Does someone have a class syllabus with such information? Or is there a book or similar?
CGD is #hiring! 🌟
The Center is seeking a Senior Fellow for a new initiative on jobs, firms, and growth. The Senior Fellow will work on issues of labor markets and firms to promote growth and development.
Apply:
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Are you starting a PhD program in Economics this fall or continuing your PhD? Check out this crowdsourced guide for success.
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📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4
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Friday is the application deadline for our 2025 Dissertation Award, given to the best policy-focused Ph.D. dissertation on employment-related issues. First prize is $2,500 and up to two honorable mention awards of $1,000 may also be given.
Details at www.upjohn.org/dissertation...
📢 We’re Hiring! 2 Doctoral Researchers – Labor Econ
💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets?
📈 Background in Econ/ STEM?
🖥️ Love working with large-scale data?
If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂
Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky
Environmental economists - submit to present at the NBER summer workshop
Submissions due March 20th: papers.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
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Dear #EconSky community, I want to help
I’m not super familiar with US federal data, but my #Rstats coding skills are strong and I know how to easily download data from the Internet
If you want me to help you keep copy of US federal data, please DM me or email me
Repost appreciated
Submit your papers to the Women in Empirical Micro Conference @beckerfriedman.bsky.social, August 21-22!
Info here: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Please submit by Feb 28.
Help spread the word. The @minnpop.bsky.social is a great place to work. @popassocamerica.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social #Demography #PublicHealth #Sociology
The 7th Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium will be hosted at @georgemasonu.bsky.social on Feb. 14, 2025
Details—> web.cvent.com/event/e1fd15...
Submissions due Dec. 20th—> forms.gle/vwoEbEhmt2rZ...
The NBER Development Economics fall conference is being livestreamed now. Here's the program, which runs until 4:45 pm ET today: www.nber.org/conferences/...
Are you an applied microeconomist and golfer? Come to Fife & do both! The 1st annual Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf conference will be held 2-4 June. Golf on Balcomie (Old Tom Morris) and Craighead Links (Gil Hanse). Deadline 15 Jan. Info: applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/fifeamgolf/