Applied Econ Collective - Open Collective We are a collective of applied economics researchers providing financial support for early-career colleagues to cover journal submission fees, conference fees software licenses and similar costs.

Hi #EconSky

📣 Introducing "Applied Econ Collective" 📣

Academia is full of fees: for submissions, workshops, software...😔

@yajnagovind.bsky.social, @ckronenberg.bsky.social & I created an initiative to cover these costs

Read more, apply or donate here: opencollective.com/applied-econ...

CfP: Economics of Mental Health Workshop 2026 in Paris (June 2026)

For more conferences, please check our page: https://statatexblog.com/conferences

Is your colleague really good at teaching economics, and in Europe?

Nominate him or her 👇🏼

Deadline is 30 April

eeassoc.org/education-co...

You can now subscribe to new econ conferences on our website: statatexblog.com/conferences/

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results.
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

In der SPIEGEL-Recherche zu Collien Fernandes schreibt Christian Ulmen an seinen Strafverteidiger, er habe "leider einen sexuellen Fetisch" entwickelt, einen "kaum zu kontrollierenden Drang". Das klingt nach Reue, nach Einsicht. Ist es aber nicht. Wir schauen uns mal die Worte an. 🧵

CfP: 9th Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) Workshop in Nova SBE (June 2026)

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"Labor Force Transitions" by Markus Poschke and Fabian Lange We are continuing the RFBerlin Masterclass Series, based on the Handbook of Labour Economics. In this series we invite contributed authors of handbook chapters to Berlin for in-depth, two-day teaching...

If you research the economics of the labor force, here is a great opportunity from @rfberlin.bsky.social —>

A short course intended for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career academics, by leading experts Markus Poschke and Fabian Lange

Applications due in 3 days #EconSky

CfP: Leading House Conference on the “Economics of Vocational Education and Training” in Bern (July 2026)

For more conferences, please check our page: https://statatexblog.com/conferences

CfP: ASSA 2027 Annual Meeting in Washington DC (January 2027)

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Personnel economists of the world unite at COPE this March at the annual conference in Rotterdam. Check out the programme here: personneleconomics.eu/wp-content/u... @sriucl.bsky.social

New on Statatexblog.com: the economics conference calendar with a focus on applied econ: feel free to send missing conferences to conferences@statatexblog.com
statatexblog.com/conferences/
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PhD in Economics (295348) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: PhD in Economics (295348), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, April 2, 2026

2 PhD positions at the Department of Economics at NTNU available

1. Open field

shorturl.at/dm9kH

2. EduGAP. Work with Jon Iversen, myself, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @gillwyness.bsky.social, and Richard Murphy to understand assessment effects on student outcomes.

shorturl.at/1h74L

Public service announcement: there is a number of submission deadlines for conferences in the next ~2 weeks. Get your papers ready.

This is a reminder to submit your paper to the 8th Stockholm Uppsala Education Economics Workshop with C. Kirabo Jackson as our keynote speaker. Submission deadline is March 1!

More information and submission here: jansauermann.github.io/educworkshop...

For all researchers in economics in Stockholm and Uppsala, I have compiled a list with (almost) all economics seminars in the region:

jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html

#EconSky 📉📈

New WP with alma mater co-authors! Using teachers, we offer first large-scale evidence on how clients affect providers’ (mental) health. Disadvantaged students increase health absenteeism of teachers. Effects driven by direct interactions not organizational differences.
www.nber.org/papers/w3484...

Forssell: Tonåringarna ska få slutföra gymnasiet Tonåringar som riskerar utvisning ska kunna slutföra sin gymnasieutbildning, säger migrationsminister Johan Forssell (M) i Ekots…

Slutföra gymnasiet - men sedan ska de ut!

Ett års frist där du ändå vet att du inte har någon framtid i Sverige, att du måste lämna allt och alla och bygga ett liv i främmande land. Ett litet köttben för att stoppa flodvågen av kritik. Ta inte köttbenet, håll trycket uppe!

Retrieve citations and h-index from Google Scholar for CV and website: statatexblog.com?p=2538 #econsky

Extremely useful LaTeX code for replying to referees by @paolocrosetto.bsky.social #econsky

github.com/paolocrosetto/reply_to_r...

Call for papers now open for WEEP 2026

See sites.google.com/site/prgreen... for details on how to submit

Incredibly useful blog post by the American Economic Association’s data editor on using and reusing code within the same project:

aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2024-07-19-functio...

Planning your summer conference schedule? I've updated my conference list for 2026, with deadlines, dates, locations, and links. You can also download calendar entries. Focus is on general conferences, IO, and theory. Let me know if I've missed something. Link: www.igorletina.com/conferences....

4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) to be held 7th-8th September in Trondheim, Norway.

sites.google.com/site/prgreen...

Keynotes: Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth) and Björn Öckert (IFAU)

Call for papers open soon

Funded by EduGAP project

samforsk.no/prosjekter/e...

#EconConf

Kremlin Demands Zelenskyy-Putin Talks Only in Moscow, Rejects Alternative Peace Talk Venues Russia is only considering Moscow for potential negotiations with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, according to spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Once again, how can anyone in the West or the media take these negotiations seriously? Russia remains uninterested in peace.

united24media.com/latest-news/...

Call for papers for Workshop in Causal Health Economics (organized by Erik Grönqvist and @helenasvaleryd.bsky.social) with @hitoshishigeoka.bsky.social as keynote speaker. Just before #ESPE in Helsinki and best time to visit Sweden 👇

Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland

This action of extortion against NATO allies crosses the Rubicon in terms of US relations with Europe. The threat destabilizes NATO and will cause long run damage to the United States economy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...

🚨📢 Call for papers - IV Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado 🇨🇱⛷️

📅 August 18-21
📍Valle Nevado, Chile

Keynotes by Josh Goodman (
@buwheelock.bsky.social ) and Chris Neilson (Yale)

Submit by March 6 👇
bit.ly/49QSsd3

@joshua-goodman.com @christopherneilson.bsky.social

📣 Call for Papers: AI in the Workplace Conference

Researchers, AI scientists, and industry experts are invited to share work on how AI is reshaping labor markets.

🗓️ Submit by Feb. 15, 2026
🏆 Awards announced March 15

🔗 https://ow.ly/W6no50XSbTj