We are hiring!
Two positions:
- candidates with expertise in RCTs and interest in contributing to large-scale RCTs in Synapse Lab UiS.
www.uis.no/en/synapselab
- candidates working in environmental and resource economics, public economics, or labor economics.
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IWAEE News - Keynote line-up for 2026 (16th) Meetings:
Esteban Aucejo (U. Arizona), Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch (U Düsseldorf) and @marirege.bsky.social (U. Stavanger)
14th to 16th June 2026, Catanzaro Italy
Call for papers opens soon - deadline end February.
iwaee.org/new/
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Jeg har ny Fredadagskronikk i DN med tittel: Færre i kø starter med færre som trenger hjelp
Forebyggende helsetiltak gir kanskje ingen rask politisk gevinst, men er avgjørende for fremtidens helsevesen.
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🚀 We have a new Working Paper!
Presents evidence from an RCT with 1,879 students on the effects of teacher-led coping skills instruction.
We find: Teaching coping skills in schools improves youth mental health & academic success.
📖 Read the full paper here: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
Endelig! Neste uke skal vi lansere resultatene fra ROBUST.
Velkommen!
Målet var å teste et undervisningsopplegg som stimulerer elevene sine sosiale og emosjonelle ferdigheter. Hypotesen var at det kunne bidra til bedre psykisk helse og bedre skoleresultater.
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Opprop! Vi er 47 samfunnsøkonomer som tar til orde for en kraftig økning av Norges støtte til Ukraina.
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I Hurdalsplattformen står det: «Fattigdom skal reduseres, særlig den som rammer barnefamilier.»
I dag melder NAV om ytterligere økning i antall sosialhjelpsmottagere som forsørger barn. Jeg deler derfor på ny Fredagskronikken i DN like før jul.
Se i kommentarfeltet for lenker.
📣 CfP: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, 23 - 24 May 2025 (Munich)
⏳ Submit by 2 March 2024
Organizer: Gordon Dahl (@ucsandiego.bsky.social), Panu Poutvaara, Helmut Rainer (ifo Institute)
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Come and work with us! Fully funded PhD Fellowships in Economics at the Synapse Lab (www.uis.no/en/synapselab) at the University of Stavanger Business School. Relevant fields: Labor economics, economics of education and behavioral economics.
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Jeg har ny Fredagskronikk i DN. Har regjeringen gitt opp målet fra Hurdalsplattformen om å redusere fattigdom som rammer barnefamilier?
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We hope to have a working paper ready in January with the title:
The impact of teachers teaching coping skills on youth mental health and academic achievement: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial
…. , and how we can support children’s social and emotional development in the education system.
After a general introduction to the literature, I was excited to present new evidence from our ROBUST field experiment.
Today I gave one of the keynote lectures at the 46th annual meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists. I talked about the importance of social and emotional skills for children’s wellbeing, academic achievement, and later labor market success, …
Thank you! If you’re doing work on mindset, I would love to see it.
Hi Stephanie. Could you please add me to the list as well?