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Official account of the Department of Economics (IDEP) of @USI_University, Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland
Joined October 2023
Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series! 📆Check out the full schedule below! https://t.co/kw3HQhpQi4 If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
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📢Meet the 2025–26 @USI_IDEP Job Market Candidates! We are proud to introduce our #JMC: @tlyeungae and @flora_marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research. Explore all candidates and their #JMPs here: https://t.co/nMJ5bVSPdc
#EconJobMarket
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📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (@USI_IDEP) at Università della Svizzera italiana! 🎉 A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH) Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs! 👉 https://t.co/xNt1ObegtL
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👏Congratulations to @Patricia_FunkCH on being elected to the @EEANews Council (2026–2031)! We are proud as @USI_IDEP to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics. Discover more about her profile here: https://t.co/eC1929wXed.
#USIecon #EconTwitter
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Congrats to @EliasPapaioann2 on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026. Congrats also to @FlorinBilbiie @CageJulia Pierre Dubois @Patricia_FunkCH @lugaricano @LibertadGonLu @DorotheaKuebler Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert on being elected to Council.
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Today @gabydesch (@ucl) presented “Motherhood and Violence”. Using Mexican survey data, she showed that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
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Fueling inequality: A novel estimate from large-scale reforms. 📄Link:
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New research highlight! A new paper by our PhD student @MAliMokhtari (@USI_IDEP ) is now out on @JEEM_tweets. Together with H.Ghoddusi (@CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality. 📄Check down below! #USIEcon
New paper in JEEM: Iran's shift from fuel subsidies to near-universal cash transfers reduces inequality. Reallocating about $1 per person per day cuts the expenditure Gini by about 8%. https://t.co/z44lUMx8DQ
@jeem_tweets @USI_IDEP @USI_en
#EnvironmentalEconomics #EconTwitter
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With Chair: @MarioJametti (@USI_IDEP ) Speakers: @Marius_Brulhart (@HECLausanneEcon ) @lea_charlottee (@HSGStGallen ) @almostcertainly (@MannheimBSchool )
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With Chair: Raphael Parchet (@USI_IDEP ) Speakers: @SchroeterSofia (@HECLausanneEcon ) @JohannesKochems (@WiSoUniCologne ) Elisabeth Preyer (@unibern )
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Today at @USI_IDEP we host the 7th Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics. Sessions cover: corporate taxation; efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/econ effects; urban-rural productivity, skills sorting, and political budgeting
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🔍New research highlight! A new paper by @USI_IDEP graduates @Giuseppe_992 (@ifo_Institut ) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on @ILRReview ! They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US. #EconTwitter
🚨 New paper out! 🚨 With Benjamin Lerch, in @ILRReview we study how workers exposed to #automation via #industrialrobots adjust to this #technological shock, focusing on what happens when they leave the labor force. #EconTwitter
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Davide Cantoni @ECONMunich presented “Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850. With @WeigandMatthias & @CathrinMohr, they show the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious/national.
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Save the dates! 29/09-D. Cantoni @ECONMunich 06/10-@_MaxPosch_ @UofEBusiness 13/10-@GuidoFriebel @goetheuni 20/10-@amandahlstrand @econ_uzh 27/10-@gabydesch @ucl 17/11-M. Rodemeier @Unibocconi 24/11-@l_incoronato @csef_unina 01/12-@Marius_Brulhart @HECLausanneEcon
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It was an honor to organize a workshop celebrating Josef’s career with @rlalive and to host brilliant researchers in the region that adopted me a few years ago 🇨🇭. Big thanks to all the participants!
Today at Monte Verità: “Firms and Workers in Switzerland and Similar Economies” - a special workshop dedicated to our project leader Josef Zweimüller! Colleagues and friends gather to celebrate Josef’s contributions and to exchange new ideas on labor, firms, and society.
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Congrats to Nicole Venus (@nemo18383912600) on defending her PhD “Essays in Labour and Gender Economics” at @USI_IDEP. Her research explores gender, labour & household economics. She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibern) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
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Congrats to Giuseppe Di Giacomo (@Giuseppe_992) on defending his PhD at @USI_IDEP. His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education. Next stop: @ifo_institut in Munich!
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🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland? @FabriColella (@USI_IDEP) with @rlalive & @SchroeterSofia (@heclausanne) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it. Read more:
eco.usi.ch
The newly imposed US tariffs are expected to substantially affect Swiss exporters and drive up consumer prices in the United States. Fabrizio Colella, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics
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Congrats to IdEP PhD candidate @aldamarchese on being awarded the USI Doc-Mobility grant. She'll be visiting @uclaanderson, hosted by @pereztruglia 🇺🇸🌴. Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it.
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