🚨 Job alert: I’m hiring a postdoc in Stockholm to work with me, @marome1 @karthik_econ on edu policy in India Flexible duration: 1 yr (if you have an AP job lined up) or 2 yr. The aim is to coauthor high quality papers. https://t.co/2SMPvhKxRX More details below ⬇️ (1/4)

I have three excellent students on the job market. @pt_berg doing edu/public/labour. I’m main advisor. @AveniaGhazarian doing Dev/gender (co-advised w/ @bjorkmanmartina) Yifan Lyu doing structural labour/macro (main advisor: Johanna Wallenius) Full description linked ⬇️

If you’re hiring in structural/macro, see Yifan Lyu. He does excellent work on family Econ. One paper on Chinese fertility policies is R&R at RED. His JMP uses Swedish data to understand choices on whether to cohabit/marry (and why cohabit at all). https://t.co/bY7For1wXD

If hiring in Dev/gender, let me present @AveniaGhazarian Her JMP studies effects of the “Women, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran on cleverly measured outcomes. She uses image classification to show veiling prevalence ⬇️, bargaining shares of women ⬆️ https://t.co/qsmz5WAh5j

My student, Petter Berg, is on the Econ job market this year. He’s fantastic, multiple published papers already (EJ, JPubE) and a terrific job market paper that’s on Marginal Revolution today! Anyone hiring in edu/labour/public, def interview Petter! https://t.co/ABd7bQFti6

Job postings in Europe on EJM are up (!) compared to last year. https://t.co/J6tlohq8gT

It pleases me to see that admist a tough market for academic economists, the Nordics are really stepping up. Here’s what I can see at EJM and JOE: Uppsala Econ: 1 AP Uppsala IFAU: 1 post-doc Stockholm U, Econ: 2 APs Stockholm U, IIES: 1 AP Stockholm U, CEMOF: 1 Post-doc Lund U,

From the local newspaper Lister (1899), this gem: Political economy. 12-year-old: “What is political economy, Dad?” Dad: “Never buy more votes than you strictly need.”

My 4-year-old son Mateo clearly understands how academia works. Upon learning from my wife that I had a paper rejected, he came to me and asked, with the saddest face: "Papi, did your work break?" I guess… in a way, yes.

Our paper on political selection in Finland is now out in the October issue of @JEEA_News!

The Department of Economics at Stockholm University is hiring two assistant professors beginning in September 2026. Our positions are six-year tenure-track appointments and open for any field of economics. Welcome with your application by 15 November.📢 https://t.co/LyfkiTYqgs

Come work with me! Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance. By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in. Econ advert below: https://t.co/rVomBI9ZoC

New working paper 📄 "Engines of Empowerment: Cattle Tending, The Milking Machine and Women in Politics," with @babaforslund & @jmerilainen👉 https://t.co/cIKIasnBmE @EconomicsSSE @misum_sse How a gender-biased, labor-saving technology reshaped local politics in rural Finland:

1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con @HLarreguy @jmerilainen @NGarbirasDiaz @m_montenegro_z.

1/2 We’re hiring a Research Assistant (France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time). Projects: experimental & quasi-experimental political economy on misinformation and local state capacity w/ @HLarreguy @jmerilainen @NGarbirasDiaz @m_montenegro_z.

🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨 This year we have an amazing line up of papers for you! In our inaugural session two HPE superstars will join us: A. Grzymała-Busse (Stanford) will present & @joachim_voth (Zurich) will discuss! I can't wait. 😀

Mahtava juttu Hesarissa taloustieteen nuorista huipuista! Taloustieteen ja Suomenkin tulevaisuus näyttää valoisalta, kun meillä on tällaisia osaajia. Olisi hienoa jos talousasioita mediassa kommentoisivat entistä useammin uuden sukupolven ajattelijat. https://t.co/zR406juVm7

This looks potentially useful for junior scholars. "The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"

Thrilled to see our paper published in the American Economic Review!! 👇👇👇 We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents. @AEAjournals with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec (1/3)

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