🚨@mhenkelm, @eunjeeecon, and I are very proud to announce our new WP✌️ When a natural disaster occurs, people expect post-disaster aid... ➡️But did you know that post-disaster aid pushes more people into disaster-prone areas? Link: https://t.co/ZaP2B8JM2U Tldr? A short 🧵 1/9

📢 We're hiring! The @UABBarcelona Department of Economics, a unit of @bse_barcelona and home to the @IDEA_UAB Graduate Program is looking for promising and already accomplished academics for both Assistant and Associate Professor positions. Apply here:

We have multiple openings this year at both junior (Assistant Professor) and mid-career (Associate Professor) levels! If you're passionate about economics and looking for a vibrant academic environment, this could be for you. All fields are welcome! 🌍

📢 Big News for Economists! The @UABBarcelona Department of Economics is RECRUITING! 🎉 We're a proud node of @bse_barcelona and home to the @IDEA_UAB Graduate Programme. Looking for your next career move? Keep reading! #EconJobMarket #AcademicJobs #Economics

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The program for our upcoming annual North American meeting is now online: https://t.co/mC8VfnHJr2. #UEA2025, hosted by Université du Québec à Montréal, features keynotes by Cecile Gaubert & @ckhead and more than 60 paper sessions. To register, visit https://t.co/m9vGUak8Va

Also glad to see that Barcelona is joining other cities in acting against traffic noise with the installation of noise cameras (as pilot projects). Read more about it here:

🚨 Our working paper The Price of Silence is out! Thrilled that @el_pais featured our research on noise & housing prices. Great to see our work making an impact beyond academia! 📰 Article (in Spanish): https://t.co/RLIpd9Hfdf 📄 WP: https://t.co/eV23S7m5NK With @marimagagno

🗞️ @el_pais se hace eco del #WorkingPaper 10/2025 del IEB de @marimagagno y @FilippoT7 titulado "El precio del silencio" en el que analizan el impacto del #ruido ambiental sobre el #precio de la #vivienda👇👇 https://t.co/9y7wDwT1gV

🚨 New working paper 🚨 In large cities, wages are higher. But so are inequalities. In fact, low-wage workers earn lower real earnings there. Why? What drives spatial wage disparities? Why some workers work at lower real wages in large cities?

Lead poisoning has shaped the distribution of violent crime, the structure of cities, and racial segregation. Just Accepted new paper by Federico Curci (@fede_curci) and Federico Masera (@masera_federico)

Early bird deadline (April 15th) is in nine days! Please check courses and calendar at: https://t.co/0AlxS0gXSI @JoanLlull_econ @jmwooldridge @anders4u

☔️Arran de la recent experiència d'una inundació com ha sigut la DANA de València poden sorgir preguntes com: Què passa després d'una inundació?, com es reconstrueixen els indrets afectats? Pierre Magontier @magontierp (UPF-BSE) ens en fa #5cèntims https://t.co/sDCHaX4Ocs

Still not sure about doing a Masters in Economics? Search no more and apply here: https://t.co/Z3ZZUn90Xu Enjoy a rigorous program in a beautiful place!

Star trail from Crew 9 Dragon vehicle. Thanks to Babak Tafreshi for the image processing.

Looking for a postdoc for next year? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship, please apply if you're interested in labor markets, gender and fertility:

Is investing in public school facilities worth it? Some think it's always a good idea. Others say it's always a waste. Which one is it? Neither. In some sense, it's not even the right question. Instead we should ask: when does money work and for whom? https://t.co/pNubJpVT4E

The program for our upcoming annual European meeting is now online: https://t.co/xehA0R9UKJ. #UEA2025, hosted by Humboldt University in Berlin, features keynotes by @NinaPavcnik & @HansbergRossi and more than 60 paper sessions. To register, visit https://t.co/KiYcDvQfVS

Day 1 of the CRED workshop on regional & urban economics in beautiful Bern! Check out the program: https://t.co/BoATUBN88Q #CREDWorkshop #EconTwitter @UrbanEconomics

You work in Public Econ or related fields & haven't submitted a paper to the @bse_barcelona Summer Forum workshop in Public Eco? You still can until 28th Feb. @nina_bobkova @silviavannutell @MBesfamille @pierrecboyer @LVSalvadori & I are looking forward to receiving your work!

Fantastic macro data source for 243 countries - GDP, inflation, government finance, trade, unemployment, interest rates etc. - open-source - continuously updated - unification and extension of existing resources (IMF, World Bank, and OECD) with historical records: