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#EconJobMarket candidate Sara Benetti’s job market paper studies the impact of early U.S. electrification on social cohesion between immigrant and native workers. Profile: https://t.co/hYWIE7eEIB; Job Market Paper: https://t.co/FawWzX83Ou

#EconJobMarket candidate Zhaoxuan Wang studies the labour market effects of China’s higher education expansion since 1999, providing new evidence on how this reform reshaped employment and wage structures across regions and cohorts. Profile: https://t.co/pL7YA8oliG

#EconJobMarket candidate Bernardo B. Ribeiro's (@bbribeiro_22) job market paper examines how public housing affects intergenerational mobility, drawing evidence from a large-scale program in Brazil. Profile: https://t.co/8397EU1hud

#EconJobMarket candidate Igor Carreira’s (@igoraacarreira) job market paper explores how IMF-style conditionality shapes long-run reserve accumulation under sovereign default risk. Profile: https://t.co/r79p9qKmbX

#EconJobMarket candidate Oliver Vogt employs mutual fund holdings data to estimate FX market depth for a wide range of currencies, documenting pronounced state dependence. Profile: https://t.co/6zUTULR7BV

#EconJobMarket candidate Thomas Chan’s job market paper develops adaptive experiment designs to efficiently estimate diverse causal parameters, from average to distributional effects, to better inform decision making. Profile: https://t.co/lwdOiUe4Rc; JMP: https://t.co/k9lbkktHhc

#EconJobMarket candidate Vibhu Pratyush's job market paper studies the effect of land ownership on intergenerational mobility in rural agrarian India. Profile: https://t.co/BwAjunHufJ

#EconJobMarket candidate Spreeha Aggarwal’s (@AggarwalSpreeha) job market paper studies how changes in the demand for women’s domestic labour affect their marriage timing and outcomes in rural India. Profile: https://t.co/I3eYVxOaHV

#EconJobMarket candidate Pierre-Loup Beauregard’s job market paper studies the impact of social housing on parental labour market outcomes and long-term child outcomes. Profile: https://t.co/LSRjiEDDrZ; JMP: https://t.co/y2P4bPMVlx

#EconJobMarket candidate Shiming Wu’s job market paper disentangles the roles of capital requirements and credit ratings in constraining insolvency in the U.S. property insurance market. Profile: https://t.co/C1OTiDKWcZ JMP: https://t.co/hAGDsSPUrW

Yuxuan (@yuxuan_wu5) studies the international spillover effects of industrial policy through trade. Her job market paper examines how China’s high-tech industrial policy affects German industries and workers via upstream–downstream linkages. Profile: https://t.co/aMoxvvZZ9u

Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2025/26 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: https://t.co/OGe9A9ZeH1 @bbribeiro_22

🆕 Gender dynamics in times of armed conflict: Victims, fighters, and peacebuilders Today on VoxDev, Siwan Anderson (@ubcVSE) & @micasviatschi (@PrincetonEcon @PrincetonSPIA) discuss the impact of armed conflict on gender inequality:

What are the origins of gender biased norms, and what policies or societal changes can challenge them? “Women don’t need to have equal economic or social roles to eradicate gender bias … the sexual division of labour isn’t necessarily a problem,” argues Siwan Anderson @ubcVSE

After seeing poor representation for Bangladesh in global climate conversations, Abul Bashar Rahman (BIE '25) cycled across the country collecting stories to create the documentary, "Stories of Change." He then screened it at COP28. Bashar's profile:

Loneliness isn't just personal—it’s a public issue. Explore solutions with UBC experts from economics, nursing, philosophy, and creative writing to dive into issues of social isolation and mental health. 📅June 4 | 6–9PM | UBC Robson Square Theatre https://t.co/tWaXTgsFvL

The findings of World Happiness Report 2025, published today (20 March), reconfirm a fundamental truth: happiness is rooted in trust, kindness, and social connection. 🇫🇮 Country rankings 📈 Countries on the up 📉 Concerning trends 🧵 1/2

👏 Congratulations to Professor @juhreka13 of @UBC for winning the 2025 Governor’s Award. Learn more about her research: https://t.co/RGpjc3RM8A #cdnpse #cdnecon @ubcVSE

...And another with @JohanFourieZA and Jonathan Schoots about culture and economics: https://t.co/LpTzaP8STE (2/2)

Catch up with VSE Professor @DrNathanNunn in two recent podcasts, one with @causalinf discussing his career beginnings and how he came to study Economic History and Development... https://t.co/pnRK0fl9pD...(1/2)