This map overlays Germany over northern Brazil. Germany is tiny (1:24 is the ratio and not 7:1 as many Germans might think 😉 ). Source: buff.ly/nDHOKv7
With the start of the new semester, the Research Seminar in Economics returns!🎉
Every Thursday, guest speakers will share their latest research on various topics.
Pieter Bakx will open the seminar by presenting his research on „Physician prescribing style and the economic cost of health shocks“
Apply and join us for this year’s @NovaSBE PhD Summer School in Development Economics!
📢 2nd Junior Workshop Economics of Latin America - Call for Papers!
Aimed at PhD students & post-docs working on development economics with a regional focus on Latin America.
9-10 July 2026 in Berlin.
Submission deadline: Feb 28. (details below)
#EconConf #EconSky
Here is a short Perspective on the article in case you don't want to read the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Simon Kuestenmacher
Today I have put up my 10th annual look at development journals, which works with journal editors to put together statistics on submission numbers, acceptance rates, review times, and more. This is the post that takes me the most time to do each year
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
How aid ends may matter as much as what aid does while it is there
www.science.org
Big thanks to all participants of the 4th FUB Internal PhD Workshop in Applied Micro. @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social. Co-organized with @danzernatalia.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, @janmarcus.de. Lots of exciting research projects! 👏👏
Delighted to see our work with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social on overcrowding in Germany published open access in @houspoldebate.bsky.social
Crowding among families and migrants, empty rooms elsewhere: a story of unequal space.
doi.org/10.1080/105114
Max Steinhardt
Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
Anja Prummer
📢 2026 @novafrica.bsky.social #NovaSBE PhD Summer School
"Practical issues in designing and analyzing field experiments"
Taught by #DavidMcKenzie (WorldBank)
📅 June 22–24
👉 Apply by March 31
Learn more: url-shortener.me/B4DA
#NOVAFRICA2026 Conference:
tinyurl.com/uzc7dyc8
