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Economist @MonashWarwick Project Leader @RF_Berlin BWV227 Editor @EJ_RES Associate Editor @QJEHarvard First gen high school grad Classical music and jazz enthusiast

Sascha O. Becker

The wonderful people at Uppsala University sent me this hoodie as a lovely reminder of the great time I had at the 4th Workshop in Economic History in Uppsala, May 28–29, 2026 ❤️🙏

Can we eat our way out of crisis? A profile of my recent research. warwick.ac.uk/research/imp...

Linnaeus Inequality Summit is on! ☀️ Now with a fascinating keynote speech by Nico Voigtländer (UCLA) on "De-Polarizing Politics"! 🤩

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Sascha O. Becker

Thank you to the amazing keynotes @cynthiakinnan.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social, and all presenters at the Diversity and Human Capital Workshop in Exeter! It was a pleasure for us to host you all and hear about so many exciting projects. @sanchariroy.bsky.social @climent.bsky.social

🌈 Looking forward to welcoming participants to Exeter for the 4th edition of the Diversity and Human Capital Workshop @exeter.ac.uk! 📢 Keynote speakers: @cynthiakinnan.bsky.social and @essobecker.bsky.social. 📑 Final programme: 🔗 sites.google.com/view/diversi... @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

🇪🇺 Revised air passenger rights agreed! Some examples: ✈️ Kids younger than 14 sit for free next to their parents ✈️ Improved system to compare ticket prices ✈️ Airlines must accept printed boarding pass without extra fee ✈️ No-show policies are banned Read more here ⬇️

I first met Christian Dustmann at @eui-eu.bsky.social in 1997/98 when he taught me Microeconometrics. David Card was on Christian's PhD committee in 1992 & also on my PhD committee at EUI in 2001. Nice chat at Christian's Festschrift Conference at HU Berlin last weekend @rfberlin.bsky.social

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First time in Uppsala 🇸🇪 Morning run with stopover at Uppsala Cathedral.

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I offered a Coventry history walking tour for Econ PhD students today, starting at The Weaver's House, then Vignoles Bridge, St. John the Baptist, Bablake College, Grammar School, the Burges, Holy Trinity Church, Old Cathedral with tower climb and Motofest, and New Cathedral with group picture 🎉

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www.nytimes.com

Historic Orthodox Cathedral Burns in Russian Attack on Kyiv

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Thijs van Rens

Sascha O. Becker

Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University

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Anna-Kaisa Itkonen

Vatsal Khandelwal

Climent Quintana-Domeque

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Georg Weizsäcker

💫 On June 2-3, we'll be organizing the inaugural Linnaeus University Summit in Växjö! We have an amazing program, including a keynote speech by Nico Voigtländer (UCLA)! See full program below 👇

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Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University

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The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the revision of EU air passenger rights.

Commission welcomes landmark agreement on revised air passenger rights