@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
A modern Economics and Statistics department located in beautiful Växjö, Småland, southern Sweden. https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/Organisation/school-of-business-and-economics/meet-the-school-of-business-and-economics/economics/
New working paper! "Who employ senior workers? Firm characteristics, working conditions, and employers' main motivations" by Dominique Anxo, Thomas Ericson, Chizheng Miao & Glenn Sjöstrand: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-02...
04.03.2026 18:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week we're happy to have Riccardo Sabbatucci from Swedish House of Finance @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Riccardo will present his paper "Shifting From Active to Passive: How Retirement Plans Impact Equity Prices". Welcome! sites.google.com/site/riccard...
02.03.2026 22:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Closing Tomorrow 🚨
Call for Papers: 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) 2026 Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
Keynote Speakers:
Jonas Hjort
Rohini Somanathan
Paper Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...
📢 Call for Papers: Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026
The Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026 will take place on 2–3 June 2026 in Växjö, hosted by Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/17/l...
⏰ Only a few days left to apply to this year's NCDE. Submit your papers and come join us at Linnaeus University in Växjö!
23.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Olle Hammar @linneuni @handels_sse who works on topics including migration, inequality + replication
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⏰ Only one week left to apply! Submit your papers and join us for a great conference in Växjö in June! 😎
21.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New working paper alert! "How Parenting Styles Shape Children's Lifetime Outcomes" by Thomas Dohmen @unibonn.bsky.social, Bart Golsteyn @maastrichtu.bsky.social, @hansgronqvist.bsky.social, Edvin Hertegård @sofi.su.se & Gerard Pfann @uva.nl: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-01...
20.02.2026 08:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With reference to research on age discrimination by our associate professor Magnus Carlsson, the government is instructing the Equality Ombudsman (DO) to combat age discrimination in working life: www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
19.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 Call for Papers: Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2026 (NCDE)
Keynote Speakers:
Jonas Hjort
Rohini Somanathan
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...
👋 Don't forget to submit your papers to the Linnaeus Inequality Summit! 👉 New deadline: March 6.
18.02.2026 11:23 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This week, we're excited to have @tckwok.bsky.social from @uu.se visiting us! On Thursday, Chris will present his Job Market Paper on "Family Fertility Norms". Welcome! www.tckwok.com
17.02.2026 09:14 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New book! Our professor Mats Hammarstedt has contributed with a chapter on "Financing of foreign-born new businesses" to the @eskapsforum.bsky.social anthology "From idea to capital: Entrepreneurs' financing opportunities in Sweden". Read it here 👉 entreprenorskapsforum.se/wp-content/u...
16.02.2026 10:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New working paper! "Beta regression: Shrinkage-Liu type Estimator with Application" by Stanislas Muhinyuza, Peter Karlsson & Maziar Sahamkhadam: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-06...
15.02.2026 22:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📺✨ Earlier this week @ollehammar.bsky.social was interviewed in TV4 Nyheterna 👇
13.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New Discussion Paper from RFBerlin! Mikael Elinder, Oscar Erixson, and @ollehammar.bsky.social examine how the invasion of Ukraine affected sentiments in Russia. How do major geopolitical events shape public attitudes?
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🎉 Congratulations to our professor Andreas Stephan who has been awarded a grant of 8 million SEK from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for the project "Domestic Forest Governance and Global Timber Markets: A Policy Impact Assessment”! mmw.wallenberg.org/en/project/i...
12.02.2026 19:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Imorse gästade jag TV4 Nyhetsmorgon för att prata integration och värderingar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH_5...
11.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
👋 This week we're very happy to have @rhelensdotter.bsky.social from MIT and @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social visiting us! Tomorrow, Ronja will present her research in our weekly seminar series. We're looking forward to it! www.ronjahelensdotter.com
11.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Putin’s support increased despite the war" — @futures-studies.bsky.social reports about a study by @ollehammar.bsky.social and co-authors 👇
05.02.2026 17:58 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Today we're very happy to have @striaukas.bsky.social from Copenhagen Business School visiting us! Jonas will present a paper on "High-dimensional censored MIDAS logistic regression for corporate survival forecasting". Welcome! jstriaukas.github.io
05.02.2026 09:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Congratulations to @erikprawitz.bsky.social and Mounir Karadja, who have received 5.58 million SEK from Ragnar Söderberg's foundation to study "The Swedish Model"! ragnar.soderbergs.se/forskare/mou...
05.02.2026 04:37 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
👏 @hansgronqvist.bsky.social has been appointed member of the reference group for the Inquiry into Parallel Societal Structures. The inquiry has been appointed by the Ministry of Employment and is based on the Government’s directive 2025:68. www.ifn.se/nyheter/2026...
03.02.2026 15:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Det blir som en ny slags klasskillnad, mellan bostadsägare och de som hyr sina bostäder", säger @ollehammar.bsky.social, nationalekonom som forskar på förmögenhet och ojämlikhet i Sverige.
02.02.2026 20:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
More new working papers! "Parenting Skills and Selection into Fatherhood" by Lina Aldén & Anne Boschini @sofi.su.se: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-05...
30.01.2026 08:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 New publication! "Conditions for doing business in rural areas: Survey evidence from in-movers and stayers" by Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt & Per Skedinger is now out in Journal of Rural Studies! doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
29.01.2026 11:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Working Paper! "Overconfidence and Gender Gaps in Career Outcomes: Insights from a Promotion-Signaling Model" by Spencer Bastani @ifau.bsky.social, Thomas Giebe & Oliver Gürtler @unicologne.bsky.social: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-04...
28.01.2026 07:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week we're happy to have @jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Jesper will present the paper "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption?". Welcome! www.jesperbojeryd.se
27.01.2026 14:39 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This week, we'll have our first research seminar for the semester - and we're happy to have Adrian Mehic from IFN visiting us! Tomorrow, Adrian will present a paper on "Inventing Green: Environmental Shocks and the Long-Term Reorientation of Innovation". Welcome! sites.google.com/view/adrianm...
21.01.2026 09:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0👏 Huge congratulations to @s-stantcheva.bsky.social (who recently also became affiliated with our new Linnaeus University Centre for Equality of Opportunity and Big Data Policy Analysis)! 🤩
20.01.2026 16:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0