Standard Error Research Editors

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @raamadhok at U Minnesota who works on topics related to environment + development

Are you giving your research papers a last big push before the new term starts? Book your spot with one of our editors today!

Call for Papers: 20th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

www.isid.ac.in/~acegd/acegd...

It's a great conference, I'm on the program committee and hoping to attend this year

Who is Arrested by ICE under Trump 2.0? A 🧵

New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!

Piece: immresearch.org/publications...

1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls

Majority arrested have no criminal conviction

Do you know someone who is interested in a doctoral program? The AEFP Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship program is a great opportunity to learn more about doctoral programs in the fields of education finance and policy. Learn more: aefpweb.org/pre-doc_...

A photo of a baseball player for the New York Yankees, accompanied by his “it’s obviously frustrating but it’s not discouraging.

me, reading my second draft that’s still not working

📄New study by @waights.bsky.social ( @humboldtuni.bsky.social & @diw.de ) shows that lower parental leave payments for high-earning mothers can lead to more equality in household incomes—with effects lasting at least nine years after birth.

Read more 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @monira_smf @AUG_SPH @AUG_University who works on topics related to gender + health, both in the the developing world + in the U.S.

Our work with David Bernal and Gustavo García on job spatial mismatch in Medellín has been published in the Journal of Transport Geography!

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lUrz3RpEO...

15th Annual International Conference on Immigration in OECD Countries - December 11 & 12.
Submit your paper by September 15 at:
🔗 immigoecd15.sciencesconf.org @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @cepii-paris.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social @liser-cb.bsky.social . Feel free to share!

Substantial earnings penalties exist for racial minorities in France. Compared to the US, lower overall inequality benefits French racial minorities, but rank gaps are comparable, from Yajna Govind, Paolo Santini, and Ellora Derenoncourt https://www.nber.org/papers/w34013

Does citizenship-acquisition improve labour market outcomes of immigrant? In the Italian context naturalised immigrants have higher socio-economic attainment and earnings. Yet, this is largely due to positive selection rather than the acquisition of citizenship itself: dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig...

The Effect of Access to Legal Abortion on Fertility, Marriage, and Long-term Outcomes for Womenℵ Abstract. We evaluate the short- and long-term effects for women of access to legal, subsidized abortion. We find evidence that the legalization of abortio

This has been a very long road but I am super happy to have done it in such great company @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social @sergijm64.bsky.social Natalia Nollenberger! Check out our new publication at The Economic Journal on the long term effects of legalizing abortion! academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

Yellin' at Yellen - great new paper.

“Congress interrupted Janet Yellen, the only woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board, far more than her male peers. We find that lawmakers with daughters did it less, suggesting gender bias drove the interruptions.”

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.

A growing body of research suggests reproductive health care has intergenerational effects on the well-being of children, from @marthajbailey.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w33970

Exploring identity, charismatic leadership, and historical data: A conversation with Andrea Tizzani For 2025 Pride, I sat down with Andrea Tizzani from the European University Institute. We discussed how identity can shape a researcher's agenda, what happens when charismatic leaders disappoint their followers, and the intersection of historical data and causal inference.

For Pride Month, @o.simardcasanova.net interviewed @atizz.bsky.social

They discussed how identity enriches research agendas, what happens when charismatic leaders disappoint, and the intersection of historical data and causal inference

Read the full interview: stderr-editors.com/blog/explo...

The 21st Congress of the International Economic Association will be held in June 2026 in Serbia, under Elhanan Helpman and Eric Maskin's leadership. You can now submit your paper. ieawc2026.org

Exploring identity, charismatic leadership, and historical data: A conversation with Andrea Tizzani For 2025 Pride, I sat down with Andrea Tizzani from the European University Institute. We discussed how identity can shape a researcher's agenda, what happens when charismatic leaders disappoint their followers, and the intersection of historical data and causal inference.

For Pride Month, @o.simardcasanova.net interviewed @atizz.bsky.social

They discussed how identity enriches research agendas, what happens when charismatic leaders disappoint, and the intersection of historical data and causal inference

Read the full interview: stderr-editors.com/blog/explo...

How to be an Effective Peer Reviewer in Economics | INOMICS Publishing journal articles in economics can be slow and challenging, and effective peer review plays a critical role in shaping the efficiency and fairness of the process. Despite its importance, man...

A nice resource here for the trepidatious reviewer with tips on how to approach the task, keep things constructive, and avoid bias in the process
inomics.com/advice/how-t...

Wanted to do a #econtwitter #econsky 🧵 celebrating all papers related to gender + IPV I've been excited to edit since I started as member of the editorial board at PloS one + BMC Public Health last yr - lots of exciting work coming forward on the topic, esp by LMIC researchers!

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

After a first day about AI and work, the second day of the CEPR / PSE Policy Forum is about working conditions and remote work

First presentation is by Thomas Breda about the unequal development of working from home in France

Seema auntie from Indian matchmaking: "You only get 60 or 70 but still we proceed"

Trying to convince reviewers like

I wrote up a policy brief on a migration workshop I attended for Standard Error last month. There is not a single more important line of social science research for making sense of our times. Read it!

Congratulations to the editors of the Journal of Economics, Race and Policy, on your journal’s first impact factor!

For a new journal like JERP, it takes time to get established. But the strong initial numbers are exciting. I believe the journal is poised for continued growth in the years ahead.

Excellent summary of the conference and its policy insights

Next presentation, this time by @maria-drc.bsky.social about the current and future (in)ability of LLMs to do work-related tasks

Just arrived for the @pse.bsky.social / @cepr.org Policy Forum in Paris to represent @standarderror.bsky.social

François Fontaine, who was my master thesis supervisor, just started his presentation about carbon taxes and labor reallocation

www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/pse-cepr-...

New Policy Brief: How Migration Moves Economies, Societies, and Democracies Standard Error is pleased to announce the publication of a new policy brief prepared in collaboration with King’s College London, based on the 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, ...

📢 Just out: Our new policy brief for @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social!

🧠 We distill cutting-edge findings from the 6th Workshop on the Economics & Politics of Migration that policy audiences can't afford to miss

📄 Read it here: stderr-editors.com/blog/how-mig...

#EconSky #Immigration