Dimitria Freitas

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UPDATE: more impression from the epic www.bqse.de boat event: sites.google.com/view/bqse/bq... Thanks to @humboldtuni.bsky.social Innovation #HumboldtInnovation for facilitating!

What a fabulous 2025 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social www.bqse.de seminar season it has been! Thanks to all the co-organizers, our manager @immanuelfeld.bsky.social , all speakers, guests, and locals! You have been a fantastic spatial community! sites.google.com/view/bqse/bq...

Learned a ton (still learning) at the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social course in Quantitative Spatial Economics. Can’t wait to apply it to my job market paper. Huge thanks to @ahlfeldt.bsky.social and to a brilliant, fun cohort for a fantastic summer in Berlin!

Thanks Kamila!

YouTube video by TU Dresden - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften 60 seconds on Public Employment Reallocation

If you didn’t get a chance to visit the poster, here’s a 60-second pitch on the core idea:
📽️ youtu.be/AXLVGUL-ftw?...

Huge thanks to the jury, the organizers, and everyone who stopped by with thoughtful questions and comments! I’m looking forward to reconnecting with you at SOLE 2026 in Denver, CO!

I’m incredibly honored to have received the SOLE Poster Prize 🏆 for my paper:
“The Effect of Public Sector Relocations on Regional Development in Germany“ at the 6th World Labour Conference in Toronto!

#SOLE2025 #EconSky #LaborEconomics #RegionalEconomics #UrbanEconomics

I'm super happy and honored to be nominated for the Deutscher Studienpreis (German Thesis Award) by @koerber-ip.bsky.social for my PhD thesis on mathematical modeling of the impact of tumor heterogeneity on cancer evolution!

I'm looking forward to meeting the other nominees at the final in Berlin!

Given that public payrolls account for a significant share of government expenditures (21% in the US, 17% in Germany, and over 50% in some developing countries), public employment reallocation has the potential to affect regional development. (5/5)

Sending regions (where public jobs leave) rarely experience substantial negative effects. Former capitals often retain economic activity and population. (4/5)

For decentralization programs that shift public employment outside capital cities, I find that, on average, each public sector job relocated creates 0.7 additional private sector jobs, primarily in services. The long-term implications for traded sector jobs remain unclear. (3/5)

Capital relocations, such as in Brazil or South Korea, have contributed to economic growth in receiving regions. However, costs are highly uncertain - estimates range from 3 to 12 percent of GDP. Environmental impacts remain ambiguous. (2/5)

Can moving government jobs revitalize struggling regions? I explore this question in my new @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper, „The Potential of Public Employment Reallocation as a Place-Based Policy.“ 🧵(1/5)

#EconSky #PlaceBasedPolicies #RegionalDevelopment

Thanks to all participants and the organizers for the great discussion! #econsky

Key findings: Relocating public sector jobs boosted support for the incumbent party that claimed credit for the policy and reduced far-right voting.

Do place-based policies matter at the poll? It was a pleasure to present research on this topic at the 18th Workshop on Political Economy at ifo Institute Dresden this weekend.