Michèle Belot

The role of universities in society Americans agree universities have a broader role beyond education and research but do not fully agree on what that role is.

The role of universities has recently come into question. In a paper published in Science Advances, we show that the general public expects universities to do more than education and research; with some disagreement on exactly what they should do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI at Work 2025 - Alumni, parents, and friends | Cornell University AI at Work: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Jobs, Skills, Wages, and Productivity  Friday, September 26, 2025 | Noon – 1:00 p.m. EDT | Zoom Webinar REGISTER FOR THE … Read more

Join us in 30 minutes: AI at Work: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Jobs, Skills, Wages, and Productivity;
alumni.cornell.edu/event/ai-at-...

Fantastic workshop in Badolato, beautiful hilltop village on the Calabrian coast intellectually engaging program and incredible hosting by Roberto Nistoco and his family. csef.it/2025/3rd-badol…

The 5th Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics will take place at @uniofgalway.bsky.social in Galway, Ireland, March 18-20, 2026. For info and to register, visit: blogs.cornell.edu/ireland-mast...

Cc: #Econsky @ashecon.bsky.social @healtheconall.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Abstracts!
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social

🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...

Very happy to take part in the Health and Wellness Conference organized by the Behavioral Economics Design Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh. Great program! bediconference.org/program

Call for Proposals: The Labor Economics of Frontier AI - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

Yes very sad indeed. It would be great if the network could be saved. I also feel really sorry for the local IZA team, they have always been great...

FANTASTIC

ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)

You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

Eliciting Time Preferences When Income and Consumption Vary: Theory, Validation, and Application to Job Search (February 2025) - We propose a simple method for eliciting individual time preferences without estimating utility functions even in settings where background consumption changes over time. It relies o...

Time preferences could play a role in job search: the costs are incurred now, the benefits materialize later. Common measures to elicit preferences are however problematic in this context. We propose an alternative method in our paper, just published in AEJ Micro. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Thank you to Stéphane Carcillo and Stefano Scarpetta for editing the "Handbook on Labour Markets in Transition". Philipp Kircher, Paul Muller and I have a Chapter on "Navigating behavioral biases in job search: overview and digital solutions" www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

We have an updated version of our paper: 'Gender Diversity and Diversity of Ideas'. Adding one more year of data on the Econ job market: Women in Male Fields still much more likely to be placed as AP than anyone else... drive.google.com/file/d/1wBY1...

Deadlines for two funding opportunities are fast approaching.

First, the deadline to apply for our 2025 Early Career Research Awards is this Sunday, January 19.

www.upjohn.org/grant-opport...
(1/2) #econsky #ECRA

📣 Final reminder: Don't forget to submit to our @cesifo.org conference at #ifo Fürth, March 27+28, 2025!

We have 3 amazing keynote speakers, @michelebelot.bsky.social, Massimo Morelli & @johannarickne.bsky.social 🚀🚀🚀

⏰ Deadline is TOMORROW, December 31!

Organized by S. Necker, S. Blesse & myself😊

📣 Final reminder: Please don't forget to submit to our Special Issue on Field Experiments in the EER!

Deadline: 31st of December ⏰

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Guest editors: @lergetporer.bsky.social, @michelebelot.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social & myself

Very much looking forward to this!

Only a bit more than two weeks left to submit to our #SpecialIssue #SI in the European Economic Review!

Please send us your best #FieldExperiments on #Inequality 💪💪🚀🚀

@johnlist.bsky.social @rmetcalfe.bsky.social @dynarski.bsky.social @daveevansphd.bsky.social

Just confirming: it is not ok (or cool) in our profession to ignore papers that relate clearly to ours, even if they are working papers. There is some weird trend going on lately…

How has the large inflow of less-educated immigrants into the United States affected US natives’ labor market outcomes? Sparber @colgateuniversity.bsky.social and Madeline Zavodny show that the work hazards have fallen for native workers and the impact is larger for women.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

There has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges in the United States over the last century.

However, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse.

www.nber.org/papers/w33164

ILR Review: Sage Journals ... has published the top, peer-reviewed theoretical and empirical research on work and employment relations for more than 65 years.  ILR Review features inter...

Just want to promote the Industrial and Labor Relations Review here. The team of Econ editors has recently changed and includes Amalia Miller, Alan Benson and myself. Published work receives great visibility in and outside academia. Looking forward to your submissions! journals.sagepub.com/home/ilr

We are hiring! You will work on a series of exciting papers with me, @emilynix100.bsky.social, Kristiina H, Ning Zhang & Martti Kaila while developing your own research agenda. Please reach out with any questions!

Job ad: econjobmarket.org/positions/11218

#EconSky #EconJM

Happy to be here as well to see more relevant posts posted by academics. BUT academics are well aware of the dangers of echo-chambers, so now more than ever, I hope academics keep posting on X (and perhaps mobilize to like relevant posts). I think it would be bad to disappear in our own bubble!

A reminder of the approaching deadline (Dec 31st) for the Special Issue on "Field Experiments to Reduce Inequality" at the European Economic Review. Looking forward to your submissions! sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

World Energy Outlook graph on energy generation until 2050, entitled „Solar generation is set to quadruple by 2030, sending coal power tumbling“.

The graph nicely illustrates what one may regard as a worldwide tacit agreement on climate policy: We continue to increase the consumption of energy, and generate it sustainably.

The agreement is only about the general direction - the numbers in the graph need improvement of course.