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Milena Almagro

@milena-almagro.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth. @NYUniversity Econ PhD. I use IO tools to study the best human invention: cities.

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Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata

Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org

The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!

06.11.2025 17:18 — 👍 97    🔁 60    💬 1    📌 7

The slides are amazing!!! Thanks a ton for citing our research :)

21.10.2025 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Muere la etóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años Revolucionó la ciencia desde los sesenta con sus métodos innovadores y fascinantes descubrimientos sobre los chimpancés salvajes

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Muere la etóloga y primatóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años social.elpais.com/wmfcr4

01.10.2025 18:22 — 👍 406    🔁 162    💬 30    📌 58
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Meet Rabbit 🐶❤️

Adopted 13 yrs ago, found as a stray in Mississippi. Now I’m fostering her through @pawschicago.bsky.social
& helping her find her furrever home

Despite her age, she’s active, loving & still full of life

DM if you or someone you know can give her the love she deserves

Share 🙏

30.06.2025 13:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Professor Anjali Adukia (University of Chicago) and Professor Ben Feigenberg (University of Illinois at Chicago) seek a full-time research assistant with strong technical skills to work on large-scale social policy research projects designed to improve educational outcomes. The analyst will work on a portfolio of projects related to education and restorative justice in schools. The position is based in Chicago, IL.

The successful candidate will have experience in applying a variety of statistical modeling and data analysis techniques to datasets in real-world settings. From project inception to delivery, the RA will contribute to all facets of data collection and cleaning, model development, and implementation.

To apply, please submit a resume/CV, a letter of interest, the name of at least one reference, and an unofficial transcript through the UChicago Workday jobs portal. 
Example Responsibilities
•	Works with partners and members of the research team to propose and implement analytical approaches to solving specific research questions.
•	Cleans, transforms, merges, and matches between large and complex research and administrative datasets.
•	Builds statistical models for a variety of research projects.
•	Performs sampling, power analysis, and randomization.
•	Prepares results for memos, presentations, and academic papers for both policymakers and researchers.
•	Assists with literature reviews and drafting papers.
•	Writes statistical computer programs and reviews computer output for consistency and quality. 
Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
•	Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens. 
•	Conducts literature reviews. 
•	Assists with preparation of reports, manuscripts, and other documents.
•	Performs other related work as needed.

Professor Anjali Adukia (University of Chicago) and Professor Ben Feigenberg (University of Illinois at Chicago) seek a full-time research assistant with strong technical skills to work on large-scale social policy research projects designed to improve educational outcomes. The analyst will work on a portfolio of projects related to education and restorative justice in schools. The position is based in Chicago, IL. The successful candidate will have experience in applying a variety of statistical modeling and data analysis techniques to datasets in real-world settings. From project inception to delivery, the RA will contribute to all facets of data collection and cleaning, model development, and implementation. To apply, please submit a resume/CV, a letter of interest, the name of at least one reference, and an unofficial transcript through the UChicago Workday jobs portal. Example Responsibilities • Works with partners and members of the research team to propose and implement analytical approaches to solving specific research questions. • Cleans, transforms, merges, and matches between large and complex research and administrative datasets. • Builds statistical models for a variety of research projects. • Performs sampling, power analysis, and randomization. • Prepares results for memos, presentations, and academic papers for both policymakers and researchers. • Assists with literature reviews and drafting papers. • Writes statistical computer programs and reviews computer output for consistency and quality. Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project. • Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens. • Conducts literature reviews. • Assists with preparation of reports, manuscripts, and other documents. • Performs other related work as needed.

Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity!

Ben Feigenberg & I are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here!
uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

@econ_ra @UChicago @thisisUIC @HarrisPolicy @BeckerFriedman
#EconSky

05.12.2024 01:34 — 👍 61    🔁 35    💬 1    📌 1
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Next: Jeanne Sorin Le Guevel (from UChicago headed to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social) on building public infrastructure (roads) on private land in #Uganda 🇺🇬

17.04.2025 20:49 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Reupping for the new week! This was a lot of fun. Check it out and let us know what you think.

24.03.2025 16:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

23.03.2025 06:03 — 👍 2583    🔁 923    💬 36    📌 57

You guys are lucky to get him!!

But I’m going to miss him dearly 😭

07.03.2025 18:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SERIEs

📢CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue📢
SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association welcomes your paper to the Special Issue on ‘Randomized Impact Evaluation of Social Inclusion Policies in Spain’
Submission deadline: 15 July2025
link.springer.com/journal/1320...

20.02.2025 18:45 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Research Professional – International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible) Chicago, IL

We've just opened a new @beckerfriedman.bsky.social pre-doc position through the International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative:

job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...

Come work with us! The trade and spatial group at UChicago is a top-notch place to start your academic career!

12.02.2025 17:12 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Porque Nada es Gratis Junta Directiva (Antonia Díaz, Judit Vall, José Penalva y Beatriz González López-Valcárcel) y equipo editorial (Ainoa Aparicio, Andreu Arenas, Jordi Panigua, Luis Puch y Santiago Sánchez-Pages). Es...

Porque Nada es Gratis nadaesgratis.es/admin/porque... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía

04.02.2025 06:02 — 👍 11    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 6
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Preferences for Firearms (Forthcoming Article) - This paper provides a critical input into crafting effective firearms policy: an understanding of consumer demand for guns. We estimate individual-level price sensitivity and s...

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Preferences for Firearms" by Sarah Moshary, Bradley T. Shapiro, and Sara Drango. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

29.01.2025 13:42 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Don’t ask me how but yesterday I used the word “heteronormative” in my competitive strategy class TWICE #feelingwoke

17.01.2025 15:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That time of the year when I have to learn about baseball for my Strategy class... again....

09.01.2025 17:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does anybody know if there is a centralized GTFS data file source with a standardized file format?

23.12.2024 14:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The National Zoning Atlas (Sara Bronin and Scott Markley) Podcast Episode · Densely Speaking · 05/20/2024 · 40m

🎙️We released four Densely Speaking interviews in 2024 👇

1. Sara Bronin and Scott Markley, The National Zoning Atlas

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/23UL...

19.12.2024 22:28 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
EJM - Econ Job Market

Job market update: McGill Econ is hiring!

Please encourage your students to apply as soon as possible if interested.

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

11.12.2024 15:34 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Just stop biking during the Winter!!!

11.12.2024 22:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
New Data Conference 2025

🚨📜CALL FOR PAPERS 📜🚨

*New Data for Consumer Insights Conference*

When: May 30-31, 2025
Where: Chicago Booth
Submission Deadline: Jan 6, 2025
Keynotes: @susanathey.bsky.social and Greg Lewis

Both methodological and empirical submissions are welcome.

Submit here: ndconference2025.hotcrp.com

11.12.2024 21:47 — 👍 22    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
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elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames with joyreactor.com at the bottom ALT: elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames with joyreactor.com at the bottom

For once in a lifetime, there is no traffic to O’Hare airport

10.12.2024 16:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I dare you to show me a cooler office decor item

04.12.2024 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New office decoration after a trip to Japan 😝

04.12.2024 15:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Trade and Urban Economics In recent years, an exciting and interdisciplinary line of research has incorporated economic geography as a key factor in understanding crucial policy ...

Economic Theory is planning a special issue on trade and urban economics.

link.springer.com/collections/...

03.12.2024 22:43 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

@tradediversion.bsky.social and I worked out some math in the past, but I wonder if there’s a better source :)

01.12.2024 10:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there a good reference about why it’s not kosher to estimate a multinomial choice model using LPM when all possible choices are included?

Namely, say individual i chooses options j =1,2. Think of a pooled regression with outcomes being i’s choices for both j = 1 and j = 2 simultaneously.

01.12.2024 10:42 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Here's a great starter pack for folks interested in the economics of innovation, competition and IO

go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX

30.11.2024 23:10 — 👍 85    🔁 33    💬 2    📌 2

Call for papers is out!

28.11.2024 01:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there a starter pack for Industrial Organization similar to Urban or Trade? I couldn’t find one…

19.11.2024 01:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Me estreno en @bsky.app en español.

Primer, y espero que no último, post es @nadaesgratis.bsky.social

Un resumen de mi trabajo con #TomasDominguezIino

15.11.2024 21:34 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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