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Economist @MonashWarwick Project Leader @RF_Berlin BWV227 Editor @EJ_RES Assoc Editor @QJEHarvard First gen high school grad Classical music & jazz enthusiast

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Sascha O. Becker

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Can you support my PhD student @marco__lecci & baby Rosa (1 month) after the unimaginable sudden loss of their partner/mother Aileen? 💔 Any contribution and RT helps 🙏

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In loving memory of Aileen Wilkinson❤️, organized by Kieran Joyce

As you may know we have suddenly lost the beautiful Aileen following an unexpected… Kieran Joyce needs your support for In loving memory of Aileen Wilkinson❤️

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

German division and reunification and the “effects” of Communism Some caveats from f/c JEP paper with @LukasMergele & Ludger Woessmann @ifo_Education Issue #1 : The GDR can be spotted before it even existed. (1/13)

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Top 10 most powerful Economics departments measured by editorial roles at high ranking Econ journals.

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The Geographic Diversity Project

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A descriptive analysis of the representation and geographic diversity of editors at prestigious economics journals. The current draft of the working paper: Github Repository:

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Sascha O. Becker

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Honored to join the @QJEHarvard as Associate Editor. I will try my best to serve the editors and the research community in Economics.

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Editorial_Board

Board of Editors Robert J. Barro Harvard University Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University Nathan Nunn University of British Columbia Andrei Shleifer Harvard U

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Sascha O. Becker

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So great to see our little baby come out in the JEL just now 😇 Such a pleasure to work with @jaredcrubin & Ludger @Woessmann

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AEA Journals

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The September 2024 issue of the Journal of Economic Literature (62, 3) is now available online at .

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Sascha O. Becker

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Accepted 🙏 A project close to my heart: we pay homage to an exemplary group of academics. Many lost their lives. Those who survived saw their personal lives shattered, their careers forcefully upended, and many lost loved ones in the Holocaust.

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Sascha O. Becker

4 years

New working paper Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany with Volker Lindenthal, Sharun Mukand, and Fabian Waldinger A short summary (1/N) pdf:

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Sascha O. Becker

3 years

This is probably the biggest "hat" I have ever seen in a formula printed in a journal.

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

Thrilled to start my new job at @MonashBusiness Melbourne today as Professor and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business & Economics

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New working paper Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany with Volker Lindenthal, Sharun Mukand, and Fabian Waldinger A short summary (1/N) pdf:

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Sascha O. Becker

1 year

Thank you! Deeply honoured to have been asked to serve.

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The Economic Journal

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@EJ_RES is pleased to announce Sascha O. Becker (Monash University and University of Warwick) as a new Joint Managing Editor from August 2023. Welcome @essobecker !

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

23 years today. Feeling blessed. 🙏

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Sascha O. Becker

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Very sad to leave Australia today 😢 Thanks to the many wonderful friends, colleagues and students who made our 5 years in 🇦🇺 so special 💕 "Es muß das Herz bei jedem Lebensrufe Bereit zum Abschied sein und Neubeginne" (H. Hesse) Looking forward to visiting in March 2025 ☘️

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One of the earliest Economics of Religion (Z12) papers is the 1966 AER paper "The Pope and the Price of Fish" It triggered a number of follow-up papers ... (1/3)

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Sascha O. Becker

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So grateful to my Econ colleagues who bought this amazing Tiramisù cake for a special occasion 🎂

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Sascha O. Becker

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#kindness Bus driver in @Coventry2021 noticed my accent: "Where are you from?" "Germany." "Then you go for free today." "Wow, thank you." At final stop he says: "Let me explain: I voted Remain and wanted to apologize for the mess my country is creating for you." So nice!

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Sascha O. Becker

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🧵 It's my great pleasure to present the 16 papers in the @EJ_RES Virtual Issue (VI) on Religion and Economics. All papers in this VI are FREE to download for six months 👉 🧵 (0/16)

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Religion and Economics

Religion has played and still does play an important role in society. Many economists have recognized links between religion and economics, both in the past (e.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Refereeing

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Sascha O. Becker

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I truly admire Timofiy @Mylovanov . World-class academic at @UPittPress . Returned to 🇺🇦 4 days before the war and has been courageously fighting the good fight of liberty & encouraging worldwide support for 🇺🇦. Now speaking to hundreds of students & faculty at @warwickecon .

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25 years ago, we got engaged, in 🇦🇹, on Austrian National Day, to help us better remember the date 😎

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Sascha O. Becker

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If they invite you for a seminar at Aarhus University, say yes. Morning run in Aarhus Old Town.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Monash Economics is hiring 👇 "Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."

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Sascha O. Becker

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Forever thankful to my parents (8 & 10 years of schooling) for their unwavering support throughout my life 🙏 #firstgen My dad started doing an apprenticeship when he was still 13 years old. @AcadSocSci

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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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It’s the Academy night of nights—our Annual Dinner. Tonight we acknowledge our new Fellows, Jubilee Fellow and Paul Bourke Award winners, plus the work of the Academy and our Fellows over the past year 🎉🎉🎉

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Sascha O. Becker

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(10/13) Take-away: German division and reunification is not a straightforward natural experiment. We should be cautious in interpreting the evidence of some (great) papers on the enduring “effects” of living under communism.

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Sascha O. Becker

3 years

Thrilled that Quoc-An Do @doquocanh will join the Economics department at @MonashBusiness from 1 Jan 2023. Onwards and upwards 🇦🇺

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

Leaving the UK after 11 years. In 2008, we arrived by ferry in Rosyth, Scotland. Leaving with @Ryanair from Stansted.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Super happy to receive the 2021 @MonashBusiness Dean's Research Excellence Award, and sorry to miss tonight's Award Ceremony because my son has COVID 😢

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History in the making

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Sascha O. Becker

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Great initiative. I am First-Gen; attended same high school as @PMoserEcon in the deep countryside; my dad left school at age 14, my mum at age 16; dad worked for German rail; mother housewife; ended up at @UniBonn by accident because grandmother lived there (--> free housing).

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Petra Moser

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Well, that means we need to do something. Let's make a list of first-gen mentors and mentees in economics. . And if there's something else going on already let's get the word out.

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

Service tweet for all @arc_gov_au reviewers in 🇦🇺 outside Economics: No, it is NOT the norm in Economics that the 1st author is the lead author. Stop rejecting grant proposals by Econ colleagues with last names starting with Z arguing that they are rarely first authors 🙏

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Sascha O. Becker

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I ❤️ my PhD students. Incredibly happy to be one of only 4 advisors across all of @MonashUni to be independently nominated by 3+ PhD students for the @MonashGraduate Supervisor of the Year Award. It's a privilege of my life as an academic to advise PhD students.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Super happy to see our paper published as lead article in the July issue of @AEAjournals AEJ:Applied 🙏 We spent years collecting biographies. 🧵 in old tweet below 👉

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Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany

(July 2024) - We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous...

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Sascha O. Becker

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New working paper Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany with Volker Lindenthal, Sharun Mukand, and Fabian Waldinger A short summary (1/N) pdf:

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Back at @warwickuni . @warwickecon hoodie as a welcome gift 🥰

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Sascha O. Becker

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Can't believe I am sitting at MEL 🇦🇺 airport, waiting for my first international flight in 742 days. Looking forward to seeing my colleagues at @warwickecon @cage_warwick . My last lecture at @warwickuni before the pandemic. Far more grey hair now👨‍🦳

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Three people whose work I admire. David Card was on my PhD committee at @EUI_EU in 2001, after hosting me at @berkeleyecon for 5 months in 2000. An amazing researcher and human being. Forever grateful to him for treating me like his own student when I visited.

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Department of Economics, Stockholm University

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Congratulations to David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens on the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics!

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Sascha O. Becker

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Happy to be on board with such nice colleagues 😘

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A big welcome to our new Associate Editors Happy to have you on board! @EEANews @OUPEconomics

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. @amitabhchandra2 "My advice is: write short reviews—don't over referee or rewrite the paper—you are the reviewer, not the author. Be kind. Be kind. Be kind. Kindness is not the same as low standards, but posing questions and raising challenges with curiosity and humility." 👍

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Yves Zenou

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Interesting insights from an editor of the RESTÂT

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Sascha O. Becker

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(1/N) Some of the resources I mentioned: 1. "Thriving in Economics" curated by @TDeryugina : 2. EconGrad advice curated by Chris Roth and @DSchindlerEcon : 3. @RoyalEconSoc "Preparing for the Job Market"

Preparing for the Job Market - Royal Economic Society

The international market for research economists is a semi-organised, single world market in which PhD students from across the globe apply for jobs in October/November and attend interviews at the...

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Sascha O. Becker

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Immense pleasure to speak to the new cohort of @MonashBusiness Economics PhD students about "How to Make the Most of your PhD" with Katia @ezhuravskaya and Tony Venables, chaired by HoD @embeeward

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Our @voxeu column on forthcoming AER paper "Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers" with I.Grosfeld, P.Grosjean, N.Voigtländer, @ezhuravskaya @MonashBusiness @cage_warwick

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Our paper "The Impact of Public Employment: Evidence from Bonn" coauthored with Stephan Heblich @econuoft and Daniel Sturm @LSEEcon just got accepted for publication in the Journal of Urban Economics 🎉 🍾 (1/N)

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Hommage to some of the people who were key in my (uni) life👇 1. My parents: did not even finish high school, but were always 100% supportive ❤️ 🙏 2. Mathias Hoffmann @UZH_en 🙏 3. Reinhard Selten 🙏 4. @AndreaIchino 🙏 5. David Card 🙏 @causalinf

S2E36: Sascha Becker, Economic Historian, Monash University

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My colleague @doquocanh asked me to give a 60-minute overview of the Economics of Religion. He wanted me, in particular, to highlight what I see as gaps. Let me share some slides, based on two pieces written with @jaredcrubin and Ludger @Woessmann 🧵 (1/N)

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Rigissa Megalokonomou

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How privileged to have @essobecker giving an overview of the current state of the research area of economics of religion at @MonashBusiness ! So exciting to hear about his work for such a special JEL code (Z12)!

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Just as I was getting a little tired of refereeing more than ever this year, a little thank you from @RevEconStud comes in to cheer me up. 🙏

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Sascha O. Becker

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"We exploit the introduction and expansion of the European ERASMUS student exchange programme as an IV for studying abroad. We find that studying abroad increases an individual's probability of working in a foreign country by about 15 percentage points."

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Studying Abroad and the Effect on International Labour Market Mobility: Evidence from the Introdu...

Abstract. We investigate the effect of studying abroad on international labour market mobility later in life for university graduates. We exploit the intro

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Luís Cabral

4 years

I am convinced the Erasmus program created the first generation of genuine Europeans.

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Great delight to give a seminar at @Brown_Economics today, with so many wonderful people in the audience whose work I admire.

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The one and only Pauline Grosjean giving the final "Prominent Speaker Seminar" of the year at Monash Economics, chaired by @yveszenou1

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Sascha O. Becker

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My PhD defense took place on 9th Nov 2001 at @EUI_EU . Forever grateful to my wonderful advisors, @AndreaIchino & Mike Artis, and to the two amazing externals, David Card and Steve Pischke. Unfortunately, there are no photos from the day, but some from the Conferring Ceremony.

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Sascha O. Becker

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(11/13) Interesting avenue for future research: study “endogeneity of political systems” more generally. Regime changes are not random and often trigger selective migration of those who feel most strongly for or against the regime.

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Official @AASLE_Econs conference cup with Gary Becker quote ☕

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Look @PascaliLuigi , our paper is out :-) Religion, Division of Labor, and Conflict: Anti-Semitism in Germany over 600 Years

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

#REF2021 : Time to update your priors 😇 1. @LSEEcon 2. @warwickecon 🎉🍾🎉 3. @EconUCL 4. @Cambridge_Uni Econ 5. @UniofNottingham Econ 6. @Oxford Econ

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Sascha O. Becker

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My oldest son remarked that my website looked like pre-2000. He was right. First set up in 1998, I did not touch the layout since my Ph.D. days at @EUI_ECO . Son was kind enough to produce a fresh look 🙏

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Here are some of my favourite paper >titles< (thread). Might add more in the future. 1/10 The Pope and the Price of Fish Frederick W. Bell The American Economic Review Vol. 58, No. 5 (Dec., 1968), pp. 1346-1350

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Where it all began @EUI_ECO Today the PhD defense of @AliceDominici2

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The "Author1 and others" thing on @OUPAcademic journal websites is just so bad ... Who is the person responsible for making this decision?

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Sascha O. Becker

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Last week, I was invited to teach a PhD course at the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), in a conference hotel in Muggendorf, near Nuremberg. Some impressions from my morning runs. Beautiful area.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Unfortunately no :-( @repec_org @CZimm_economist We ran an automatic search on our documents database for your name variations. We found these works, which you might have authored: * Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis by Gary S. Becker

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Sascha O. Becker

9 months

Shame on you.

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Rishi Sunak

9 months

From today, the majority of foreign university students cannot bring family members to the UK. In 2024, we’re already delivering for the British people.

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Sascha O. Becker

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The inaugural @EEANews job market took place exactly two years ago today. Napoli was fantastic ❤️

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Sascha O. Becker

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31 October. Reformation Day. How did Martin Luther, a little-known professor at a provincial university (founded in 1502), manage to convince large parts of Germany (and Europe) to turn away from the Catholic Church? 🧵(1/N)

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Sascha O. Becker

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I ❤️ my PhD students. Thanks @nurlan_jh @chuncheekok @marco__lecci @CY_Won17 and @warwickecon visitor @iyotzov

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Humbled to be elected as Fellow of the International Economic Association, in such great company 🙏

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International Economic Association IEA

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The IEA is pleased to announce the 2023 IEA Fellow Award. Congratulations to everyone! 👏🏆

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Sascha O. Becker

4 years

Morning run #Melbourne

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Sascha O. Becker

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Super excited that Rigissa Megalokonomou @rmegal is going to join @MonashBusiness Economics! Rigissa is super smart (have known her for ages, from @warwickecon ), but also a fantastic colleague. Exactly the kind of person we love to see in our department. Welcome, Rigissa!

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Sascha O. Becker

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A miracle happened. Professor Z got an ARC grant. How can the last author on every paper be a leader in the field? (ARC insider joke.)😎 Very happy for you, @yveszenou1 Congratulations! 🥳

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Sascha O. Becker

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Can't think of a more worthy winner of the @iza_bonn Young Labor Economist Award 2019 than @leah_boustan . Congratulations!

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(13/13) Bonus graph 2/2: GDR population had fallen behind in terms of life expectancy during second half of GDR. But gap has closed. Good news.

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Sascha O. Becker

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Thanks to David Romer & @sndurlauf for their amazing work as JEL editors. Thanks to four very constructive referees. Thanks to my fantastic co-authors & friends @jaredcrubin & Ludger @Woessmann Helps me get over two rejections in the same week ...

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AEA Journals

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Forthcoming in the JEL: "Religion and Growth" by Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, and Ludger Woessmann.

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

(5/13) Gender roles

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Sascha O. Becker

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2008: I meet Hans Hvide at @aberdeenuni & we start joint work on our paper 2009: my 3rd son is born 2021: 3rd son turns 12 2022: paper published after 13th submission #econpublishing

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

Time to put on my favorite jumper.

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(3/13) Political preferences

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(12/13) Bonus graph 1/2: Sad and well-known fact: GDP gap between East and West is very persistent.

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11 months

The one and only @RDurante_2020 in the flesh, at Monash Economics 🎉

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

So happy to see my former @warwickecon PhD student @Andreas_Ferrara publish in the QJE 🍾🥂

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QJE

2 years

Recently accepted by #QJE , “The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right,” by Bazzi ( @SamuelBazzi ), Ferrara ( @Andreas_Ferrara ), Fiszbein ( @MartinFiszbein ), Pearson ( @tpearson_tweets ), and Testa ( @patesta ):

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Nick's death makes me incredibly sad. We spent nearly a decade together "running" @cage_warwick as Diretor (Nick) and deputy. He was born in the same year as my father but from day 1 he treated me as his equal. We met or corresponded pretty much daily. (1/2)

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Tim Leunig

1 year

Nick Crafts' death has robbed Economic History of a clear thinker, an outstanding researcher, an excellent writer, a committed teacher and a wonderful colleague and mentor. @EcHistSoc

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(8/13) Issue #3 : selective out-migration 1945-1961 About one-fifth of East Germany’s population migrated West until 1961 (when the Berlin Wall was built). They are a selective group of migrants and probably not big fans of Communism …

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(2/13) Further economic outcomes

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5 years

(4/13) Culture

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4 years

First meeting of new all-Melbourne reading group in economic history at Catani Gardens today, followed by drinks at beach-side pub. @MonashBusiness @BusEcoNews @Deakin @JP_Tang @EcoHistoryAU

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Sascha O. Becker

4 years

Our paper (with @HornungErik ) on The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-Class Franchise is now open access (thanks, @ESRC !) on the Journal of Economic History website: @voxeu summary here:

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The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-Class Franchise | The Journal of Economic History |...

The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-Class Franchise - Volume 80 Issue 4

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1 year

Thanks, @warwickecon colleagues 🙏

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Warwick Economics

1 year

Congratulations to Prof Sascha O. Becker @essobecker of Monash University and Department of Economics at Warwick on his appointment as Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal from August 2023. 👏 @cage_warwick

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Sascha O. Becker

3 years

Gave my first f2f seminar in >12 months today, at @QUT Brisbane. So much fun with 'real people' around you; walking with colleagues in the botanical garden; seminar dinner by the river.

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

Delighted that @stef_fischer and @corey_d_white will be joining the Economics department at @MonashBusiness this year! Two amazing new colleagues. Welcome to Melbourne! Photo of weekend office below.

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

At the NBER Culture and Institutions meeting, I had the pleasure of discussing a truly spectacular paper by @CageJulia , Anna Dagorret, Pauline Grosjean, and @saumjha , who presented: "Heroes and Villains". You should read the paper, if you haven't yet.

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Sascha O. Becker

3 years

Thanks to @DirkWahlandt for sharing

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Sascha O. Becker

6 months

Long train rides (5283km Boston to Los Angeles) are a great opportunity to read new books 🚂

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AEA Journals

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Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People by Paul Seabright" by Sascha O. Becker.

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1 year

The day has come: David Card at @MonashBusiness Economics today ❤️ Forever grateful for his hospitality at @berkeleyecon during 5 months of PhD exchange in 2000 🙏

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Sascha O. Becker

5 years

(9/13) #4 : (Selective) West-to-East migration About half a million people went from West to East before 1961. GDR propaganda: people “not in agreement with capitalist system”. Six out of 19 Politburo members were born in West, incl. Erich Honecker, GDR leader in 1971-1989.

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Sascha O. Becker

4 months

I ❤️ my PhD students

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Marco Lecci

4 months

Saying goodbye to an amazing supervisor who's heading back to @warwickecon . I couldn't have asked for a better mentor (you're not getting rid of me just yet, @essobecker !). More than anything, you're an incredible human. Warwick is lucky to have you back! Thanks 🙏

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Sascha O. Becker

9 months

Missing the Australian Open but Florence is beautiful as ever ❤️

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Sascha O. Becker

26 days

🙏 to @SIOEcon members for electing me as 2nd VP. Looking forward to hosting @SIOEcon at @uniofwarwick in 2027.

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Congratulations to @essobecker on his election to @SIOEcon as 2nd Vice President! Read more:

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Sascha O. Becker

9 months

My years at @EUI_ECO 🇮🇹 were fantastic. Mike Artis and @AndreaIchino taught me so much. I talk about writing Stata code with @AndreaIchino in the Mixtape podcast with @causalinf below 👇

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Economics at EUI

9 months

Listen to #ECOalumnus @essobecker in the #podcast 'The Mixtape with Scott' by @causalinf . A podcast with economists, scientists, and authors about their lives and careers. Tune in to explore the fascinating journey of Sascha Becker 👇 🔗

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Sascha O. Becker

2 years

Economists for 🇺🇦 T-Shirt has arrived in 🇦🇺

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2 years

NBER Culture and Institutions meeting. Co-organizer @albertobisin using his offsite location to circumvent the indoor smoking ban 😅 Missing you here, Alberto!

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Sascha O. Becker

4 years

Melbourne is beautiful today. Yarra River super calm.

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2 years

Maybe the most important slide in my @ayew2021 presentation on the junior job market. Full presentation here from minute 32

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4 years

I love the thanks note: "I thank the editor, Marianne Bertrand, and five anonymous referees, especially referee two."

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AEA Journals

4 years

Forthcoming in the AER: "Mobilizing the Masses for Genocide" by Thorsten Rogall.

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Sascha O. Becker

3 years

Economics PhD Conference 2022 @warwickecon 👇

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Economics PhD Conference

Link to the 2023 conference is here

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Sascha O. Becker

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There is a time to write papers and a time to relax. Canoeing the Murray River with @Woessmann and @jkwinter ☀️

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Melbourne morning and evening

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