Thrilled to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to study:
✅ Why do people lose faith in political institutions?
✅ Can public policies make people regain trust in institutions?
Thanks to the many colleagues that helped me with the application at
@CEMFInews
and beyond 🙏
📢 The results of the 2021 ERC Consolidator Grant competition are out.
€632 million for 313 researchers.
Who has been offered
#ERCCoG
funding❔
What topics and questions they will investigate❔
Where will they conduct their research❔
Find out ➡️
After 15 years, 5 children, 7 job transition, and one of us becoming dean, our paper on "The Rise and Fall of Village Elections in China" has been conditionally accepted into the AER 🎉🎉
I’m deeply honored and thankful to receive the Fundación Banco Sabadell prize to the best Spanish Economist under 40. This would not have been possible without the support of so many colleagues, friends and family. This is for you!
Just updated my website to reflect that I've been promoted to Full Professor 😊
This is humbling given the meager fraction of women that reach this stage in our profession. Thanks to all that supported me, in particularly to my colleagues at
@CEMFInews
!
Dear colleagues
#EconTwitter
, 2024 started with a big change for me: I have accepted a policy position in the Spanish Government as Secretary General of Inclusion (
@inclusiongob
). I'll do my best to promote better policies to help the most vulnerable.💪
Only 6% of the Economics PhD graduates in top-15 programs are come from a low socio economic background (first-generation college graduates) 🤯 It is urgent to increase diversity in economics (also) along the socio-economic dimension.
Spain's Women's team just won the Soccer World Cup. But they are now winning a yet more important battle: they ignited a
#MeToo
movement that is changing gender norms in Spain.👏 They are saying
#SeAcabo
(It's over) to bosses forcing unwanted kisses...
Teammates on Spain’s 2023 Women's World Cup winning squad and other women pro soccer players said they would not play again for the country until soccer chief Luis Rubiales is removed from his position after he gave player Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss
Today is a historic day for
@CEMFInews
. We have launched a call for new Director. Since it’s foundation in 1987, cemfi has only had one director: Rafael Repullo 🧵👇
CEMFI is looking for a new Director: Call for expressions of interest.
The Board of Trustees of CEMFI has decided to initiate the process of finding a new Director.
The call for expressions of interest is available here:
Thrilled to have been elected to the
@EEANews
Council. Congrats as well to Davide Cantoni, Thomas Chaney, Meg Meyer & Veronica Rappoport; and
@jan_eeckhout
as upcoming president! 👏
Excited to contribute to make European economics research even stronger 💪
Our paper on the Non-Democratic Roots of Elite capture published in the latest issue of Econometrica. In a nutshell: allowing old-regime elites to stick around during democratic transitions facilitates elite capture.
Lunch after the faculty meeting at
@CEMFInews
. Last faculty meeting with
#RafaelRepullo
as director and
@manolo_arellano
and
@SamBen8
as deputy directors. So thankful for their work in building this amazing academic institution. And so excited to see what the future will bring.🤩
I am hiring up to two pre-doctoral students. Come join an exciting project on the drivers of political distrust! Application deadline April 10 ⏰⏰ RTs highly appreciated 🙏 cc:
@econ_ra
CEMFI invites applications for research assistant positions (pre-doc) to work in the project POLTRUSTLAB funded by
@ERC_Research
. The PI of the project is Professor
@monicambravo
. Application deadline April 10. More info here 👇 cc:
@econ_ra
WOW! Receiving such a big wave of peer recognition must be among the best things that social media can produce.
#EconTwitter
rocks! Thanks so much to everyone. This gives me energy to try to keep doing good work for at least 40 more years! 🙏💪
Happy to report that our paper with
#AndreasStegmann
is now forthcoming at
@JEEA_News
. I hope it helps to increase awareness on the importance of safeguarding trust in vaccines!
Forthcoming article by
@monicambravo
and Andreas Stegmann “In Vaccines We Trust? The Effects of the CIA’s Vaccine Ruse on Immunization in Pakistan”
@EEANews
@OUPEconomics
Interested in joining one of the most vibrant Economics research departments in Europe?
CEMFI has openings for 3 tenure-track positions. Application Deadline Nov 15 ⏰
CEMFI is inviting applications for up to three tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level starting in September 2021.
CEMFI convoca hasta 3 plazas de nivel Assistant Professor para empezar en septiembre de 2021.
Dear Luis, I strongly disagree with your assessment. President Sanchez is trying to sideline only those that use insults and dehumanisation as a political strategy. He said no word against opposition forces who challenge the government on the basis of arguments. No usVSthem here.
Sad and worried for Spain. President Sánchez deepens the "Us, the good guys, versus them, the fascists" rethoric. This is not a fair description either of the Press investigating him, nor of the opposition.
In any democracy, investigating the lobbying activities of the spouse of
So honored to have my paper with Andreas Stegmann on this special issue of papers curated by
@ImranRasul3
. Thanks Imran for handling our paper at
@JEEA_News
and making it so much better. 🙏👏👏 I’m not surprised to see so many other fantastic papers in this issue.
Now online: New virtual issue curated by former editor
@ImranRasul3
. Featuring papers - all with free access - on labor, development, behavioral, experimental and public economics
@EEANews
@OUPEconomics
Teaching material available!
Really excited to join forces with
@JPAL_Europe
in helping the Ministry of Inclusion evaluate public policies. Big milestone for the evaluation of public policies in Spain! cc:
@inclusiongob
If interested apply by March 7th ⏰🚨
As part of a collaboration with the Spanish Ministry for Inclusion, Social Protection and Migration on identifying effective policies for promoting social inclusion, J-PAL Europe is hiring a Research & Policy Manager to support an ambitious evaluation agenda with
@CEMFInews
.
Two more days to submit your paper to the Conference "Political Distortions and Structural Transformation" that I organize with
@lwantchekon
. Other confirmed participants are Daron Acemoglu, Ernesto Dal Bó, and Rohini Pande
RT appreciated!
Excited to announce a new event at
@CEMFInews
: Panel Discussion on the Status of Women in Economics. Featured speakers:
@laura_hospido
and Nagore Iriberri. Mark your calendars! March 17
There are few things better in our profession than fostering talent and seeing your students become amazing
researchers. Congratulations
@Daniela_Sola_
! And thanks to the terrific PhD defense committee: Ana Tur-Prats, Noam Yuchtman, and Antonio Cabrales 👏👩🎓👏
Congratulations to Daniela Solá for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis at CEMFI!. Thanks to Antonio Cabrales, Ana Tur and Noam Yuchtman for serving in the Thesis Defense Committe and to Daniela’s advisors Paula Bustos and
@monicambravo
I agree! Great initiative. I am First-Generation too. My mom didn't finish primary school as a kid. My dad worked installing AC units all his life. When I finished high-school, the standard advice I got is to enroll in nursing-college: quick way to get a job
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).
Back home after my seminar at
@HarvardEcon
. Lots of useful comments on my project with Fred Finan &
@claudferraz
. Glad to see the extra encouragement next to my affiliation :)
Back to Madrid after a three-week visit to
@LSEnews
/
@STICERD_LSE
. What a stimulating environment and city! Great way to boost research during the quiet summer weeks. Thanks to Tim Besley for the invitation and the inspiring discussions.
Back to Madrid after spending 6 wonderful months at
@MITEcon
. Humbled that my picture was on this wall for some time :) Special thanks to my former advisors
@DrDaronAcemoglu
, Abhijit Banerjee and Ben Olken for making me feel like at home!
Could we automatically extend all deadlines for as long as this electoral results count is going on? It's impossible to focus on anything else right now!
Fantastic keynote lecture today by
@michelacarlana
(
@Kennedy_School
) at the 48th Simposio of the Spanish Economics Association. Inspiring and important work on the effects of stereotypes in education 👏👏
The program of the 48th Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association (
@AEEmedia
) now on-line. Fantastic line-up of presenters and keynote speakers. Economics in Spain keeps getting stronger by the year! 💪👏
See you all in December in Salamanca!
The program of the 48th Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association (
@AEEmedia
) now on-line. Fantastic line-up of presenters and keynote speakers. Economics in Spain keeps getting stronger by the year! 💪👏
See you all in December in Salamanca!
📢Last days to submit your paper to the 48th Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association (SAEe). This year I have the honor of being Chair of Scientific Committee. Looking forward getting your great papers!
👉University of Salamanca 14 - 16 December 2023
Post-Doc Opportunity Alert at
@CEMFInews
. We are searching for candidates with experience/interest in RCTs to help us evaluate a number of anti-poverty programs in Spain. Deadline Jan 20 🚨. RTs appreciated 🙏 cc
@JPAL_Europe
@rglenner
@claudferraz
Nice postdoc opportunity at
@CEMFINews
. Work on initiative coordinated by
@SamBen8
and
@monicambravo
to evaluate multiple anti-poverty policies in Spain with randomised control trials & on own research
RIP Bob Solow. Not only he left his mark the profession and at
@MITEcon
as an intellectual giant, but also building an environment where everyone felt valued for their work and ideas. Thanks
@Florian_Scheuer
for posting this picture of us with him (&
@jensqu4r3d
) around 2005.
RIP Bob Solow. Many remember him as the giant in economics that he was. For me, he was still an omnipresent force when we were graduate students
@MITEcon
. Always happy to talk to us and one of the wittiest speakers I've ever encountered!
Incredibly proud of my former student and co-author
@Daniela_Sola_
for winning the Juan Luis Londoño Prize to the best paper in LACEA 2023. (Congrats also to the co-recipients of the prize
@marome1
&
@singhabhi
!)
The LACEA-LAMES 2023 Program Committee has selected the two best papers presented to the LACEA track, they are awarded with the Juan Luis Londoño Prize. Congratulations to
@Daniela_Sola_
and to
@marome1
&
@singhabhi
!! We look forward to their presentations at the conference!
Mind blowing seminar by
@gabriel_zucman
at
@CEMFInews
. US multinationals increasingly book their profits in tax havens. He calculates corporate tax evasion at a global scale.
Truly inspiring day at
@CEMFInews
: in the morning
@ImranRasul3
gave a wonderful seminar on labor markets in developing countries. In the afternoon
@S_Stantcheva
gave the inaugural lecture of the academic year on surveys and experiments. Off to a great start of the 2020-2021 year!
The
@RevEconStudies
Tour just started at
@CEMFInews
with a fantastic presentation by Agathe Pernoud (
@Stanford
) on "How Competition Shapes Information in Auctions"
I am very much looking forward to the 2023 REStud tour meetings at CEMFI on 8-9 May
A distinctive feature of REStud is that it has always been run by young economists, remarkably so in its early days
@CEMFInews
@RevEconStudies
📢📢Join us this Friday for an exciting
#STEG
Political Economy Workshop (co-organized by
@lwantchekon
and I)
Starting at 2pm BST, 3pm CET, 9am ET. Registration
We have an impressive line-up👇
Back to
@CEMFInews
after a fantastic sabbatical year. After MIT, I visited my other alma mater:
@UPFBarcelona
Glad to see what an economics powerhouse it is becoming.
📢Last days to submit your paper to the 48th Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association (SAEe). This year I have the honor of being Chair of Scientific Committee. Looking forward getting your great papers!
👉University of Salamanca 14 - 16 December 2023
Join us in Madrid to support a large initiative to improve Inclusion Policies by running Randomized Control Trials from government. Apply before March 20!
CEMFI, in partnership with
@JPAL_Europe
, invites applications for a Policy and Research Associate. Application deadline March 20. The associate will work in a large initiative (led by
@inclusiongob
) to evaluate Inclusion Policies in Spain.
Rafael constructed the place from scratch. In the early years it was only him and Mari Carmen Mondejar as admin staff. Rafael taught 1/2 of the courses of the master program. This was the first cohort.
Very grateful for Nobel Prize Abhijit Banerjee's committment and enthusiasm, with whom we are collaborating in the design of the inclusion itineraries linked to our Minimum Income Scheme. It is an internationally unique initiative that will help improve future social policies
Congrats to
@astegma
for successfully defending his PhD thesis!! And thanks to the “dream team” examiner committee for coming! Davide Cantoni, Patricia Funk & Noam Yuchtman.
@CEMFInews
La economista Claudia Goldin
@PikaGoldin
de
@Harvard
ha sido galardonada con el
#PremioFronteras
en
#Econom
ía por ser la pionera en el análisis económico de las causas de la brecha de género. Aquí podéis descubrir toda su trayectoria:
Introducing new ERC Scientific Council member, leading economist Manuel Arellano. He summarises ERC’s key qualities:
- its independence with researchers setting the strategy
- its focus on excellence & on individual researchers 🇪🇺 Bio:
@manolo_arellano
From
@Cutler_econ
Dear economist friends. I am very sad to report that Alberto Alesina passed away today. Apparently, he was hiking with his beloved wife Susan and had a heart attack. He was a great treasure whom we shall all miss.
Back home after a great conference to honor Melissa Dell as recipient of the Calvo-Armengol prize. Happy to see one of my favorite economists and persons being recognized for her pathbreaking work. Congrats again!
@barcelonagse
I'm looking for a full time Research Assistant to work at
@CEMFInews
on an exciting project: "Leaders, Ideology, and Collective Action". If interested apply by July 11. RTs appreciated! cc:
@econ_ra
"paid attention" is a severe understatement! You greatly contributed to shape the Econometric Society and
@RevEconStudies
on what they are today. Thanks to you and others for making economics stronger and more diverse 👏And happy anniversary to
@ecmaEditors
and
@RevEconStudies
🎉
This year is the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Econometrica and the Review of Economic Studies.
Two key journals in the development of economics as a science to which I have paid attention for almost half of their existence.
@ecmaEditors
@RevEconStudies
Wonderful news! Besley, Persson, and Tabellini win the Frontiers of Knowledge award! Congratulations and thanks for your contribution to make Political Economy a field central in Economics 👏👏👏
Premio Fronteras del Conocimiento en
#Economia
a Timothy Besley
@LSEnews
, Torsten Persson
@Stockholm_Uni
y Guido Tabellini
@Unibocconi
por convertir la economía política en una ciencia moderna, empírica e interdisciplinar. ¡Enhorabuena!
@mtmalinen
@mazzimon77
You doubt the accusation and then you claim you have been harassed yourself? Seriously?
@mazzimon77
: after the courage it takes to speak up about such awful experiences, that you have to put up with such BS is unbelievable. I’m very sorry and thanks for speaking up
"Morning sickness" is such a misnomer... I was unable to even stand up for 2 months. It's crazy that such a debilitating and common condition is so unknown out there. Even in the medical literature! There is even a stigma about taking medication.
In just a few years he was able to get on board a stellar team of faculty including Samuel Bentolila, Manuel Arellano, Enrique Sentana, Pedro Mira, Javier Suarez and many others. Here
@manolo_arellano
and Rafa in the early days.
Thrilled to see my student
@qianqian_shang
successfully defend her Ph.D. thesis. She will join Shandong University as Assistant Professor in the fall. Thanks to the wonderful Thesis Defense Committee!
👏👏👩🎓🎓
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
#NobelPrize
There are few opportunities for undergrads to learn about research in economics. At
@CEMFInews
we offer paid internships to spend one summer month at CEMFI. Apply before April 10 ⏰. Minorities and disadvantaged groups particularly welcome. RTs appreciated🙏cc:
@econ_ra
Last days to apply to
@CEMFInews
Undergraduate Internship Program. Deadline ⏰ April 10. If you are finishing the next-to-last year of undergrad apply to spend one month at CEMFI this summer learning about research and economics! For info here: 👇
Thanks to my brilliant coauthors for this long road to publication!
#GerardPadroiMiquel
#NancyQian
#YangYao
This is how it started... and how it ended... (Yao Yang missing in the pictures, though!)
Today I wrote this short piece about one of the Nobel Prize winners: Esther Duflo, 2nd women to win the prize, and only women to win a Nobel Prize in any field this year.
@AEEmedia
#DontLookUp
is brilliant. But, will it work to raise awareness of the risks of climate change? It seems to me that those (of us) that already think climate change is a problem will love it. The climate-change skeptics will feel alienated, mocked, and will hate it.
CEMFI is on fire! 🔥🔥
@manolo_arellano
is awarded the National Research Prize 'Pascual Madoz' and
@monicambravo
the National Research Prize for Young Researchers 'Clara Campoamor'. So richly deserved! Heartfelt congratulations to both
@CEMFInews
To those that push for a boicot on palm oil: it lifted 2.6 million Indonesians out of poverty. However it was environmentally costly. Important paper highlighting the trade-offs of a controversial crop.
@ryanbedwards
good luck with the market!
🚨 My job market paper 🚨 measures the distributional impacts of rapid agricultural export growth. The case: Indonesian palm oil. RTs appreciated. \begin{thread}
Important reflection about the status of causal evidence in medicine. I wonder how often treatments are prescribed based on such shaky empirical evidence. I would love to hear the thoghts of
@ProfEmilyOster
and
@AnupamBJena
. (
@SantiagoTobon
I'm glad your kid is getting better 💪)
My son just had his 2nd bone marrow transplant. He's receiving treatment for a rare immunodeficiency. While going through this, my wife
@IsaGutierrezR
and I made a review of the literature. We were shocked on how limited the statistical analysis was in most of the cases 1/n
This is happening in Europe today 👇
In a single day 6,000 people swimed from Morocco to Spain. Of them 1,500 are children. It's a huge humanitarian crisis that needs international attention.
The remains of Franco will be removed from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum. Spain will stop being the last European country where a dictator is still buried with honors.
Twitter community: my "rising-star" coauthor, Andreas Stegmann, is on the job market. I envy the department that will end up hiring him and having such a great young scholar and colleague in their faculty.
Considering a master/PhD in economics? Want to learn more about
@CEMFInews
? Join a live informative session tomorrow Friday 3pm CET with some of our faculty and students. More info 👇RT appreciated! 🙏
Now accepting applications to our master and Ph.D. programs 📢. Prospective students are welcome to join an information meeting about our programs and institution on-line next Friday Nov 24 3pm CET. More info and registration here 👉
Looking for an exciting job in one of the leading economic departments in Europe? I'm looking for a full-time research assistant. Application deadline: Dec 10!
CEMFI invites applications for Research Assistant positions associated to the project “Leaders, Ideology, and Collective Action” led by Professor Monica Martinez-Bravo.
I don't see the point of comparing Taylor Swift to Econ textbooks or any other object. She is a person not an object. Treating women as objects is one of the pillars of sexism. Not exactly what our profession needs at this point.
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.”
#NobelPrize
Some months ago, I tweeted about
@CEMFInews
history and the search for a new Director. Finding someone to fill in the shoes of Rafael Repullo seemed daunting! Today we are thrilled to report that we found the best possible person for the job:
@NezihGuner
will be the new director!
Today is a historic day for
@CEMFInews
. We have launched a call for new Director. Since it’s foundation in 1987, cemfi has only had one director: Rafael Repullo 🧵👇
📢📢Only 5 days left to apply for
@CEMFInews
' 2 *tenure-track* positions! ⏰ ⏰ Don't miss the opportunity to start your career in one of the most vibrant departments in Europe!
CEMFI is inviting applications for several positions at the Assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral Researcher Level. Applications Deadlines starting Nov 15
Thrilled to have participated in this podcast about my paper with
@claudferraz
and
#FredFinan
. We show that regime change can deeply affect political competition among elites and this can have important consequences for development. Thanks
@timsvengali
!
Madrid on the spotlight because its disastrous handling of the pandemic.
And to make matters worse: latest measures include closing public parks, but allow indoor dining. + restrictions in the poorest neighborhoods when the whole city is doing terribly🤦♀️
Hard to imagine a better start of the academic year than hearing one of the most inspiring and influential economists of our time. Thanks for coming
@Penny_WB
!
Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale University and the World Bank) delivers the opening lecture of the academic year 2019-2020 entitled “The Unequal Effects of Globalization”.
We are celebrating the start of a new and special academic year at
@CEMFInews
. Foremost, we welcome our new director:
@NezihGuner
who takes the baton from
#RafaelRepullo
after 36 years as director. Learn more about Rafael's legacy here👇(1/n)
Want to see some of the most promising young economists in action? The
@RevEconStud
Tour 2020-2021 will be live-streamed in Youtube! May 17-21. Details here:
The Socialist party has won the Spanish general election with 28% of the votes and 35% of the seats. A left-wing government is likely to form. And the far-right new party Vox despite getting 10% of the votes, won't be part of any government coalition.
Congratulations to Elena Manresa (
@emanresa82
) for being awarded the Banco Sabadell award to the best Spanish economist under 40! 🎉 Elena obtained her PhD in Economics at
@CEMFInews
in 2014 and she is one of our Research Fellows. 🧵👇(1/n)
Alan Krueger brought economics to life for me
His work inspired me to become an economist
He was not just brilliant, but kind
He engaged deeply with public policy
Tremendous loss
Please share your memories, whether you knew the man or just his work
"I think it’s important to make our profession helpful to the world today, not just in a hypothetical or long-term way.�� In our latest affiliate spotlight,
@monicambravo
reflects on helping lead a partnership with the Spanish Ministry of Social Inclusion: