Anthony Wray
@anthonywray.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics @SDUeconhist @DBE_SDU @SyddanskUniv (SDU) | Applied Micro, Economic History
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/anthonywray/
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/anthonywray/
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Anthony Wray
@anthonywray.bsky.social
· May 8
🚨 We're hiring (again)! @sdueconhist.bsky.social is looking for both a Predoc and a Postdoc (3-yr fixed-term AP) to join our growing team.
Predoc:
👉 Apply by May 16 here: bit.ly/hedg-predoc
Postdoc / Assistant Professor
👉 Apply for by May 22 here: bit.ly/hedg-ap
#EconSky #EconRA
Predoc:
👉 Apply by May 16 here: bit.ly/hedg-predoc
Postdoc / Assistant Professor
👉 Apply for by May 22 here: bit.ly/hedg-ap
#EconSky #EconRA
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Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
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The space race produced great feats of engineering, yet contrary to conventional narratives, it failed to boost the wider economy. We spoke with Shawn Kantor and Alex Whalley about why this technological push didn't translate into big productivity gains. www.aeaweb.org/research/pub...
Technological spillovers
Shawn Kantor and Alexander Whalley discuss the long-term effects of public R&D investment made during the Cold War–era space race.
www.aeaweb.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The space race produced great feats of engineering, yet contrary to conventional narratives, it failed to boost the wider economy. We spoke with Shawn Kantor and Alex Whalley about why this technological push didn't translate into big productivity gains. www.aeaweb.org/research/pub...
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Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
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Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
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Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
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Reminder! Our Economics of Longevity & Ageing webinar series kicks off next month, on 19 Nov!
With Amy Finkelstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology presenting 'Elderly Health & Longevity in the US'
Register: https://cepr.org/events/event-series/economics-longevity-ageing-webinar-series
#EconSky
With Amy Finkelstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology presenting 'Elderly Health & Longevity in the US'
Register: https://cepr.org/events/event-series/economics-longevity-ageing-webinar-series
#EconSky
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reminder! Our Economics of Longevity & Ageing webinar series kicks off next month, on 19 Nov!
With Amy Finkelstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology presenting 'Elderly Health & Longevity in the US'
Register: https://cepr.org/events/event-series/economics-longevity-ageing-webinar-series
#EconSky
With Amy Finkelstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology presenting 'Elderly Health & Longevity in the US'
Register: https://cepr.org/events/event-series/economics-longevity-ageing-webinar-series
#EconSky
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So excited to be working with @jrothst.bsky.social and the amazing program committee to make this year's SoLE annual meeting the best ever-don't forget to submit your paper so you can join us there!
www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...
www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So excited to be working with @jrothst.bsky.social and the amazing program committee to make this year's SoLE annual meeting the best ever-don't forget to submit your paper so you can join us there!
www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...
www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...
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Taking the literature as a whole, the global consequences of unmitigated climate change are likely to be substantial, unequal, harmful in aggregate, and potentially destabilizing, from Solomon Hsiang www.nber.org/papers/w34357
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Taking the literature as a whole, the global consequences of unmitigated climate change are likely to be substantial, unequal, harmful in aggregate, and potentially destabilizing, from Solomon Hsiang www.nber.org/papers/w34357
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Join the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
🆓 Free admission | 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV
4 November 16:00 HU Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin
🆓 Free admission | 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV
4 November 16:00 HU Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Join the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
🆓 Free admission | 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV
4 November 16:00 HU Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin
🆓 Free admission | 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV
4 November 16:00 HU Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin
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Nice piece from @antonhowes.bsky.social on @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Joel Mokyr who won the economics Nobel. As Anton brings out, it’s great to see the prize recognising economic history, especially that which comes out in books
www.worksinprogress.news/p/what-makes...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/what-makes...
What makes Joel Mokyr great
His Nobel is a triumph for history and the importance of ideas
www.worksinprogress.news
October 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Nice piece from @antonhowes.bsky.social on @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Joel Mokyr who won the economics Nobel. As Anton brings out, it’s great to see the prize recognising economic history, especially that which comes out in books
www.worksinprogress.news/p/what-makes...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/what-makes...
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What a great day: legends of innovation economics Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win the Nobel. Joel was a PhD advisor of mine, so need a full article! Included: good & bad explanations of the Indus Rev, Aghion's charisma, influence of Jon Hughes, French fashion houses: kevinbryanecon.com/mokyraghionh...
A Nobel for Innovation: Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt
kevinbryanecon.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What a great day: legends of innovation economics Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win the Nobel. Joel was a PhD advisor of mine, so need a full article! Included: good & bad explanations of the Indus Rev, Aghion's charisma, influence of Jon Hughes, French fashion houses: kevinbryanecon.com/mokyraghionh...
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🚨Econ Academic Job Alert🚨
UCalgary econ is posting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics
Join us! #econsky
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1691840...
UCalgary econ is posting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics
Join us! #econsky
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1691840...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics in
Calgary,
...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
October 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🚨Econ Academic Job Alert🚨
UCalgary econ is posting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics
Join us! #econsky
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1691840...
UCalgary econ is posting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics
Join us! #econsky
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1691840...
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McGill Econ is hiring 🙌🏼
Check out our job ad below!
Check out our job ad below!
🍁🍁Hello! We hiring in the junior market! 🍁🍁
Apply to work with us at McGill's Econ department!
Full ad: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Apply to work with us at McGill's Econ department!
Full ad: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
EJM - Econ Job Market
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October 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
McGill Econ is hiring 🙌🏼
Check out our job ad below!
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"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...
LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...
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Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr, Avner Greif, & Guido Tabellini discuss their recent book in which they argue institutions and culture played a key role in setting Europe and China on divergent paths of economic and political development.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr, Avner Greif, & Guido Tabellini discuss their recent book in which they argue institutions and culture played a key role in setting Europe and China on divergent paths of economic and political development.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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"No way I am going to retire. Even if my students are retiring, not me." ❤️
"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...
LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"No way I am going to retire. Even if my students are retiring, not me." ❤️
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Econ history family: incoming book alert! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Econ history family: incoming book alert! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Despite progress, Americans continue to live in racially homogeneous neighborhoods. We spoke with Trevon Logan of Ohio State and John Parman of @wm.edu about why residential segregation persists, and why it matters. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/rac...
Reviewing residential segregation
Trevon Logan and John Parman discuss the meaning of segregation and how it has shaped US history.
www.aeaweb.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Despite progress, Americans continue to live in racially homogeneous neighborhoods. We spoke with Trevon Logan of Ohio State and John Parman of @wm.edu about why residential segregation persists, and why it matters. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/rac...
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I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
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Newly published in Journal of Health Economics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Seasonal allergies and mental health: Do small health shocks affect suicidality?
Suicide rates increased 37% in the US from 2000 to 2018; while structural factors are extensively studied, short-term triggers remain less understood.…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Newly published in Journal of Health Economics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This new CESifo working paper on covariate balancing looks very interesting. @jmwooldridge.bsky.social
Link: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
Link: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
September 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This new CESifo working paper on covariate balancing looks very interesting. @jmwooldridge.bsky.social
Link: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
Link: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
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Biographies linked with publications show that mothers reach peak scholarly productivity later in life, declining until children reach school age, while fathers experience no change. The time costs of raising the baby boom generation led to a loss of female scientists thru failure to achieve tenure.
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Biographies linked with publications show that mothers reach peak scholarly productivity later in life, declining until children reach school age, while fathers experience no change. The time costs of raising the baby boom generation led to a loss of female scientists thru failure to achieve tenure.
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence from the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria" by Philipp Ager, Casper W. Hansen, and Peter Z. Lin. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence from the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria
(Forthcoming Article) - We examine the impact of the free supply of diphtheria antitoxin, the first effective
medical treatment for an infectious disease, on the historical health transition in Massac...
www.aeaweb.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence from the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria" by Philipp Ager, Casper W. Hansen, and Peter Z. Lin. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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#rstats #econsky
fixest v0.13.0 is finally out!
It's still about making OLS and GLM estimations easy.
Some major changes:
- *default* VCOV becomes iid always!
- singletons are removed by default!
See all the changes here:
github.com/lrberge/fixe...
fixest v0.13.0 is finally out!
It's still about making OLS and GLM estimations easy.
Some major changes:
- *default* VCOV becomes iid always!
- singletons are removed by default!
See all the changes here:
github.com/lrberge/fixe...
fixest: Fast Fixed-Effects Estimations
Fast and user-friendly estimation of econometric models with multiple fixed-effects. Includes ordinary least squares (OLS), generalized linear models (GLM) and the negative binomial. The core of the p...
cran.r-project.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#rstats #econsky
fixest v0.13.0 is finally out!
It's still about making OLS and GLM estimations easy.
Some major changes:
- *default* VCOV becomes iid always!
- singletons are removed by default!
See all the changes here:
github.com/lrberge/fixe...
fixest v0.13.0 is finally out!
It's still about making OLS and GLM estimations easy.
Some major changes:
- *default* VCOV becomes iid always!
- singletons are removed by default!
See all the changes here:
github.com/lrberge/fixe...