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by Sascha O. Becker

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Looking forward to giving a public lecture on "Why Forced Migration is Different" at @durham.ac.uk

www.durham.ac.uk//business/ne...

@warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
Public Lecture Sascha Becker - Durham University Business School
www.durham.ac.uk
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
Joel Mokyr at Nick Crafts 70th birthday conference in 2019 at @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @warwickuni.bsky.social
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by Simon Hix — Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Tim Bale

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Brilliant insight by @stephenkb.bsky.social: if the Tories keep insisting that Brexit was a good thing, they will never find enough talented people to join their party
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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool
The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea
on.ft.com
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by Sascha O. Becker — Reposted by Noel D. Johnson

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"No way I am going to retire. Even if my students are retiring, not me." ❤️
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Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 2d
"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
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Matthias Doepke, Kris Inwood , and 3 more

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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
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

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🚨Econ Job Market Vlog📢

Hey #EconTwitter & #EconJobMarket

We are launching an Econ Job Market Vlog to publicly feature the work of JMCs from around the world on our social media and website! 🌟

See below for details and how to apply ⬇️⬇️
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
Always great to discuss research with Joel 🎉
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
Congratulations, Joel! 🎉 So well deserved! 🥂
Hong Kong December 2024
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
Autumn 🍂 in Coventry ❤️
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Joshua Goodman

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If you're teaching causal inference here is a podcast on the topic 4 non-Econ.
Thanks 2 R. Taylor (staggered DID), @essobecker.bsky.social (IV), & S. Rahman (RDD), for thoughtful chats 📚 problem sets available 2.
m.youtube.com/@embracingda...
#CausalEffects #Econ #Teaching #Podcast #EmbracingData
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes , and 6 more

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We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
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by Ludger Woessmann — Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Dan Goldhaber, Joshua Goodman , and 3 more

woessmann.bsky.social
🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

A 🧵 1/6
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

manoel-bittencourt.bsky.social
Chatting with @essobecker.bsky.social about religion & growth, Weber, migration & education, education & secularization, & conflict & state formation. #econsky
open.substack.com/pub/heteroge...
Chatting with Sascha Becker
Religion, growth, migration, education, secularization, wars and state formation
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

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We have put together a template repository, the SoDa Replicator, to help you build reproducible and collaborative projects and have the content automatically reviewed against a custom replication checklist. Feedback welcome.

github.com/sodalabsio/s...

Video tuorials: youtube.com/@sodareplica...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers , and 1 more

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Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.
EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star
Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.
www.politico.eu
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Georg Weizsäcker

rfberlin.bsky.social
Join us on 4 November for the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin.
🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV

Discover how women’s roles in work and society have evolved and what challenges remain
More about the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/why-wo...
Why Women Won by Claudia Goldin
Following the success of our first public lecture, we are pleased to announce the next RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture, organized in collaboration with the Humboldt University of Berlin! This year, RFB...
www.rfberlin.com
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

jacobedenhofer.bsky.social
the GDR regime or the idea that the regime eradicated what Almond & Verba called a democratic political culture. As for the first point: See the thread above and the paper by
@essobecker.bsky.social, @lukasmergele.bsky.social, @woessmann.bsky.social; while some www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
(Spring 2020) - German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of co...
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Kevin O’Rourke, Dennis Novy

cagewarwick.bsky.social
Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director @dennisnovy.bsky.social on his appointment to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as the lead economic adviser to the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s foreign and international development policy.
Dennis Novy becomes lead economic advisor to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director, Dennis Novy who has been appointed as Chief Economist and Director of Analysis at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
@warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social @sodalabs.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social @lukasmergele.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social @aeajournals.bsky.social @cephie.bsky.social
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
🥂 Another German Unity Day (3 Oct) is round the corner 🎉
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Oct 3
Happy German Unity Day 🎉

That day of the year to share some maps we produced a few years back with @lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social

👉 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
And
Consequences of forced migration: A survey of recent findings
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Redirecting
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
I have (co-) authored two surveys, not sure they fit the bill:
Forced displacement in history: Some recent research
doi.org/10.1111/aehr...
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by Sascha O. Becker — Reposted by Kris Inwood

essobecker.bsky.social
Looking forward to teaching this class at @rfberlin.bsky.social ❤️
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 16d
🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass!

Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens.
www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...
"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker
This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...
www.rfberlin.com
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Tommaso Frattini

rfberlin.bsky.social
🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass!

Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens.
www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...
"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker
This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...
www.rfberlin.com
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by Sascha O. Becker — Reposted by Maksym Polyakov

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www.ft.com/content/2a4d...
Why Ukraine is winning the war
Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation
www.ft.com
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
Writing reference letters on a train trip to Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Aaron Sojourner

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Our e-book series “Thriving in Economics” is a crowdsourced collection of bite-sized advice from a diverse group of economists. All proceeds go to #Ukraine aid.

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The “Thriving in Economics” e-book series (pdf format) is a crowdsourced collection of bite-sized advice on almost everything related to a PhD and career in economics, featuring a variety of new and…
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

cagewarwick.bsky.social
Until the 18th century, navigation across the open seas was perilous. Sailors could travel long distances but faced an impossible task determining their position.🧭

Martina Miotto offers a new perspective for #Advantage on the way an advanced clock transformed global trade. 📰
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by Sascha O. Becker

essobecker.bsky.social
In case you missed the August issue of the EJ 👇
theeconjournal.bsky.social
The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26
Hot off the press! The August 2025 issue is out now.
Featuring the Editor’s Choice article ‘The Rise of the Engineer: Inventing the Professional Inventor During the Industrial Revolution’ by W Walker Hanlon
👉 bit.ly/4ftxD8D
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Reposted by Sascha O. Becker

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Forthcoming in EJ: ‘Political Rhetoric and Racial Discrimination in Arrests for Drugs’ by Francesco Barilari, Diego Zambiasi doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf055 @frabarilari.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social‬
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