David Schindler

david-schindler.de

01 October 2026 18:01

Almost half of academics in the Netherlands are now foreigners. As in other sectors, only importing workers has allowed employment to increase. It's about time this gets recognized in national policy debates. alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/immigrants...

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin

rfberlin.bsky.social

16 July 2026 12:30

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Could hay fever be causing traffic accidents and economic losses? A study by Akesaka and Shigeoka finds that doubling daily pollen counts increases accidents by 0.7%, including traffic crashes, workplace injuries and fatal accidents. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Severin Borenstein

severinborenstein.bsky.social

05 May 2026 05:36

Jim Sallee's EI blog about his important new paper w Koichiro Ito and Andrew Smith showing large international spillovers of fuel economy standards. Japan car makers redesigned cars for their own standards and ended up saving US buyers a lot of gasoline. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/m...

Michael Clemens

mclem.org

23 February 2026 19:29

Deep breath. I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins. I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy. We're building something unique & important, even historic.

Joshua Goodman

joshua-goodman.com

23 February 2026 15:18

First time my phone's weather symbol has been "emphatic snowflake".