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📢 Join our labor team!
I am looking for two #predocs to work with me and my coauthors on applied labor economics projects in Switzerland!

Job Ad: bit.ly/PredocLaborLugano

Apply here: bit.ly/PredocLLCApply
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March 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The new semester is approaching, and we are thrilled to welcome the speakers for the Econ Spring 2025 Seminar Series in Lugano!

📅 Check out the full schedule below and join us if you're interested: idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...

#USIEcon #econbluesky
January 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Please have a look at our JMCs!

@usiidep.bsky.social
#econsky #usiecon
We have now introduced all this year’s #EconJobMarket candidates from the Department of Economics (IDEP) of USI Lugano!

To learn more about our #JMC, their #JMPs and research agendas, take a look at our website: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#econbluesky #USIEcon
November 24, 2024 at 11:59 AM
We are happy to launch our new Junior Seminar Series! This term, we’ll host promising young researchers presenting their original work to the #USIEcon department.

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Check the full schedule below and join us in person in Lugano if interested!👇
February 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
👏 Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the @eeanews.bsky.social Council (2026–2031)!
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎓We are excited to introduce Nicole Venus, our USI IDEP Ph.D. candidate in Economics! Nicole is on the 2024/25 #EconJobMarket, specializing in #GenderEconomics, #LabourEconomics, Household Economics, and the Economics of Science.
👉Check her website: nicolevenus.github.io

#econbluesky #USIEcon
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
🎓 Apply for the Master in Economics at USI – Deadline: 30 June 2025!

👇 See program highlights & links below.
#USIEcon #EconBluesky
May 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today we launched our Junior Seminars with Luca Bagnato (University of Milan).
He presented a joint work with @venturinimiri.bsky.social (@ucriverside.bsky.social) and Yu Pan (UZH) on the long-term impact of rice weeders' historical presence on female political-economic empowerment in Italy
#USIEcon
February 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, Federica Meluzzi (CREST Paris) presented “The College Melting Pot: Peers, Culture and Women’s Job Search” at our junior seminar series. The study shows that exposure to college peers coming from more egalitarian areas shifts job preferences reducing early-career gender earnings gap.
#USIEcon
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today @osea.bsky.social (University of Pittsburgh & @nberpubs.bsky.social) presented "Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration".
This joint work with R. Abramitzky & L. Boustan examines the long-term effects of ethnic #Catholic churches on #immigrant assimilation in the U.S.🇺🇸
#USIEcon
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
🔍New research highlight!

A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review.

They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US.

#EconTwitter #USIEcon
Where do workers shift when they lose their jobs to #automation? Giuseppe Di Giacomo and Benjamin Lerch
#USI_university show that show that 8% of workers enroll in college, about 10% claim disability benefits, and nearly 40% retire early.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
See you in Airolo! 📈🏔️

#USIEcon
#WISE2026
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today, @christinafelfe.bsky.social (@unikonstanz.bsky.social) presented her research on students' occupational aspirations. This joint work with L. Cassar, D. Feigl (@uniregensburg.bsky.social) and M. Müller (TSE), shows that parental pressure increases the gender gap in #STEM aspirations. #USIEcon
November 4, 2024 at 4:04 PM
We have now introduced all this year’s #EconJobMarket candidates from the Department of Economics (IDEP) of USI Lugano!

To learn more about our #JMC, their #JMPs and research agendas, take a look at our website: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#econbluesky #USIEcon
November 20, 2024 at 12:36 PM
📄#CallforPapers - WISE2025
1st IdEP PhDs and Postdocs Workshop IdEP in Sustainable Economics (WISE) takes place on March 11-13, 2025 in Airolo (CH) 🏔
Keynote: @ludogazze.bsky.social (@warwickecon)
More info: shorturl.at/56ZAA
Please repost, share and submit!
#USIEcon #econbluesky
October 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The first edition of the Workshop IdEP in Sustainable Economics #WISE2025 is officially starting at #Casadellasostenibilità in Airolo!

Stay tuned for insights and discussions: follow this and the next threads for updates.👇

#USIEcon
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Cloé Garnache (@uio.no) presented on #StickyPrices after unexpected changes in Norway's electricity prices. The joint work with M. Schmalz (Oxford Uni) & D.E. Sommervoll (NMBU) highlights downward price stickiness & household heterogeneity due to #liquidityconstraints.

#econbluesky #USIEcon
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 PM
⏳ Deadline Approaching! Last days to apply to fully funded positions in our PhD in #Economics and to join our team at USI_IDEP in Lugano. 🎓
👉 inomics.com/job/fully-fu...

Deadline: January 15, 2025

#econbluesky #USIEcon
January 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today, Matthias Weber presented a joint work with his @unisg.ch colleague I. Lampe: “Prospect Theory for Intertemporal Choice.” In a pre-registered experiment on a representative sample, they find decisions are best predicted by probability-weighted discounted utilities.

#econbluesky #USIEcon
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@ludogazze.bsky.social will be our keynote speaker tomorrow in occasion of the #WISE2025 conference at #Casadellasostenibilità in Airolo!

#USIEcon
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Congratulations to @floramarchioro.bsky.social & Tai Lo Yeung, IdEP 4th yr PhD candidates, awarded the USI Doc-Mobility grant for a research stay abroad.

They just left Lugano to spend this spring term at The Wharton School & Barcelona School of Economics.
More on their visits 👇🏻

#USIEcon
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dario Pozzoli (from CBS) presented today on offshoring and skills segregation. Dario and his coauthors G. Kim
(UCSC) and D. Lee analyse how offshoring impacts wages & workers relocation to low productivity firms. #Offshoring mitigates skill inequality and reduces domestic income. #USIEcon
November 11, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Introducing our #EconJobMarket Ph.D. Candidate in Economics! Mattia Albertini will be in the Job Market this year. He specializes in applied #LaborEconomics, #UrbanEconomics and #Microeconometrics.
#econbluesky #USIEcon
👉 Learn more about him here: sites.google.com/view/mattiaa...
October 31, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Meet our #Econjobmarket candidate! Giuseppe Di Giacomo
is a PhD candidate at USI Department of Economics and he will be on the Job Market this year. He is an applied #microeconomist specializing in #labor economics.
#econbluesky #USIEcon
👉 Check out his website: sites.google.com/view/giusepp...
November 6, 2024 at 11:11 AM
This year, 5 of our PhD candidates will be on the #EconJobMarket! Their research spans from #labor economics with topics on #migration, #tourism, #gender and #development, to #political economy.
Find out more about our #Candidates: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#econbluesky #USIEcon
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October 31, 2024 at 2:31 PM