Paul Hufe

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Expanding Paternity Leave: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Gender Gaps Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Happy to finally see our new working paper on the effect of earmarked paternity leave out.

Joint work with: Henrik Kleven, Camillie Landais, @ansolassen.bsky.social, Philip Rosenbaum and Herdis Steingrimsdottir.

Podcast The ESSGN produces the podcast “Born and Raised”. Available on all streaming platforms and on essgn.podbean.com, published every other Friday starting January 23, 2026!

Really enjoying the new #ESSGN podcast by @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. Really good entertainment and a great explainer for all things related to social science genetics. Check it out:

essgn.org/podcast/.

Submit your papers. It is going to be an enriching and fun time in beautiful Bologna 🤩!

📣 Last call for BÆM 2026 📣

Submissions are open until this Saturday, 31st January.

Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

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‼️ Less than two weeks to go! ‼️

📢 Submit your papers to BÆM 2026!

- Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

- Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

- Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

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Very instructive thread! I love the idea of connecting perceived social value and deservingness. I am not aware of a study that has explored this avenue. Go for it @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social ! I would certainly be keen to see the results :)!

✨Winter School #IT19 ✨

Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19)

3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about!

@cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

Great event as always --- thanks for having me! 😀

Wohooo! Ganz herzlichen Glueckwunsch! Ich freue mich sehr fuer dich. 💪

Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...

1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Checking off your pre-🎄to-do list?

Don’t forget to submit your paper to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)!

🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol School of Economics

🔗 www.baem.info

Send us your best work!

🚨 JOB MARKET PAPER ALERT! 🚨

Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵

BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:

Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May

Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/

📅 Submission Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

Details 👉 www.baem.info

Submit, submit, submit!
We look forward to seeing you in May. 🌸

🌍 Development (5–6 May)
M. Mobarak (Yale), K. Orkin (Oxford), I. Rasul (UCL), P. Rossi (CREST)

👥 Migration (6–7 May)
R. Abramitzky (Stanford), J. Monras (UPF), C. Theoharides (Amherst)

⚖️ Fairness (8 May)
E. Fehr (Zurich), R. Bénabou (Princeton), I. Almås (Zurich)

📢 CfP Alert!

We’re excited to announce the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM).
🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol

Three focused workshops in applied economics: Development, Migration & Fairness.

🔗 www.baem.info

Thanks, Pietro 🙏

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Thanks! That is very nice to hear, and glad you like it.

Ouch...I did not even notice. "Betriebsblind" :)

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Our paper "Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States" is finally out in the European Economic Review!
@paulhufe.net

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues.

We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort

bit.ly/41EnPmu

Keep an eye on this guy 👇Fantastic things to come. Congratulations to a truly outstanding thesis 👏

Had an amazing time at LISIT 2025. Thanks a lot to @robertoiacono.org and all organizers for putting together a fantastic event!

Congrats :)

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Same here, please!

New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added