Sascha O. Becker
Economist @MonashWarwick
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
BWV227
Editor @EJ_RES
Associate Editor @QJEHarvard
First gen high school grad
Classical music and jazz enthusiast
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerRussia wants to push Ukraine into the Stone Age — to freeze us, exhaust us, and leave us without a future. That will not happen. This why Kyiv School of Economics is hosting a 3-day Science Mini School for high school students and early-year undergraduates, right now in Kyiv. 1/
- Our survey on Gender and Religion is now published 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/dem.... See 🧵 below. Thanks to the wonderful @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social 🙏
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerIn just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵
- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerMark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
- Recent WP with C Dustmann and H Ku @rfberlin.bsky.social 🚂 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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- Should I wear that shirt again? 👇
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerNo. This is a de-escalation in that he is no longer threatening violence. The lesson is that when the EU shows a bit of resolve and muscle bullies back off.
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- Important paper on "Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion" by Tyler Giles, Dan Hungerman and Tamar Oostrom 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
- Coventry Canal Basin covered in ice ❄️
- We presented results on spatial unit roots etc at ASSA 2026 in Philadelphia. Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social Short 🧵 (1/N) cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com
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- Given the increasing geopolitical interest in the Arctic, here is some classical music to match: the stunningly beautiful "Cantus arcticus" by Einojuhani Rautavaara ❤️ open.spotify.com/track/5gyMOu...
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerIncredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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- Three SIOE @sioecon.bsky.social sessions on Sat 3rd Jan 2026 at @assameeting.bsky.social Philadelphia 0800-1000: Education, Immigration, and Knowledge Diffusion 1015-1215: Econometric Issues in Comparative Economics 1430-1630: Models of Autocracy See you there!
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerJust want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerElon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it. They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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- Over the course of several Saturdays, I ran (alone) or walked (with family/colleagues) the full length of the a 78-mile (126 km) Oxford Canal, from Hawkesbury Junction (north of Coventry) to Oxford via Rugby and Banbury. Beautiful countryside ❤️ 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_...
- RFBerlin rocks 🎅🤶🦌🛷🧑🎄
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- See you in Uppsala 🇸🇪 🎉
- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerThis is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerBeginning in Summer 2026, I will be one of the co-editors of Journal of Economic History. I will be taking over from Bishnu Gupta, who has done a fantastic job the last four years. Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
- Keynote in Dresden 🇩🇪 tomorrow. Christmas market from tower of Kreuzkirche ❤️
- Seminar at Birmingham University. Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
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- New survey on religion and gender with the amazing @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social 🎉
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- Reposted by Sascha O. BeckerWhat is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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- Yes, if we are missing important papers on gender and religion, let us know 🙏
- We wrote a survey on gender 🚻 and religion 🛐 Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
- The amazing Ricardo Dahis has created a web calendar with all Economics seminars in Melbourne: @monashuniversity.bsky.social Melbourne U, Deakin U and beyond. Such a great public good. melbourne-economics.org
- Reformation Day coverage of our research (2020 ASR and 2025 SocForces) describing Martin Luther as hyper-influencer 👉 2020 paper: doi.org/10.1177/0003... 👉 2025 paper: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... www.mdr.de/wissen/bildu...
- "Now, what belongs together is growing together." (Willy Brandt, November 1989) "Jetzt wächst zusammen, was zusammengehört"
- Great to see Bob Hart at the University of @stir.ac.uk today. Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin. Forever grateful to him 🙏
- Back home in 🏴 Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
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