Jan Kabatek 💙💛
Associate Professor at the Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne.
www.jankabatek.com
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- If you'd like to embed a Bluesky feed on your website, check out this neat and simple widget: github.com/Vincenius/bs...
- By the same token, Alfredo was just promoted to Full Professor, and I am sure the whole Wollongong is dancing in the streets. 🕺🎵🎶
- My greatest 2025 accomplishment is that I pushed through a (very mundane) request that was summarily rejected by our central HR. Becoming Associate is nice and all that, but Jan vs. Kafka was the true fight of the year. 🤜🤛
- While most of us are enjoying a peaceful holiday season, this horrific war is still happening. Please consider donating to the Ukrainian cause 💙💛 u24.gov.ua
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- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
- What. A. Line-up!!! This is going to be such an amazing event, do make sure to submit your work! 🌈❤️
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- 💻🏠 Work From Home arrangements are here to stay, so let's unpack their consequences for workers' mental health! Take a look at @theconversation.com piece in which we explore the key findings of our new study 👇
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- Can working from home benefit your mental health? Here's the promised Conversation article, reporting on the results of our new longitudinal study. TL;DR: Hybrid work is most beneficial, and women benefit more than men. theconversation.com/whats-workin... The study itself: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
- Really happy to see this paper published! We looked into the effects of WFH on mental health, finding substantive positive effects for women ♀️ A non-technical article in The Conversation is soon to follow, so watch this space 😊
- Happy to see some uplifting 🌈 news! EU court rules in favour of cross-border recognition of same-sex marriage rights. This is a big step towards marriage equality in member countries that are still dragging their feet on this matter. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/... - Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛[Not loaded yet]
- Our new website for coding university expenses should be paying some serious royalties to the Franz Kafka's estate.
- AI-generated cake
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- Super excited for the inaugural summit of LGBTQ+ Economists and Allies in Asia-Pacific (LEAP)! Come and join us in beautiful Melbourne on May 13-14, 2026! ❗𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐃𝐞𝐜❗ melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...
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- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/
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- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛🎉 EALE is now on Bluesky! Follow us here for updates, news, and everything related to the European Association of Labour Economists. We look forward to connecting with you in this new space! #EALE
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- I've been on plenty of flights that were delayed because of late passengers. Waiting for a late captain, though... That's a new one. #qantas
- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛It's mid-October & ARC haven't updated us since mid-July on the Brand New Grants System. When will we be told? What schemes will even run? ARC "paused" (cancelled?) the only Indigenous scheme, plus Laureates & all Industry Fellowships, and so far there's no replacements. ARC? Anyone?
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- A really neat article on fertility: ourworldindata.org/total-fertil... Charts out the fertility dynamics and explains the complicated relationships between different statistical measures, such as TFR and CCFR.
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- On the topic of social media ban: I'm really curious how it'll play out. My Slav reference frame had me initially thinking that this will be a completely ineffective political gesture, but based on conversations with teachers, the ban might give parents more agency in saying "no" to social media.
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- 👏 Bravi! 👏
- The list of social media platforms that Australia is considering to ban (under the new restrictions for Aussie teenagers) includes—yes, you read that right—GitHub. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne! Applications close November 23, 2025 Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
- What a great photo of our campus!
- Hello 👋 We're the official #UniMelb account! Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
- The applications close next week! 😊
- 📢 We're hiring! 📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️
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- 📢 We're hiring! 📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️
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- 🦘 Australia deviates from the rest of the OECD by not having an official poverty measure (❗) Melbourne Institute's Melek Cigdem-Bayram proposes a comprehensive poverty indicator that tracks numerous aspects of socio-economic deprivation 👇 theconversation.com/we-cant-fix-...
- 📢We're hiring!📢 Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇 econjobmarket.org/positions/11... econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes Come join us in beautiful Melbourne! ‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️
- Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more. Melbourne Institute is 100% awesome! 💗
- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
- And that's a wrap of the 2025 Labour Econometrics Workshop 😊 We've seen great presentations, inspiring keynotes, and all the flavours of Melbourne weather 🌈 Thank you everyone for making this year extra special! ❤️
- 👰🤵 While the "costs of living" seem to be a convenient argument for the very low divorce rates currently experienced in Australia, I am not sure about it. A much more likely cause is COVID and its profound consequences on relationship dynamics. (short thread) theconversation.com/australias-d...
- A while ago I gave a talk on "Doing research with Australian population-level administrative data" (specifically, PLIDA). The talk contained tips and tricks that may prove useful to both beginners and experts, and so I am sharing the slides here: jankabatek.com/embed/plida/
- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor. It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have). 🧵
- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛Ben Jann’s #coefplot has made its way into countless figures in applied economics papers. It’s a staple in many Stata workflows—but the corresponding paper has fewer than 400 citations.
- Reposted by Jan Kabatek 💙💛❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French? ➡️ New Working Paper: Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek www.nber.org/papers/w33984 A 🧵 1/12
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