Gabriel Facchini

New preprint! We re-analyze 46 papers that use log-like specifications (ln(Z+1), inverse hyperbolic sine, etc). We find widespread non-robustness, and we show through theory + simulation how these models drive spurious significance. 1/ doi.org/10.31222/osf.i…

Every journal editor should read this: causalinf.substack.com/p/claude-code-…

📢 We're hiring Research Assistants at @CUNEF Universidad (Madrid)! Positions available across several fields in economics. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis — apply early! More details & apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12335 #EconJobs #EconTwitter

¡Atención colegas! En CAF lanzamos una convocatoria a proyectos de investigación en temas de vivienda en América Latina y el Caribe. Deadline: 8 de Marzo. Más detalles en el siguiente link: caf.com/en/work-with-u… @AgendaCAF

🚨🚨🚨The call for papers for our *Workshop on Public Policies* is out: ieb.ub.edu/en/event/iv-wo… Amazing keynotes by @michelacarlana and @MatthewJLindQ Send your papers by February 22nd to join us in June (15&16) in Barcelona!

🚨 Deadline extension 🚨 The deadline for the COSME Workshop on Gender Economics (May 29–30 at @FundacionAreces, Madrid) has been extended until this Friday, Feb 6. Send us your best paper! Keynote speakers include Paola Giuliano and Nagore Iriberri. genderworkshop.com/en/cosme-works…

📄🗓️Send us your papers! We're organizing a new workshop at the Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum on the Economics of Families, Gender and Work (June 8-9), with @farre_lidia and @anacostaramon Join us!

📢 Call for Papers — Special Issue Fertility and Family Dynamics: Mechanisms, Policy, and Welfare Fertility rates have fallen well below replacement across rich and middle-income countries. We invite papers that go beyond accounting to identify causal mechanisms and evaluate pronatalist/promarriage policies using explicit welfare criteria. 📅 Submission deadline: Nov 2, 2026 📘 Journal Special Issue (Elsevier) ✍️ Guest editor: Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland) sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

📢#CallforPapers - RFBerlin-CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026 Submit a paper or express interest in attending the 2026 @RF_Berlin - CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics. Organisers: Hyejin Ku @ucl @RF_Berlin, Jérôme Adda @Unibocconi @RF_Berlin ow.ly/hYc250Xmp4C

What happens when Swedish women are biologically incapable of naturally bearing children? They earn roughly the same as men! Bravo to @landais_camille et al - who examine a rare congenital condition to track the gender pay gap. (Assuming these women are otherwise normal).

📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being. Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues. Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/s… About the event: rfberlin.com/event/health-e… #CallForPapers #AcademicTwitter #EconTwitter #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 @CUNEF Univ. is hiring Assistant Professor in Economics and related fields. Application deadline: November 15 ⏰ More info: econjobmarket.org/positions/11857 Apply to join one of Europe’s most dynamic economics departments! #econtwitter

📢 Call for Papers! CAF and WELAC (LACEA) invite submissions for the Workshop on Gender, Households, and Inequality (Dec 16–17, Buenos Aires). 📄 Call: caf.com/media/4677150/… 📅 Deadline: August 3 @voxlacea @AgendaCAF

❓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 nber.org/papers/w33984 A🧵1/12

In the Big 🍎 all July!!! If you're around or just wandering through, say hi / drop me a DM. #NYC

Forthcoming in the JEL: "Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner’s Guide" by Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, and Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

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📢CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop on "𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝑼". 📍SME, University of Turin 🗓️November 6-7, 2025 Deadline: June 15, 2025 We await your papers!

What Works to Stop #Violence Against #Women? Event co-organized by the ERC-funded project #WomEmpower led by IEB's researcher Nuria Rodríguez-Planas, and @OECD, brought together researchers and policymakers to bridge the gap between evidence and action on gender-based violence.

🚨 The call for the III Spanish Workshop on Development Economics is out! Organized by the Spanish Network of Development Economists (SPANDE) and hosted by @FundacionAreces on Oct 21–22 in Madrid. Keynotes: Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra (UChicago) & Sylvie Lambert (PSE). 1/2