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Global Job Market: Spanish Professionals Move to South America
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title: Global Job Market: Spanish Professionals Move to South America
description: Patterns in immigration around the world naturally ebb and flow with time. In South America however, the trend in recent decades has been distinctly for more individuals to take their leave of the continent than to move to it. But now in the context of the global economic crisis and the problems in the euro zone, the migration patterns in this region are notably changing, and the destination of migrants is now shifting from well-known countries in the developed world to countries with emerging economies, especially in South America. The United States and Europe are no longer the only favored destinations for skilled migrants. Instead, many European residents, both foreign and national, are now looking to attain a better economic status for their families in South America. One of the most notable cases involves Mexican immigrants in the United States. In recent years the number of Mexicans who left their homeland to continue the dream of a better future in the USA is 50% lower than in 2010. Possible causes of the phenomenon are the decline in the U.S. economy, exhausting paperwork to gain residence in the US, and the decreasing birth rate in Mexico. Moving to the south of the continent, the situation appears to be even more striking: the flow of migration to Latin America shows that the southern tip of the continent is a major destination for foreign workers. Particularly Argentina, Chile and Brazil are seen as highly attractive for skilled immigrants both from neighboring countries and Europe. Some of the reasons for this include job market opportunities, a common language and the cultural similarities with Europe in the case of immigrants from the old continent. Spanish nationals represent the largest group of migrants to this region. In the last two years approximately 110,000 Spanish people left their home to move abroad, about two-thirds of which preferred developed countries, such as United States, France, Germany or Switzerland, while about 33,540 Spanish migr…
disambiguating description: Source: Estadística de Variaciones Residenciales y Estimaciones de la Población Actual, INE.
date posted: 2013-04-10T22:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-06-07T14:40:07Z
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University Rankings: Top 10 Economics Departments in Europe
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title: University Rankings: Top 10 Economics Departments in Europe
description: As we described in our previous post, both rankings use significantly different methodologies: QS Rankings – Economics and Econometrics The QS Ranking is based on a survey among academics, which asks them to rate universities by research output, a survey among employers, which asks these to rate universities on the quality of graduates, and then additionally faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, and ratios of international students and faculty.” RePEc – Top 25% Economics Departments Updated monthly and based on a variety of REPEC data, including number of authors, citations and popularity ratings, the REPEC department listing is in many ways the most complete economics department listing around. It is, however, reliant on authors and institutions registered with REPEC, which although very comprehensive, does not claim to be complete.”
disambiguating description: With the application deadlines for PhD and Master’s courses in Europe approaching, we decided to post a list of Top 10 European Economics Departments to support your decision when choosing the right institution. As all university rankings have their flaws and there is an obvious shortage of rankings for specific disciplines, we combined two ranking systems in one table: RePEc, Top 25% Economics Departments (February 2013) and QS World University Rankings by Subject (2012).
date posted: 2013-03-27T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-06-07T14:40:42Z
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MOOCs and Economics Education
type: Article
title: MOOCs and Economics Education
description: As a discipline, economics is well represented. The virtual opening of Marginal Revolution University in September 2012 is just one prime example of this. MR University is an open access site currently offering five MOOCs within economics. It is run by prominent economics bloggers (Marginal Revolution Blog) and George Mason University Professors Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. It offers participants the option to simply follow along with the material or to complete the lessons and a final exam for a certificate. One of the front-runners in the MOOC field is Coursera, which has an entire section devoted to Economics and Finance MOOCs. Listed on their site you can find over thirty courses being offered by professors at well known universities in the US, China, Mexico, Canada, and Australia with titles including Model Thinking, Economic Issues, Food & You, and Generating the Wealth of Nations. Similar in style, albeit smaller (400,000 users compared to Coursera’s 2.7 million), Udacity has also started making moves in the field of MOOCs. Their founders all come from computer science and engineering backgrounds, but they are offering some mathematics and statistics courses, although nothing directly in the field of economics. A non-profit project coordinated by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), edX is using the prestige behind its founder’s names to offer university level courses to the masses. The site currently offers courses from the two founding institutes as well as the University of California – Berkley, with additional institutions lined up to start offering their courses later this year and next year, including some international institutions from Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. EdX’s current economics-related courses include: an intro to statistics and a course on development economics. Another major player in the field is the Khan Academy – a non-profit backed by individual donors, as well as high-profil…
disambiguating description: Last year I wrote a post on whether free education would replace the skyrocketing tuition fees being faced around the world. A year later and this topic has expanded so much that it has a name: MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – and there are, literally, millions of them and the trend is growing fast, as illustrated by this ‘MOOC Timeline’.
date posted: 2013-03-13T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:39:43Z
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Rankings: Top 10 Economics Institutions in Asia
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title: Rankings: Top 10 Economics Institutions in Asia
description: Following our series of posts about the rankings of economics institutions, we decided to have a look at it in a regional context, starting with Asia. The list presented in this post is based on RePEc data, as it is one of the few rankings available for Economics specifically. Please note that only 887 institutions and 3019 authors, registered with RePEc, were included. If you are interested in more general rankings of Universities in Asia, it is worth having a look at the Top Asian Universities 2012-2013 by the THE World University Rankings or 2012-2013 Asian University Rankings by QS. To read about the difference in methodology for all the rankings listed above, see our earlier post University Rankings for Economics and Econ Department Directories. This ranking is: “based on a limited sample of the research output in Economics and Finance” “based on data about authors who have registered with the RePEc Author Service, institutions listed on EDIRC, bibliographic data collected by RePEc, citation analysis performed by CitEc and popularity data compiled by LogEc” „The average rank score is determined by taking a harmonic mean of the ranks in each method, except the first one (number of works), the best and the worst rank.“
disambiguating description: Data Source: RePEc, Top 12.5% Asia, as of January 2013
date posted: 2013-03-07T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-07-18T15:43:25Z
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Conferences & Prizes for Young Economists
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title: Conferences & Prizes for Young Economists
description: Below is an overview of some of the most interesting events currently listed on INOMICS. If you know of other conferences for young economists, please feel free to mention them in the comments below. Specifically for Young Economists: Irish Society of New Economists (September 5th – 6th, 2013) Co. Kildare, Ireland Paper Submission Deadline: June 10th, 2013 Participant Registration Deadline: July 15th, 2013 “The ISNE was formed to encourage research, information and social links among economists at the early stages of their careers in Ireland and Europe. The annual conference is intended for MSc, PhD students, and young professionals in the early stages of research. Eligibility to present has nothing to do with age.” Spring Meeting for Young Economists (May 30th – June 1st, 2013) Aarhus, Denmark Paper Submission Deadline: December 21st, 2012 Participant Registration Deadline: April 1st, 2013 “SMYE is an annual conference for talented young economists such as PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and assistant professors. The conference provides a forum for the best young economists from all fields of economics where they can discuss their work and share experiences, knowledge, and ideas.” Sixth National Graduate Students in Economics Conference – VI CNEPE 2013 (May 23rd-24th, 2013) Bahía Blanca, Argentina Paper Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2013 Deadline for participant registration: May 24th, 2013 “The National Graduate Students in Economics Conference is aimed at students enrolled in graduate programs in any branch of Economics and related disciplines at Argentine or foreign universities. The objectives of this conference are: to contribute to the dissemination of research results, to encourage a profitable exchange of ideas, and to promote the creation of bonds between members of the new generation of economists. Papers addressing any current research topic in Economics or related areas are welcome.” The 5th International Doctoral Meeting of Montpellier In Ec…
disambiguating description: After our post last summer about the trend for conferences and prizes aimed at young economists, several further events are coming up this year, which could be of interest to PhD students and young researchers. Some of these are specifically for students or junior academics whilst others offer financial support or prizes to those attending or presenting papers at the meeting.
date posted: 2013-02-25T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-06-07T14:44:09Z
language: en
keywords: economics
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type: advice
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disciplines: generaleconomics
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

Armen Alchian: A Great Loss to the Economics Community
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title: Armen Alchian: A Great Loss to the Economics Community
description: Known by colleagues as “the Armenian Adam Smith,” Dr. Alchian was a fixture at UCLA, the department he joined in 1946. He spent the entirety of his academic career at UCLA, remaining on active staff until 1984, when he took up his place as a professor emeritus. According to the UCLA Obituary, he kept his office on the campus open to students until 2007. In addition to his work at UCLA he was also affiliated with RAND Corporation, was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978) and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economics Association (1996). Dr. Alchian was best known as a price theorist, especially for his work in employer-employee relations. His most famous work is his coauthored 1964 Textbook Exchange and Production. It is in this publication that Alchian explains the “Alchian-Allen Effect” or Theorem; an effect explained as the result of “when a fixed cost is added to substitute goods, the more expensive one becomes relatively less expensive, and so people are likely to increase consumption of the higher quality good.” This theory has also come to be known as the ‘Third Law of Demand.” Dr. William Allen, Professor Emeritus at UCLA and coauthor of Exchange and Production, described Dr. Alchian’s approach to the economics profession as “broadly empirical and commonsensical, imaginatively utilizing fundamental theoretical concepts and straightforward logic to account for an astonishing variety of market and social phenomena”. A testament to his great work, his 1972 paper: “Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization” was recognized by the American Economic Review on their 100th Anniversary as one of the 20 most influential articles published. Many of today’s prominent economists are so because of his teaching. Here are a selection of his former students, admirers and others who have paid tribute to him in the economics blogosphere: UCLA’s Obituary Café Hayek: has written a few words, but promised more on the topic FEE (Foundatio…
disambiguating description: Yesterday, the 19th of Feb, the economics community lost another famed scholar – Armen Alchian, 98, professor emeritus at the University of California Los Angeles.
date posted: 2013-02-19T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:40:37Z
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Would You Date an Economist?
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title: Would You Date an Economist?
description: Some articles, like 21 Reasons Why You Should Never Date an Economist by INSEAD, give quite an explicit answer. Others take a more scientific approach, but still agree on one thing: if you are dealing with a dilemma as to whether you should go for an economist or not, you should be prepared that an economist will be very unlikely to resist a temptation to apply professionally learned principles to their love life, too. Surprisingly for some, many of their assumptions might turn out true. As a special treat for a Valentine’s Day, we gathered a small collection of articles and blog posts about how economists approach love and how dating can be explained using a more scientific approach. Before looking at them into detail though, you might want to have a look at the paper by Matthew E. Kopfler “Effects of Romantic Relationships on Academic Performance” … 1. Let’s start with How Economics Can Get You a Date – an exploratory video by Tim Harford 2. How Nobel Economic Prize Winners Solved Dating Problem – an explained application of Alvin Roth’s and Lloyd Shapley’s work to finding the One. 3. An Economist Goes to a Bar and Solves the Mysteries of Dating – a quest of understanding what makes people desirable, including the results of a speed-dating experiment by Ray Fishman. 4. Game theory applied to a first kiss and some other interesting observations through economic principles in Dating for Economists. 5. The Secrets of Dating With an Economic Twist is a post by The Everyday Economist, explaining how we pick our partners. 6. Why I’m Beginning To Understand The Economist Dating Jokes … by Jodi Beggs on Economists Do It With Models. 7. “LOVE-O-NOMICS” is a blog which is entirely dedicated to “economic evidence useful for normal people in their daily lives, and, indeed, to help you find The One“. 8. 14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You – a witty visual about how economists explain their feelings – in graphs! The image from the top of this post is actually taken from here. …
disambiguating description: Image Credit: Liz Fosslien Have you ever considered dating an economist, and if yes, what did you decide? If you are puzzled by this question, there are plenty of resources, which can help you to find an answer. The amount of material on this topic found by searching Google and the number of jokes made clearly indicate that it is indeed a hot topic, even more so on a Valentine’s Day.
date posted: 2013-02-13T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:41:44Z
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Economics Apps for iPhone and iPad
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title: Economics Apps for iPhone and iPad
description: If you know and use other apps, which we haven’t featured here, please let us know in the comments and we will be happy to add them! 1) If you want to track international news in your phone, all major media, including The Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek and The Wall Street Journal, have apps available for subscription. 2) A large number of free lectures and events from top universities, which you can simply download on your iPhone, are available in iTunes. For example, LSE Public Lectures and events or Principles of Microeconomics by MIT. If you are generally interested in more free economics podcasts, have a look at our previous post. 3) EconGrapher: Solve, Graph, and Touch Economics is an interesting tool with which you can make good-looking custom economics graphs and interact with economics models. There is also a version of the app specifically designed for academic professionals. Another interesting app for creating graphs is OmniGraphSketcher (available both in English and Japanese), which allows you to create freehand sketches and turns it into proper graphs. 4) Mathematics with PocketCAS pro could be a great help with any mathematical calculations that you’d need to make by automating algebraic formulas. It also enables users to create 2D and 3D graphs. 5) EconBiz is a “search portal for business and economics”, which offers access to hundreds of thousands books, journal articles and working papers. This app was initially financed by German research foundation and many articles are available in German only. 6) A2ZEconomy is an iPhone version of Android Indicators Online. It provides up-to-date US business and economic indicators from an array of government sources. 7) If you are just starting with economics, the Economics AP is a useful app to review materials and prepare better for the exams in Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Alternatively you might like to have a look at the EconClassroom or Study Econ. 8) And if you are just bored in the subway on t…
disambiguating description: Last year we published a list of “The Best Economics Android Apps”, with the intention to follow it up with a post about economics apps for iOS devices later. As promised, here is the list of the apps for economists, who prefer to use Apple products, and which could be useful for both students and professionals in economics.
date posted: 2013-02-06T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:42:30Z
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INOMICS Partners with IAEE
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title: INOMICS Partners with IAEE
description: IAEE’s values and dedication to the field of energy economics tie into what INOMICS strives to do within the greater economics community, so we are very excited to be working together closely over the coming months and years.
disambiguating description: The US-based International Association for Energy Economics is the world’s largest organization of Energy Economists with members from over 100 countries. Part of their mandate includes facilitating the mutual association of people interested in energy economics, in order to create a forum for professional discussion and to provide a means of international communication and exchange. Collaboration between INOMICS and IAEE has already benefitted both organizations in terms of consolidating global reach and sharing resources.
date posted: 2013-01-31T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:43:11Z
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PhD Graduates: Disciplines and Numbers
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title: PhD Graduates: Disciplines and Numbers
description: After our recent blog-post comparing the number of PhD graduates in the US and China we decided to have a closer look at the number of graduates in specific disciplines in the US, focusing on the change in the numbers of PhD graduates between 2001 and 2011 and see where Economics stands in comparison. Despite the general overall growth in the number of Doctorate degrees granted in the last ten years in the US, this growth was not spread equally across all disciplines. The largest number of PhDs in 2011 were awarded in Life Sciences (11,467), Physical Sciences (8,678) and Engineering (8,004). The biggest growth, both in relative and absolute terms also occurred within the same fields (about 30% in 10 years). Within the Physical Sciences the number of PhDs granted in computer science doubled (from 830 in 2001 to 1,710 in 2011), with significant growth also in Mathematics and Physics. In other disciplines the number of PhDs is traditionally lower. In 2011 5,014 Doctorates were granted in Humanities, 4,691 in Education and 4,526 in Social Sciences. The number of PhDs in Education fell from 6,356 in 2001 to 4,691 in 2011, and the number of PhDs in Humanities stayed almost at the same level, with a slight decrease. In contrast, the number of PhDs granted in Social Sciences grew: from 3,624 in 2001 to 4,526 in 2011. Within the field of Social Sciences, the majority of Doctorates were granted in Economics (with a slight growth since 2001), followed by the Political Science & Government (with a slight decline since 2010) and Sociology.
disambiguating description: Source: National Science Foundation, NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates
date posted: 2013-01-30T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-06-07T14:45:38Z
language: en
keywords: PhD students
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keywords: USA
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Top Economics Summer Schools 2013
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title: Top Economics Summer Schools 2013
description: Last year we published a list of the Top 10 Economics Summer Schools, many of which are running again this year. See the bottom of this post for links to them. Accordingly, here is our 2013 list of interesting economics summer schools taking place this year, giving you and your colleagues the opportunity to broaden your horizons in many sub disciplines of economics. This is not an exhaustive list, and a regularly updated list of summer schools looking for participants, and their deadlines, can be found here. Courses are listed by start date and many of them have approaching deadlines. ECORE Summer School on Governance and Economic Behavior May 27th – 30th, 2013 Leuven, Belgium An early summer school, this course is designed for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers interested in Governance and Economic Behavior. The Summer School includes speakers from NYU, CIT, and UC Berkley. ESTIMATE – Early Summer Tutorial in Modern Applied Tools of Econometrics May 31st – June 2nd, 2013 East Lansing, MI, USA Hosted by Michigan State University, an intensive weekend workshop “gives empirical practitioners, academic researchers, industry/government researchers/analysts, and graduate students, access to econometrics training usually reserved for students formally enrolled in PhD programs at MSU”. The workshop’s focus is “modern econometrics tools as used in practice”. Berlin International Summer School 2013: European Business and Economics Programme (EBEP) June 23rd – July 20th, 2013 Berlin, Germany This interdisciplinary summer school in Berlin, Germany is “specifically focused on the European Union in terms of politics, intercultural management, marketing, and economics. Students are being offered a multidisciplinary approach to the headline topic including visits to institutions and to an automobile company as well as German language & culture classes at beginners level.” London School of Economics Executive Summer School 2013 June 24th – 28th and July 1st – 5th, 2013 …
disambiguating description: With ice on the ground and a chill in the air (at least for those living in northern climes), it is nice to think about the summer and all of the welcome things it brings: warmth, flowers, and, of course, new career and training opportunities.
date posted: 2013-01-23T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-06-07T14:48:48Z
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AEA 2013 Annual Meeting: Links and Resources
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title: AEA 2013 Annual Meeting: Links and Resources
description: Highlights of ASSA (pt.1) & Highlights of ASSA (pt.2), by Jonathan B. Wright on Economics and Ethics Jurassic Economics at ASSA-AEA 2013 by Pedro G Duarte on the Blog of the Institute for New Economic Thinking Rough Transcript: Stimulus or Stymied?: The Macroeconomics of Recessions by Brad De Long Bad Advice from Experts, Herding, and Bubbles by Mark Thoma Is Economics Divided Into Warring Ideological Camps? By Noah Smith A Chart to Explain the Last 30 Years by Ken Houghton Think Tanks in the Economics Profession (Graph: ASSA Average Participants, 2011-2013) by Menzie Chinn Do People Really Think Cheaper Vaccines Are More Valuable? and Gender Differences in Propensity to Do Favors By Matthew Yglesias The Case for the Prosecution on Free Exchange Endless Chatter by Matthew Kahn 2103 AEA Annual Meeting Webcasts of Selected Sessions2013 AEA Continuing Education Webcasts (AEA Members only) And already a famous tweet from Justin Wolfers: “Blogs already teach people more economics than Principles [of economics] classes do.” -@tylercowen at #ASSA2013
disambiguating description: Two weeks having passed since ASSA 2013 we have put together a list of links from economics blogs, which highlight some of the sessions, papers and thoughts triggered by the discussions. If you have found more interesting resources share them with us in the comments!
date posted: 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:43:54Z
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Chinese PhDs vs US PhDs
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title: Chinese PhDs vs US PhDs
description: There has been a lot of discussion about the rapid growth in the number of [PhD] graduates in China; a development which has raised a lot of concerns about the quality of tertiary education in the country. Chinese PhD graduates already outnumber the annual number of fresh Doctorates from the USA, which is traditionally the largest PhD producer in the world. The trend seems to be fostered by China’s ambitious goals: according to official information published on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Education, the country aimed to award 125,153 doctorates in 2011, which is about two and a half times more than the number of PhDs actually awarded in the previous year, according to the same website. If we compare data for the US and China over the last 9 years, we will see that in 2010 China already had slightly more PhDs graduating than in the US. The graph above illustrates the enormous growth of the number of Doctorates in China since 2002: in 2002 only 14,368 PhDs were awarded in China (compared to 40,030 in the US in the same year), whereas two years later the number of Doctorates awarded had doubled (27,677 in 2005) and almost quadrupled by 2010 (48,987). The US demonstrated a much more modest growth (40,030 PhDs awarded in 2002 compared to 48,069 in 2010) and even experienced a slight decline in numbers in 2010 compared to the two previous years. As of yet there is no official data available for 2011 and 2012, but it will be very interesting to see how close China came to the target set.
disambiguating description: Source: Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (China), The Survey of Earned Doctorates, National Science Foundation (US)
date posted: 2013-01-12T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-07-18T15:44:56Z
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discipline labels: Business
discipline labels: Psychology
discipline labels: Management
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

University Rankings for Economics and Econ Department Directories
type: Article
title: University Rankings for Economics and Econ Department Directories
description: Below I have linked a variety of institution and department rankings relevant for economists, noting for each how they are calculated and how they may be used. Broadly there are two “types” of ranking: first the “big three”, which rate universities across all subject areas but which also offer some figures broken down by department, and second those rankings purely focused on economics departments and institutions. Enjoy. General University Rankings 1) Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in Economics and Business This popular ranking for universities across all subjects also offers rankings for specific subject areas, including Economics and Business. The ARWU Ranking is based on six factors, including the number of papers published and citations, the number of “highly cited” authors and the numbers of Nobel Prize winners from an institution. The top 50 universities for economics and business are listed in full, with those ranked 51-200 “clustered” into groups of 25 or 50 universities. Recently the ability has been added for students and staff (current or former) to rate institutions based on their experience there. Currently this does not provide a ranking as such, but can be accessed by looking at the profile for each institution. 2) QS Rankings – Economics and Econometrics The QS Rankings, like the Shanghai ARWU, is first and foremost a ranking of universities, although a breakdown by subject area is available too. The QS Ranking is based on a survey among academics, which asks them to rate universities by research output, a survey among employers, which asks these to rate universities on the quality of graduates, and then additionally faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, and ratios of international students and faculty. QS has also recently introduced a “Stars” system which awards it to universities based on a wider range of criteria, from teaching/research quality, to infrastructure and specialist subject criteria. From 2004 to 2009 …
disambiguating description: Following the entry on this blog last month about countries with the most top 100 economics departments according to REPEC data, I thought it a worthwhile pursuit to look a little more into these rankings, and to seek out some alternatives to that offered by REPEC.
date posted: 2013-01-08T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-07-18T15:48:35Z
language: en
keywords: Econ Rankings
keywords: Economics Rankings
keywords: Shanghai Rankings
keywords: THE Rankings
keywords: Economics Departments Rankings
keywords: Econ Departments Rankings
keywords: QS Rankings
keywords: University Rankings
type: advice
disciplines: economics
disciplines: socialscience
disciplines: generaleconomics
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

Demand for Econ PhDs, the Nobel Prize, Rankings, Economics Apps, Salaries and Other Top Blog Posts 2012
type: Article
title: Demand for Econ PhDs, the Nobel Prize, Rankings, Economics Apps, Salaries and Other Top Blog Posts 2012
description: 1. Supply and Demand for New Ph.D’s in Economics Based on the Survey of the labor market for new Ph.D hires in economics 2011-2012 2. Ranking Economics Departments: Number of Top Institutions by Country The percentage of Economics Departments by Country in the World’s “Top 100 Economics Departments” (based on RePEc rankings). 3. Where are the economists coming from? A list of countries with the highest number of Economics graduates. 4. Top Apps for Economists A list of economics apps for Android available in the market. 5. Salaries for Econ PhDs in the US How much do Economics PhDs earn in the US? 6. Has Economics Education become too mathematical? Justin Campbell’s post on the role of mathematics in economics education. 7. Top Economics Podcasts A collection of free economics podcasts. 8. Top Economics Conferences 2012 Recently we also published a list of Top Finance Conferences 2013 9. Nobel Prize in Economics 2012: Winners Announced A tribute to Alvin A. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley. 10. Google Economics A contribution from guest blogger Max Berre on why Google hires economists. 11. Infographic: Economics Job Market 2012 Findings from the Economics Job Market Report 2012 in one picture.
disambiguating description: As we reached the end of the year 2012, we decided to compile a list of the top INOMICS blog posts, those that received a record number of visitors throughout the year. Enjoy your reading and Happy New Year to everyone!
date posted: 2012-12-26T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:44:46Z
language: en
keywords: economics
keywords: New Year
keywords: Blog
keywords: Top Posts
type: blog
disciplines: marketing
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discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

Top Finance Conferences 2013
type: Article
title: Top Finance Conferences 2013
description: Below is our list of the top finance conferences around the world, tackling a range of tough financial topics – both academic and otherwise (ordered by date): 1. A New Global Financial Architecture in the Aftermath of the Crisis: A European View South Tyrol, Italy – February 10th – 17th “The organizers are seeking to bring together international researchers, academics and central bankers interested and involved in the field of international financial architecture. The aim of the conference is to cover a broad range of related topics, both theoretical and empirical.” 2. Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development Southampton, UK – March 6th “Papers are welcome on theoretical and empirical topics, examining all aspects of recent developments in banking, international banking, finance and banking, and the linkage between banking and the economy”. The organizers welcome participants not presenting papers as well. 3. 7th International Finance Conference Paris, France – March 7th – 9th This international conference aims to bring together academics, researchers and policy makers to tackle this year’s theme: Current issues in international financial markets: assessments and modeling. 4. Islamic Finance: New Realities, New Challenges Lahore, Pakistan – March 11th-12th In a global context, this conference looks at the intersection of Islam and finance: “Global Forum on Islamic Finance is aimed at providing an opportunity for researchers, scholars and practitioners to share knowledge regarding the dynamics of Islamic finance.” 5. Finance and Banking Conference – FIBA 2013 Bucharest, Romania – March 28th – 29th The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars interested in the fields of insurance, corporate finance and investments, public finance, financial markets and institutions, macroeconomic stability, and banking. 6. 16th Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research Zurich, Switzerland – April 12th The conference, now in its sixteenth year…
disambiguating description: In today’s global world, the transfer of information is crucial to success. Since the start of the recession in 2008 financial issues have increasingly been among the hottest discussion topics around the world – in particular the balancing of books and budgets, whether in supranational financial unions like the EU, individual countries, businesses or households. From the academic perspective, there is still much to be explored in the world of finance.
date posted: 2012-12-16T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-07-18T16:10:42Z
language: en
keywords: conference
keywords: congress
keywords: workshop
keywords: Research
keywords: meeting
keywords: finance
type: advice
disciplines: economics
disciplines: financialeconomics
disciplines: socialscience
disciplines: finance
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Financial Economics (JEL G)
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: Finance

Economics Conferences in China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand 2013
type: Article
title: Economics Conferences in China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand 2013
description: 1. Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association February 16-18, Tokyo, Japan The conference welcomes researchers who use experimental methods to learn about economic behavior, including not only economists, but also scholars in psychology, neuroscience and other related disciplines. It is organized by the Economic Science Association and hosted by the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo. Limited travel funds are available. 2. 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference March 14-17, Tokyo, Japan This prominent conference is organized by the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) and hosted by Keio University, the Tokyo Center for Economic Research, and the Keio-Kyoto Joint Global CEO Program. Topics will include economic activity in Asia and the Pacific, the world economy, financial fragility and reform and many others. The keynote address will be given by the 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Robert Engle. 3. 2013 Global Business, Economics and Finance (GBEF) Conference May 9-11, Wuhan, China Hosted by the Economics and Management School at Wuhan University, the conference will bring together academics and researchers from the broad areas of Accounting, Banking, Finance, Economics, Management and Marketing. Submitted papers will have a chance to be published in one of four international peer-reviewed journals. 4. The 1st Annual Xiamen University International Workshop on Economic Analysis of Institutions May 18-19, Xiamen, China The Workshop invites research papers that “adopt an economic approach in analyzing the role of institutions in economic, political and social development”. Not only economists, but also scholars from other disciplines like history, political science, anthropology and sociology are encouraged to participate. 5. 3rd Annual International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Economics Research May 20-21, Bangkok, Thailand The QQE Conference welcomes researchers, academics and students with a strong interest and exper…
disambiguating description: Following our earlier post from November about Economics Conferences in 2013, we have now published a (chronological) list of Conferences in Economics and Statistics taking place in the Asia-Pacific Region. If you know of other interesting, economics-related events in the region, please share these with us in the comments at the end of this post.
date posted: 2012-12-05T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2024-07-18T16:11:28Z
language: en
keywords: economics
keywords: china
keywords: Hong Kong
keywords: Finance Singapore
keywords: Thailand
keywords: conferences
type: advice
disciplines: economics
disciplines: socialscience
disciplines: generaleconomics
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

INOMICS and ERSA Announce Partnership
type: Article
title: INOMICS and ERSA Announce Partnership
description: The European Regional Science Association (ERSA) is the supranational grouping of national regional science associations across Europe. Members are academics, policy professionals and researchers interested in spatial economics and planning, regional and local development and related issues. They are drawn largely from the disciplines of economics, geography and urban planning. INOMICS is proud to provide ERSA members with information about career opportunities, conferences and workshops relevant to them. Additionally, INOMICS is working with member associations of ERSA to help them promote their own events and opportunities to a wider, international field of economists and professionals in related fields. We are looking forward to a productive partnership into 2013 with ERSA, as well as our other existing and future partners. If you are interested in close cooperation with INOMICS, please contact us to discuss how we could work together.
disambiguating description: INOMICS continues and expands its working partnership with the European Regional Scienc Association (ERSA) into 2013.
date posted: 2012-12-04T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-06-22T08:56:20Z
employment type: onsite
language: en
keywords: conference
keywords: workshops
type: blog
disciplines: marketing
disciplines: economics
disciplines: education
disciplines: law
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disciplines: business
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disciplines: generaleconomics
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discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

Top Apps for Economists
type: Article
title: Top Apps for Economists
description: As Android devices are dominating in the global market, we decided to start drafting a list of economics apps available for the Android operating system. We will cover apps for economists available for Apple devices in a later blog post. The main distribution platforms for apps are App store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry App World. It is interesting to have a look at Google Play to see which apps for economists are currently available on the market. 1) Best Opencourse Video collects videos from the top universities around the world and allows you to access classes in a variety of subjects, including Economics, on your phone for free. 2) If you like to follow international news, you might like The Economist’s app and The Economic Times. They give free access to the editor’s highlights and allow you to stay updated with unrivalled coverage of markets, business and economy news as it happens. More than half a million people use these apps. 3) In a previous blog post we already talked about podcasts for economists available online. The NPR Money Economy Podcaster app collects together the best of NPR podcasts dedicated to business, the economy, and all kinds of money matters. Bloomberg Radio gives you access to in-depth interviews and insightful analysis from the most influential names in Finance, Business, Economics and Investment. ​4) FRED Economic Data is the perfect app for students, financial market professionals, academics and anyone else interested in economic data. It offers full access to over 40,000 economic data series from 37 regional, national and international sources. To have access to business, economic, and financial indicators use Indicators Online, while if you are interested in key economic indicators for the U.S., try America’s Economy for Phone, the app created by the U.S. Census Bureau. 5) Economics Study Aid and Quiz reinforces key economic concepts and improves your memory through interactive multiple-choice quizzes, flashcar…
disambiguating description: Apps (already “Word of the Year” in 2010), have become an integral part of our everyday lives, bringing to our phones not only entertainment, but also helpful tools to be used for educational and professional purposes. Downloadable for free or for a price, there are a number of handy apps created especially for economists, which come in the form of data sets, quizzes, educational videos, podcasts or simply mobile versions of media.
date posted: 2012-11-28T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:46:12Z
employment type: onsite
language: en
keywords: economics
keywords: Applications
keywords: Educational Apps
keywords: Apps
keywords: Android
type: blog
disciplines: economics
disciplines: socialscience
disciplines: generaleconomics
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)

Economics Job Market: ASSA Meeting 2013
type: Article
title: Economics Job Market: ASSA Meeting 2013
description: We are currently sitting a month and a half out from one of, if not the largest economics conferences. The AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting 2013 is taking place from January 4-6, 2013 in San Diego, California with over 10,000 academics to gather, present, discuss, and socialize over the weekend. This meeting marks an important point in the lives of the hundreds of graduating PhD students in the field of economics. It is where they are likely to meet their future employers in the form of first round interviews for academic positions at many North American and international institutions. Starting today, Job Market Signalling is open on the AEA website and will remain open until November 29 for PhD graduates hoping to meet with top choice employers at ASSA. This momentous occasion is something that aspiring academic economists need to prepare for. Noah Smith over at Noahpinion has a great post on how he tackled the ‘Job Market’ last year, landing him a position as an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University this year. Alternatively, there is extensive guide from 2003 written by John Cawley outlining what can be expected during all stages (there are three!) and where best to position yourself. To see where you fit in the global market, you can also read through the INOMICS Job Market Report 2012, which outlines preferences and trends from the perspectives of both economists and employers. One point to be taken out of these guides is that timing and organization are everything. There are far fewer academic positions available than people who want them, making the experience a competitive one. If you haven’t started your preparation and you intend on having a job next year, you might consider getting a move on or looking at alternatives to the traditional Job Market path. There are countless alternatives to taking up an immediate position as a full time lecturer or professor at a university. A couple of options include: taking a postdoctoral research position, gaining practic…
disambiguating description: It is that time of year again!
date posted: 2012-11-14T23:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-07T12:47:50Z
language: en
keywords: economics
keywords: assa 2013
keywords: jobs
keywords: American Economic Association
keywords: Job Market
keywords: AEA
keywords: conferences
type: blog
disciplines: economics
disciplines: socialscience
disciplines: generaleconomics
discipline labels: Economics
discipline labels: Economics and Social Sciences
discipline labels: General Economics (JEL A)