Dércio de Assis

Economist

[Dércio de Assis @DercioDeAssis]

Glad to share that I'm officially a Doctor of Economics. Special thanks to my main supervisors, Profs @ClimentQD and @SoniaOreffice, for their invaluable support throughout this journey. Many thanks also to my referees Profs @CmfValente and @sancharirm. 1/3

[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

Hi #EconTwitter!

Interested in #microeconometrics & causal inference?

Damian Clarke's (@UniofExeter) 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 is out! The website is free, open and very cool, with lots of code/data in #R, #Python & #Stata.

Useful for grad students!

[Royal Economic Society @RoyalEconSoc]

We’re delighted The Econometrics Journal will host a Special Session at #RES2026, exploring advances in Bayesian #econometrics.

Speakers include Andriy Norets (Brown) & Laura Liu (Pittsburgh), chaired by Flávio Cunha (Rice).

Book your place: https://t.co/oRqgBAPK0R

[The Review of Economic Studies @RevEconStudies]

New paper by Blandhol, Bonney, Mogstad, and Torgovitsky:

https://t.co/BrwFSZTYpx

#REStud
#EconX
#EconTwitter

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 The complex link between poverty and health 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, Adriana Lleras-Muney (@UCLA) discusses what drives the relationship between poverty and health, and what policymakers can do about it: https://t.co/sURzPnsptg

[Dércio de Assis @DercioDeAssis]

@SungJuWu Many congratulations, Sung!!! 🥳

[Giuseppe Ippedico @PeppeIppedico]

Only few days left to apply to the 3rd Nottingham Labour workshop 🏹📢

When: June 1-2, 2026

Keynotes: Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and @annastansbury (MIT)

🗓️ Submit by March 1 🗓️ Link: https://t.co/bTb1K6wuVw

[NBER @nberpubs]

Human capital is central to growth, and the elimination of poverty. Discussing obstacles to human capital accumulation and evidence on policies that can promote it, from Philippe Aghion, Ingvild Almås, and @CostasMeghir https://t.co/i2f37Uvd0n

[Dércio de Assis @DercioDeAssis]

#econtwitter

[The JHR @J_HumanResource]

Can taking antidepressants for #PostpartumDepression really help new moms long-term? Janet Currie & Esmée Zwiers say: not always - many keep using medications and struggle at work after childbirth. #OpenAccess

https://t.co/dZJZVsFrOX

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

One of Ceará's (Brazil) big innovations was creating sizeable incentives for mayors to boost learning *together* with informed technical support for how to do that. https://t.co/QXwPQx1mWo

[Dércio de Assis @DercioDeAssis]

@KhoaVuUmn 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia UFPB @ppge_ufpb]

Na próxima sexta-feira, 13/06, teremos o prazer em receber @DercioDeAssis (University of Nottingham) nos seminários do PPGE/UFPB, apresentando o paper Strangulation Laws and Intimate Partner Homicides. A apresentação ocorrerá no Miniauditório I, às 10h.

[Alex Theloudis @AlexTheloudis]

New Advances in Family Economics workshop in Bruges currently under way. An amazing lineup of papers & speakers, as always! @LeuvenEconomics @ecares_ulb

[OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives @OECD]

Anxiety disorders are most common among adolescents. But there are solutions to tackle declining mental health in children & young people, including:

➡️ School-based programmes
➡️Proactive peer-based support
➡️Suicide prevention initiatives

Learn more: https://t.co/2QcgKi3Pm6

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Using machine learning to detect corruption

Today on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discuss how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: https://t.co/aotaQBccGm

[Institute for New Economic Thinking @INETeconomics]

Supporting kids today makes for a better tomorrow.
👉 https://t.co/9DMZSU1fIN 👀
@sndurlauf grapples with generational mobility, persistent inequality, and the responsibility of economics in contributing to the transformational power of policy in #EconomicsOfChildhood

[The JHR @J_HumanResource]

Falling into poverty doesn’t just impact finances—it affects children’s health. Rune V. Lesner’s finds that children in households experiencing sudden financial hardship face higher rates of anxiety, malnutrition, and chronic illness.

https://t.co/Dzb3mHbC6Z

[UoNEconomics @UoNEconomics]

🚨 Call for papers...

📈 For the 23rd Annual @UoN_GEP / @cepr_org Postgraduate Conference

📅 Dates: 24-25th April

🗣️ Keynote speaker: @imanelici

📨 Deadline: 9th February

🔗 To learn more about submission head to: https://t.co/qsOHtqlx07

#cepr #econtwitter #PGR #conference

[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

Hi #EconTwitter! 📊

Interested in the #econometrics of shift-share research designs?

Check out this new survey by @borusyak, @instrumenthull and @XJaravel! It offers a fresh perspective on shift-share instruments and their applications to #economics.

Very interesting stuff!

Link: https://t.co/Js3aq7brAz

[Bilge Erten @BilgeErten]

@ClimentQD showing that strangulation laws reduce intimate partner homicides among younger population 9/