Dimitria Freitas

PhD Candidate in Economics interested in Spatial, Urban, Labor Economics, and Political Economy. HU Berlin & Thuenen Institute.

[Dimitria Freitas @DimitriaFreitas]

I’m incredibly honored to have received the SOLE Poster Prize 🏆 for my paper:
“The Effect of Public Sector Relocations on Regional Development in Germany“ at the 6th World Labor Conference in Toronto!

#SOLE2025 #EconTwitter

[JEEA @JEEA_News]

Forthcoming article "Wealth and its Distribution in Germany, 1895–2021" by Thilo N H Albers, @CharlyBartels and @MSchularick
@EEANews @OUPAcademic

Teaching materials available: https://t.co/tCzfSWh4Lu

https://t.co/XdRtQgIOuj

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👉🏽 I’ll be in London for the rest of the week, so if anyone is around and would like to chat, I’d be very happy to grab a coffee ☕ !

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I had a wonderful time presenting my research on public sector relocations and regional development at the @UrbanEconomics Summer School 2026 at LSE!

[Urban Economics Association @UrbanEconomics]

A huge thank you to all the students and faculty who participated in the UEA Summer School this year!

It was an incredible week of research discussions. We are grateful to everyone who joined us and made the experience so special.

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I really enjoyed the lectures and the chance to meet very cool people doing very cool research in urban economics!

Many thanks to the organizers, speakers, and fellow participants for making it such a fun few days.

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Many thanks as well to Sara Bagagli and Elena Renzullo for organizing such a strong workshop.

PS: If you are an early career woman working in the field, I can highly recommend applying for next year’s edition of the workshop!

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It was a great experience to present my paper, “The Effect of Public Sector Relocations on Regional Development in Germany,” at the 2nd LSE Workshop for Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics!

https://t.co/GB3xjGHISp

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It was a genuinely rewarding workshop with an engaged and knowledgeable audience. Special thanks to @henryoverman for serving as my discussant and for very helpful comments, and to all participants for the thoughtful discussion.

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On the current state of the purpose-built capital Nusantara by the NYT: "The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic." https://t.co/KWZtclsVMn

[Rafael Dix-Carneiro @dix_rafael]

🚨 Forthcoming in Econometrica!

How does trade liberalization affect developing countries with large informal sectors?

Informality fundamentally changes how we think about the gains from trade. (1/5)

[Kamila Cygan-Rehm @CyganRehm]

Thanks for visiting and presenting your new paper on parental leave at @tu_dresden, Libertad @LibertadGonLu!

[Rosa Sanchis-Guarner @RosaSanchisG]

Submissions open to the 8th Workshop on urban economics hosted by the @FundacioIEB at the University of Barcelona on the 17-18 of June. Keynotes by @Ahlfeldt and Lu Han (Wisconsin). Come join us under the 🌼 ☀️!. Submit your papers by the 15 March. https://t.co/UuGc6Khgjj

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

#QJE Feb 2026, #7, “Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns,” by Rao (@nirupama_rao) and Risch: https://t.co/VdStB3xymS

[FIW - Research Centre International Economics @CentreFiw]

📢 CfP: 9th WIEN Workshop

Join us for a two-day meeting that brings together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains, and economic geography.

📍University of Vienna
📅Deadline: 15.03.2026
🗒️https://t.co/lzqwjfYHai

#WIEN2026 #ResearchOpportunity

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There is still an open vote for the best poster. If you found the topic interesting, I would be grateful for your support: https://t.co/QaJsd5Wnr5

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I was delighted to participate in the CEPR Paris Symposium 2025! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for the serious engagement, constructive, specific feedback and comments on my poster on “The Effect of Public Sector Relocations on Regional Development”!

[CEPR @cepr_org]

The final panel of the 2025 CEPR Paris Symposium was hosted at @francediplo and featured Nicole Gnesotto @DelorsInstitute, @YGorodnichenko @berkeleyecon, @ilzetzki @LSEEcon @CFMUK, and @MSchularick @kielinstitute @ScPoEcon discussing defence and strategic sovereignty. The discussion was moderated by @MESandbu @fteconomics. #CEPRParis2025 @francediplo_EN

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A huge thank you to the organizers and facilitators for this well-organized and exceptionally high quality event!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”

#NobelPrize

[Society of Labor Economists @SOLE_Labor_Econ]

1 month left to submit your work for the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists, held May 1–2, 2026, at the Hilton Denver City Center. Complete papers should be submitted, 1 submission per individual. Deadline October 31! https://t.co/LpXff4kgt0

[Dimitria Freitas @DimitriaFreitas]

It was a pleasure to connect with both familiar and new faces.
Thank you for the wonderful time!

[Dimitria Freitas @DimitriaFreitas]

So much just happened at this year‘s #VfS_Conf2025!

I had the honor to chair the session “The Great Reallocation – Public Policy and the Geography of Growth” and to present my paper “Public Sector Relocations and Regional Development in Germany.”

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I also greatly benefited from the two-day #econjobmarket preparation seminar!

Many thanks to @UhlendorffA , @makro_philip, @PingerPia & @econ_hmg and all participants for the targeted and constructive feedback.