Rigissa Megalokonomou

Our paper on human capital depreciation is finally forthcoming in the American Economic Review (joint work with @mikedinerstein and Constantine Yannelis). We show that human capital depreciates when skills are unused using data from teachers in Greece.

Our new working paper is out!

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions. econjobmarket.org/positions/11635

Job Alert! Come and join my team! I am looking for a cool person with a background in economics to join my research team as a postdoctoral fellow for 3 years at Monash Business School (Department of Economics) and Monash University. careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/en/…

So happy and proud for @raulmleonp! Sky is the limit 👏

📢 Call for Papers! 📢 Submit your work to METC 📄✨ 📍 Melbourne 🗓️ July 21-23 Keynote Speaker: Paola Conconi 🛑 Deadline: April 18, 2025 🔗 freit.org/METC/2025/ @rnahsan_eco, @cal_mcphilman, @maria_ptashkina and I can’t wait to learn about your research! Thank you @TBesedes

REStat will sponsor 5 early-career researchers with the aim of broadening the set of scholars who are able to participate in the applied microeconomics research meetings at the 2025 NBER Summer Inst. Applications due May 1st: nber.org/calls-papers-a… #econtwitter @RFisman

Our very own @PSotirakopoulos, with co-authors Sofoklis Goulas and Rigissa Megalokonomou, examine if teachers see all top-performing students as equally influential role models. Their new paper is in the esteemed journal, @PNASNews. Read #openaccess: bit.ly/4hzRhAe

My keynote on ‘building Inclusion at University and workplace’ at the Australian Gender Economics workshop 2025 was based on two papers of Research @AxaGenderLab with @savio_giulia @SilviaGriseld and with @Sevilla_Almu @Caro_cly @MargauxSuteau

🧨Last year was A BLAST, so it's happening again!!! The call for our 2nd Patras Applied Microeconomics (PAM) workshop is finally out there! Visit our website and send us your best work! #EconTwitter #PAMWorkshop pamworkshop.upatras.gr

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19793 Disruptive Peers and Academic Performance: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Sofoklis Goulas @BrookingsInst, Silvia Griselda @E61Institute, Rigissa Megalokonomou @MonashUni, @yveszenou1 @MonashUni ow.ly/opgT50Uucm4 #CEPR_LE #EconTwitter

✨ #IZAdventCalendar 2⃣0⃣ 🎁 Today's insight: Disruptive classmates have lasting impacts on academic and career outcomes. Test scores ⬇️Graduation chances ⬇️ STEM pursuits ⬇️ New research by @sofoklis_goulas, @SilviaGriseld, @rmegal, @yveszenou1 👇 newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/res…

Excited to share this @iza_bonn non-technical article of our recent paper on the impact of disruptive peers, co-authored with @yveszenou1, @SilviaGriseld and @sofoklis_goulas on the impact of disruptive peers!

Submit your paper to the 8th Workshop on Subjective Expectations at Nova SBE, Lisbon, June 9-10 2025, that I am organising with Basit Zafar Keynotes: Charles F Manski (Nortwhestern) and Nicola Gennaioli (Bocconi) Deadline: Jan 26 2025 forms.office.com/e/sqiZJQ9sZD

So excited about our new paper!