Spannende Postdoc Stelle in unserer tollen Forschungsgruppe 'Bildung und Humanvermögen' am Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)! Es geht um die Evaluation des größtes Bundesprogramms zum Abbau von Bildunsgungleichheiten! #Startchancenprogramm Standort Berlin oder Wiesbaden möglich! Bis 2030! Bitte RT. 👇

„Wir sollten die Preise für den ÖPNV in Nebenzeiten stark reduzieren!“ Mein Meinungsbeitrag zur Bepreisung des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs (ÖPNV) im Tagesspiegel Tagesspiegel Background Verkehr & Smart Mobility 👇 background.tagesspiegel.de/verkehr-und-sm…

📢 #CallForPapers: WeLaR is seeking papers for 12 June 2025 conference in Brussels: "The effects of digitalisation, globalisation, climate change & demographic shifts on labour markets & welfare states in the EU." 🗓️Abstract deadline: 14 March ➡️Detalis: bit.ly/3Wm0R0X

A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points. This is partly motivated by the fact that I have received questions from several people on these issues, and I feel like it may be useful to lay out my thinking in simple terms in one place. We are

At the American Economics Association I gave an overview on Working from Home trends, facts, figures and research. If anyone is interested here are the slides. Free to share, use for teaching, discussions etc. dropbox.com/scl/fi/m0d5rtg…

1/ 🆕 I was honored to serve on a 𝗚𝟳 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 on “AI and Economic and Financial Policymaking” alongside Luis Videgaray Caso Michael Wooldridge and other great collaborators. Our report is now available 🌐 #EconTwitter

When I started talking about Oligarchy, many people didn't understand what I meant. Well, that's changed. When the 3 wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government. We must fight

What is the meaning of life? What would you remember as bringing satisfaction, meaning, and purpose to your life? These are the modest questions that David Lagakos, Stelios Michalopoulos and I try to answer by "interviewing" over 1,400 Americans. We don't get to talk to them

Ich suche eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in für meinen Lehrstuhl für Sozialpolitik und öffentliche Finanzen an der RUB. Spannende Aufgaben, tolles Umfeld. Bewerben bis 17.02., Start ab dem Sommersemester. Hier geht es zur Ausschreibung: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e4a…

Dear Elon Musk , As a German entrepreneur, I am deeply grateful for the entrepreneurial inspiration you provide to millions around the globe, myself included. Your bold vision and relentless drive to build and grow companies like Tesla, SpaceX and X push us daily to think

🚨 New data alert! Curious about how people really understand inflation—its causes, impacts & what governments should do about it? 📊 You can dive into the data from our project "People's understanding of inflation" here: socialeconomicslab.org/research/publi… Excited to see new analyses!

Bist du ein Geek in der Politikevaluation? 🤓 Dann hast du noch wenige Tage Zeit, dich auf eine spannende Postdoc Stelle in unserer Bildungsgruppe am BiB zu bewerben! 👇

📢 Kleiner Reminder für meine fellow Expats! 🇩🇪 🗳️ Demokratie lebt vom Mitmachen – und eure Stimme zählt! 🗳️ Falls noch nicht geschehen, könnt ihr euch als Auslandsdeutsche noch bis Sonntag, den 2. Februar 2025 ins Wählerverzeichnis eintragen lassen. Ohne Bürokratie-Marathon

🚨 New Paper and Public Good🚨 "The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset", joint with Chenzi Xu, Mohammed Lehbib, and Ziliang Chen. We built the most comprehensive macro database ever—covering 243 countries from 1086-today, integrating 110 sources. 🧵

📢 We’re Hiring! Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d) – Labor Economics & Data Science 💡 Are you interested in how global megatrends are reshaping labor markets? 📈 Do you have a background in Economics or related STEM field? 🖥️ Do you enjoy working with large-scale data, combining

📢Join us for the 2025 ISEG Lisbon Summer School in Economics that will take place this July in the beautiful city of Lisbon 🇵🇹 Katarzyna Bilicka, Nagore Iriberri, Sascha O. Becker, and Pedro Bordalo will be our lecturers. iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/iseg-… Please share it #econtwitter

I talked with MarketWatch about the impact of Golden Visas in Portugal

🆕 Chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics in our Discussion Paper Series: Daron Acemoglu, Fredric Kong, and Pascual Restrepo review recent advances in the task model and show how it can be used to understand recent trends in the labor market. rfberlin.com/research/tasks…