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It was great to finally present our study Freie Universität /FU Berlin Economics „Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sustainable Transport Alternatives in Reducing Car Use..." Great group/atmosphere, many helpful comments Thank you! PS: learned that Einstein was active in this building!

Applications for the RGS Econ Graduate Program are now open! Join the network at the University Alliance Ruhr, including: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund , @uni_duisburg, & RWI Leibniz Institute. Find out more: apply.rgs-econ.org

We are looking for RAs to work with us on a new meta-science & replication project, joint with I4R, now with focus on environmental (economics) topics such as air pollution & carbon pricing. RAs can work remotely but must be located in Germany rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/user…

📊 Ruhr Macro Day 2025: Inspiring discussions among macroeconomists from the Ruhr Area.🤝 Many thanks for the organisation, Almut Balleer, Marvin Nöller & Jantke de Boer—and many thanks to everyone for their active participation!👋 Link to the programme: rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/user…

Check out my new voxeu column with Jonas Jessen, Andrew C. Johnston and Ewa Galecka-Burdziak on the hidden cost of unemployment insurance. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Rethinking #unemployment insurance: New evidence on hidden costs Jonas Jessen @iab_news WZB, Robin Jessen RWI Leibniz-Institut, Andrew C. Johnston UC Merced, Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak SGH w Warszawie ow.ly/L47K50V58mO

🎉 Congratulations to our former Research Advisory Board Chair, Research Fellow & RUB Honorary Doctor David Card! He has been awarded the James Madison Medal by Princeton University for his groundbreaking contributions to economic research and education. 👏 paw.princeton.edu/article/elena-…

In a new paper "The macroeconomic impact of asymmetric uncertainty shocks" – with co-authors Torsten Schmidt, Blagov (RWI Leibniz-Institut) and Jentsch, Jonas Rieger (TU Dortmund) – we present a new way of gauging uncertainty and measuring its economic fallout. 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢The 10th DENeB Workshop is happening on June 06—don’t miss out! Apply by Monday, March 10 and be part of this great event organized by DENeB - @denebberlin.bsky.social. Keynote by Karlijn Morsink, hosted by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK .

Our paper on self-correction in the economics literature is now out in Economic Inquiry, as part of an impressive symposium edited by I4R et al. Here's the symposium: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14657295/c… And here's our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ecin.1…

Our proposal for protocolled replicability & robustness assessments is out in Q Open. The main aim is to structure robustness reproductions, but also to extend the scope to external/construct validity as well as pre-specification checks. Comments welcome! academic.oup.com/qopen/advance-…

Joint Economic Forecast: Geopolitical turn intensifies crisis – structural reforms even more urgent. The German economy will continue to tread water in 2025. Institute forecast shows: GDP is expected to grow by only 0.1 % in 2025 and 1.3 % in 2026. rwi-essen.de/en/press/scien…

🆕RWI-GEO-REDC dataset on commercial real estate now extended to 2010-2023! 📊 For the first time, over a decade of listing data for offices, restaurants & warehouses available at county level – ideal for long-term & small-scale spatial analyses. ➡️ rwi-essen.de/en/research-ad…

New version of our paper on supply-side constraints for technology diffusion - here, improved cooking stoves - in Senegal. The take-away message is that doing business for peri-urban vendors in rural areas is expensive & reaching villages is challenging. osf.io/preprints/osf/…