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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 2d

WOW, terrific news for @econ.uzh.ch and the wider European community 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats!

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 2d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 24d

Today I spent a wonderful day visiting the @iabnews.bsky.social, invited by Bernd Fitzenberger and Silke Anger 🤓🙏

Inspiring discussions and a very interactive seminar, lots of fun! 🫶

Thanks for organizing, @caspalh.bsky.social & @demirecon.bsky.social 💪🥳

@ifoeducation.bsky.social
@cesifo.org

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Kenza Elass @kenza-elass.bsky.social · Sep 12

Great workshop and super interesting feedback! Thanks again for the fantastic organization!

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 12

Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍

Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏

To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀

Group picture from the Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business 2025 at TUM Campus Heilbronn

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 12

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 12

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 12

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 12

Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍

Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏

To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 85% (!) der Erwachsenen sind für ein Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media.
Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine relative Mehrheit dafür.

👉 Dies und mehr im neuen ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025:
www.ifo.de/fakten/2025-...
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Sep 5

Can’t wait, this will be fantastic!!! 🤩

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢Our CESifo Conference on Economics of Education is about to start!🤩

This will be so exciting!!!🥳

🔗https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/event/2025-09-05/cesifo-area-conference-economics-education-2025

@raffasadun.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social @christinafelfe.bsky.social @singhabhi.bsky.social …

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Aug 15

⏰FINAL REMINDER⏰

Only two days left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position in the vibrant hub of Munich!🤩

Note that fluency in German is required for this position. Get in touch if you have any questions.🤓

@ifoeducation.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Aug 4

⌛️ REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🙂

Deadline: August 17 ⏲️

IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑‍🏫

@woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) 16.-18. März 2026 in München‼️

Bin für Bildungsökonomik im Programmkommitee & freue mich über zahlreiche hervorragende bildungsökonomische Einreichungen!😊
👇
@henninghermes.com @simonwiederhold.bsky.social @lergetporer.bsky.social

GEBF26 @gebf26.bsky.social · Jul 15

Und schon geht's los: Ab heute können Beiträge für die #GEBF26 eingereicht werden! Den Call mit allen Informationen gibt es auf unserer Website www.gebf2026.de, eingereicht wird hier: www.conftool.com/gebf2026/. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Beiträge! #EmpirischeBildungsforschung #TUM

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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fantastic opportunity!!

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 Job alert: Postdoc position 🧑‍🎓 (up to 6 years, non-tenure track)

In our Center, @henninghermes.com is looking to fill a research position in the economics of education, particularly to join in major field experimental work on mentoring

Come join our team!
👇

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔍 We are looking for a student assistant! 🔎

If you...
▶️ are interested in empirical research
▶️ are enrolled in a Bachelor’s/ Master's program in economics, data or social sciences (or similar)
▶️ have knowledge in econometrics, scraping & Stata/R

...please apply!

👉 www.ifo.de/en/stellenan...

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Steffen Altmann @steffenaltmann.bsky.social · Jul 5

📌📆 We are thrilled that Ludger Wößmann (@woessmann.bsky.social) from @ifoeducation.bsky.social & @lmumuenchen.bsky.social will deliver this year’s IEP Lecture @uni-wuerzburg.de!

Join us on 07 July! Further info 👇🏽

www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...

Vortrag: Bildung als Schlüssel der Zukunftsfähigkeit

Der renommierte Bildungsexperte Ludger Wößmann vom ifo-Institut hält am Montag, 7. Juli, einen öffentlichen Vortrag an der JMU: „Wissen und Wohlstand: Bildung als Schlüssel unserer Zukunftsfähigkeit“.

www.uni-wuerzburg.de

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Lavinia Kinne @kinnelavinia.bsky.social · Jun 23

🎉Our paper on within-country variation in student achievement and patience is now out in The Economic Journal!

🆕We use Facebook data to predict patience on a subnational level and validate this method extensively.

More info👇in the thread by my fantastic co-author @woessmann.bsky.social:

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):

👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries

Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):

👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries

Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jun 18

Over the moon to see our paper on "Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment" out in the June 2025 issue of @jeeanews.bsky.social today! 🤩🥳🥳🥳

What a journey – huge thanks to @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🙂

jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Jun 18

Check out the June 2025 issue (23,3) of @jeeanews.bsky.social Journal of @eeanews.bsky.social l

academic.oup.com/jeea/issue

Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat...

Issues | Journal of the European Economic Association | Oxford Academic

The Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) has a worldwide reputation for publishing articles of the highest scientific quality in theoretical and empirical economics for a global audienc...

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Philipp Lergetporer @lergetporer.bsky.social · Jun 7

We're hiring! I'm looking for a PhD student in Economics (75%, E13) to join my team at TUM Campus Heilbronn starting Oct 2025. Work on field & survey experiments in applied micro, behavioral econ & econ of education. Deadline: June 30. Please share!
Call for applications: tinyurl.com/msdsrhv6

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · May 22

Great stuff! 💪🏻🚀