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Ludger Woessmann
@woessmann.bsky.social

Professor of Economics, University of Munich
Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education
https://sites.google.com/view/woessmann-e

Ludger Wößmann is a German economist and professor of economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). Moreover, being one of the world's foremost education economists, he is the director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. Beyond the economics of education, his research interests also include economic growth and economic history. In 2014, Wößmann's empirical research on the effects of education and his corresponding contribution to public debate were awarded the Gossen Prize, followed by the Gustav Stolper Prize in 2017. .. more

Education 44%
Economics 31%
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❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French?

➡️ New Working Paper:

Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek

www.nber.org/papers/w33984

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🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal:

“Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital:
Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests”
w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani

💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US

👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

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📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn.

Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻

Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨

#EconSky

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Munich in September, great colleagues, and a field that matters. If you're working on economics of education, please join us at the CESifo Economics of Education conference!

Rick and Ludger (woessmann.bsky.social) always put together a very stimulating conference.
📢 Call for papers:

CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)

🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich

🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social

👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026

🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...

📢 Call for papers:

CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)

🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich

🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social

👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026

🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...

In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵

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Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person.

Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful:

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R.I.P., dear Jon.
I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences…...
I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences ...
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🚨 Deadline on Sunday:

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

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📢 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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📣SAVE-THE-DATE 📣

Our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business celebrates its 5th anniversary with FANTASTIC keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (UT Austin) and Esther Duflo (MIT) 🎉🙌

📍 Sept 7–8, 2026 at TUM Campus Heilbronn (pre-workshop get-together Sept 6).

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