Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭
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We are the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich and our mission is to #pioneeringeconomics.
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Join us with @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social and @florianscheuer.bsky.social to learn more about taxing inheritance, highlighting what data and policy experience can tell us about the role of inheritance in modern economies like Switzerland.
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#EconomicsForSociety
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us with @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social and @florianscheuer.bsky.social to learn more about taxing inheritance, highlighting what data and policy experience can tell us about the role of inheritance in modern economies like Switzerland.
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#EconomicsForSociety
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#EconomicsForSociety
“La tecnologia non è neutra: segue gli incentivi. Senza un orientamento politico chiaro, l’innovazione si concentra dove il profitto è immediato, anche se insostenibile." David Hémous UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Il cambiamento climatico costa caro
L’impatto economico per la Svizzera potrebbe arrivare anche al 4% del PIL: le considerazioni di alcuni esperti ed esperte.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“La tecnologia non è neutra: segue gli incentivi. Senza un orientamento politico chiaro, l’innovazione si concentra dove il profitto è immediato, anche se insostenibile." David Hémous UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Swiss National Future Day 2025 was a hit!
We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab).
The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics
We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab).
The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Swiss National Future Day 2025 was a hit!
We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab).
The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics
We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab).
The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics
“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Julius Schäper who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: «Essays in Applied Econometrics»
He will soon start as as machine learning scientist at Expedia (Geneva)
We wish him all the best! 😀
He will soon start as as machine learning scientist at Expedia (Geneva)
We wish him all the best! 😀
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations to Julius Schäper who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: «Essays in Applied Econometrics»
He will soon start as as machine learning scientist at Expedia (Geneva)
We wish him all the best! 😀
He will soon start as as machine learning scientist at Expedia (Geneva)
We wish him all the best! 😀
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Reminder: the deadline to apply for 🎆funded 🎆PhD positions in the Marlene Porsche Graduate School of Neuroeconomics at the University of Zurich is coming up on 1 December 2025. www.econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd...
@econ.uzh.ch @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
@econ.uzh.ch @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
Marlene Porsche Graduate School of Neuroeconomics
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reminder: the deadline to apply for 🎆funded 🎆PhD positions in the Marlene Porsche Graduate School of Neuroeconomics at the University of Zurich is coming up on 1 December 2025. www.econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd...
@econ.uzh.ch @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
@econ.uzh.ch @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
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What happens when you increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 18? 🤔
We explore this question in the context of Spain. We find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes📒🥂
- with Manuel Bagues
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#MLDA
We explore this question in the context of Spain. We find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes📒🥂
- with Manuel Bagues
@warwickecon.bsky.social
#MLDA
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A thread summarising the findings is available here: bsky.app/profile/carm...
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Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below.
@warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social
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@warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share that @stevecicala.bsky.social will be joining our department as the Vontobel Foundation Professorship in Sustainable Economics (June 2026).
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thrilled to share that @stevecicala.bsky.social will be joining our department as the Vontobel Foundation Professorship in Sustainable Economics (June 2026).
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
Impressions from the "Zurich Workshop on Economics and Psychology", taking place today and tomorrow.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Impressions from the "Zurich Workshop on Economics and Psychology", taking place today and tomorrow.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
"Der beste Schutz für die @wto.org sei es, die Eskalation von Zollstreitigkeiten zu vermeiden", so Ralph Ossa im Rahmen einer Podiumsdiskussion über die Zukunft des Welthandelssystems an der @unibas.ch.
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www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/z...
Zollchaos: Hat die Welthandelsorganisation WTO ausgespielt?
America first und jeder für sich – die Aufgabe der Welthandelsorganisation WTO in Genf wäre es gewesen, dieses Chaos zu verhindern. Hat die Institution ausgespielt?
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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Der beste Schutz für die @wto.org sei es, die Eskalation von Zollstreitigkeiten zu vermeiden", so Ralph Ossa im Rahmen einer Podiumsdiskussion über die Zukunft des Welthandelssystems an der @unibas.ch.
www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/z...
www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/z...
Timo Boppart, Professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy, explored how labor supply has evolved from historical trends to future challenges in his inaugural lecture called “Labor Supply in the Past, Present, and Future.”
We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Timo Boppart, Professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy, explored how labor supply has evolved from historical trends to future challenges in his inaugural lecture called “Labor Supply in the Past, Present, and Future.”
We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
Meet our Job Market Candidates, a new cohort of promising junior researchers in economics, now looking to take the next step in their academic endeavors!
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Meet our Job Market Candidates, a new cohort of promising junior researchers in economics, now looking to take the next step in their academic endeavors!
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
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Tomorrow 29th Oct Björn Bartling (@econ.uzh.ch) will join us as our latest @uoncedex.bsky.social 25th anniversary seminar series speaker. Talk will be in @uoneconomics.bsky.social Sir Clive Granger Building A40 1-2pm. About Björn: tinyurl.com/z8sujs2p More about our seminars: tinyurl.com/297k52mf
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tomorrow 29th Oct Björn Bartling (@econ.uzh.ch) will join us as our latest @uoncedex.bsky.social 25th anniversary seminar series speaker. Talk will be in @uoneconomics.bsky.social Sir Clive Granger Building A40 1-2pm. About Björn: tinyurl.com/z8sujs2p More about our seminars: tinyurl.com/297k52mf
Brain drain made in 🇺🇸 und wie🇨🇭davon profitieren könnte.
«An den besten Hochschulen der Ivy League Leute zu rekrutieren, war bisher schwierig», sagt @florianscheuer.bsky.social.
Das habe sich geändert:«Das Interesse, zu uns zu kommen, ist viel grösser geworden.» 👇
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«An den besten Hochschulen der Ivy League Leute zu rekrutieren, war bisher schwierig», sagt @florianscheuer.bsky.social.
Das habe sich geändert:«Das Interesse, zu uns zu kommen, ist viel grösser geworden.» 👇
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Trump provoziert einen Braindrain aus den USA: Wie kann die Schweiz profitieren?
Der amerikanische Braindrain könnte zur Chance für Europa werden, auch für die Hochschulen hierzulande. Trotzdem bleiben die meisten von ihnen seltsam still.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Brain drain made in 🇺🇸 und wie🇨🇭davon profitieren könnte.
«An den besten Hochschulen der Ivy League Leute zu rekrutieren, war bisher schwierig», sagt @florianscheuer.bsky.social.
Das habe sich geändert:«Das Interesse, zu uns zu kommen, ist viel grösser geworden.» 👇
www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...
«An den besten Hochschulen der Ivy League Leute zu rekrutieren, war bisher schwierig», sagt @florianscheuer.bsky.social.
Das habe sich geändert:«Das Interesse, zu uns zu kommen, ist viel grösser geworden.» 👇
www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...
Highlights from our Annual Research Night 2025, held in collaboration with the Excellence Foundation Zurich with:
🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”
A most pressing issue of our time.
Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”
A most pressing issue of our time.
Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Highlights from our Annual Research Night 2025, held in collaboration with the Excellence Foundation Zurich with:
🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”
A most pressing issue of our time.
Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”
A most pressing issue of our time.
Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
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"Is technological progress rewriting geography or just deepening old divides?"
Prof. Gordon Hanson (Harvard University) will discuss this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1T5
Prof. Gordon Hanson (Harvard University) will discuss this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1T5
September 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Is technological progress rewriting geography or just deepening old divides?"
Prof. Gordon Hanson (Harvard University) will discuss this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1T5
Prof. Gordon Hanson (Harvard University) will discuss this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1T5
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I'm hiring a Post-Doc @econ.uzh.ch to work with me and my team at the frontier of tax policy and inequality research! Funded by my Consolidator Grant, no teaching, flexible start date and duration. Apply here:
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@erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch
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@erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I'm hiring a Post-Doc @econ.uzh.ch to work with me and my team at the frontier of tax policy and inequality research! Funded by my Consolidator Grant, no teaching, flexible start date and duration. Apply here:
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
@erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch
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@erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch
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Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care".
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care".
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
Congratulations on this recognition! 👏
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
October 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Congratulations on this recognition! 👏
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
A massive congratulations to newly awarded Nobel Laureates Professor Joel Mokyr as well as Professors Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! 🎉
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October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A massive congratulations to newly awarded Nobel Laureates Professor Joel Mokyr as well as Professors Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! 🎉
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A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂
Ein Coup für die Uni Zürich: Zwei Nobelpreisträger bauen ein eigenes Zentrum auf
Abhijit Banerjee und Esther Duflo sorgen mit Experimenten dafür, dass Entwicklungsökonomie auch in der Praxis funktioniert. Dank einer Spende der Lemann Foundation bauen sie in Zürich ein Zentrum für ...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂
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.
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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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This week we're very happy to have @rkhoban.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch visiting us! On Thursday, Roza will present her research on "Unequal Gains from Trade and the Distribution of Political Power in India". Welcome to Växjö! www.rkhoban.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This week we're very happy to have @rkhoban.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch visiting us! On Thursday, Roza will present her research on "Unequal Gains from Trade and the Distribution of Political Power in India". Welcome to Växjö! www.rkhoban.com
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TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? - Economics Observatory
The widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s, driven by government austerity measures, led to falling educational performance and increasing rates of youth offending. The long-term…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social