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📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social, Aurélien Eyquem, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, & Enrico Rubolino quantify the cost of inheritance, showing how it decreases labor participation, affecting productivity and aggregate economic performance.
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@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social, Aurélien Eyquem, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, & Enrico Rubolino quantify the cost of inheritance, showing how it decreases labor participation, affecting productivity and aggregate economic performance.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social, Aurélien Eyquem, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, & Enrico Rubolino quantify the cost of inheritance, showing how it decreases labor participation, affecting productivity and aggregate economic performance.
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social, Aurélien Eyquem, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, & Enrico Rubolino quantify the cost of inheritance, showing how it decreases labor participation, affecting productivity and aggregate economic performance.
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Yves Zenou revisits peer vs. network effects, laying out microfoundations, identification challenges, and what current evidence gets right (and wrong) about social interactions in economics. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Yves Zenou revisits peer vs. network effects, laying out microfoundations, identification challenges, and what current evidence gets right (and wrong) about social interactions in economics. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Yves Zenou revisits peer vs. network effects, laying out microfoundations, identification challenges, and what current evidence gets right (and wrong) about social interactions in economics. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Yves Zenou revisits peer vs. network effects, laying out microfoundations, identification challenges, and what current evidence gets right (and wrong) about social interactions in economics. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Lukas Freund & Lukas Mann study how AI transforms jobs, shifting tasks, increasing specialization, and altering skill demand. They document who gains, who loses, and how labor markets adapt as AI reshapes work. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Lukas Freund & Lukas Mann study how AI transforms jobs, shifting tasks, increasing specialization, and altering skill demand. They document who gains, who loses, and how labor markets adapt as AI reshapes work. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Lukas Freund & Lukas Mann study how AI transforms jobs, shifting tasks, increasing specialization, and altering skill demand. They document who gains, who loses, and how labor markets adapt as AI reshapes work. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Lukas Freund & Lukas Mann study how AI transforms jobs, shifting tasks, increasing specialization, and altering skill demand. They document who gains, who loses, and how labor markets adapt as AI reshapes work. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@rlandersoe.bsky.social & @kbkarlson.bsky.social examine intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and their descendants in Denmark.
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@rlandersoe.bsky.social & @kbkarlson.bsky.social examine intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and their descendants in Denmark.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@rlandersoe.bsky.social & @kbkarlson.bsky.social examine intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and their descendants in Denmark.
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@rlandersoe.bsky.social & @kbkarlson.bsky.social examine intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and their descendants in Denmark.
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Alan Benson & Louis-Pierre Lepage study how workers learn to discriminate on the job, exploring how workplace interactions shape biases and decision-making. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Alan Benson & Louis-Pierre Lepage study how workers learn to discriminate on the job, exploring how workplace interactions shape biases and decision-making. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Alan Benson & Louis-Pierre Lepage study how workers learn to discriminate on the job, exploring how workplace interactions shape biases and decision-making. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Alan Benson & Louis-Pierre Lepage study how workers learn to discriminate on the job, exploring how workplace interactions shape biases and decision-making. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Daisuke Adachi & Lars Skipper study how offshoring affects workers’ occupation choice and the role of lifelong education in mitigating job risks. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Daisuke Adachi & Lars Skipper study how offshoring affects workers’ occupation choice and the role of lifelong education in mitigating job risks. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Daisuke Adachi & Lars Skipper study how offshoring affects workers’ occupation choice and the role of lifelong education in mitigating job risks. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
Daisuke Adachi & Lars Skipper study how offshoring affects workers’ occupation choice and the role of lifelong education in mitigating job risks. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@benjaminarold.bsky.social, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod and Suresh Naidu study worker rights in collective bargaining and how legal protections shape bargaining outcomes and wage dynamics. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
@benjaminarold.bsky.social, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod and Suresh Naidu study worker rights in collective bargaining and how legal protections shape bargaining outcomes and wage dynamics. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@benjaminarold.bsky.social, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod and Suresh Naidu study worker rights in collective bargaining and how legal protections shape bargaining outcomes and wage dynamics. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
@benjaminarold.bsky.social, @elliottash.bsky.social, W. Bentley MacLeod and Suresh Naidu study worker rights in collective bargaining and how legal protections shape bargaining outcomes and wage dynamics. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
1/5 🧠RFBerlin Research Insights: Colella, Maskus & Peri’s “Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations” examines how U.S. entities respond to losing offshore laundering channels and how global AML crackdowns can reshape illicit activity at home. www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...
When Offshore Money Comes Home: The Hidden Effects of Anti-Laundering Crackdowns
Using data that connect U.S. businesses to foreign financial networks, the researchers reveal how tougher anti–laundering measures abroad reshaped the flow of illicit funds at home.
www.rfberlin.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
1/5 🧠RFBerlin Research Insights: Colella, Maskus & Peri’s “Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations” examines how U.S. entities respond to losing offshore laundering channels and how global AML crackdowns can reshape illicit activity at home. www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...
📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/submitter
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health-economic-well-being
#CFP #PublicHealth
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/submitter
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health-economic-well-being
#CFP #PublicHealth
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/submitter
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health-economic-well-being
#CFP #PublicHealth
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80349/submitter
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health-economic-well-being
#CFP #PublicHealth
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Björn Brey, Joanne Haddad & Lamis Kattan study how the collective memory of the Soviet famine in Ukraine is shaped by both family and the state, and how that process builds national identity across generations. 🔗 : www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Björn Brey, Joanne Haddad & Lamis Kattan study how the collective memory of the Soviet famine in Ukraine is shaped by both family and the state, and how that process builds national identity across generations. 🔗 : www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
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Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
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Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
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🆕RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, & Angelina Nazarova
document a global daughter penalty: mothers reduce labor supply more after having daughters than sons, with important links to gender roles and their transmission across generations. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, & Angelina Nazarova
document a global daughter penalty: mothers reduce labor supply more after having daughters than sons, with important links to gender roles and their transmission across generations. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🆕RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, & Angelina Nazarova
document a global daughter penalty: mothers reduce labor supply more after having daughters than sons, with important links to gender roles and their transmission across generations. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, & Angelina Nazarova
document a global daughter penalty: mothers reduce labor supply more after having daughters than sons, with important links to gender roles and their transmission across generations. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Shuo Zhang and Peter Kuhn audit job-matching algorithms and uncover systematic biases in job recommender systems, with implications for fairness and labor-market access. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Shuo Zhang and Peter Kuhn audit job-matching algorithms and uncover systematic biases in job recommender systems, with implications for fairness and labor-market access. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Shuo Zhang and Peter Kuhn audit job-matching algorithms and uncover systematic biases in job recommender systems, with implications for fairness and labor-market access. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Shuo Zhang and Peter Kuhn audit job-matching algorithms and uncover systematic biases in job recommender systems, with implications for fairness and labor-market access. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Ahmet Gulek studies how the arrival of Syrian refugees affected non-host regions in Turkey. Syrian refugee inflows raised demand in host regions, affecting firms in non-host areas that traded with them. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Ahmet Gulek studies how the arrival of Syrian refugees affected non-host regions in Turkey. Syrian refugee inflows raised demand in host regions, affecting firms in non-host areas that traded with them. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Ahmet Gulek studies how the arrival of Syrian refugees affected non-host regions in Turkey. Syrian refugee inflows raised demand in host regions, affecting firms in non-host areas that traded with them. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Ahmet Gulek studies how the arrival of Syrian refugees affected non-host regions in Turkey. Syrian refugee inflows raised demand in host regions, affecting firms in non-host areas that traded with them. 🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health...
#CallForPapers #EconSky #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health...
#CallForPapers #EconSky #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health...
#CallForPapers #EconSky #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth
Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
About the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/health...
#CallForPapers #EconSky #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Yoon Ahn & Darren Lubotsky examine South Korea’s 2014 reform introducing language requirements for cross-border marriage visas. They find a 37% drop in divorces in year 1 and higher education & language skills. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Yoon Ahn & Darren Lubotsky examine South Korea’s 2014 reform introducing language requirements for cross-border marriage visas. They find a 37% drop in divorces in year 1 and higher education & language skills. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Patrick Bayer, Kerwin Charles & Ellora Derenoncourt's new chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics delves into racial inequalities in the labor market. Do not miss their insightful analysis! 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Patrick Bayer, Kerwin Charles & Ellora Derenoncourt's new chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics delves into racial inequalities in the labor market. Do not miss their insightful analysis! 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Patrick Bayer, Kerwin Charles & Ellora Derenoncourt's new chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics delves into racial inequalities in the labor market. Do not miss their insightful analysis! 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Patrick Bayer, Kerwin Charles & Ellora Derenoncourt's new chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics delves into racial inequalities in the labor market. Do not miss their insightful analysis! 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@simonjaeger.bsky.social, Suresh Naidu, & Benjamin Schoefer analyse the effects of collective bargaining across 18 advanced economies. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
@simonjaeger.bsky.social, Suresh Naidu, & Benjamin Schoefer analyse the effects of collective bargaining across 18 advanced economies. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@simonjaeger.bsky.social, Suresh Naidu, & Benjamin Schoefer analyse the effects of collective bargaining across 18 advanced economies. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
@simonjaeger.bsky.social, Suresh Naidu, & Benjamin Schoefer analyse the effects of collective bargaining across 18 advanced economies. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Rui Castro, @fabolange.bsky.social & Markus Poschke review labor force transitions using Canadian data. They map flows across employment statuses, shedding light on individual labor-market dynamics. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Rui Castro, @fabolange.bsky.social & Markus Poschke review labor force transitions using Canadian data. They map flows across employment statuses, shedding light on individual labor-market dynamics. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Rui Castro, @fabolange.bsky.social & Markus Poschke review labor force transitions using Canadian data. They map flows across employment statuses, shedding light on individual labor-market dynamics. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
Rui Castro, @fabolange.bsky.social & Markus Poschke review labor force transitions using Canadian data. They map flows across employment statuses, shedding light on individual labor-market dynamics. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
We are continuing the RFBerlin Masterclass Series with @essobecker.bsky.social’s lecture on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We are continuing the RFBerlin Masterclass Series with @essobecker.bsky.social’s lecture on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...
Meet one of our job market candidates: Li Zhang.
JMP: "Directed Technical Change Under Regulation: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry".
Research interests: labor economics, innovation, development economics, and economics of education.
lizhangecon.github.io
JMP: "Directed Technical Change Under Regulation: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry".
Research interests: labor economics, innovation, development economics, and economics of education.
lizhangecon.github.io
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Meet one of our job market candidates: Li Zhang.
JMP: "Directed Technical Change Under Regulation: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry".
Research interests: labor economics, innovation, development economics, and economics of education.
lizhangecon.github.io
JMP: "Directed Technical Change Under Regulation: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry".
Research interests: labor economics, innovation, development economics, and economics of education.
lizhangecon.github.io
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Ellora Derenoncourt, Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos & Claire Montialoux study Brazil’s large minimum wage hikes and document how those improved living standards for informal workers beyond the reach of labor law. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Ellora Derenoncourt, Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos & Claire Montialoux study Brazil’s large minimum wage hikes and document how those improved living standards for informal workers beyond the reach of labor law. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Julia Baarck, Moritz Bode, and
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Julia Baarck, Moritz Bode, and
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
To conclude the workshop, Matt Nibloe (UCL, IFS & RFBerlin) gives an overview of the UK administrative data.
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
To conclude the workshop, Matt Nibloe (UCL, IFS & RFBerlin) gives an overview of the UK administrative data.
Up next, @michellehansch.bsky.social walks us through an introduction to German Social Security Records.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Up next, @michellehansch.bsky.social walks us through an introduction to German Social Security Records.