Max Steinhardt
steinhardt.bsky.social
Max Steinhardt
@steinhardt.bsky.social
Professor of Economics
Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Faculty Member: @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, @bsoeberlin.bsky.social, @jfki-econ.bsky.social‬
Fellow: @iza.org
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/maxfriedrichsteinhardt/
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🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” found a great home in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change!
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany - Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events. An underexplored question is whether and how cli...
doi.org
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Excited to be attending the 95th Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Tampa, Florida, alongside @freya-rubel.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @yue-louise-hu.bsky.social from the Economics Department at Freie Universität Berlin.
#SEA2025 #Economics
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just arrived in Tampa for the 95th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association! Looking forward to great discussions and new ideas.

If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students.

#SEA2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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📢 #CallForPapers 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration
CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome
Submit by 23 January
cepr.org/events/7th-w...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network!
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🗓️ Thursday, November 20:
We are very happy to welcome Gregor Pfeifer at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” found a great home in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change!
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany - Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events. An underexplored question is whether and how cli...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Great opportunity to improve your knowledge about diff-in-diff.
Two-day online workshop offered by my colleague @janmarcus.de.
Looking forward to teaching this training course on diff-in-diff.

Registration still possible!
*Foundations and Advances in Difference-in-Differences* by @janmarcus.de.

🗓️ 03 – 04 February 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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📢 Call for papers: Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Economics of Migration

🗓️ 6-7 May 2026📍University of Bristol

Confirmed speakers: Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, Caroline Theoharides

No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:

Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May

Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🗓️ Thursday, November 6:
We are very happy to have Matthias Doepke at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Congratulations and welcome, Philipp! Your innovative work at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning will be a fantastic addition to the research environment at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social and @bsoeberlin.bsky.social.
Excited to see the impact of your contributions!
🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new tenure-track Assistant Professor @philippbach.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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You want to see @philippbach.bsky.social and @shushmargaryan.bsky.social in one session?

Come to the welcome event for our new colleague Philipp Bach at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social on Thursday!
🗓️ Thursday, October 23:
We are very happy to have Philipp Bach and Shushanik Margaryan at the Reasearch Seminar in Economics. They will present their work on „Causal Machine Learning - New Estimation Approaches for Empirical Economics“ and „An Applied Micro Perspective on Causal Machine Learning“
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The new semester is here, and so is the Research Seminar in Economics! 🎉
Every Thursday, a guest speaker will share their latest research on various topics. We are starting tomorrow with Oleg Nivievskyi; he will talk about his research on „Impact of Tax Incentives on Industry Performance and Growth“
October 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Today and tomorrow, the #HWWI is hosting the workshop “Economics and Politics of Irregular Migration", organized jointly with Helmut Schmidt University, the University of Göttingen, and the University of Cologne. Keynote by @catiabatista.bsky.social.
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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It was great to be in Montreal for the 19th UEA North American Meeting, where I presented my paper „Do Homeless Shelters Increase Local Crime? - Evidence from Los Angeles“! #UEA2025
October 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Great to see such a strong presence of @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social at the @vfsecon.bsky.social's Annual Conference in Cologne – always an inspiring venue for research and exchange!

@danzernatalia.bsky.social @piotrlarysz.bsky.social @philippbach.bsky.social @phaan.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🚨 Last chance to join the Berlin Replication Games! Registration closes this Friday, September 12.
September 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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📄New study by @steinhardt.bsky.social (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , @iza.org) and co-author Christopher Prömel uncovers a direct, causal link between joblessness and a feeling of "bitterness."

Read more🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...

#studyonunemployment #emotionaleffect
August 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📯 Attention, migration researchers across disciplines! Join the @bamf.de Research Centre’s 20th anniversary conference on Feb 3–4, 2026 in Nuremberg! Focus on skilled migration, refugee experiences, and mobility decisions in Germany.
@tinahinz.bsky.social
#EconSky #EconConf #Migration
July 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
Call for Applications: EQUALFIN Doctoral Fellowships 2026
www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 We're hiring!
Looking for a motivated, organized, and detail-oriented Econ student to join our team at JFKI (@jfki-econ.bsky.social) as a Student Assistant 🎓💼

Gain experience, boost your resume, and support our department!
Apply now ➡️
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
#EconSky
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July 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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🗓️ Thursday, July 3:
We are very happy to welcome Gregory Gilpin at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „From Print to Pixels: The Effect of E-Content on Libraries, Patrons, and Student Learning“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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📣 Call for papers - 18th International Conference on #Migration and #Development

📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris

🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social

⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025

#EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
June 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Excited to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de this thursday for a talk on migrant integration in our Research Seminar in Economics at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social - happening at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social !
#EconSky #EconConf
#Migration #Integration
🗓️ Thursday, June 5:
We are very happy to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . She will present her work on „The (Ir)Relevance of Institutional Proliferation: Evidence from Foreigners’ Advisory Councils“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
June 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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📣 Kommt digital vorbei und schaut, welche Daten für die #Forschung bei uns auf euch warten!
💻 Jetzt anmelden: Bei der nächsten Ausgabe unseres Online-Formats „BAMF-Forschung im Dialog“ dreht sich alles um neue Datenprodukte aus dem BAMF-FDZ!

📅 Donnerstag, 26.6.2025
🕚 11 bis 12 Uhr

Mehr dazu ▶️ www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/V...
#BAMFforscht
June 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM