Thrilled and honoured to receive the @upjohninstitute.bsky.social 2025 Dissertation Award 🏆 Congrats to @amyburnettcross.bsky.social & Omeed! Truly grateful to my mentors and collaborators, especially @simonjaeger.bsky.social & @maxkasy.bsky.social. Can’t quite believe it looking at past winners.

Just out in the New York Times: My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o... @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Does deliberative democracy affect peoples’ political agency and redistributive preferences? A new WP by @franziskadbacher.bsky.social, Martin Haselmayer, @lukaslehner.bsky.social, @severinrapp.bsky.social & @frawin.bsky.social uses a field experiment to answer this question. bit.ly/4q4qq3P

🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress. #PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize

In tomorrow's seminar at the @stone-lis.bsky.social I will be presenting my paper "The Good Council: Deliberating inequality in a field experiment" (w @frawin.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer). Join: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul...

New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...

From the INEQ archive 📂 In INEQ Research Note 2024|02, @elist.bsky.social and @lukaslehner.bsky.social analyse the relationship between unionisation, works councils, and firm performance. 📄 Find all INEQ Research Notes here: short.wu.ac.at/ineq_rn (Only in German) #INEQ #INEQ_RN © List & Lehner

Die Wirtschaft strauchelt, die Arbeitslosigkeit steigt – und immer mehr Menschen finden auch über lange Zeit keinen Job. Doch es gibt erprobte und überraschend günstige Ansätze.

Heute besuchten Finanzminister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social und #JobGarantie-Initiator Landesrat @svenhergovich.bsky.social Marienthal, wo ich ihnen neue Ergebnisse unserer Evaluierung vorstellen konnte. @derstandard.at hat den Besuch zusammengefasst: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Today Austria's Finance Minister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social & #JobGuarantee Founder @svenhergovich.bsky.social visited #Marienthal where I shared new results of the evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social @inetoxford.bsky.social @derstandard.at covered the visit: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Postdoc at the University of Edinburgh for a project on “Instability After Adverse Parental Life-Course Events and Educational Inequality.” Open to applicants with the right to work in the UK, deadline Aug 4. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX731/r...

Terrific news for @inetoxford.bsky.social & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!

This fall, I'll join the University of Oxford as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity. I'll also become the Director of the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity Program at INET Oxford, and will join @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a Professorial Fellow.

Curious who's behind INEQ? 🧠 We've just launched a starter pack featuring our team – researchers working on topics of inequality. 👉 Check it out and follow the people behind the research: "INEQs – meet the inner circle" go.bsky.app/B7ff4zJ

What can we learn from the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee pilot for designing effective labor market and social policy? @maxkasy.bsky.social and I have a new @inetoxford.bsky.social policy brief that summarises the results of the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee. oms-inet.files.svdcdn.com/production/f...

Paper forthcoming in AJS! Your last chance to read as a working paper here

Länger arbeiten, aber für wen ist das realistisch? Heute um 13:00 live auf #Ö1: Gemeinsam mit @cmayrhuber.bsky.social diskutieren wir bei Punkt Eins über #Pensionen und das #Pensionsantrittsalter in #Österreich, moderiert von Andreas Obrecht. 📞 0800 22 69 79 oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Honoured to receive the Theodor #Kery Prize in Economic and Social Sciences in my home state of #Burgenland. ‪@michaelgerbavsits.bsky.social‬ Copyright Foto: Kerystiftung.

„Die Politik muss die Unsicherheit in den Exportmärkten bekämpfen, um die Jobs in Österreich zu sichern“, sagt der Ökonom @lukaslehner.bsky.social (WU Wien). Beispielsweise müsse man die drohenden US-Zölle abwenden.

Steigt die Arbeitslosigkeit, wird es für ältere Arbeitssuchende besonders schwer, einen Job zu finden. Die Aktion 55+ ist eine innovative Ankündigung im Regierungsprogramm. Offen bleibt die Umsetzung. Um effektiv zu sein, sollte das Programm auf Erfahrungen wie der Marienthal Jobgarantie aufbauen.

We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work. 🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25 💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month
 🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Vollkommen richtig @lukaslehner.bsky.social . Die beste Pensionspolitik ist Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Österreich muss mehr in Arbeitsmarktpolitik investieren und auch die Betriebe mehr in die Pflicht nehmen, damit sie Älteren eine Chance geben. Derzeit beschäftigen 30 % aller Betriebe keine Älteren.

Österreich hat die Beschäftigung älterer Menschen deutlich gesteigert: ein Plus von 20 Prozentpunkten in 15 Jahren. Mit den richtigen Rahmenbedingungen ist noch deutlich mehr möglich - unabhängig vom gesetzlichen Pensionsantrittsalter. Im Gespräch mit dem ORF für die ZIB: on.orf.at/video/142775...

. @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social offers a thoughtful review and sharp explainer of our @jpube.bsky.social article on inequality discordance. If you are not already following his Substack on inequality research, social science, and data you should sign up here: asocial.substack.com

At the blog I wrote about a new paper by @natewilmers.bsky.social , @zparolin.bsky.social , and @lukaslehner.bsky.social . We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?! asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...

Austrian government announces €50 million to expand the Job Guarantee scheme in new budget by Finance Minister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social Based on the evidence of the pilot initiated by @svenhergovich.bsky.social and our evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/austria...

Remarkable announcement by Austria’s new Finance Minister, @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, in his first annual budget speech to parliament: Despite major fiscal consolidation efforts, the budget allocates €50 million annually to expand #JobGuarantee programs for unemployed workers.

It was educational and fun to participate in the @i4replication.bsky.social UK Replication Games. Our task was pretty smooth thanks to @simonweschle.bsky.social's excellent replication package and code, which could serve as a model example of literate programming. Here’s our replication report:

Recently published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Declining earnings inequality, rising income inequality: What explains discordant inequality trends in the United States?" By @zparolin.bsky.social, @lukaslehner.bsky.social, & @natewilmers.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

Making Sense of Diverging Trends in Personal and Household Income Inequality: New findings from Zachary Parolin, @lukaslehner.bsky.social & @mitiwer.bsky.social's @natewilmers.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/264pe64r

Join us this Thursday for the #ILO paper launch and our discussion of public employment programmes at the intersection of labour market and social protection policies. #JobGuarantee @socialprotection.org @cbehrendt.bsky.social socialprotection.org/learn/webina...

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg! On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex... Applications due: 2 May 2025 Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex... #EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

Had a great time in Scotland for our pilot within the Leiden-Edinburgh "Global Futures Hub" with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social Thanks for having us @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social Daniel Clegg Elke Heins!

Spread the word! Exciting new fully funded PhD opportunity to research disabled people's lived experiences of benefit reform and the costs of disability. Deadline: 10 April @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @sgsss.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social

New study by all star combo @zparolin.bsky.social , @natewilmers.bsky.social , and @lukaslehner.bsky.social - examines the discordant trends of earnings and income inequality in the past decade. doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...

New at @jpube.bsky.social w/ @lukaslehner.bsky.social & @natewilmers.bsky.social: Personal earnings inequality declined in the US from 2010-2022, but household income inequality continued its decades-long rise. What explains the discordant inequality trends? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New from me - is it possible we are actually at peak populism? This post is an exercise in working through a scenario - I may very well be wrong. But also, outside of America, I think something is shifting. Because of America. 1/n benansell.substack.com/p/twilight-o...

If the EU Court cancels the minimum wage directive, the popular legitimacy of the EU will be in tatters. Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.

🚨 New Publication 🚨 Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social . doi.org/10.1016/j.jp... #EconSky A short 🧵 1/8

Interesting analysis from Deutsche Bank using FED data showing that if the tariffs announced by Trump were implemented, U.S. tariffs were to return to historic levels last seen in the 1940s.

Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets. Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others. #econ_ra #econsky #policysky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Listen @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with @laviniastan.bsky.social on our @cambridgeup.bsky.social book newbooksnetwork.com/politicising... @onachtwey.bsky.social @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social @rkgwork.bsky.social @nikhammer.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social @dorobohle.bsky.social

Great news! ✅ REGROUP's #PanDDemiC portal is now added to the #OxfordSupertracker, a renowned platform that collects policy trackers and datasets of #covid19 measures worldwide. Explore here: supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-track... Developed by @lukaslehner.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus.

As there are more folks on Bluesky now, I’m reposting my starter pack on labor research and policy. Part 2 will be in the comments. go.bsky.app/55FK3m7

Sociologists working on inequality: Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required) EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

Nice comment by @neillewisjr.bsky.social on our Walmart research, why providing such evidence that links to lived experiences matters, and what it entails for diversity in academia. #econsky

Well deserved coverage of important work from @lukaslehner.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social

🚨 We are hosting the 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Bonn (June 12-13, 2025)🚨 🗣️ Keynotes by @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) and Chris Roth (U Cologne) 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBeh... Please share and apply!

Timely for the New Year, @theatlantic.com wrote about our findings on the detrimental consequences of Walmart Supercenter openings on poverty across the United States (with @zparolin.bsky.social Clemente Pignatti, Rafael Pintro Schmitt). #econsky www.theatlantic.com/...