🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Women earn less than men even in the same job at the same workplace. Research by Fredriksson, Gülümser & Hensvik shows why: men use outside job offers to negotiate higher pay. Women don't — even when the offers are of equal quality. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Our project leader Hanna Wang was featured in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland with her op-ed piece on Germany's parental allowance reform. 🔗 Read it here: www.rfberlin.com/rfberlins-ha...

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Could hay fever be causing traffic accidents and economic losses? A study by Akesaka and Shigeoka finds that doubling daily pollen counts increases accidents by 0.7%, including traffic crashes, workplace injuries and fatal accidents. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

📰 📢 Our latest Research Insight "Who Is Left Out? Collective Bargaining and Low-Wage Workers in Germany" has been featured in multiple German media outlets! Read the insight and press mentions here: 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

As France celebrates #BastilleDay, here are some key facts about its foreign-born population. Check our Global Migration Dashboard for more data and insights on France and many other countries: 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/cream-rfberl...

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Germany's collective bargaining system stopped reaching the workers who need it most. Research by Bellmann, Dustmann and Fitzenberger shows coverage has dropped from 68% to 49% since 2000, and only 34% of low-wage workers are covered today. Read: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

And so all good things come to an end, even the ones about non-wage amenities and the labour market as an equilibrium newsvendor problem. Huge thanks to everyone who took part, and above all to Alexandre Mas for two excellent days. Stick around for more research!

For the first time during the masterclass, we welcomed two poster sessions: by @jakobbeu.bsky.social (RFBerlin) and Lennert Peede (IAB).

For those who rather join online: the RFBerlin Masterclass stream “Non-wage amenities” by Alexandre Mas starts now! Join: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

🧠 Research Insight! Job seekers send 25% fewer applications after one year of unemployment. Not laziness — discouragement. Employers increasingly screen out the long-term unemployed, and workers respond by giving up. Research unpacks the vicious cycle, read here: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

What if hiring is really an inventory problem? Tested on US nurse staffing data Alexandre Mas builds an equilibrium model of the labour market as a newsvendor: firms either hold permanent staff as a buffer or hire on the spot once demand is realised. More: www.rfberlin.com/event/alexan...

Does giving people the facts about mental health get them to seek help? Often not. Antonio Cabrales (Charles III University of Madrid) finds what works is a story from someone alike brings more young adults to a psychologist. More: www.rfberlin.com/event/antoni...

🚨 Final call: @aasle-econ.bsky.social 2026 submissions close 30 June. Present your labour and applied economics work at Peking University this December. Keynotes by Joseph Altonji (Yale University) and Marianne Bertrand (Chicago Booth). Learn more: www.rfberlin.com/aasle-2026-f...

🧠New Research Insight by Cornelissen, Dustmann and Schoenberg. Your coworkers can make or break your career - but it depends on who they are. Experienced colleagues → lasting earnings gains. Strong same-level peers → competition that holds you back. Read more: rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Want research experience that actually counts? RFBerlin is looking for a research assistant to build data on academics and patents and design AI agents that do the real work. Paid, flexible, Berlin. Apply by 5 July: www.rfberlin.com/job/student-... #EconJob #LaborEconomics #AppliedMicro

🌍 Ahead of World Refugee Day, CReAM@RFBerlin has published a report on the refugee population in Europe. While the refugee population in the EU and the UK stabilised at 9.6 million in 2025, Germany and Italy recorded notable declines driven by very different factors. www.rfberlin.com/cream-report...

🧠 𝗥𝗙𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Does the minimum wage close wage gaps between demographic groups? Research by Blau, Cohen, Comey, Kahn & Boboshko shows the minimum wage isn't designed to close gaps between demographic groups, but it does. Read about it here: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ New release of our Discussion Paper Series! Stay up to date and find out more: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

Today, we welcome @andershumlum.bsky.social (University of Chicago), as he gives a seminar on Integrators: The Firm Boundaries of Capital-Skill Complementarity.

Does new machinery really raise demand for skilled labour? Firm-level data keeps saying no. @andershumlum.bsky.social (University of Chicago) shows why everyone was looking in the wrong place: the skills are hired outside the firm. More: www.rfberlin.com/event/anders...

The 2026 RFBerlin–CEPR Annual Symposium on Labour Economics is a wrap! Over two days, researchers presented work on innovation & technology, gender gaps in occupational choice and firm dynamics. Thank you to our organisers Hyejin Ku and Jérôme Adda, and all presenters & participants!

Basit Zafar of @umich.edu closes out the final day of the #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium with an eagerly anticipated keynote on: Anticipated Discrimination and Major Choice

Our second last speaker of the day is @bmottironi.bsky.social from the Bank of Italy presenting: Remote Work and Labor Market Power. #RFBerlinCEPR

RFBerlin Fellow Manudeep Bhuller (also of @cepr_org and @uio.no) resumes the program after the lunch break. Giving a talk on: Wage-Setting Constraints and Firm Responses to Demand Shocks #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

Before our lunchbreak we listen to RFBerlin Affiliate @giuliavattuone.bsky.social from SOFI, @stockholm-uni.bsky.social talking on: Female Promotions and the Academic Pipeline: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. #RFBerlinCEPR

🧠 𝗥𝗙𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Did extractive taxation spark the French Revolution? Research by Tommaso Giommoni, Gabriel Loumeau & Marco Tabellini provides systematic empirical evidence for one of history's most debated questions, the findings are striking! Read here: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

After a quick break we continue with RFBerlin Project Leader Lorenzo Incoronato from CSEF | Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Naples Federico II, talking on: Female-Targeted Hiring Subsidies, Firm Learning, and Women’s Employment #RFBerlinCEPR

Before the first coffee break, we have Zihan Hu from Singapore Management University presenting on: Gender differences in College Migration #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

Good morning! Time to kick off day 2, starting with RFBerlin Research Fellow @AnneBrenoe from the University of Zurich presenting on "Math Skills, Perceptions of Fit, and Occupational Choice". #RFBerlinCEPR

The final presentation of the day is online and it is the highly anticipated keynote on: Labor as Capital in the AI Workplace by Danielle Li of @MITEcon. #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

Our second last presenter of today is RFBerlin Affiliate @andershumlum.bsky.social from @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social, talking about "Still Waters, Rapid Currents: Early Labor Market Transformation under Generative AI".

Up next on the theme of AI: @eduardtalamas.bsky.social of @cepr.org and IESE Business School. Presenting on: The Turing Valley: How AI Capabilities Shape Labor Income #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

Next up is RFBerlin Research Fellow @rolandrathelot.bsky.social from @ipparis.bsky.social presenting "Can Technology Free Time? Experimental Evidence from an AI Chatbot Helping Caseworkers Solve Employers’ Hiring Difficulties". #RFBerlinCEPR

After a well-deserved lunch break, we continue with RFBerlin Affiliate Ingrid Haegele from @lmu.de, speaking on "Managing Innovation in Firms".

Right before the lunch break, RFBerlin Affiliate Jon Piqueras of @uc3m.es gives his talk on: The Asymmetric Effect of Wage Floors: A Natural Experiment with a Rising and Falling Minimum Wage #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

We are back after the first coffee break with Simon Quach of @usc.edu presenting on: "The Labor Market Effects of Expanding Overtime Coverage" #RFBerlinCEPRSymposium

Following up is Péter Elek from the Corvinus University of Budapest and Institute of Economics, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (ELTE KRTK KTI), presenting on “Firm Productivity and Early Retirement”. #RFBerlinCEPR

Our opening speaker is @maiaguell.bsky.social of @cunef.bsky.social giving a talk on, "Early-Career Job Instability and Life-Cycle Income Dynamics " #RFBerlinCEPR

...and we're live! With an opening by RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann and Project Leader Hyejin Ku, the [email protected] Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026 has officially started! 🎉

It's almost time! ⏳We're welcoming 50+ guests to the RFBerlin- @cepr.org Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026 tomorrow & Friday (11-12 June)! Keynotes by Danielle Li (MIT Sloan) and Basit Zafar (U of Michigan) + plenty of presentations. Stay tuned! 🎉 #LabourEconomics #CEPR #RFBerlin

🗞️ New release of our Discussion Paper Series! Stay up to date and find out more: lnkd.in/dQPDV5x4

Higher wages don't automatically drive productivity, RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann explains in @welt: real competitiveness comes from technology, capital, management & skilled workers working together. Read the WELT article here: www.welt.de/wirtschaft/p...

🧠 RFBerlin Research Insight! Companies are burning cash on RTO mandates, productivity tracking and engagement surveys. A team lunch could outperform all of it. Research by Belot and Hakimov shows: simple social activities cut employee turnover by nearly half. Read: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

I first met Christian Dustmann at @eui-eu.bsky.social in 1997/98 when he taught me Microeconometrics. David Card was on Christian's PhD committee in 1992 & also on my PhD committee at EUI in 2001. Nice chat at Christian's Festschrift Conference at HU Berlin last weekend @rfberlin.bsky.social

How do inflation expectations reshape when workers look for new jobs? Join the RFBerlin Applied Economics Seminar with Laura Pilossoph (Duke University) on 2 June at 14:00 to learn more. The event is open to the academic public. 👇 www.rfberlin.com/event/laura-...

🗞️ New release of our Discussion Paper Series! What is the career-fertility tradeoff? How does citizenship affect naturalization? What makes a workplace family-friendly? A reading list for the weekend! Find out more: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...