🚨 New piece in @nathumbehav.nature.com: We show that socioeconomic gaps in childcare access across the OECD are not mainly about lower demand. Many disadvantaged families want childcare but face barriers such as scarcity, costs, and complex procedures. Main takeaway: make access easier 📣

🚨 FINAL REMINDER: THREE more days to submit, deadline 15th of May 🚨 We're looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🙏 All infos 👇 #FieldExperiments

REMINDER: Less than three weeks left to submit for our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Please send your best papers! 🙏 All infos 👇 #AcademicConference #CallForPapers #ResearchCommunity #EconResearch

I spent the past two days at the Annual Meeting of the Education Economics Committee (@vfsecon.bsky.social) at @bibb.de in Bonn🤓🙏 Inspiring discussions on #AIinEducation — from mentoring & skills to digital education. Fantastic keynote by @susanna-loeb.bsky.social! 💪 #EducationEconomics

Two days of fun and great discussions at the Workshop on Microeconomics @leuphana.bsky.social 🤓 I presented our ongoing work “Paternalism across the World”, with B. Bartling, A. W. Cappelen, A. Moorthy, M. Skivenes & B. Tungodden Thanks so much for organizing B. Hirsch, J. Lohse & M. Mechtel 🥳

🆕 Policy Paper 🚨 The Demand for Economic Narratives 📘 w/ Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler & Philipp Heil 🧠 Do people actually value economic narratives — or just numbers? 💸 Turns out: households are willing to pay for narratives. 1/4 #Narratives #BehavioralEconomics @ifoeducation.bsky.social

Nothing beats in-person meetings! Lucky me is spending some days at the DZHW in Hannover, working on a revision with my co-authors @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 📝🤓 Intensive discussions, getting things done, and lots of laughs – great team work 🤝🚀

"Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich?" 📺 Spannende Doku im BR www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD... Auch mit kurzen Statements von mir (ab Min 10:00, 16:30, 24:30 und 27:15)

📢 Very excited to be selected for a Kickstart Fund (50 TEUR) by the Joachim Herz Stiftung (@jherzstiftung.bsky.social) 🎉 With this support, my team and I will further develop a digital mentoring platform 🙏🚀 #TechForGood #EducationalInnovation #Mentoring @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

🚀 KICK-OFF 🚀 Over the next five years, I’ll be working jointly with ROCK YOUR LIFE on a large randomized-controlled trial with disadvantaged adolescents to generate robust, policy-relevant evidence on how mentoring can be effectively scaled. [1/2]

🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal: “Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests” w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani 💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨 #EconSky

📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

🚨 Deadline this Sunday (11 Jan 2026)! 📢 Call for Papers – 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education PhD students & early postdocs: don’t miss this opportunity, apply now! 🚀 👇

🚨 Deadline on Sunday: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 👇

📣SAVE-THE-DATE 📣 Our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business celebrates its 5th anniversary with FANTASTIC keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (UT Austin) and Esther Duflo (MIT) 🎉🙌 📍 Sept 7–8, 2026 at TUM Campus Heilbronn (pre-workshop get-together Sept 6).

📢Our piece on @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social's "After Babel" Substack: Strong public support to restrict social media for children in Germany www.afterbabel.com/p/strong-pub... A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media

📢Call for Applications: Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE) @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is inviting applications for fully funded doctoral positions starting October 2026! ❗ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 Online application tool: lmy.de/SKRWv More info: lmy.de/ZLXgm

🚨 Unsere neue Studie zeigt: 👉 Das Erreichen der Ziele „Bessere Bildung 2035“ würde rund 21 Billionen Euro an zusätzlicher Wirtschaftsleistung bringen "Volkswirtschaftliche Erträge besserer Bildung" mit Katia Werkmeister für die @bertelsmannst.bsky.social www.ifo.de/publikatione... 1/3

Absolutely thrilled to be joining this fantastic group of researchers 🤩 🥳 🤓 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

1/ 📣 BIG News! It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳 I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.

Ich freue mich, wieder beim “Top of the Table” von Bildung.Table dabei zu sein! "Bildungsökonomen, so sagt es zumindest der Soziologe Aladin El-Mafaalani, seien derzeit die lautesten Bildungsaktivisten." table.media/heads/ludger... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @table.media

Very excited to organize one of the 2026 CESifo Venice summer institutes on “𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲” jointly with 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿 (MIT) and 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗹𝘂𝗺 (U Chicago) will join us as keynote speakers. Submit your papers by 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

🚨 New working paper! How well do people predict the results of studies? @sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇

Our fantastic workshop with @davidautor.bsky.social on Skills, Tasks & Technologies in the AI Era has come to a close. What a blast of outstanding research, new insights & lively discussion! Tremendous thanks to all contributors! Check out the exciting program: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

⏰ Only ONE day left to apply for this fantastic position! Excellent research condition, up to six years contract, vibrant hub for Econ here in Munich 🤩 Please reach out if you have any questions 🤓 econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

🆕Working Paper🚨 Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks📒 w/ A.Bertermann, @dauthecon.bsky.social & @suedekum.bsky.social 🤖 Robots ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬆️early retirement 🌏 Imports ➡️ ⬇️training & ⬆️early r. 🌎 Exports ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬇️e.r. www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo... 🧵1/9

🎙️ Check out the ifo podcast on childcare shortages in Germany, where I was a guest. Grateful to research this topic with Marina Krauß, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt. Link 👇 1/2

🔍 Check out this video from the 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, co-organized with @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🫶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GW1... 📢 Next edition will take place on September 7-8, 2026 📆✏️

🔔 New working paper: “The Demand for Economic Narratives” with Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler & @henninghermes.com We study whether households actually demand and value economic narratives — and how these narratives shape beliefs and understanding. Thread following below👇 1/10

📢 New working paper alert! 📢 Super happy to share our new working paper, „The Demand for Economic Narratives“, with my great co-authors Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler, and @philippheil.bsky.social. Check out the summary thread by Philipp below👇🏻🧵 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Join us! @iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics! Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms. No German required. Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself! 🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty

WOW, terrific news for @econ.uzh.ch and the wider European community 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats!

🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources: ⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow 👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives 🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... A 🧵 1/6

📢 Call for papers: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 @caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

Today I spent a wonderful day visiting the @iabnews.bsky.social, invited by Bernd Fitzenberger and Silke Anger 🤓🙏 Inspiring discussions and a very interactive seminar, lots of fun! 🫶 Thanks for organizing, @caspalh.bsky.social & @demirecon.bsky.social 💪🥳 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Great workshop and super interesting feedback! Thanks again for the fantastic organization!

Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍 Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏 To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀

🚨 85% (!) der Erwachsenen sind für ein Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media. Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine relative Mehrheit dafür. 👉 Dies und mehr im neuen ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025: www.ifo.de/fakten/2025-... 1/7

Can’t wait, this will be fantastic!!! 🤩

⏰FINAL REMINDER⏰ Only two days left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position in the vibrant hub of Munich!🤩 Note that fluency in German is required for this position. Get in touch if you have any questions.🤓 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org

⌛️ REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🙂 Deadline: August 17 ⏲️ IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑‍🏫 @woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org

🚨Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) 16.-18. März 2026 in München‼️ Bin für Bildungsökonomik im Programmkommitee & freue mich über zahlreiche hervorragende bildungsökonomische Einreichungen!😊 👇 @henninghermes.com @simonwiederhold.bsky.social @lergetporer.bsky.social

Fantastic opportunity!!

📢 Job alert: Postdoc position 🧑‍🎓 (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) In our Center, @henninghermes.com is looking to fill a research position in the economics of education, particularly to join in major field experimental work on mentoring Come join our team! 👇

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀 Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟 Please share widely 🙏🙏 Link below 👇

🔍 We are looking for a student assistant! 🔎 If you... ▶️ are interested in empirical research ▶️ are enrolled in a Bachelor’s/ Master's program in economics, data or social sciences (or similar) ▶️ have knowledge in econometrics, scraping & Stata/R ...please apply! 👉 www.ifo.de/en/stellenan...

📌📆 We are thrilled that Ludger Wößmann (@woessmann.bsky.social) from @ifoeducation.bsky.social & @lmumuenchen.bsky.social will deliver this year’s IEP Lecture @uni-wuerzburg.de! Join us on 07 July! Further info 👇🏽 www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...

🎉Our paper on within-country variation in student achievement and patience is now out in The Economic Journal! 🆕We use Facebook data to predict patience on a subnational level and validate this method extensively. More info👇in the thread by my fantastic co-author @woessmann.bsky.social: