🎉 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...

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

📢 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

Deadline July 21st! www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

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

Excited to share that my joint work with @steinhardt.bsky.social and Marc-André Luik on immigrant housing in the US is out in the Journal of Housing Economics! We provide the first causal evidence linking immigrant language skills to homeownership. #EconSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 Check out the latest newsletter from our Economics department — fresh insights, research highlights, and updates you won't want to miss! #EconSky

🚨 PhD Econ students in Berlin: Join Andy Ferrara’s (@andyferrara.bsky.social) talk "Tips for Navigating the Economics Job Market" on May 16 at 11:00am! @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social #EconSky

🗓️ Thursday, May 15: We are very happy to welcome Andreas Ferrara ( @andyferrara.bsky.social ) at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „The U.S. Civil War’s Impact on Women’s Work and Political Participation “ @bsoeberlin.bsky.social

We're looking forward to your talk on Thursday and warmly welcome you in Berlin, @andyferrara.bsky.social! Excited to host you at @jfki-econ.bsky.social and @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. #EconSky

Just returning from the Fourth SaNE Conference in Applied Microeconomics in Crieff, where I presented my paper "Do Homeless Shelters Increase Local Crime? Evidence from Los Angeles". Thanks to everyone for the great feedback and discussions!

📣 New policy brief (in German only) about the importance of interethnic contact in school by Christopher Prömel and Max Steinhardt (@steinhardt.bsky.social). #ifoSchnelldienst @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social www.ifo.de/publikatione...

Super interesting presentation on „Immigration Shocks and Shifting Social Group Boundaries“ by @zohalhessami.bsky.social at the Workshop on Immigration and Refugee Inflows! #EconSky #EconConf

🚨Job Alert: Apply until February 28 for a PhD position at the Chair of Applied Statistics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social!

📢 I am looking for a new PhD student (Research Associate)📢 🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13) 🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics 🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting #EconSky www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

Insightful key-note lecture by Alexander von Hoffman (@harvard.edu) on "Overcrowding: Concepts, Contexts, and Contingencies" for our workshop on The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding. #EconSky #EconConf

🗓️ Next Monday and Tuesday: We are very happy to host a workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. See all information about the workshop and program below and feel free to join! @steinhardt.bsky.social @sebastiankohl.bsky.social @lucastella.bsky.social

So wie Merz sich nun hinstellt, und behauptet, dass man „in der Sache“ doch recht habe, Nazikollabo hin oder her. So werden sich auch welche hinstellen, wenn sie Asylheime anzünden oder (vermeintliche) Ausländer in den Straßen ermorden: In „der Sache“ habe man doch recht.

Berlin calling! Great opportunity for economists working on Latin America to present their work at a workshop organized by my colleague @m-santos-silva.bsky.social !

🚨Three days until deadline! Apply until December 20 for our workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”. All infos below ⬇️

📣 Call for papers for junior (non-tenured) researchers: Workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”, March 6‐7 in Berlin Keynote: Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University) Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024 #EconConf #Econsky

Yesterday, I presented my paper "Crowding (at) the margins: Investigating the unequal distribution of housing space in Germany" (joint work with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @lucastella.bsky.social) at the Southern Economic Association (#SEA) conference in Washington DC.

I am very excited to share my #JMP with you all, which is titled: "Unequal Access: How Public #Library Closures Affect Educational Performance". 📚 Together with Gregory Gilpin, I look at public library closures and how the loss of these public spaces impacts children in the United States. 1/5

It was a pleasure to present my joint paper with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @lucastella28.bsky.social on "The Determinants of Overcrowding in Germany" at the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social North American Meeting at Georgetown University! #UEA2024.

New interdisciplinary project on "Overcrowding in Germany" with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @lucastella28.bsky.social funded by @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social #EconSky #EconFUBerlin