Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants. 👇

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...

📢 We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (@iabnews.bsky.social) for our research project on the gig economy! #EconSky Link: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... start date: October 2025 Some German knowledge is required.

🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM Discussion Paper: Felix Degenhardt and @jnimczik.bsky.social examine whether gig jobs in online food delivery (OFD) are a stepping stone for refugees entering the Austrian labor market. 🧵

Great opportunity to chat with my friend and co-author Albrecht Bohne! Albrecht examines one of the most pressing issues for our policy makers: how to make investments relevant for the future.

Wie können öffentliche Gelder 💰 effizienter eingesetzt und gleichzeitig #Zukunftsinvestitionen 🚀 gestärkt werden? Diskutiert mit ZEW-Ökonom Albrecht Bohne bei #BookAScientist der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de – am 3. Juni 2025! 🔗 Infos & Anmeldung: leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne... #ZEW

My colleagues at @iabnews.bsky.social have examined why gig jobs are often so unstable. The analysis is based on amazing data: a representative survey among gig workers identified in admin data.

Our #UEA2025 meeting, hosted by Humboldt University in Berlin, has featured keynotes by Esteban Rossi-Hansberg & Nina Pavcnik and more than 60 paper sessions. urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu... Thanks to local organizers @ahlfeldt.bsky.social and @jnimczik.bsky.social.

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy" By @lukasmergele.bsky.social, Moritz Hennecke, & @mlubczyk.bsky.social

⏳ Last days to apply for the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program (starting October 2025)! 💡 Take the next step in your academic journey, in interdisciplinary opportunities, and access cutting-edge research resources. 📅Deadline: January 15, 2025 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-programm... #PhD

🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 How are firms are affected by (longer) parental leave absences? Paper joint with @mathiashuebener.bsky.social, @danielkuehnle.bsky.social & Michael Oberfichtner is forthcoming at The Economic Journal doi.org/10.1093/ej/u... Short thread below 👇

🚀 I’m super happy to have joined @rfberlin.bsky.social, for one of the best postdoctoral programs in Europe! This is an incredible opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects while enjoying the hip vibes of Berlin. Reach out for more info and apply today!

Consider doing a PhD in #EconSky? Interested in labor econ? Then you should definitively apply to @bseberlin.bsky.social's program👇 Berlin's large applied micro group recently won a @dfgpublic.bsky.social grant to study labor scarcity,skill mismatch & more. We can fund PhDs for 4 years! [1/2]

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⏳ Only one week left to apply! We are hiring Postdoctoral Fellows in Applied/Labor Economics. Don't miss the chance and apply by November 18th: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... #econjobmarket #EconSky

Thrilled to (finally) share my working paper on the electoral impact of French repatriates from Algeria. The Algerian War and the repatriation of over 1 million French Algerians (pieds-noirs) remain a sensitive and essential chapter for understanding French politics. shorturl.at/hh9Ro

Thrilled to see that our paper (w/ Jan Stuhler) on the labor market careers of war widows after 1945 has now been published in JPubE. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Recently accepted by #QJE, “LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation,” by Evsyukova (@yuliaevsyukova.bsky.social), Rusche (@felixrusche.bsky.social), and Mill (@econmill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Want to work on exciting projects in labor economics and have time to complete your own work with inputs from a great team of scholars? Come join us at RFBerlin! Extra plus: live in the vibrant city of Berlin 😎