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📢 1st IAB Special Lecture of 2025! We’re thrilled to host David Autor at IAB as he presents: “Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes.” 🕑 January 15, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CET 🔗 Register here for onsite or online participation: eveeno.com/iab-speciall...

Annual reviews are sometimes really wordy - so here's something way better from @natureportfolio.bsky.social with really fascinating pictures! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I'm guessing that by 2040, when Trump is re-elected for the sixth time, enough people will have finally switched from X to other platforms ... will be all right soon! 🙈😢

Zusammen mit @jepatste.bsky.social , Markus Wolf und Joachim Wolff haben wir die Einstellungen zu Sanktionen im Grundsicherungsbezug untersucht, der Beitrag ist heute im IAB Forum erschienen 👇 www.iab-forum.de/eine-mehrhei...

🚨SCHOLARSHIP 🚨 thinking about a phd in labour econ/sociology/methods? you want to work with the great IAB data? then apply for our doctoral programme. financial support of 1,600 €/month and 1,800 €/year for scientific conferences and further training 👉 www.iab.de/en/gradab 👉 deadline 15 March

5 facts on robot use: (1) robot use is relatively rare. (2) distribution of robots is highly skewed. (3) new adopters contribute substantially to recent robotization. (4) robot users are excep tional. (5) Heterogeneity in robot types matters. More 👇

The open letter from 400+ IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA is online: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

peak capitalism 😉

🚨 BREAKING: Poland’s opposition parties have won the general election, according to an exit poll released immediately after voting ended tonight.

Hi everyone, I am a labor economist and will occasionally post about economics, labor markets, inequality, unions, and all things labor. Looking forward to many interactions!

Wir bei #BAMFforscht suchen mehrere wissenschaftl. Mitarb. projektbefristet auf 3J zu „Lebenssituation im Erstzufluchtsstaat und Deutschland“ Link: www.interamt.de/koop/app/ste... Frist 25.10.

BAMF is entering the game, please welcome @tinahinz.bsky.social

Wir suchen eine/n neue/n Kollegin oder Kollegen für den Campus in Schwerin (50%): www.hdba.de/hochschule/k...

Dear all, does anyone else here have an invitation for a good colleague who can say a lot to us on minimum wage research?

🎵 Research in the #Bluesky with 💎 (#openaccess). 📣 We’re seeking innovative manuscripts in family research, primarily from #sociology and #demography. We value creativity, contribution to knowledge, and state-of-the-art methodology. Join us in advancing the field of family science! #JFR #JFamRes

so far only a few colleagues from www.iab.de discovered here - please report to me if you spot any otherts 😉 #IAB

#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...

Hi, who is here from German #Econtwitter? Please answer and retweet!

🚨PhD Workshop🚨 are you doing your PhD in economics or sociology in the field of labor markets? Then you should submit to the 15th Ph.D. Workshop "Perspectives on (Un-)Employment" at www.iab.de/en. Deadline for submission 27 Oct More information here: iab.de/en/iab-veran...

Glad to have arrived over here! Who's around? #EconSky #AcademicSky

@sfjournal.bsky.social has also arrived. Hopefully more will soon follow 🙂

We’re here.

Hi all, just moved here and I am now looking for follow tips on labor economics/sociology - any suggestions?