@simonjaeger.bsky.social‬'s new paper in AEA estimates the effects of worker voice on productivity, job quality, and separations. A Finnish reform granting workers representation increased labor productivity and reduced involuntary separations. Read more: bit.ly/4fmycBe

What does consulting do? Lots of strongly held views, very limited data to answer the question. In new ‪‪NBER paper, Gert Bijnens, @schoefer.bsky.social and I shed light on this question using the first economy-wide data on consulting relationships (based on VAT-based B2B data). More info👇

Wow, super interesting! "What Does Consulting Do?" by Gert Bijnens, Simon Jäger, and Benjamin Schoefer. "...we find positive effects on labor productivity of 3.6% over five years, driven by modest employment reductions alongside stable or growing revenue." www.nber.org/papers/w34072

Excited to join @iabnews.bsky.social as a Research Fellow! IAB is 🇩🇪's leading labor market research institution and a pioneer in making research data accessible. Their work has transformed our understanding of labor markets. Looking forward to contributing to their mission! iab.de/en/fellows/p...

Very excited that our paper (joint with Jarkko Harju and ‪@schoefer.bsky.social‬) on "Voice at Work" is published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. We study what happened when workers in Finnish firms got a right to worker voice on the corporate board. 👇

Interview in @lemonde.fr about the structural shifts challenging the 🇩🇪 model of industrial relations. If you’re interested, please check the link below. Thanks to @cecileboutelet.bsky.social for the conversation! Follow her for a new perspective on the 🇩🇪 economy. www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Ich freue mich, mit dem hervorragenden Team am @zentrum-neue-sozialpolitik.org als Senior Fellow evidenzbasierte Analysen in anwendungsorientierte Beiträge zur politischen Debatte zu übersetzen. Herzlichen Dank für die Einladung, liebes Zentrum für neue Sozialpolitik!

In der morgigen Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung spreche ich mit Stefanie Diemand über den Koalitionsvertrag und die wirtschafts- und arbeitsmarktpolitischen Herausforderungen der neuen Bundesregierung, u.a. Sondervermögen, Wochenarbeitszeit, Steuerbefreiung für Überstunden und Mindestlohn.

Im @zdfde.bsky.social wird heute die Kurzarbeit in Deutschland thematisiert. Im Gespräch mit Valerie Haller habe ich Einschätzungen zur Kurzarbeit im aktuellen Arbeitsmarkt- und Wirtschaftsumfeld diskutiert. Heute Abend im heute journal und hier in Zusammenfassung. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Stunning piece of work!

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure? A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics. Thread below. 👇

Fascinating new paper by @simonjaeger.bsky.social, Suresh Naidu, and @schoefer.bsky.social! www.nber.org/papers/w33267

Don't miss this enormous overview of collective bargaining literature and institutions + a model of how unions shape wages applied to 26 countries! My final pre-doc RA'ed project is finally out - including a little preview of something that I've been working on :) www.nber.org/papers/w3326...

New paper w/ @simonjaeger.bsky.social & Suresh Naidu An attempt at an account of how unions/collective bargaining work and shape wages, across various international settings. In prep for Handbook of Labor => please email us any feedback! www.nber.org/papers/w33267 eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...

Our paper (w/ Jarkko Harju and @schoefer.bsky.social ) on what happened when Finland introduced a right to worker representation on corporate boards, now in @aeajournals.bsky.social: Applied. 👇

Wir haben geredet: @christian-bayer.bsky.social @holgi.bsky.social und ich bei Wrint über Kurzarbeit (featuring @simonjaeger.bsky.social und @mokuhn.bsky.social ) Krypto und Wahlprogramme (und das US Gesundheitssystem). Viel Spaß beim Zuhören! wrint.de/2024/12/21/k...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Voice at Work" by Jarkko Harju, Simon Jäger, and Benjamin Schoefer. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Das BMAS plant, die Bezugsdauer des Kurzarbeitergelds (KUG) zu verdoppeln. @jopennekamp.bsky.social nimmt unsere Forschungsergebnisse (mit Brinkmann, @mokuhn.bsky.social, Saidi, Wolter) auf, um Reform und Rolle des KUG in Transformation einzuordnen. @faznet.bsky.social www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Ein hervorragendes Interview in der @faznet.bsky.social von @jopennekamp.bsky.social mit @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, der heute den Nobelpreis erhält. Spannende Einschätzungen zur Zukunft liberaler Demokratien und zum 🇩🇪 Modell, z.B. zur Mitbestimmung. www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

I'm honored that @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social has included me in their list of "Germany’s 30 until 2030". When I first saw the title, I thought they’d gotten my age wrong—turns out it’s not *that* kind of list! Their initiative highlights optimism and innovation in 🇩🇪! Congrats to all awardees!

Hello #EconSky! 📢Excited to share my #JMP 📢 It provides a missing piece to understand how people react to income taxation. Tldr: By changing tax pre-payments governments can - with almost no costs - increase perceived work incentives of secondary earners and reduce the gender gap. Thread below👇🧵

New from @simonjaeger.bsky.social Christopher Roth, Nina Roussille & Benjamin Schoefer: "Worker Beliefs About Outside Options" Standard models of the labor market assume that workers have accurate beliefs about the differences in wages across firms, but this assumption remains broadly untested.

Simon Jäger (@simonjaeger.bsky.social), Christopher Roth, Nina Roussille, Benjamin Schoefer (@schoefer.bsky.social) summarise their wonderfully insightful @qjeharvard.bsky.social paper, "Worker Beliefs about Outside Options". microeconomicinsights.org/worker-belie...

I'm very excited to join the Department of Economics at Princeton University, with a joint appointment in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs! Very grateful to wonderful mentors, colleagues, students + staff @MIT for an incredible time! Looking forward to the next adventure!

In about an hour, we start the IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education in Bonn. In this thread, I will try to cover all presented papers. Program and zoom link 👇 conference.iza.org/conference_f...

Pflichtlektüre für alle jene, die sich für die wissenschaftlichen Beiträge von Claudia Goldin interessieren.

Riesige Glückwünsche an Claudia Goldin zum diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften! Worum geht es bei ihrer Forschung? Ein paar Eindrücke aus ihrer Forschung zum Arbeitsmarkt (auf deutsch).

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!

Welcome @simonjaeger.bsky.social!