Our (@bjoernbremer.bsky.social) paper on childcare expansion (<3y) in 🇩🇪 was just published @reggovjournal.bsky.social! We examine how the interplay between local government partisanship and fiscal conditions explains parts of the regional variation in childcare provision doi.org/10.1111/rego... 1/n

👏 Besonders spannend wäre dieses Schaubild noch danach, in welchen Städten und Bundesländern die Unterschiede zwischen armen und reichen Stadtteilen mehr oder weniger stark ausgeprägt sind.

We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share! 🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne 🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025 www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Looking forward to presenting our work (@nilsblossey.bsky.social) on the political consequences of media ownership concentration in the Political Economy Research Group seminar series at CEU (@weareceu.bsky.social) this Thursday: events.ceu.edu/2025-03-06/p...

MAX CPE is back! Join our online workshop series in Comparative Political Economy. First session: Feb 26, 1 pm, with Andreas Nölke and Michael Schedelik on "Peripheral Growth Models and the Global Economy." Sign up: www.mpifg.de/max-cpe-work... @palmapolyak.bsky.social @dustinvoss.bsky.social

The application deadline for doctoral positions in #PoliticalEconomy and #EconomicSociology is fast approaching. We look forward to receiving your application by February 28. 👉 career.mpifg.de/jobposting/9... 👉 career.mpifg.de/jobposting/1...

The MPIfG is seeking a research group leader (tenure track) with a focus on the socioeconomic and political impacts of technological change to set up a new research group at the intersection of #economy, #society, and #technology. 📢Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/SULoAf

Why don´t we see more political competition in economic policy? Re wages, we (w/ Lucio Baccaro) show that the more dependent countries are on exports, the more the wage preferences of center-left and center-right voters converge 1/2 @mpifg.bsky.social @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Am 13.6. präsentiere ich unsere (@bjoernbremer.bsky.social) Ergebnisse zum Zusammenspiel kommunaler Partei- und Fiskalpolitik für den Kitaausbau in 🇩🇪. Ich freue mich auf die Diskussion mit Thomas Weckelmann vom MKJFGFI NRW. Anmeldung hier: difis.org/veranstaltun...