💼🤒 Weder die Einführung eines Karenztages noch eine Absenkung der Lohnfortzahlung sind effektive Instrumente zur Verringerung von Fehlzeiten. Stattdessen: Teilzeitkrankschreibung – #ZEW -Ökonom @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social zu seiner Studie in der Rheinpfalz 📰 www.rheinpfalz.de/wirtschaft_a...

How did the opioid epidemic transform the political landscape of communities? Check out this article featuring my work with @caroartc.bsky.social

Incredibly proud of this 🤩🥹! So much work and determination behind this publication. What a journey this was! Honored to have done it with you @vickybarone.bsky.social 🚀❤️

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Open call for papers, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Conference. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on May 7-8, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 22, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Probably fewer women in economics because they’re just not as smart, right, Larry?

Finally out 👇 „We study the misallocation of Medicaid funds, its consequences for reimbursement rates, the quantity, and the quality of care provided. Our theoretical and empirical analysis demonstrates that, to increase federal matching funds, such schemes distort the quality-quantity tradeoff.“

Deutschland zählt zu den Ländern mit hohen krankheitsbedingten Fehlzeiten, u.a. wegen großzügiger Lohnfortzahlungen. Aber: Krankengeldkürzungen wären kontraproduktiv, so eine #ZEW -Studie @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social 💡Besser: Teilzeitkrankschreibung & Grippeimpfung 🔗 www.zew.de/PM9554/?twt=1

„Das ist ein sehr schlechtes Zeichen für die Wirtschaft, dass die Regierung nicht in der Lage ist, das zu verhindern“, kommentiert #ZEW-Ökonom @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social die drohenden Beitragserhöhungen der #GKV in der @szde.bsky.social. www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/m...

Finally out 👇 „We study the misallocation of Medicaid funds, its consequences for reimbursement rates, the quantity, and the quality of care provided. Our theoretical and empirical analysis demonstrates that, to increase federal matching funds, such schemes distort the quality-quantity tradeoff.“

Surveying the evidence on intergenerational mobility studies that use alternative measures with a focus on health, consumption and life satisfaction, from Jonathan Davis, Nathan Deutscher, and @bhashmazumder.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34407

School cellphone bans seem to work, according to early evidence from Florida. NBER researchers found higher test scores and less absenteeism after an initial adjustment period. www.nber.org/papers/w3438...

SEHO 2026 in Pavia, June 2026. Call for papers now open. More info and link to submission portal below ⬇️

Here is Jack Ciattarelli explaining why he is opposed to paid sick leave legislation. Is this really who you want running New Jersey?

📢 #CallforPapers: #MaCCI-Jahreskonferenz von #ZEW und #UniMannheim am 19. & 20. März 2026 @macci-mannheim.bsky.social 🎤 Keynotes von Cani Fernández Vicién (@cnmces.bsky.social) und Jean Tirole (@tse-fr.eu) 📬 Einreichungen bis 15. November 2025 Jetzt anmelden⬇️ www.zew.de/MacciAnnual2...

The fall edition of the @ashecon.bsky.social newsletter came out last week with 6 great articles 1. @jimflynn9.bsky.social interviewed ASHEcon President-Elect @johncawley.bsky.social www.ashecon.org/activities/n... 1/7

The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23. We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy. Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will... #EconSky

Was a great experience and much fun to edit this Labour Economics Special Issue with @joemoscelli.bsky.social and @osea.bsky.social on the “Economics of the Healthcare Workforce” 👇

🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources: ⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow 👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives 🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... A 🧵 1/6

„Eine strukturelle Reform des Sozialstaats könnte den #Standort attraktiver machen, allein schon, weil die Unsicherheit über die künftigen Bedingungen wegfallen würde“, sagt #ZEW-Ökonom @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social via dpa im Handelsblatt. www.handelsblatt.com/dpa/sozialst...

If your research aligns with @upjohninstitute.bsky.social's mission, we would consider hosting. Lots of great folks here. www.upjohn.org/about

🙌 🙌 So happy to see this project come to fruition and this paper officially forthcoming at AEJ: Policy -- in part because I care so much about the question and am proud of how we answered it, and in part because I got to work with superstar coauthors Jocelyn Wikle and Riley Wilson, who are the best.

Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research? #econ_ra iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...

📢 After the Annual Meeting is before the Annual Meeting! We are very much looking forward to #VfS_Conf2026! Where? @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social 🔗https://www.socialpolitik.de/de/termin/annual-conference-2026

Labor and health economists, check out this Labour Economics Special Issue on the “Economics of the Healthcare Workforce" I had the pleasure to edit it with @joemoscelli.bsky.social and Osea Giuntella. More details below.

Come to the #VfS panel on #OpenScience with Severine Toussaert, @leventneyse.bsky.social @jrgptrs.bsky.social @larsvil.bsky.social . Looking forward to the discussion.

New Paper Alert Given my first gen roots, this paper was especially satisfying to research and write, even though the results are a bit disheartening. We use administrative data covering all North Carolina public school students, to document five facts about first generation excellence gaps…. .

Conference Announcement: 16th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE - www.iwaee.org) will be held on the 15th and 16th of June, 2026. More information, including call for papers, to follow

Job market candidates, listen to @johncawley.bsky.social 👇

⭐Only a few more days to submit your paper for the 10th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data Workshop! @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer cepr.org/events/10th-... #EconSky