‘Op een dag vind je de job van je leven, maar je mag (of kan) niet weg' Een @knack.be stuk samen met @wzwysen.bsky.social voor @denktankminerva.be over concurrentie op de arbeidsmarkt. www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

First day at @sasemeeting.bsky.social , with interesting session on precarious work. Kiran Mirchandansi & Michelle Buckley present subcontracting at University of Toronto, showing increased fragmentation and declining working conditions.

The Traineeship Directive will be a crucial test case for the direction of EU youth employment regulation . Give the WP a look 👀! It has been one of my most exciting research projects of this past year 🌞! Thank you @karabadjieva.bsky.social and @wzwysen.bsky.social

For wonks, this is very interesting on how Hungary may have fiddled its income data to make it look like poverty was smaller than it was. Look at the suspicious clustering of incomes just *above the poverty line* in 2018 and 2021 vs 2014 and 2015. www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/11/r...

Belangrijke blog van @distasioval.bsky.social, Borja Martinovic, @verenaseibel.bsky.social en @stefaniesprong.bsky.social: Hoeveel meer bewijs heeft de TK nodig om te erkennen dat moslimdiscriminatie een hardnekkig probleem is dat de NLse maatschappij onder druk zet? stukroodvlees.nl/hoeveel-bewi...

If you don't speak Dutch, the automatic translation does a good job: Politicians have questioned our colleagues' integrity and professionalism because the results do not say what they want to hear. Acknowledging our challenges as a society is the way to improve collective well-being.

Heel belangrijk stuk over moslimdiscriminatie in Nederland en ook het wegzetten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek wanneer het niet zint. Ik had deze discussie wat gemist, maar bevindingen van recente studie werden in de kamer, ten onrechte, in twijfel getrokken. stukroodvlees.nl/hoeveel-bewi...

One thing is clear about the Trump Presidency. on.ft.com/3D35DtX Massive policy uncertainty & attacks on government are already leaving skid marks on consumer confidence; growth will stall. Voters will notice, as mid-terms near. What's not clear: does he then back down or double down?

Great presentation by @katymorris.bsky.social #RC28 on local opportunities - measured by growth of high paying jobs - affecting attitudes and feeling left behind, captured here by Brexit votes. Where such jobs grew heavily the probability of voting leave was 12 pp lower than where it didn't grow.

Final session #RC28 starts with fascinating talk by Marlis Buchmann on the demand and supply of skills in Switzerland. She shows IT and social skills often go hand in hand, and some clear upgrading of occupations over time.

Very interesting work by Julian Seuring at #RC28 looking at language instruction participation among refugee children in Germany. It shows the importance of preschool participation and the community context

Presentation by Yuxin Liu at #RC28 on rural to urban migration in China and Nepal. She shows that left behind children are impacted both by parents or wider family migrating, but only parental migration is associated with better educational outcomes - likely because financial means are more targeted

Great start of the final day #RC28 with Elias Kruithof @brispo-vub.bsky.social presenting on intergenerational educational mobility of second generation migrants in Belgium - looking only at parental education can be misleading, as the relative education compared to context of origin matters

We're hiring! Vacancies for 3 permanent research positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level at NIDI (The Hague), in the field of labor market studies, inequality, and human geography/spatial studies. #Sociology #Demography #SocialSciences #Economics nidi.nl/en/about-us/...

Final talk of the day by Christoph Janietz on women in the pay structure in Dutch companies, showing under representation of women at the top of the within firm pay hierarchy #RC28

Very interesting presentation by @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social at #RC28 on the match between college majors and jobs in the US. What seems to matter most is getting into the occupation that matches degree, not as much the skills or whether you train further.

Great talk by @filippogch.bsky.social on the importance of family origin on wages in a comparative study of US, Italy, and Germany showing rather similar overall intergenerational inequality, but rather different mechanisms, #RC28

Nice presentation by Alessio Tomelleri at #rc28 on how having higher digital skills affects hiring intention. More advanced skills may be even more relevant than educational qualifications.

Interesting work by Joshua Choper with @zparolin.bsky.social at #rc28 showing more platform work - Uber in this case - where there is more inequality as there is both more supply and demand. This is quite in line with our @etui.bsky.social work on platform work economy

Great presentation by Lorenzo Bernabei at #RC28 on how new technologies affect employment structure in EU. They find some upgrading - more people in higher skilled and higher paying jobs - particularly when accompanied by better training and more tertiary educated workers.

Very interesting talk by Leo Azzolini #rc28 on social origins and unemployment risks over the lifecourse. It shows clear differences between the US where inequality increases, UK where it is stable, and Germany where there is no difference. Shows importance of institutions

Great talk on very careful study by Joey Tang #rc28 on unemployment scarring and the negative effects later on of being rejected from unemployment insurance, which leads to a higher take up of social assistance later on.

Nice presentation by Niko Eskelinen on the persistence of being not in employment or education for young people - this state is persistent, particularly for the more vulnerable. #RC28

Nice start of the second day at #rc28 by Christof Müller @iabnews.bsky.social on subsidized IT training. Men are more likely to do such training, but also much more likely to afterwards go to IT jobs, which shows gender gap is not just about training itself but also what happens after

Final session of the day at rc28 with very interesting perspectives on employers preferences and considerations in hiring, showing some insightful use of experiments and vignettes.

Very interesting presentation by Lidwina Gundacker @iabnews.bsky.social on labour market trajectories of refugees in Germany. Shows varied patterns of transitions, affected by their experiences on the journey to Germany. pre-migration skills and experiences also help easier integration

This afternoon I will present ongoing work with @demirevaneli.bsky.social on labour market integration of different types of migrants across Europe, showing the importance of language skills and recognition of qualifications. If you're at rc28 and interested, it's in room 25

Very interesting first plenary at RC28 by Daniele Checchi on different systems of transitions to tertiary education across Europe, combining it with the role of individual and background characteristics

Happy to be at rc28 in Milan, starting with a great session on wage bargaining and equity. First, @jannabesamusca.bsky.social on the gap between collectively agreed wages and actual wages - question is whether firms actually pay the agreed wages and if not, how does this affect labour market.

If you have leads on academic or academic-adjacent jobs that would make sense, I'd greatly appreciate to hear from you. 5/5

On my way to Milan for RC28. Looking forward to present ongoing work with @demirevaneli.bsky.social on labour market integration of migrants in the short run, and the role played by language skills and qualification recognition. Also looking forward immensely to three days of interesting talks

For those interested the current situation on labour shortages: why they rose so much, what to do about it, and how quality jobs can help. As a bonus, it's all in my soothing voice.

📣 New episode of etui.podcast with @wzwysen.bsky.social! 🎙️ Listen here 🔗 etui.org/Z62

The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, co-edited with @silviarainone.bsky.social, is now available @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery! More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the... #GigEconomy #FoodForThought

As the EU increasingly becomes a true single market, movements of workers over borders increase, and also become less one sided east to west. Moving for a short time to work, such as cross border work, posting, or seasonal work, is key for many industries but we often lack information on these flows

Very happy that this @etui.bsky.social book is now out. In the book we highlight the large short-term work flows occurring within the EU. These movers often still worse working conditions than the majority and risks of vulnerability. Many thanks to all authors! www.etui.org/publications...

Today we're launching a new book, edited by Mehtap Akgüç and @wzwysen.bsky.social, about #workers who cross borders within the #EU for temporary employment 🧵👇

@wzwysen.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @efbww.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

What's it like to be a mobile worker in the #EU, crossing borders for temporary employment? From #SeasonalWorkers to #DigitalNomads, what kind of legal, economic and social challenges do they face?

NEW: According to the OECD, 2 in 3 employers worry about fairness and workers’ mental health under algorithmic management. Let’s turn that worry into ACTION. Collective bargaining on tech = fairer outcomes + safer work. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Very happy to be in Leuven for the @etui.bsky.social and respectme @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social conference to discuss future of work for the following two days, with great presentations on new technologies and transformations in the world of work

Very happy to join the launch of @worknetint.bsky.social today, with @etui.bsky.social joining 30 other research centers on work and employment

👉 New working paper alert with @wzwysen.bsky.social Using three ad-hoc modules of the EU Labour Force Survey, we show that non-economic migrants benefit relatively much more (compared to economic migrants) from host-country human capital. www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/pub...

Happy to share new working paper with Neli Demireva. We analyse migrants’ labour market outcomes and how they vary by origin and motivation across Europe. Non-economic migrants face sizeable gaps compared to the majority and economic migrants, particularly in terms of employment.

Note also that some workers’ earnings fall too: middle-pay workers’ earnings falls by a cumulative 10% over 5 years, and low-pay workers’ earnings do not fall at all. Full paper here: www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

👇 Do check out this paper!

Mario Draghi: "[Growth] has been well below what could have been achieved [due among other things to] restrictive fiscal policy. This depressed growth rate has in turn lowered innovation, which then further lowered the growth rate." We are all (post)Keynesians now! cepr.org/publications...

Excellent study on #monopsony and obstacles on labour mobility from @wzwysen.bsky.social ! While this topic is a niche one, there is a huge potential for economic growth if the use of #noncompetes would be banned or limited. The US already took steps to ban the NCCs - will the EU follow?

🗞️ Read author @wzwysen.bsky.social's op-ed in Social Europe here 🔗 socialeurope.eu/limited-options-to-change-employers-keep-wages-low

Happy to share new @etui.bsky.social report on labour market monopsony and workers' bargaining power www.etui.org/publications... I review how workers' bargaining position and their wages are pushed down by (1) labour market concentration; and (2) a growing use of anti-competitive contract clauses