🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @yajnagovind.bsky.social, Jack Melbourne, @sarasgnr.bsky.social, and Edith Zink study whether and how the Danish "Ghetto Plan" affected targeted neighborhoods and their residents. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🚨 We are hiring! 📂 RFBerlin invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellow positions in Economics. ⏰ Application deadline: November 15. More info: www.rfberlin.com/job/postdoct... 👉 Apply here or share with your network: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... #EconSky #EconJobMarket

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Arthur Campbell, C. Matthew Leister, Philip Ushchev and @yveszenou.bsky.social develop a model of content-filtering to study how network structure shapes the distribution of political content: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @stepanmikula.bsky.social and Mariola Pytliková study how improvements in air quality affect migration behavior. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

The @financialtimes.com featured research by RFBerlin affiliates Matthew Nibloe and @clarabismarck.bsky.social, showing that the share of graduates from the top-5 UK universities entering public service remained stable in the decade after the financial crisis.

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Dustmann and Uta Schönberg study how exposure to high-quality peers in one's first job affects career outcomes for young workers, focusing on knowledge spillovers and competition effects. 🧵

Join us on 4 November for the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin. 🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV Discover how women’s roles in work and society have evolved and what challenges remain More about the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/why-wo...

Our researchers at CReAM at RFBerlin have published a new report on refugee inflows and trends in the European Union. Highlights in one thread! Full report: www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

🆕 CReAM at RFBerlin Report: @tomfratti.bsky.social and Giuseppe Pulito analyze recent trends in refugee inflows to the European Union. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Chris Riddell and Craig Riddell re-assess the impact of North American income maintenance experiments on two-parent families, incorporating data on happiness, marital satisfaction and household production to the analysis. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🚨 Just one month left! Don’t forget to submit your papers to the RFBerlin Migration Forum 📝 📅 Submission deadline: 2 Nov 2025 📍 Berlin | 26-27 Mar 2026 More details 👉 www.rfberlin.com/event/migrat... #CallForPapers #MigrationForum2026

🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass! Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Anna Piil Damm, Ahmad Hassani, Anil Kumar and Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez estimate the causal effect of immigration flows on the housing market in the medium-run. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

A recent study by RFBerlin researchers examines how successful the Treuhand was in privatising GDR companies. Did the Treuhand privatise the ‘right’ companies?

We are very happy to host the Berlin Applied Micro Seminar today with @hannawang.bsky.social presenting research on “Job search and mobility over the life cycle: Implications for the child penalty”.

What happens when firms set wages outside of national agreements? "The Winners and Losers from Collective Bargaining Decentralization", by Christian Dustmann, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato, @chiaralac.bsky.social, Vincenzo Pezone, Raffaele Saggio, and @schoefer.bsky.social.

📑 RFBerlin researchers find that redundant workers in East Germany were 6% more likely to relocate to West Germany if a former colleague was already employed there. “This is the first causal evidence that former colleagues shape mobility in major economic upheavals.” – @jnimczik.bsky.social

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @michellehansch.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social, and Alexandra Spitz-Oener examine how former coworkers influence migration decisions following major labor market shocks, using the quasi-experimental setting of German reunification. 🧵

The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published an article on Germany’s labor shortages, citing research and expert commentary from RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann. www.rfberlin.com/dustmann-ger...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @jakobbeu.bsky.social, Jósef Sigurdsson, and Horng Chern Wong provide new evidence on the effects of corporate acquisitions on workers' earnings and employment. 🧵

📰As Sweden debates cutting refugee benefits, @dagensnyheter.bsky.social cites research by Christian Dustmann, @rlandersoe.bsky.social and Lars Højsgaard Andersen showing limited gains in refugee employment, higher crime rates, and worse school outcomes for their children.

📰 Research by Christian Dustmann (RFBerlin), @rlandersoe.bsky.social and @larshandersen.bsky.social (@rockwoolfonden.dk) has been featured in @dagensnyheter.bsky.social in an analysis of the Swedish government’s proposal to cap social benefits for immigrants.

We are delighted to host Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University) in our Applied Economics Seminar this week, presenting research on "Family connections, nepotism, and political bargaining".

📢 We are hiring 📢 RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining. Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...

RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann will participate in the 8th Banca d'Italia - @cepr.org Labour Workshop as a keynote speaker, giving a lecture on "Linking Lifecycle and Cross-sectional Inequality: Cohort Dynamics and the Role of Technological Change" 📆 26 September 2025 ⌚ 2 PM 📍 Rome

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Andrea Ichino, Aldo Rustichini, and @giuliozanella.bsky.social study the consequences of tertiary education expansion on the selection of college students in terms of cognitive ability and socioeconomic disadvantage. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

We are continuing the ROCKWOOL Foundation Handbook Masterclass Series, based on the Handbook of Labour Economics, with Paolo Pinotti’s (Bocconi University) lecture on “Crime and the Labor Market”. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

We are happy to host Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University) in our Applied Economics Seminar this week, presenting "Family connections, nepotism, and political bargaining". 🗓️ 25 September 2025 🕑 Time: 14:00–15:15

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Tirthatanmoy Das and Solomon W. Polachek introduce a new technique to identify causal effects, spillovers, and biases from selectivity. Applied to CA Paid Family Leave → effects 55–70% larger than standard DID. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @albertobisin.bsky.social and Giulia Tura estimate a structural model of marital matching, fertility and cultural transmission to identify cultural-ethnic group specific investment parameters and spousal preferences for marital matching.

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Hae-young Hong, Jisoo Hwang, Jongwon Kim, and @jungmin-leee.bsky.social provide the first casual evidence on how developmental health screenings for young children affect parental behavior. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

This week, we are happy to host Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk & @cep-lse.bsky.social) in our Applied Economics Seminar series, sharing her work on "Labor market dynamics around childbirth: The role of parental leave". 🗓️ 19 September 2025 🕑 14:00 - 15:15 www.rfberlin.com/event/semina...

We are continuing the RFBerlin Handbook Masterclass Series, based on the Handbook of Labour Economics, with Barbara Petrongolo’s (@ox.ac.uk & @cep-lse.bsky.social) lecture on “The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market”. www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Peter Fredriksson, @dgulumser.bsky.social, and @lenahensvik.bsky.social study whether and why differential wage responsiveness to outside offers contributes to the gender wage gap within job. 🧵

Time to wrap up the RFBerlin Conference on Worker Co-Determination and Governance. 🙏 Huge thanks to all participants for their outstanding contributions! We hope to see you back in Berlin soon.

We are delighted to conclude the RFBerlin Conference on Worker Co-Determination and Governance with a keynote lecture on “Eurosclerosis at 40: Labor Market Institutions, Dynamism, and European Competitiveness” by @schoefer.bsky.social.

Up next, Astrid Kunze presenting “The Importance of Co-Determination for Gender Diversity in the Boardroom”, with a discussion led by Li Zhang.

We continue with @virkola.bsky.social showing research results on “Pay Transparency, Wage Setting and Worker Sorting”, discussed by Qinyue Luo.

@guidofriebel.bsky.social takes the stage to present “Codetermination in Denmark and Crisis Management in Firms”, discussed by @jakobbeu.bsky.social.

We opened the afternoon session of our conference with Matthias Breuer presenting “Minority Representation at Work”, discussed by @wnuk-i.bsky.social.

The next speaker of the program is Elia Benveniste with “Buying Out the Means of Production: Wages, Employment and Productivity In Labor-Managed Firms”, discussed by Sarah Gharbi.

@felixkersting.bsky.social is our next presenter of the day, talking about “Controlling Labour Conflict: On the Emergence of the German Model of Industrial Relations”, discussed by @mlubczyk.bsky.social.

We continue with Chiara Giannetto presenting “Opting Out of Centralized Collective Bargaining: Evidence from Italy”, discussed by Pietro Campa.

Our first speaker is @mazkarate.bsky.social, presenting “Union and Firm Labor Market Power”, discussed by @gablucche.bsky.social.

Today we are hosting the RFBerlin Conference on Worker Co-determination and Governance, which brings together researchers interested in the economic implications of worker co-determination and organizational governance. www.rfberlin.com/event/worker...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @laurent-bach.bsky.social, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @arthurgzouic.bsky.social, and Clément Malgouyres investigate how integrating corporate and personal income tax data affects the measurement of income and effective tax rates along the income distribution.

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @alexbryson.bsky.social and Mari Tanaka explore the impact of trade unions on firm performance in developing countries and find positive correlations between unionization and firm labor productivity and wages. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau and Yudi Wang exploit the unanticipated separation of peer networks caused by COVID-19 campus closures to study whether remote friendships matter for online distance learning. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Sarah Fritz, Lorenzo Incoronato, and Catherine van der List document substantial fiscal waste in the context of the EU Cohesion Policy in Italy. 🧵

We are happy to host the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social Applied Micro Seminar today with Michael Lovenheim (Cornell University) presenting “The Contribution of College Majors to Gender and Racial Earnings Differences”.