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Research economist at @RockwoolFonden | @QMUL, @CReAM_Research, IZA | Applied Micro, Labor, Crime. https://sites.google.com/view/mertzmikkel/home

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🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨

Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!

Dedicated time for your own research.

Reach out to hear more!

** PLEASE REPOST **🙏

Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11

👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf

#EconSky

14.10.2025 10:50 — 👍 118    🔁 65    💬 1    📌 1
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"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...

🚨 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...

30.09.2025 07:39 — 👍 3    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!

On 23-24 October, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Andrea Weber and get the chance to deepen your understanding of market, labour and policies.

Apply till 6 September: form.typeform.com/to/tfgOD5y3

03.09.2025 13:57 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

On my way back home after a wonderful conference in Piemonte, where I presented ongoing work on ‘scarring effects in the housing market’. As always, great comments, company, wine and food. A big thanks to @rfberlin.bsky.social and CReAM for organising.

31.08.2025 08:44 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The academic program of our workshop concludes with sessions dedicated to labor, urban and spatial economics.

30.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!

On 18–19 September, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Barbara Petrongolo and get the chance to deepen your understanding of The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market.

Apply by 15 August: www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

11.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

The 1st Aarhus Workshop on Labor Markets (AWLM 2025) happens from Oct 22-24 at Aarhus University, Denmark.

We are excited to receive papers that focus on understanding and analyzing labor market dynamics, policies, and outcomes. Both empirical research and structural work is highly welcome!

12.08.2025 19:20 — 👍 8    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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📄📄📄Call for Papers is open!
RFBerlin invites submissions for the next Migration Forum "Migration: Drivers, Consequences, and Governance". Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79526...
#Migration #Governance #callforpapers

11.08.2025 16:18 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 3
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“Crime and the Labor Market” by Paolo Pinotti We are continuing the ROCKWOOL Foundation Handbook Masterclass Series, based on the Handbook of Labour Economics. In this series we invite contributed authors of handbook chapters to Berlin for in-de...

For Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!

On 24–25 September, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Paolo Pinotti and seize the chance to deepen your understanding of Crime and the Labor Market.

Applications are open until 26 August!

More info: www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

11.08.2025 12:15 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

A great pleasure to present ongoing work on housing policies at @usiidep.bsky.social. A big thank you to @fabricolella.bsky.social for the invitation and to the department for their hospitality.

25.06.2025 16:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A pleasure to present ongoing work on housing policies at the RFBERLIN-CEPR symposium in Labour Economics. Joint with Christian Dustmann and @rlandersoe.bsky.social .

13.06.2025 11:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Det er jo også fredag for togpersonalet…

23.05.2025 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A pleasure having you here @francescasalvati.bsky.social! Thanks again for a very interesting seminar.

13.05.2025 11:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❗️Deadline is approaching: Don’t forget to submit your paper for the #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin @diw.de, 26-27 September, jointly organised with @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏱️ Deadline: **May 02** (this Friday)

All details below 👇

28.04.2025 10:08 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Graph of the probability of ever being an entrepreneur by gender of peers. 

Women are significantly underrepresented in entrepreneurship in all OECD countries, with implications not only for gender equality but also for aggregate productivity. This column uses Danish data covering nearly 800,000 individuals to demonstrate that early exposure to entrepreneurship increases the likelihood that women become entrepreneurs later in life. Moreover, the women who follow entrepreneurial pursuits due to early exposure create highly successful firms in terms both of size and survival. This is consistent with a misallocation of entrepreneurial talent, suggesting that entry and operational barriers prevent even women with suitable abilities from entering and succeeding in entrepreneurial professions.

Graph of the probability of ever being an entrepreneur by gender of peers. Women are significantly underrepresented in entrepreneurship in all OECD countries, with implications not only for gender equality but also for aggregate productivity. This column uses Danish data covering nearly 800,000 individuals to demonstrate that early exposure to entrepreneurship increases the likelihood that women become entrepreneurs later in life. Moreover, the women who follow entrepreneurial pursuits due to early exposure create highly successful firms in terms both of size and survival. This is consistent with a misallocation of entrepreneurial talent, suggesting that entry and operational barriers prevent even women with suitable abilities from entering and succeeding in entrepreneurial professions.

Early exposure to #entrepreneurship increases the likelihood that women become entrepreneurs later in life. Women who follow entrepreneurial pursuits due to early exposure create highly successful firms.
@mikkelmertz.bsky.social, M Ronchi, @vsalvestrini.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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22.04.2025 09:53 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Der er en skurk på det københavnske boligmarked, vi aldrig taler om Hovedstadens ejerlejlighedspriser er ofte til debat, mens det sjældent får omtale, at andelsboliger aldrig kommer i åbent salg, fordi familie og venner fra København får en forlomme, påpeger forskere.

I @politiken.dk: Andelsboliger i København er en lukket (familie)fest. @mikkelmertz.bsky.social, Gustav Milner og jeg viser, at fænomenet er så udbredt, at det ses i op mod 5% (!) af ALLE boliger i KBH. Til sammenligning: kun i få promiller i resten af landet
politiken.dk/danmark/oeko...
1/4 #dkpol

18.04.2025 06:04 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
ROCKWOOL Fonden søger en metodestærk studerende med interesse for forskning i arbejdsmarkedsøkonomi - ROCKWOOL Fonden

Mangler du et studiejob? Kunne du tænke dig at arbejde i et etableret forskningsmiljø som ROCKWOOL Fonden? Og lyder forskning i arbejdsmarkedsøkonomi som noget for dig?

Så er denne stilling som studentermedarbejder i ROCKWOOL Fonden noget for dig.
rockwoolfonden.dk/stillingsops...

03.04.2025 05:19 — 👍 1    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
ROCKWOOL Fonden søger en metodestærk studerende med interesse for forskning i arbejdsmarkedsøkonomi - ROCKWOOL Fonden

Mangler du et studiejob? Kunne du tænke dig at arbejde i et etableret forskningsmiljø som ROCKWOOL Fonden? Og lyder forskning i arbejdsmarkedsøkonomi som noget for dig?

Så er denne stilling som studentermedarbejder i ROCKWOOL Fonden noget for dig.
rockwoolfonden.dk/stillingsops...

03.04.2025 05:19 — 👍 1    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Hvem får fat i storbyens billige andelsboliger?

Vores forsker, @mikkelmertz.bsky.social, har besøgt ABF for at uddybe studiet, der viser, at andelsboliger i København og på Frederiksberg ofte går til beboernes familiemedlemmer.

Læs mere: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/b...

26.03.2025 08:05 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

❗️We are looking forward to receiving your submissions for the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of crime. @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏳ Deadline: May 02 - five weeks from today.

See details in the thread below 👇

25.03.2025 07:21 — 👍 14    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Lars Højsgaard Andersen og Mikkel Mertz præsenterer ny forskning for beskæftigelsesudvalget og retsudvalget: Vold og seksuelle overgreb stiger 77 % efter udbetaling af løn og offentlige ydelser – bl.a. pga. øget alkohol- og stofbrug. Læs mere: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/v...

19.03.2025 13:00 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Today, we’re hosting our annual RFBerlin Spring Workshop, with our scholars presenting and discussing ongoing research in our Institute.

Stay tuned for key insights and discussions—follow this and upcoming threads for updates. #RFBerlinWorkshop

12.03.2025 09:27 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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📢 Join our labor team!
I am looking for two #predocs to work with me and my coauthors on applied labor economics projects in Switzerland!

Job Ad: bit.ly/PredocLaborLugano

Apply here: bit.ly/PredocLLCApply
#econra #USIecon #predoc

12.03.2025 04:34 — 👍 11    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

If you're an academic job market candidate studying causal questions related to crime/CJ policy, and you're still looking for a job for next year, could you email me? I'm trying to keep track/would love to help if I can.

11.03.2025 14:37 — 👍 27    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

This is a great opportunity for PhD students and Postdocs to get feedback on their work!

05.03.2025 18:26 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 PhD Opportunities at HEDG! 🚨

We’re excited to announce two fully funded PhD positions in Economics at the University of Southern Denmark!

If you’re interested in cutting-edge research in applied economics, don’t miss these opportunities:

04.03.2025 21:48 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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❗ Call for papers:
drive.google.com/file/d/16bOU...

📮Submit your papers here: bit.ly/4183vJ8

19.02.2025 21:50 — 👍 14    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 2
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PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen!

Please share!

Learn more 👇

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

21.02.2025 08:01 — 👍 39    🔁 52    💬 2    📌 1

🥳 The 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime is coming to Berlin in 2025!

🎓 @chtraxler.bsky.social and I are excited to host the workshop on 26-27 September, with keynotes by Paolo Pinotti and Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard.

⏱️ Deadline to submit your papers: 02 May 2025!

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19.02.2025 21:50 — 👍 24    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 3

Fascinating finding in this new JOLE paper:

A new meausure of parental lifetime wealth correlates highly with parental schooling and consistently so throughout childhood.

Parental schooling is perhaps a better proxy of 'permanent' family resources than many would've thought?

#sociology #econsky

15.02.2025 07:06 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

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