Jan Nimczik

Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants.

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We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work.

🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month

🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program

Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

📢 We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (@iabnews.bsky.social) for our research project on the gig economy! #EconSky

Link: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
start date: October 2025

Some German knowledge is required.

🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM Discussion Paper: Felix Degenhardt and @jnimczik.bsky.social examine whether gig jobs in online food delivery (OFD) are a stepping stone for refugees entering the Austrian labor market. 🧵

Great opportunity to chat with my friend and co-author Albrecht Bohne! Albrecht examines one of the most pressing issues for our policy makers: how to make investments relevant for the future.

ZEW-Ökonom Albrecht Bohne bei Book a Scientist der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft am 3. Juni 2025.

Wie können öffentliche Gelder 💰 effizienter eingesetzt und gleichzeitig #Zukunftsinvestitionen 🚀 gestärkt werden? Diskutiert mit ZEW-Ökonom Albrecht Bohne bei #BookAScientist der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de – am 3. Juni 2025!
🔗 Infos & Anmeldung: leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne...
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My colleagues at @iabnews.bsky.social have examined why gig jobs are often so unstable. The analysis is based on amazing data: a representative survey among gig workers identified in admin data.

Our #UEA2025 meeting, hosted by Humboldt University in Berlin, has featured keynotes by Esteban Rossi-Hansberg & Nina Pavcnik and more than 60 paper sessions.

urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

Thanks to local organizers @ahlfeldt.bsky.social and @jnimczik.bsky.social.

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy"

By @lukasmergele.bsky.social, Moritz Hennecke, & @mlubczyk.bsky.social

⏳ Last days to apply for the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program (starting October 2025)!

💡 Take the next step in your academic journey, in interdisciplinary opportunities, and access cutting-edge research resources.

📅Deadline: January 15, 2025

🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-programm... #PhD

🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

How are firms are affected by (longer) parental leave absences?

Paper joint with @mathiashuebener.bsky.social, @danielkuehnle.bsky.social & Michael Oberfichtner is forthcoming at The Economic Journal

doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

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🚀 I’m super happy to have joined @rfberlin.bsky.social, for one of the best postdoctoral programs in Europe! This is an incredible opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects while enjoying the hip vibes of Berlin. Reach out for more info and apply today!

Consider doing a PhD in #EconSky? Interested in labor econ? Then you should definitively apply to @bseberlin.bsky.social's program👇

Berlin's large applied micro group recently won a @dfgpublic.bsky.social grant to study labor scarcity,skill mismatch & more. We can fund PhDs for 4 years!

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⏳ Only one week left to apply! We are hiring Postdoctoral Fellows in Applied/Labor Economics. Don't miss the chance and apply by November 18th: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econjobmarket #EconSky

Thrilled to (finally) share my working paper on the electoral impact of French repatriates from Algeria. The Algerian War and the repatriation of over 1 million French Algerians (pieds-noirs) remain a sensitive and essential chapter for understanding French politics. shorturl.at/hh9Ro

The economic consequences of being widowed by war: A life-cycle perspective Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We use life history data from West …

Thrilled to see that our paper (w/ Jan Stuhler) on the labor market careers of war widows after 1945 has now been published in JPubE. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation* Abstract. We assess the impact of discrimination on Black individuals’ job networks across the U.S. using a two-stage field experiment with 400+ fictitious

Recently accepted by #QJE, “LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation,” by Evsyukova (@yuliaevsyukova.bsky.social), Rusche (@felixrusche.bsky.social), and Mill (@econmill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Great! Many Congratulations 🎉

Want to work on exciting projects in labor economics and have time to complete your own work with inputs from a great team of scholars? Come join us at RFBerlin! Extra plus: live in the vibrant city of Berlin 😎