Raphael Brade

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

Save the date! The fifth annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics will be held from 5-7 May 2026 at the Crieff Hydro Hotel in Perthshire. Professor Steve Machin (LSE) will deliver the keynote. For more info:
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...

First time presenting a research paper in a church! ⛪️📄

Presented our paper on aging & cognitive skills at the workshop on „Skills and Demographic Transitions: Labour Markets, Productivity and Welfare" in Urbino last week. Thanks to the great hosts!

Link to paper and tv coverage in the comments.

1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.

This year’s VfS Annual Meeting hosts a fantastic gender and diversity related program. Read the following thread to see what we have in store for you. A big thank you to the @DHRS for supporting our efforts 🙌!
Dive into our exciting lineup.

Job! Two assistant/associate professors in educational sociology with a quantitative methods focus based either in Copenhagen or Aarhus
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...

🚨 85% (!) der Erwachsenen sind für ein Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media.
Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine relative Mehrheit dafür.

👉 Dies und mehr im neuen ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025:
www.ifo.de/fakten/2025-...
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My paper on designing and analyzing powerful experiments is now up online at Fiscal Studies. Here is my shareable link for free access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Come join us at QSS @sriucl.bsky.social! We have the best colleagues ♥️

📣We will jointly organize the 1st Workshop on the 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 on 𝟱 - 𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Submissions are now open! Keynotes: @gathmannch.bsky.social & Tania Babina.

ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/event/2025-12-05/cesifo-transform-workshop-economic-and-societal-impacts-ai
#TransforM

One-year visiting position for advanced female postdocs in Dresden. I am happy to host anyone broadly interested in applied micro. Salary within the German public sector's pay scale (TV-L, E13-E15). Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. Please share widely! 👇

What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This? GPT-5, a new release from OpenAI, is the latest product to suggest that progress on large language models has stalled.

Last week, OpenAI finally released GPT-5, which many had hoped would usher in the next significant leap in A.I. capabilities. But it is just the latest product to suggest that A.I. might not get much better.

BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of extensive media exposure on public perceptions and normalization. It references specific research surveys conducted on Sky News UK and Australia, analyzing changes in public attitudes and policy effects due to media strategies.

NEW -

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL

"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"

- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.

Come work with us!

Call for Papers:

The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics

to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Info: eash.cc/AI-econ
Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

📣 Call for Papers is open!
In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz
We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality

Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de

So erklärt Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ihren Kandidatur-Verzicht SPD-Kandidatin Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf hat ihre Kandidatur als Richterin des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zurückgezogen. Ihre Erklärung dokumentiert LTO im Wortlaut.

Wenn Ihr die komplette Erklärung von Prof. Dr. Brosius-Gersdorf lesen möchtet, hier ist die:
Ich kann Euch das nur empfehlen. Sie ist aufschlussreich, auch dazu, wer alles sich bei ihr gemeldet hat & wer halt nicht.
www.lto.de/recht/nachri...

🚀Be part of the next round of the Women in Economics Mentoring Programme — a unique opportunity that connects early-career women economists with experienced mentors.

🎯 Programme duration: October 2025 – July 2026
📆 Deadline to apply: August 31st
👉 Apply now: form.jotform.com/251723111137...

Important read for everyone who collects their own data on online platforms

#econsky

⌛️ REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🙂

Deadline: August 17 ⏲️

IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑‍🏫

@woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org

🚨 New working paper! 🚨
We ran a field experiment with >1,300 university students randomly assigned to online vs in-person lectures. What happens? Online instruction hurts performance, but only for women♀️📉

with Xiaoyue Shan & Uschi Backes-Gellner
www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

Replication Games @i4replication.bsky.social coming to Berlin! @janmarcus.de Register here. www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...

By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season.

Let me explain.

🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!

Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

A picture of me in a colorful outfit, a green and yellow box on my head, eating a pizza slice

Trying to hit 10k followers on my birthday with this post. Girlfriend said it couldn’t be done. She’s probably right anyway