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Paolo G. Piacquadio

@pgpiacquadio.bsky.social

Associate Professor at Uni. St. Gallen. Interested in normative views and their policy implications.

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EJM - Econ Job Market

We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!

13.11.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Economics Departmental Seminar - Associate Professor Frikk Nesje Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality

Looking forward to holding the Department Seminar at @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social on Dec 10.

I will present the paper "Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality" (joint with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social). A new version, with many new insights, will be ready soon!

shorturl.at/I58qN

12.11.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
EJM - Econ Job Market The automated language-translation service on econjobmarlet.org is provided free by Google Translate, a third party service. Google is wholly responsible for the translation service. Econ Job…

⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰

Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...

2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.

cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

01.11.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
EJM - Econ Job Market

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.

Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development

Application deadline: November 30!

More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

29.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The #econjobmarket is not (totally) dead! 3 positions this year to join our amazing team at @crestumr.bsky.social ! This is a great environnent with amazing colleagues and students please consider applying! Feel free to contact any of us if you have questions

15.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline coming up tomorrow! Join us in Heidelberg.

12.10.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
European Economic Review | Capital vs. Labor: Perspectives on Inequality in the 21st Century | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier This special issue addresses the complex dynamics between capital and labor in economic inequality and redistribution. It navigates the tension between concentrating capital in the top income distribu...

It is finally online the SI of the EER that we guest-edited together with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, @danielwaldenstrom.bsky.social, and Jakob Madsen. The full list of papers is available here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

26.09.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)

My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.

Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

07.09.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I very much look forward to presenting this paper next Monday Sept 8th at 5pm Paris time for the NE&EP webinar series.

For registering and/or link, write to normative.econ@gmail.com.

04.09.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŒπŸ“ˆ Paper β€œThe Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out today in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint with Jasper Meya, Lutz Sager & Ulrike Kornek.

See short summary and PM by PIK linked below, and the paper here
πŸ‘‰ pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

01.09.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working paper alert!

I generalize discounted utilitarianism to endogenous population settings and avoid most drawbacks of existing welfare criteria.

Read more here: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo....

Comments are welcome!

01.09.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Final reminder to junior researchers to submit a paper for the new award from the Sciences Po Department of Economics honouring the memory of Ghazala Azmat.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#CallForPapers #EconSky

29.08.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to see this in print!

25.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Voice AI in Firms: A Natural Field Experiment on Automated Job Interviews We study the impact of replacing human recruiters with AI voice agents to conduct job interviews. Partnering with a recruitment firm, we conducted a natural fie

Great paper by @brianjabarian.bsky.social and @luca-henkel.bsky.social on automated job interviews.

Is AI better at recruiting?

Based on 70.000+ real job interviews:
- 12% more job offers;
- 18% more hires;
- 17% higher retention...

- and 78% of applicants choose AI if given the choice.

20.08.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HSG: 2 PhD Positions in Consumer Behavior and Technology (m/f/d) A passion for behavioral science and new technologies. An excellent master's degree (or equivalent) in marketing, psychology, behavioral economics, or a related field. Outstanding English communicatio...

Looking for 2 PhD students to join our lab at the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology @unisg.ch! We study how people interact with AI and automation at the intersection of marketing, psychology, and technology.
Fully-funded positions available. Please share! πŸ™

03.08.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ABSTRACT. A probability aggregation rule assigns to each profile of probability functions across a group of individuals (representing their individual probability assignments to some propositions) a collective probability function (representing the group’s probability assignment). The rule is β€˜non-manipulable’ if no group member can manipulate the collective probability for any proposition in the direction of his or her own probability by misrepresenting his or her probability function (β€˜strategic voting’). We show that, except in trivial cases, no probability aggregation rule satisfying two very mild conditions (non-dictatorship and consensus preservation) is non-manipulable.

ABSTRACT. A probability aggregation rule assigns to each profile of probability functions across a group of individuals (representing their individual probability assignments to some propositions) a collective probability function (representing the group’s probability assignment). The rule is β€˜non-manipulable’ if no group member can manipulate the collective probability for any proposition in the direction of his or her own probability by misrepresenting his or her probability function (β€˜strategic voting’). We show that, except in trivial cases, no probability aggregation rule satisfying two very mild conditions (non-dictatorship and consensus preservation) is non-manipulable.

Just accepted:

β€˜The Impossibility of Non-manipulable Probability Aggregation’
– Franz Dietrich & Christian List

Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#philsci #philsky

17.07.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our approach makes it possible to reflect the values that people actually hold – and not just those that are easy to calculate. #Economics #Philosophy

Pretty big, right? News item in the comments.

11.07.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

09.07.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI assessment changes human behavior | PNAS AI is increasingly replacing human decision-makers across domains. AI-based tools have become particularly common in assessment decisions, such as ...

Do we change who we are when #AI is watching?
New paper in @pnas.org: Job applicants emphasize analytical traits and hide intuition when assessed by AIβ€”believing that's what algorithms want.
Result? Companies may hire people good at "performing for algorithms" rather than the best candidates.

24.06.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Provokerende (ment godt) perspektiv i Frikks og @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social forskning.

For hvordan laver vi bedst ΓΈkonom-modeller (egentlig ogsΓ₯ relevant ift. debatten omkring FM's regnemodel).

Læs artiklen Frikk Nesje linkter til for mere information og link til forskningsartiklen.

#dkpol #dkΓΈko

23.06.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Økonomer: Langsigtede investeringer kan blive mere retfΓ¦rdige To ΓΈkonomer har udarbejdet en ny mΓ₯de at tΓ¦nke retfΓ¦rdighed mellem senere og tidligere generationer ind i de langsigtsinvesteringer, vi som samfund laver pΓ₯ bl.a. klimaomrΓ₯det. Den nye, teoretiske ram...

Hvordan bΓΈr vi fordele goder og omkostninger mellem generationer? I artiklen 'Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality', sammen med @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, har vi udviklet en ramme for at forstΓ₯ og vurdere netop dette spΓΈrgsmΓ₯l. LΓ¦s nyheden fra KU.
nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder...

23.06.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Economists: Long-term investments can become more equitable Two economists have developed a new way of looking at equity between later and earlier generations in the long-term investments we make as a society in areas such as climate change. The new theoretica...

How should we distribute benefits and costs between generations? In the paper 'Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality', with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, we have created a framework for understanding and assessing this very question. Read the KU news item.
news.ku.dk/all_news/202...

23.06.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor Project title: A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries (WELLSIM) CHANSE "Enhancing well-being for the future"

🚨 We’re hiring! A post-doc opportunity in an international team working on a life course microsimulation modelling of multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries

Apply here πŸ‘‰ euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/347427
#EconSky #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #JobAlert #Microsimulation #WellBeing

04.06.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The rising cost of motherhood in Germany Reductions in women's labour supply after childbirth remain a persistent driver of gender earnings inequality. Using data from West Germany from the 1960s to 2013, this column explores the evolution of the β€˜child penalty’ – post-birth earnings reductions for mothers – in Germany. The child penalty increased over time because women are earning more, so the opportunity cost of motherhood has grown. Family policies can affect gender inequality through changing post-birth earnings decisions. Future research should examine how policies influence pre-birth choices and interact with gender norms over the long run.

VoxEU column on our paper on child related inequality is now online: cepr.org/voxeu/column...

@unisg.ch

27.05.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We start in about 30 minutes!

You can still register and get the zoom link!!!

22.05.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd at @unisg.ch and online:

PhD minicourse on Minimalistic Market Design

with @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social !!!

Pls share and register for online or onsite attendance!

#econsky #econ #academicsky #marketdesign

19.05.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Please join us for the 4-lecture mini course I will give on minimalist market design at University of StGallen this week. The course is open to all and available both in person and via zoom. See below for the registration info and the link in the next comment for the course slides.

19.05.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd at @unisg.ch and online:

PhD minicourse on Minimalistic Market Design

with @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social !!!

Pls share and register for online or onsite attendance!

#econsky #econ #academicsky #marketdesign

19.05.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Apply before May 15th for the doctoral positions at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University with my colleagues Martin Dribe, Jeanne Cilliers or with me! These are externally funded, 4-year positions in fascinating projects. We're a highly international department in a cute small city 🌞

07.05.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What makes one economic outcome fairer than another – and who decides? βš–οΈ Should cheap groceries come at the cost of underpaid workers? What IS fair?

In a powerful lecture at @uzh_ch, Maya Eden lays out an ethical framework for economic policy.

πŸ“Ί Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8C...

25.04.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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