Katharina Wedel @katharinawedel

Katharina Wedel

@katharinawedel.bsky.social

Postdoc @ifo_institut and @LMU_muenchen | previous Visiting Researcher @Kennedy_School | Economics of Education

974 Followers | 247 Following | 1 Posts | Joined: 25.10.2024 | 1.4048

Latest posts by katharinawedel.bsky.social on Bluesky

Digitale Welt, geteilte Meinungen
Das ifo-Bildungsbarometer zeigt: Erwachsene wollen strenge Regeln, Jugendliche sind gespalten. Politik und Wissenschaft suchen derweil nach einer Balance zwischen Schutz und Chancen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/09...

09.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

🚨 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-...
1/7

09.09.2025 08:00 — 👍 32 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 7

Voting

‼️Support gesucht
Begleitet vom ifo Zentrum für Bildungsökonomik entwickelte das Ortenburg-Gymnasium Oberviechtach
✨Edyoumaps✨, um Bildungsgerechtigkeit zu verbessern.

Über den Wettbewerb Startup Teens kann man dafür voten & unterstützen (Impact Entrepreneurship):
www.startupteens.de/challenge-20...

12.06.2025 13:02 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

📢 Call for papers: 📢

@cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)

5-6 Sept 2025, Munich

Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social

👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Submission deadline: 18 May 2025

Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

04.03.2025 06:18 — 👍 46 🔁 41 💬 1 📌 2

Student Assistant (f/m/d) for the ifo Center for the Economics of Education The ifo Institute is looking for a Student Assistant (m/f/d) to support the ifo Center for the Economics of Education in a research project to evaluate the effectiveness of a mentoring program for you...

📢 We are looking for a student assistant at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education 📢

Apply here 👉 www.ifo.de/en/job-offer...

05.12.2024 10:45 — 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1

📢We are hiring📢

Interested in pursuing a PhD in the economics of education?

Join our team at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education & the MGSE at LMU Munich

👉https://www.ifo.de/en/about-us/ifo-careers

Deadline: 15 Dec 2024

Please spread the word!

26.11.2024 11:49 — 👍 9 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1

Rationality & Competition Join the conversation

🌍 Want to connect with experts in behavioral economics and other fields of economics tackling applied societal questions of high policy relevance?

📚 Follow the “Rationality & Competition” Starter Pack for the latest research and discussions from our CRC members! #EconSky

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28.11.2024 10:45 — 👍 25 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 3

🥳 Just out in the @jpolecon.bsky.social:

👉 RCT shows that mentoring program strongly improves labor market prospects of disadvantaged adolescents

Paper w/ Sven Resnjanskij, @jruhose.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, Katharina Wedel

🔗 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

08.03.2024 06:35 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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