We are pleased to announce our annual RFBerlin Public Lecture on 12th of September, organized in collaboration with
@HumboldtUni
. This year, we welcome Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences - David Card.
Registration is now open:
We are pleased to announce establishment of The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin), funded by
@RockwoolFonden
. Follow to keep up to date with our research.
🚨WE ARE HIRING🚨
📂 We invite applications for several positions as Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied/Labour Economics.
⏳ Application deadline: 19 November
👉 Link:
#EconTwitter
#EconJobMarket
🗓 RFBerlin’s first workshop is taking place on 27-28 March, 2023. This is the first in-person meeting of all project leaders with our new postdocs. Welcome to Berlin!
@BSE_Berlin
One week ago, we had the pleasure of hosting a fantastic assembly of researchers at the Conference for the Handbook of Labor Economics in Berlin. We're excited about the exceptional content coming to the Handbook!
#HandbookLaborEconomics
@HumboldtUni
@BSE_Berlin
Today our Project Leaders get together in Berlin
@HumboldtUni
@BSE_Berlin
for RFBerlin’s very first workshop. Opening introduction speeches were given by Deputy Director Prof. Alexandra Spitz-Oener and Director Prof. Christian Dustmann
Congrats to Research Associate Camille Remigereau, Deputy Director Alexandra Spitz-Oener and co-authors Sandra E. Black and Hannah Liepmann for winning the award for the best paper published in Labour Economics in 2022.
Check the paper out:
Director Christian Dustmann talked about "Firm-based Apprenticeship Training" at the Conference on Need for Skilled Labor Now and in the Future by
@RockwoolFonden
in Copenhagen on Oct 11.
Listen to the talk [00:17:18 to 01:09:18] in the link below
So it’s time to make it official: I’m very happy to share that next fall I’ll be joining
@RF_Berlin
as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied/Labor Economics.
I’m very excited about this opportunity, and really grateful to all the people who have supported me all along.
Cheers to the new Rockwool Foundation offices right in the heart of Berlin as a fantastic second day of the Handbook Conference draws to a close!
#HandbookLaborEconomics
Day 2 RFBerlin’s workshop started with our new postdocs sharing their research agenda, followed by more presentations by Project Leaders and Research Associates
Check out our new Global Migration Dashboard at the
#GMIH
. 🌐📊 Dive into European migration data—population counts, flows, education, employment, asylum seekers. Experience the interactive tool, download graphs, maps, and raw data on our site:
📌 We are pleased to announce that RFBerlin and
@HumboldtUni
will host the Conference on the forthcoming Handbook of Labor Economics (Volume 5) on October 19-21, 2023 in Berlin!
We are excited to present the Global Migration Information Hub at
@RF_Berlin
! 🌍🚀 The
#GMIH
provides insights into European migration trends, compiles essential data, and synthesizes research for key migration questions. Explore more at:
💥The Berlin School of Economics is welcoming applications for the new cohort of its
#PhD
Program starting in October 2024.
#EconTwitter
#phdlife
✍️Apply via our application portal until February 11, 2024!
ℹ️More information on the official website
👉
In the last couple of weeks, our new postdocs participated in the BAMS-
@BSE_Berlin
Welcome Event, where they could present their ongoing research projects and network with the community of applied economists in Berlin.
Christian Dustmann, Director of Rockwool Foundation Berlin, takes the stage to deliver the welcome address at the Conference for the Handbook of Labor Economics.
#HandbookLaborEconomics
📢📢📢This year,
@CReAM_Research
annual workshop is jointly organized with RFBerlin. As always, we will have a great academic program, a beautiful location, great food, and fantastic wines!
🕘Aug 31 - Sep 3
🏡Nizza Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Program:
📢 POSTDOCS AVAILABLE
RFBerlin is looking for Postdoctoral Fellows with research interest in applied/labour economics
👉 Job description:
👉 Deadline: November 20, 2022
Vores podcast var med, da verdens førende arbejdsmarkedsøkonomer var samlet for at diskutere den nyeste viden på området i forbindelse med en ny udgave af ’Handbook of Labor Economics’. Mød bl.a. Christian Dustmann og Thomas Lemieux, der fortæller om nogle af de nyeste indsigter
What is the impact of technology on work?
@JoonasTuhkuri
from
@RF_Berlin
just presented his award-winning research on the unexpected effects of new technology at the European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society. Check out the slides at .
#EWMES22
What do Employee Referral Programs do? Recent publication by Project Leader
@GuidoFriebel
and co-authors shows that they reduce turnover of both referrals and nonreferrals employees. Employees feel more respected when they can influence who they work with.
A summary
@VoxEU
on the “The effect of new technologies on workers, jobs, and skills” by
@michelebattisti
, RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann and RFBerlin Project Leader Uta Schoenberg
Good news for
#German
workers in routine jobs? Technological & organizational changes are leading to shifts into more skilled positions, indicating that
#tech
progress doesn't always mean welfare loss
Battisti
@udepalermo
, Dustmann
@ucl
, Schönberg
@EconUCL
Next up, Pierre Cahuc dives into his research on "The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-time Work". Stay tuned for more insights from the conference!
#HandbookLaborEconomics
@voxeu
column summarizes "Sources of wage growth" by Jerome Adda
@Unibocconi
and Christian Dustmann
@EconUCL
, recently published in Journal of Political Economy
@JPolEcon
RFBerlin Deputy Director Alexandra Spitz-Oener will be opening the GI-NI Scientific Conference with the keynote speech "Workers aren’t Machines: they adapt!" on May 25, 2023
Meet Our Keynote Speaker! Alexandra Spitz Oener is Professor of Economics at
@HumboldtUni
, research associate at
@IAB_news
, and Deputy Director of the
@RF_Berlin
.
Explore the educational background of migrants in the EU with our latest piece. Using the data the
#GMIH
team gathered, we present statistics and key takeaways on the education level of immigrants to EU countries.
🎙️First episode of RFBerlin Talks, our podcast with leading economists, is out!
#RFBerlinTalks
#EconTwitter
Director Christian Dustmann opens the series, followed interviews of Project Leaders
Listen & follow us on:
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Delve into the employment dynamics of migrants in the EU with our latest piece. Leveraging data compiled by the
#GMIH
team, it offers statistics and key insights into the employment landscape for immigrants across EU countries.
🎙️New podcast out: Project Leader Sascha Becker on Understanding Regional Inequalities: Technology, Education and Policies for Levelling Up
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Prof. Christian Dustmann, RFBerlin’s Director, chairs the ADB Panel on “Gender differences in the labor market”
#AASLE2022
, with panelists Joseph E. Zveglich, Barbara Petrongelo, Jessica Pan, and Hiroko Okudaira
@ADB_HQ
@AASLE_Econs
🎙️New podcast out: Project Leader Albrecht Glitz on Globalisation, Welfare and Economic Espionage
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All set and ready to start a new chapter of my academic life as a postdoc at
@RF_Berlin
. I am very excited to join and look forward to working with my new colleagues.
The Danish newspaper
@weekendavisen
features new research about the consequences of growing up in an area with many gang criminals by Director Christian Dustmann,
@Mikkel__Mertz
and
@AnnaOkatenko
🎙️New podcast out: Deputy Director Tommaso Frattini on the Global Migration Information Hub initiative
#RFBerlinTalks
#EconTwitter
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Excited to share my
#JMP
: Place-Based Industrial Policies and Local Agglomeration in the Long Run
❓Can PBIPs foster local agglomeration and structural change?
✅Novel evidence of virtuous cycle promoted by PBIP
⚙️Key channel: knowledge-intensive services
🧵👇
#EconTwitter
Director Christian Dustmann
@CReAM_Research
@EconUCL
presenting Jean-Jacques Laffont Lecture at the AFSE (French Economic Association) Annual Congress last Friday
Jean Jacques Laffont Lecture speaker Christian Dustmann takes a look at the effects of immigration on places and people - one of THE big topics in public debate today.
@AfseContact
#afse2023
Research Associate Hyejin Ku and
@HitoshiShigeoka
edit the Special Conference Issue of Labour Economics, now open to submissions by
#AASLE2023
presenters. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2024.
#EconTwitter
Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics
📽️Under 30s summary of "Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers and Teenage Motherhood" by Director Christian Dustmann,
@Mikkel__Mertz
and AnnaOkatenko, recently published on the Economic Journal
RFBerlin Director, Prof. Christian Dustmann, among other internationally oriented economists, assuming responsibility in Germany at the interface between research and policy advice
RFBerlin Director Prof. Christian Dustmann introduces our new research centre and its plans for RFBerlin in his interview with
@faznet
Follow us to keep up-to-date on
@RF_Berlin
’s new research activities!
👏🏽Congratulations to new Fellow Professor Sascha Becker from
@MonashUni
. Sascha is an Associate Editor of
@QJEHarvard
+ his research explores the economics of culture, religion + migration.
Learn more about our new Fellows ➡️
@essobecker
📰 Deputy Director Tommaso Frattini (
@tomfratti
) writes on
@lavoceinfo
about the new European Council agreement to address crisis and force majeur situations relating to
#migration
and asylum.
Luci e ombre dell'accordo del Consiglio europeo sulle situazioni di crisi e forza maggiore, ultimo tassello del nuovo patto europeo sulle migrazioni e l'asilo. Ne ho scritto su
@lavoceinfo
.
@DemmUnimi
@LdA_CentroStudi
@RF_Berlin
📽️New video lecture: Director Christian Dustmann on "Firm-based Apprenticeship Training" in Germany.
This lecture was presented at the Conference on Need for Skilled Labor Now and in the Future by
@RockwoolFonden
in Copenhagen on Oct 11, 2023.
@RF_Berlin
Director Christian Dustmann
@EconUCL
will soon deliver the keynote at the European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society on: "Knowledge Spillovers, Competition, and Individual Careers."
#EWMES22
Season’s greetings from all of us at
@RF_Berlin
! 🎄As we wrap up this year, we are filled with gratitude for the vibrant community that supports us. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a peaceful, healthy and happy 2024. 🌟
🏅Join us in celebrating Director Christian Dustmann's achievement of receiving the
@AvHStiftung
Reimar Lüst Prize 2023 in recognition of his research on labour and the economics of migration.
Herausragende Forschung in
#Ethnologie
und #Ökonomie ausgezeichnet. 🎉
@SophiaLabadi
und Christian Dustmann erhalten die Reimar Lüst-Preise 2023, vergeben von Humboldt-Stiftung und Fritz Thyssen Stiftung!
Deputy Director of the GMIH
@tomfratti
will deliver the keynote lecture of the junior workshop “The Economic, Social and Political Effects of Migration”, hosted by
@UniLeiden
.
Looking forward to learning about new
#migration
research in
#Leiden
in April.
Send your abstracts/papers by January 31, 2024 and see you there.
#EconTwitter
Delighted to meet (part of) the great
@RF_Berlin
team: Alexandra
#Spitz
-Oener
@HumboldtUni
&
@joonastuhkuri
tonight.
Inspiring conversations about economics & classical music, after discovering joint ❤️ for Finnish music.
Unknowingly, attended
@BerlinPhil
concert together!
📌 Director Christian Dustmann
@EconUCL
@CReAM_Research
will talk about refugees on the panel "A refugee policy that works - What's next for the Tories and refugees?" jointly organized by
@uclpolicylab
and
@Moreincommon_
🗓️Tuesday 3rd October 2023, 2.30pm-4pm
🚨WE ARE HIRING🚨
📂We are seeking a talented and driven Communications Manager to join our team.
Don't miss an exciting opportunity to engage with policymakers and world-class researchers to help promote research findings to a wider audience.
#jobalert
📣 Exciting News! 🎉 Thrilled to announce that I'll be joining
@UNSW
as a Postdoctoral Fellow in March 2024 to work with the amazing Pauline Grosjean! I am looking forward to new research adventures in Australia and trying (and probably hating) Vegemite on bread.
#econtwitter
🎙️New podcast out: Project Leader Jan Nimczik
@nimczik
on Workplace connections, Migration, and Firm quality: Evidence from German Reunification
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The
@BSE_Berlin
is hosting a session to address questions on how to apply to the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program.
The BSoE PhD Program offers students the opportunity to develop their research at one of the participating institutions, including
@RF_Berlin
.
Do you need information on the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program? Feel free to join our interactive Zoom session on January 23, 2024 at 12:30 pm (CET). Faculty from Accounting, Finance and Management will provide details on our program and address any questions you may have