ifo-Studie: Bayern Schlusslicht bei Bildungsgerechtigkeit | BR24 youtu.be/hkrTdM6lGgg?si… via YouTube

'Nicht mit den Low Hanging Fruits zufriedengeben'

Warum ein #Forschungsdatengesetz so, wie das BMBF es bislang plant, für die Wissenschaft kaum Fortschritte bringen würde: ein Interview mit Regina Riphahn und Rüdiger Bachmann.

Im Blog: jmwiarda.de/2024/05/10/nic…

One day left to apply for our Post Doc position, at the ifo Institut center for Social Market Economy

Let me know if you have any questions

Künftige islamische Religionslehrer an Schulen vertreten häufig islamistische, antiwestliche und antisemitische Positionen, wie eine aktuelle Studie des Exzellenzclusters Religion und Politik sowie des Zentrums für Islamische Theologie der Universität Münster zeigt welt.de/politik/deutsc…

📢 submission deadline for this workshop is in 10 days, if you are currently drafting a paper at the intersection NLP and climate change, consider submitting here!!
(there's also a non-arxival track)

Fascinating new paper:

Meeting higher-ability peers in a 2-day freshman orientation event persistently improves university students’ later academic performance

Key mechanism: lasting social connections

But only in large (not small), less interactive university programs
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🚨New WP: “Short-Term Events, Long-Term Friends? Freshman Orientation Peers and Academic Performance”

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐

Do the events of the Spanish Civil War still influence Spain’s social attitudes? Felipe Valencia C. UBC Economics & Ana Tur-Prats UC Merced tell Tim Phillips CEPR about war’s long shadow.

Listen & subscribe: podfollow.com/voxtalks

Happy to share our working paper (joint with Philipp Lergetporer & Katharina Werner) on beliefs about the automatability of workers’ occupation and how these affect labor-market expectations and willingness to participate in training activities

📙Aktionsrat Bildung

Unser neues Gutachten 'Bildung und sozialer Zusammenhalt' ist raus:

Wie kann das Bildungssystem dazu beitragen, die Grundlagen für ein friedliches und vertrauensvolles Miteinander zu vermitteln?

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aktionsrat-bildung.de

Nurturing kids’ curiosity to enhance learning: new evidence
👉This VoxEU column show simulating kids natural curiosity increased science test scores
🔗 cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… cc: CEPR Bilkent Economics European University Institute University of Exeter Sule Alan

🚨 Just a couple of weeks left until the deadline (May 3) to submit your paper for presentation at the XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at ETH Zurich on Oct 4-5!📢

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Religious people coped significantly better in the #UK #COVID -19 pandemic lockdowns than non-religious people. There was little difference across #religions .
Sriya Iyer Cambridge University, Shaun Larcom Cambridge University, Po-Wen She #NSYSU Cambridge University
ow.ly/iI2650RgZ5H

📢Predoc in Economics + Data Science at UCL Economics

I am seeking an RA to implement NLP, machine learning, and AI tools for economic research. Based fully at UCL/London. Funding in place for two years.

Apply by May 3 at bityl.co/PLop.

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Join the ifo Institut and become my colleague – fantastic conditions for conducting top-notch research and an amazing network right at your doorstep. Plus, a wonderful team and a great city/area!
Please share widely and reach out to me with questions ✌🏻
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Come and work with us in beautiful Zurich! Starting this summer/fall, we have a few pre-doc positions to fill. Curiosity is essential, a background in data science/econ/economic history and an independent mind are important. For more details, see the attached call. #Economics

🌟The 7th MWZ Text-as-Data Workshop takes place THIS UPCOMING Week (Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 April)! Check out our exciting lineup:

Gentle reminder: Please consider submitting to the 3rd Workshop on Field Experiments with keynotes by John A. List and Susanna Loeb!
All infos: field-experiments.eu

P.S. Blends nicely with this year’s AFE in London, September 5-6! 😉 Come to Europe, everyone 🚀🚀🚀

Join our research team in Zurich as a predoc in summer/fall 2024! Topics in the fields of labor, gender, and health economics.
More info: anacostaramon.github.io/predocs/Zurich…
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