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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Voice at Work" by Jarkko Harju, Simon Jäger, and Benjamin Schoefer. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Why are dismissals so fraught with conflict? Evidence from the introduction of "Separations by Mutual Agreement" in France, from Pauline Carry and Benjamin Schoefer nber.org/papers/w33245

New paper w/ Pauline Carry: "Conflict in Dismissals" We uncover & dissect the role & drivers of conflict in dismissals, by studying failures to take up "cheaper" "separations by mutual agreement" in France. NBER WP: nber.org/papers/w33245 Ungated PDF: eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/scho…

How do employers and workers behave during dismissals? In a new paper with Benjamin Schoefer, we test between cooperation and deliberate imposition of costs. Summary 🧵: 1/9

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19774 Conflict in Dismissals Pauline Carry Pauline Carry Princeton School of Public & International Affairs, Benjamin Schoefer Benjamin Schoefer UC Berkeley Berkeley Economics ow.ly/w51v50UrRCF #CEPR_LE, #CEPR_MG, #CEPR_OE, #CEPR_PE, #Econtwitter

Our paper (w/ Jarkko Harju and Benjamin Schoefer) on what happened when Finland introduced a right to worker representation on corporate boards, now in AEA Journals: Applied. 👇

How unions and collective bargaining work and shape wage inequality around the world, from Simon Jäger, @snaidunl, and Benjamin Schoefer nber.org/papers/w33267

New paper w/ S Jäger Simon Jäger & S Naidu @snaidunl An attempt at an account of how unions/collective bargaining work and shape wages, across various international settings. In prep for Handbook of Labor => We'd welcome any feedback-pls email us! PDF: eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/scho…

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure? A new paper with Suresh Naidu Suresh and Benjamin Schoefer Benjamin Schoefer out as NBER WP and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics. Thread below. 👇

Most importantly: phenomenal work by Alex Busch on the chapter! 🙏 Alex is a Ph.D. student at MIT Sloan School of Management MIT IWER and has several very cool + independent projects on unions, collective bargaining, strikes, and much more! Follow him for insights on these topics!

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I'm very proud of this and excited to finally put it out there for everyone to use! See the full thread by Karsten Müller for more details of our coverage and 2 applications to financial crises and global temperature shocks

✨✨Important Updates! ✨✨ 2nd Labour Workshop in Nottingham 🎵Amazing Keynotes: Benjamin Schoefer and Alexandra Roulet 🗺️Where: Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN 📅When: 16-17 June Submit by 15 March ➡️shorturl.at/TZqG0

📢 *Updated* Call for Paper 📢 2nd workshop in Labour at Nottingham UoNEconomics Nottingham GEP - Globalisation and Economic Policy When: June 16-17, 2025 Keynotes: Benjamin Schoefer & Alexandra Roulet Small workshop, great opportunity for feedback! Submit by March 15 Link: t.ly/e4dtL #EconTwitter

Congratulations to everyone --- and especially to my fantastic colleague Chen Lian (who is too productive to have an account) for having been awarded a 2025 Sloan Fellowship!

One day left to apply! t.ly/e4dtL

📄Call for Papers is now open! RFBerlin invites submissions for our upcoming conference on "Worker Co-Determination and Governance". Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues! More about the event: rfberlin.com/event/workersc…

🗓️ Call for Papers – Deadline Extended! We're inviting submissions for the upcoming RFBerlin conference on Worker Co-Determination and Governance. Share your work — and help us spread the word! New deadline: 12 May Learn more: rfberlin.com/event/workersc…

ARE is excited to announce that Shifrah Aron-Dine from Stanford is joining our department! She studies questions related to environmental economics and climate change using tools from macroeconomics, finance, environmental economics, and real estate. shifraharondine.com

Looking forward to having Shifrah Aron-Dine at Berkeley starting July, and to learning a lot from her!