What holds back Germany? It is not high energy prices. It's real challenges are aging, underinvestment, and too much red tape. Read more here: imf.org/en/News/Articl…

We are hiring postdocs in finance at the Department of Economics Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Excellent conditions in a stimulating environment. We encourage Ph.D. students at all later stages of their programs, including but not limited to those on the job market, to apply: econjobmarket.org/positions/10845

Forthcoming in the AER: "Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent" by Sebastian Hager, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

🔥#CallforPapers | 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2024) 🎓Valentin Kecht @SJECordes @IngoIsphording & Florian Zimmermann 🗣️Sydnee Caldwell & Christopher Roth 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBehav… #EconTwitter UC Berkeley Universität zu Köln

📢Invitation to the 3rd IZA OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Online Workshop: New Perspectives on the Minimum Wage 👥Organized by Andrea Bassanini Pierre Cahuc @stephancarcillo Werner Eichhorst Andrea Garnero & Olga Nottmeyer Register (for free) 👉conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_2024_… #econtwitter #izaOECD #minimumwage

Our new Stata package for Distributional Synthetic Controls (disco) is live! 🕺💃🪩 #econtwitter It implements the method in Gunsilius (2023). Thread below. (1/8) Install it using 🪩net install disco, from("raw.githubusercontent.com/Davidvandijcke…") replace🪩 github.com/Davidvandijcke…

One week left to apply for our PhD Workshop in June 2025 at IZA, but why wait? We will bring together a group of outstanding PhD students working in applied behavioral and labor economics! conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBehav… #EconTwitter

⭐️ Reminder ⭐️ Submit by end of January.

Die von uns (ifo Institut DIE ZEIT Mark Schieritz) gewählten Parameter wurden dem BSW vorab gesendet, mit der Bitte um Stellungnahme. Dem BSW war es nicht möglich, unsere Rückfragen zu beantworten. Das ist keine Wahlmanipulation sondern eher Unfähigkeit in der Partei...

New Kiel Institute (IfW Kiel) Policy Brief (with Filippos Petroulakis 🇺🇦): How are capital markets reacting to Germany's proposed €500bn infrastructure investment + defense spending boost? Surging Bund yields reflect growth optimism, not default concerns -- in contrast to the UK's 2022 Truss episode.

Could not agree more with this! A huge thanks to the organizers Warwick Economics CAGE @ Warwick

You do research in macroeconomics, broadly related to the topics of finance and inequality? You have an upcoming sabbatical or summer time off? Have a look at this opportunity to become a visiting fellow of at our DFG public | @[email protected] sponsored center CASFI at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn for 3 to 6 months.

I have leftover funding for a PhD student for one year (ideally Sept '25 - Sept '26). Might be a good fit for someone wanting to delay going on the market. Please send interested students my way!

The NBER Economics of Executive Compensation Conference will be held next week (October 9-10) in Cambridge, MA. We have nine great papers and discussants. The meeting will be livestreamed on the NBER's YouTube channel. Links to both are in the first reply. Please tune in!

Join us Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn! The finance group within the economics department is looking to hire an assistant professor (tenure track): econjobmarket.org/positions/11868

📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢 The next edition will take place at CEBI - Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality , Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026). Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley). Call for Papers: sites.google.com/view/behaviora… Deadline: Jan 31, 2026