On Wednesday, 21 May, RFBerlin welcomes Lorenzo Lagos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Brown University, for a seminar. He will present his research on “Union-Specific Rents and Inequality,” based on Brazilian administrative data. The study estimates the wage effects of over 4,800 unions …

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The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), the Leibniz Education Research Network (LERN), and the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) are delighted to invite you to the CIDER-LERN Conference 2025 “Educational Success: Support, Measurement and Evaluation” on November …

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On 17 September 2025, RFBerlin will host a one-day conference on worker co-determination and governance, featuring keynote speaker Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley). We invite submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (max. 250 words) on topics like worker participation, productivity, innovation, and workplace wellbeing — from …

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On 27–28 May, Arindrajit Dube and Attila Lindner will lead a two-day masterclass in Berlin, as part of the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin’s Handbook Masterclass Series linked to the Handbook of Labour Economics. They will present insights from their chapter, “Minimum Wages in the 21st Century,” on …

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Researchers worldwide are invited to test a shared set of hypotheses on how having daughters influences behavior and preferences, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Research teams (RTs) of up to two people (from PhD students to full professors) will submit pre-analysis plans (PAPs) …

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The University of Leeds is looking for an outstanding candidate to join the Economics Department of Leeds University Business School. The Department has a strong research focus and members of the Department publish in leading economics journals. The research is also distinctively pluralistic and interdisciplinary.  With …

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The IHS – Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna is looking to fill two PhD positions (f/m/d, 30h/week) in the newly established Junior Research Group Skill Demand during Structural Change. Your work at IHS will focus on academic research and policy advice in the field of …

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The Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (EHB) and the University of Zurich (UZH) are seeking a highly motivated PhD student in economics of education to start in summer 2025. This position is fully funded by EHB, Bern, Switzerland, and offers the opportunity to …

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The research department Basic Income Support and Activation and the working group Social Protection in Changing Times at the IAB invite interested researchers to submit their extended abstracts or full papers to the 7th workshop ‘Evaluation of Passive and Active Labour Market Policies’. The workshop accepts …

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Der Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft – Wiss. Einrichtung für Volkswirtschaftslehre Professur für Angewandte Statistik sucht eine/n Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (Praedoc) (m/w/d; EG 13 TV-L; 66%; bis zu 4 Jahre). Die Professur für Angewandte Statistik am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft befasst sich mit der Anwendung statistischer Methoden zur Beantwortung wissenschaftlich und gesellschaftlich …

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