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Alexander Hijzen

@ahijzen.bsky.social

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Senior Economist @OECD and Research Fellow @IZA, working on labour issues, mostly with admin data. Opinions my own.

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 21

Upjohn Institute's @martalachowska.bsky.social ’s paper will be presented at the @nberpubs Summer Institute 2025 Labor Studies conference in Cambridge, MA., on 7/22. The findings are based on “Firms and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison of Eleven Countries.” Conference runs 7/21–23.
#NBER #econsky

SI 2025 Labor Studies

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Disrupted or displaced? How AI is shaking up jobs

New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Feb 12

Great article by Daron Acemoglu in the FT:
www.ft.com/content/4e3f...

The real threat to American prosperity

Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Feb 7

Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs
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How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark

Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Jan 10

📢#cfp for the @iza_bonn @UniLeiden @OECD Workshop: "Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" 22-23 May in the Hague.
Keynote: @KSalvanes
Organizers: Jordy Meekes, Pierre Cahuc & Alexander Hijzen
Apply by 14 February: conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...

IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Reposted by Cathal Walsh, Sergi Sabater, Owen K. Atkin , and 5 more Cathal Walsh, Sergi Sabater, Owen K. Atkin, Alexander Hijzen, Tyler D. Eddy, Frédéric Delsuc, Sebastian Königs, Mario Bossler

Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · Jan 10

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.

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Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · Jan 9

🧵 1/3 - Released today, fascinating new #OECD working paper on low-wage employment in #France 🇫🇷

Using linked employer-employee data, survey data, and tax-ben modelling, it shows:

1) France's high minimum wage leads to a broad coverage and compresses the wage distribution;

doi.org/10.1787/8253...

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data”

May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands

Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025

📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...

IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Reposted by Simon Burgess, Karina Doorley, Alexander Hijzen , and 3 more Simon Burgess, Karina Doorley, Alexander Hijzen, Guido Heineck, Jake Anders, Barra Roantree

Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · Dec 4

🚨 We are hiring!

The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities.

The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025.

Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky

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Economist(s) / Policy Analyst(s)

Company Description: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of 38 member countries that works to build better policies for better lives. Our...

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 26

Nice article in the FT on the challenges to the green transition citing our work on job displacement #LinkEED2
www.ft.com/content/2d00...

Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza

People understand that transitions are hard — politicians need to as well

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