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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · Jul 22

Finally out in print: Testing Marx, with @charlottebartels.bsky.social and Niko Wolf! History of thought with numbers. Have a look: direct.mit.edu/rest/article... (open access)

Testing Marx: Capital Accumulation, Income Inequality, and Socialism in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany

Abstract. We study the dynamics of capital accumulation, income inequality, capital concentration, and voting up to 1914. Based on new panel data for Prussian regions, we reevaluate the famous revisio...

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Andreas Peichl @apeichl.bsky.social · Apr 21

Grundsicherung, aber wie?

Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...

Grundsicherung, aber wie?

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 24

👇🏼 One week left to apply (Feb 28). Looking forward to your applications!

Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 12

Apply for a 3-year PhD position (75%) in our DFG project on the triangle of German Democratic Capitalism w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @trgn.bsky.social What is the interplay between the German growth model, housing & voting behavior? How did industrial change affect inequality?

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 12

Apply for a 3-year PhD position (75%) in our DFG project on the triangle of German Democratic Capitalism w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @trgn.bsky.social What is the interplay between the German growth model, housing & voting behavior? How did industrial change affect inequality?

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Feb 12

🗓️Wie hängen Ungleichheit, Wirtschaftswachstum und Chancengleichheit zusammen? Bei unserem nächsten virtuellen #ReStart Talk spricht @charlottebartels.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social über die Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland. Jetzt anmelden 👉: econtribute.de/de/event/res... . #EconSky

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 11

Fantastic opportunity for Berlin area political econ researchers to present and connect 👇🏼

Thomas Rieger @thorieger.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢 #CallForPapers

@bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area

🗓️ April 11
📍 @diw.de
Submit by Feb 15

For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋

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Thomas Rieger @thorieger.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢 #CallForPapers

@bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area

🗓️ April 11
📍 @diw.de
Submit by Feb 15

For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d/x)

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Dec 5

Timing of transfers (gifts+inheritances) matters for these differences: Men tend to inherit larger transfers during their working life, while women receive larger amounts at older ages outliving their husbands.

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Dec 5

No Modigliani lifecycle for women! We find that the gender wealth gap widens after age 40, and declines for those past retirement age. Check out our new paper in Econ Letters: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Dec 2

👇🏼 includes an article on measuring historical inequality in Germany by @thiloalbers.bsky.social @felixschaff.bsky.social and me

Alexander Donges @alexanderdonges.bsky.social · Dec 1

If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...

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Alexander Donges @alexanderdonges.bsky.social · Dec 1

If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...

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Sebastian Kohl @sebastiankohl.bsky.social · Nov 11

In our @dfgpublic.bsky.social project w/ @trgn.bsky.social & @charlottebartels.bsky.social, we propose to study the political economy of German Democratic Capitalism w/ long-run county panel data and look for a 3-year PhD student, 75% @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, start Feb25. Apply now! 👇

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Oct 7

Please join us (in person or virtually) for the opening of the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI).

Friday, Oct 11, 5pm German time / 11am Eastern US time.

Panelists: Thomas Piketty, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @charlottebartels.bsky.social

www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Measuring inequality

“We will be relevant”: Sociologist Fabian Pfeffer about the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI) at LMU, which officially opens this week.

www.lmu.de

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Oct 7

Please join us for our Inaugural Event 🎉

Friday, October 11, 2024
5pm (CEST; 11am ET)

Opening Lectures by Thomas Piketty, Ingrid Robeyns, and Charlotte Bartels, followed by a panel discussion and reception.

Register to attend in person or virtually: tinyurl.com/isi-opening

Event poster.

Pictured: A sleeping Robin Hood. Pictures of the three main panelists (Thomas Piketty, Charlotte Bartels, Ingrid Robeyns).

Event description:
Inequality in wealth is extreme, growing, and hurtful to democracy. But is it really that bad? Isn’t Germany a country that has managed to keep extreme forms of inequality at bay? And, anyways, what could possibly be done about it?

This public event will feature world-leading experts to help answer these questions, combining both new empirical data on the distribution of wealth and a new vision of what it would take to combat it.

Welcome by Prof. Dr. Bernd Huber and Prof. Dr. Fabian Pfeffer

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Sep 25

Welche Folgen haben die unterschiedlichen historischen Erbregeln für die Regionen in Deutschland? DIW-Studie von @charlottebartels.bsky.social & @simonjaeger.bsky.social zeigt, dass die Produktivität dort gestiegen ist, wo das Land zwischen Geschwistern aufgeteilt wurde.

www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Historische Erbschaftsregeln für die Verteilung von Land prägen noch heute die Wirtschaft

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jun 21

And please save this date:

On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:

- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)

More soon; we can't wait to get started!

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Nov 8

Neue DIW-Studie zur Vermögensungleichheit bezieht erstmals Rentenansprüche mit ein: vorher hatte die ärmere Hälfte der Bevölkerung nur 2 % am Gesamtvermögen, mit Rentenansprüchen sind es 9 %. D.h. die Rente ist für diese Gruppe extrem wichtig. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
@charlottebartels.bsky.social

Werden Rentenansprüche in das Haushaltsvermögen eingerechnet, reduziert sich die Vermögensungleichheit - Infografik mit Kreisdiagrammen

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Oct 17

Anlässlich des neuen Global Tax Evasion Reports diskutiert @charlottebartels.bsky.social am Donnerstag, den 2.11.23 um 18 Uhr in der Hertie School über das Problem der globalen Steuerflucht. Mit: @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, Sarah Godar und Gerhard Schick. Jetzt anmelden!

campus.hertie-school.org

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