Alex Busch
@alexanderbusch.bsky.social
PhD Student @MIT Sloan //
Studying labor & industrial relations 🌹 //
he, they
https://www.alexander-busch.eu/
Studying labor & industrial relations 🌹 //
he, they
https://www.alexander-busch.eu/
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Writing a dissertation? Looking for funding? We have news for you! The Upjohn Institute and the Russell Sage Foundation (@russellsagefdn.bsky.social) are taking applications for grants.
To learn more head to RSF’s website: www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...
#Econsky #Fundsocsci
To learn more head to RSF’s website: www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...
#Econsky #Fundsocsci
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Writing a dissertation? Looking for funding? We have news for you! The Upjohn Institute and the Russell Sage Foundation (@russellsagefdn.bsky.social) are taking applications for grants.
To learn more head to RSF’s website: www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...
#Econsky #Fundsocsci
To learn more head to RSF’s website: www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...
#Econsky #Fundsocsci
Had an amazing time, highly recommend!
6 more days to apply to the UC Berkeley Stone Center Summer School on Inequality
A 4-days program taught by leading inequality scholars, geared towards PhD students at the beginning of their program -- all costs covered
Come join us!
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A 4-days program taught by leading inequality scholars, geared towards PhD students at the beginning of their program -- all costs covered
Come join us!
sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
Stone Center Summer Institute 2026
A four-day summer institute on economic inequality
sites.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Had an amazing time, highly recommend!
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Good news against January blues: 🏹 the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop is back! 🏹
Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper!
🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT)
📅 1-2 June 2026
🌍 University of Nottingham
Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper!
🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT)
📅 1-2 June 2026
🌍 University of Nottingham
Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Good news against January blues: 🏹 the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop is back! 🏹
Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper!
🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT)
📅 1-2 June 2026
🌍 University of Nottingham
Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper!
🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT)
📅 1-2 June 2026
🌍 University of Nottingham
Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
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JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
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I am very much looking forward to the Nottingham Labour Economics workshop this summer!
Submissions invited 👇
Submissions invited 👇
📢 🏹 Call for Papers 🏹📢
3rd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP
When: June 1-2, 2026
Keynotes: Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and @annastansbury.bsky.social (MIT)
Small, in-person workshop; plenty of interactions!
🗓️ Submit by March 1 🗓️
Link: tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
#EconSky #EconConf
3rd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP
When: June 1-2, 2026
Keynotes: Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and @annastansbury.bsky.social (MIT)
Small, in-person workshop; plenty of interactions!
🗓️ Submit by March 1 🗓️
Link: tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
#EconSky #EconConf
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I am very much looking forward to the Nottingham Labour Economics workshop this summer!
Submissions invited 👇
Submissions invited 👇
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📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
Sectoral bargaining in Chile - not sure whether this bill will be passed & important to note that only some labor standards will be sectoral (not wages, afaik), but still an interesting development!
Some good news in these dark days.
Chile going for sectoral bargaining
www.elciudadano.com/en/chilean-g...
Chile going for sectoral bargaining
www.elciudadano.com/en/chilean-g...
Chilean Government Submits Urgent Bill for Sectoral Collective Bargaining: "Aiming to Settle a Debt with the Workforce"
Original article: Gobierno ingresó proyecto de negociación ramal con suma urgencia: «Para saldar una deuda con el mundo del trabajo» The administration of
www.elciudadano.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Sectoral bargaining in Chile - not sure whether this bill will be passed & important to note that only some labor standards will be sectoral (not wages, afaik), but still an interesting development!
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⏳ Deadline approaching!
Reminder to submit your paper to the 38th EALE Annual Conference, Barcelona (31 August - 2 September 2026).
📅 Deadline: 1 Feb 2026
🔗 ub.edu/eale2026/
Reminder to submit your paper to the 38th EALE Annual Conference, Barcelona (31 August - 2 September 2026).
📅 Deadline: 1 Feb 2026
🔗 ub.edu/eale2026/
EALE 2026 – Barcelona
ub.edu
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
⏳ Deadline approaching!
Reminder to submit your paper to the 38th EALE Annual Conference, Barcelona (31 August - 2 September 2026).
📅 Deadline: 1 Feb 2026
🔗 ub.edu/eale2026/
Reminder to submit your paper to the 38th EALE Annual Conference, Barcelona (31 August - 2 September 2026).
📅 Deadline: 1 Feb 2026
🔗 ub.edu/eale2026/
Jobs jobs jobs #EconJobMarket
I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jobs jobs jobs #EconJobMarket
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Meet Clara Schäper - a talented job market candidate at @diw.de and the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social. Clara is an applied microeconomist working on topics at the intersection of the economics of crime, labor, gender, and family economics.
@schaeper-clara.bsky.social #econjobmarket #EconJMP #DIWBerlin
@schaeper-clara.bsky.social #econjobmarket #EconJMP #DIWBerlin
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Meet Clara Schäper - a talented job market candidate at @diw.de and the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social. Clara is an applied microeconomist working on topics at the intersection of the economics of crime, labor, gender, and family economics.
@schaeper-clara.bsky.social #econjobmarket #EconJMP #DIWBerlin
@schaeper-clara.bsky.social #econjobmarket #EconJMP #DIWBerlin
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I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality.
My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.
🧵👇
My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.
🧵👇
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality.
My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.
🧵👇
My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.
🧵👇
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Join RFBerlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow!
✔️ Leading faculty and global network
✔️ Vibrant group of junior researchers
✔️ Mentoring opportunities
✔️ Research and admin support
✔️ No teaching obligations
Apply now: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
✔️ Leading faculty and global network
✔️ Vibrant group of junior researchers
✔️ Mentoring opportunities
✔️ Research and admin support
✔️ No teaching obligations
Apply now: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics
The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin) invites applications for postdoctoral fellow positions in economics. The initial contract is for two years, with the possibility of renewal for up to six year...
www.rfberlin.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Join RFBerlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow!
✔️ Leading faculty and global network
✔️ Vibrant group of junior researchers
✔️ Mentoring opportunities
✔️ Research and admin support
✔️ No teaching obligations
Apply now: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
✔️ Leading faculty and global network
✔️ Vibrant group of junior researchers
✔️ Mentoring opportunities
✔️ Research and admin support
✔️ No teaching obligations
Apply now: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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🚨 #CallforPapers - We are hosting the RFBerlin - @cepr.org Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026.
📄 Submit your paper or express interest before January 31st, 2026: cepr.org/events/event...
📄 Submit your paper or express interest before January 31st, 2026: cepr.org/events/event...
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 #CallforPapers - We are hosting the RFBerlin - @cepr.org Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026.
📄 Submit your paper or express interest before January 31st, 2026: cepr.org/events/event...
📄 Submit your paper or express interest before January 31st, 2026: cepr.org/events/event...
Exogenous variation alert
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Exogenous variation alert
The perfect choice, congratulations!
Thrilled and honoured to receive the @upjohninstitute.bsky.social 2025 Dissertation Award 🏆
Congrats to @amyburnettcross.bsky.social & Omeed!
Truly grateful to my mentors and collaborators, especially
@simonjaeger.bsky.social & @maxkasy.bsky.social. Can’t quite believe it looking at past winners.
Congrats to @amyburnettcross.bsky.social & Omeed!
Truly grateful to my mentors and collaborators, especially
@simonjaeger.bsky.social & @maxkasy.bsky.social. Can’t quite believe it looking at past winners.
The Upjohn Institute announces its 2025 Dissertation Award winners.
First Prize:
Lukas Lehner (@lukaslehner.bsky.social)
“Beyond Unemployment: An Investigation of Social Policies to Empower Workers in a Changing World of Work” for Oxford University
www.upjohn.org/Upjohn-Insti...
First Prize:
Lukas Lehner (@lukaslehner.bsky.social)
“Beyond Unemployment: An Investigation of Social Policies to Empower Workers in a Changing World of Work” for Oxford University
www.upjohn.org/Upjohn-Insti...
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The perfect choice, congratulations!
A day in my life as a PhD student, recorded by the Sloan marketing team - if you have been dying to know my class schedule, this is your chance!
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
A Day with PhD student Alex Busch | MIT Sloan
“As a student of both sociology and economics, MIT Sloan was the ideal place for me," says Alex Busch, a PhD student.
mitsloan.mit.edu
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A day in my life as a PhD student, recorded by the Sloan marketing team - if you have been dying to know my class schedule, this is your chance!
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
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November 13th at 9:30 AM EST, discover admissions insights and the research opportunities in @mitsloan.bsky.social's PhD Program!
Register here: applymitsloan.mit.edu/register/Nov...
Register here: applymitsloan.mit.edu/register/Nov...
MIT Sloan PhD Program Webinar
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October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
November 13th at 9:30 AM EST, discover admissions insights and the research opportunities in @mitsloan.bsky.social's PhD Program!
Register here: applymitsloan.mit.edu/register/Nov...
Register here: applymitsloan.mit.edu/register/Nov...
Something to keep in mind for the upcoming grad worker collective bargaining round at MIT. We should be optimizing over wages AND employment (incl incoming cohorts).
The PhD students are always the first to go isn’t it
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Something to keep in mind for the upcoming grad worker collective bargaining round at MIT. We should be optimizing over wages AND employment (incl incoming cohorts).
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Join us!
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
Assistant Professor (W1) in Labor Economics
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Join us!
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
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📢 We are hiring 📢
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
Research Assistant
We at RFBerlin are seeking a highly skilled and motivated research assistant to provide support for a project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining, led by Christian Dustmann and Jan Kn...
www.rfberlin.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 We are hiring 📢
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
RFBerlin is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to support the project on the labor market effects of collective bargaining.
Apply now or share with your network: www.rfberlin.com/job/research...
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Gerade erschienen - die 𝗪𝗦𝗜-𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗳𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 mit einem Blick auf 2025: Zu verzeichnen ist ein Rückgang gegenüber 2023, doch die Tarifrunden verliefen weiterhin relativ streikintensiv durch Nachwirkungen der Inflationswelle. www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
Arbeitskämpfe: 2024 Rückgang gegenüber 2023, doch weiterhin relativ streikintensiv durch Nachwirkungen der Inflationswelle
Arbeitskämpfe: 2024 Rückgang gegenüber 2023, doch weiterhin relativ streikintensiv durch Nachwirkungen der Inflationswelle
www.boeckler.de
September 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gerade erschienen - die 𝗪𝗦𝗜-𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗳𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 mit einem Blick auf 2025: Zu verzeichnen ist ein Rückgang gegenüber 2023, doch die Tarifrunden verliefen weiterhin relativ streikintensiv durch Nachwirkungen der Inflationswelle. www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
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📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Predoctoral Researcher
MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139
careers.peopleclick.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
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Political Economy of Work Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at Columbia University December 5-6, 2025.
#EconSky #PoliSky #EconConf
Proposal deadline 9/15
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#EconSky #PoliSky #EconConf
Proposal deadline 9/15
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Political Economy of Work Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at Columbia University December 5-6, 2025.
#EconSky #PoliSky #EconConf
Proposal deadline 9/15
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#EconSky #PoliSky #EconConf
Proposal deadline 9/15
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Clever paper using sectoral bargaining wage groups & drift to classify the compensation structure of firms!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Honoured that my paper "Internal Organization of Firms and Minimum Wage Spillovers" received the Best Paper Award at the latest @eayeconomists.bsky.social Annual Meeting!
Appreciation photo with EUI friends at King’s College – an amazing venue for a great conference.
The paper in a nutshell 👇
Appreciation photo with EUI friends at King’s College – an amazing venue for a great conference.
The paper in a nutshell 👇
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Clever paper using sectoral bargaining wage groups & drift to classify the compensation structure of firms!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....