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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich
@davdittrich.economicscience.net
Interested in bounded rationality, trust, discrimination, fair compensation, labor economics, quantitative methods, dataviz, rstats, open source

1stgen Professor of Economics (2005-2022)
Senior Economist at the Stepstone Group

https://economicscience.net
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Yes. Ending the excessive legal protections of US Big Tech is obviously the first step in Europe’s retaliation.
So you want to hit America hard because this is the only way to stop Trump from wrecking Europe? Do read this awesome, superbly argued and illuminating piece on 'anticircumvention' by Cory Doctorow. Europe could screw the US so hard, it's encouraging: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 17, 2026 at 10:14 PM
#EconSky
Delegating in the Age of AI: Preferences for Decision Autonomy https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rco:dpaper:558&r=&r=eur

"… participants systematically underutilize both #AI and human agents, even when those agents outperform them. Despite a general hesitancy to delegate, we observe a 1/4
Delegating in the Age of AI: Preferences for Decision Autonomy!*0[2]Financial support by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through CRC TRR 190 ``Rationality and Competition'' (project number 280092119) as well as by the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP), Germany is gratefully acknowledged. The study received ethics approval by the TU Berlin's Faculty of Economics and Management (VII) Ethics Committee (project number 20230424). The experiments for this study were pre-registered at AsPredicted.org (#131736 & #200326). Declarations of interest: none. !*00 10ptDecember 22, 2025
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January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
#EconSky
Old Workers, New Capital https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rsi:irersi:20&r=&r=age

"… when industries experience workforce #aging, firms with older initial workforces respond by #hiring younger workers and exhibit lower investment, while firms with younger initial workforces hire 1/3
Old Workers, New Capital
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January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
#EconSky
AI and the Art of Judgment https://www.econlib.org/econlog/ai-and-the-art-of-judgment

"… when Sigourney Weaver’s character, Ellen Ripley, dons a P-5000 power loader suit to defeat the alien queen. She uses a tool that amplifies her strength, enabling her to accomplish what would 1/4
AI and the Art of Judgment - Econlib
A New York magazine article titled “Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” made the rounds in mid-2025. I think about it often, and especially when I get targeted ads that are basically variations on “if you use our AI tool, you’ll be able to cheat without getting caught.” Suffice it to say it’s dispiriting. […]
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January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
#EconSky
Measuring Labor Market Tightness: Data Update and New Web Feature https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/01/measuring-labor-market-tightness-data-update-and-new-web-feature/

"… Traditional tightness measures such as vacancies over unemployment (V/U) also do a relatively 1/4
Measuring Labor Market Tightness: Data Update and New Web Feature - Liberty Street Economics
A look at the New York Fed’s new regularly updated labor market tightness index and how it tracks wage inflation.
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
#EconSky
The Trust Equation: It’s Not Just Who You Hire, It’s How You Hire https://behavioralscientist.org/the-trust-equation-its-not-just-who-you-hire-its-how-you-hire/

"Talent represents the most valuable asset of any firm, and candidates evaluate employers as rigorously as vice versa. 1/3
The Trust Equation: It’s Not Just Who You Hire, It’s How You Hire - by Torben Emmerling - Behavioral Scientist
What if organizations decided to treat their entire hiring process (not just who they hire), as a competitive advantage rather than a wearisome chore?
behavioralscientist.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
#EconSky
One Sentence at a Time: A Quantitative #History of Rationality in Economic Thought https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:38na2_v1&r=&r=big

"… Combining large language model–based semantic analysis with bibliometric and network methods, we identify and cluster discussions of 1/2
d.repec.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
#EconSky
Buyer Beware: Star Ratings Actually Steer Us Away From the Best Shopping Deals

When reviewers consider prices while rating products, there’s a tendency to downgrade the highest-quality yet pricier items 1/2
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Another #book that sounds interesting:

The Score by C Thi Nguyen https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/06/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen-review-a-brilliant-warning-about-the-gamification-of-everyday-life

"…mistaking points for the point is a pervasive error that leads us to build our lives 1/3
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
via Conrad Hackett:
Please share - Pew Research Center is looking for a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. 1/2
January 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
#EconSky
The Modern Peril of the Availability Heuristic https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/the-modern-peril-of-the-availability-heuristic/

"We now live in an era of informational abundance. The problem is no longer insufficient information, but rather too much of it.

.…'UnAvailability 1/3
The Modern Peril of the Availability Heuristic
The availability heuristic teaches us that easily recalled information feels more probable. But in an era of information abundance, this bias has evolved: what we don't see—when we expect to—becomes evidence of impossibility. This essay introduces 'UnAvailability Bias'—the tendency to treat absent information as proof of nonexistence, ignoring institutional, legal, or cognitive constraints that explain
www.behavioraleconomics.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#EconSky
Who Works from Home After the Pandemic? https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iae:iaewps:wp2025n18&r=&r=bec

"… while worker preferences are relevant, the results suggest that it is the nature of jobs that is the main factor determining who has the option to work from home.

… strong 1/4
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January 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
#EconSky
Labor market size and occupational skill match https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:ifauwp:2025_024&r=&r=lma

The urban wage premium may be related to a city-size match quality gap:

"… occupational skill-match quality is higher for individuals living in large local labor markets. 1/2
Labor market size and occupational skill match
d.repec.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
#EconSky
Malthus

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/malthus

#smbc #economics

…was reminding me of: "Cependant, qui sait? La terre a des limites, mais la bêtise humaine est infinie!"

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115844800389267205
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
January 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
#EconSky
Remote professionals are quiet quitting Fridays …could open the door to a 4-day work week

https://fortune.com/2025/11/17/remote-hybrid-four-day-work-week-time-use-survey/

"From 2019 to 2024, the average number of minutes worked on Fridays fell by about 90 minutes in jobs that can 1/3
Remote professionals are quiet quitting Fridays. Their rebellion could open the door to a 4-day work week | Fortune
The American Time Use Survey shows that from 2019 to 2024, the average number of minutes worked on Fridays fell by about 90 minutes in remote positions.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
via Behavioral Scientist:
How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness

https://behavioralscientist.org/how-zero-sum-beliefs-get-in-the-way-of-fairness/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Behavioral Scientist @behavioral-scientist-Behscientist

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How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness - by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi - Behavioral Scientist
The more we are stuck in the fixed-pie mentality, the harder it is to spot the opportunities to expand the pie.
behavioralscientist.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#EconSky
Things versus People: Gender Differences in Vocational Interests and in Occupational Preferences https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268122003201

HT @SteveStuWill

"On average, men are more interested in working with things, whereas women are more interested in 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#EconSky
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bubble-will-burst/

"It’s worth reiterating that two of the closest analogs #AI seems to have in tech #bubble history are aviation and broadcast radio. Both were wrapped in high degrees of #uncertainty and both were 1/4
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#EconSky
How do monetary incentives affect the measurement of social preferences? https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zur:econwp:482&r=&r=exp

"… the use of monetary #incentives, as well as the size of the stakes, have little impact on choices at the descriptive levels, as well as for the 1/5
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October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#EconSky
Bargaining power and #wages: Collective wage agreements and union membership in Germany https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ifsowp:329630&r=&r=lab

"Even in an era of declining membership of #unions, their roles remain vital in addressing contemporary labor market inequalities.

… 1/4
Bargaining power and wages: Collective wage agreementsand union membership in Germany
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October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM