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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 4d

Join us on 4 November for the RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture: “Why Women Won” by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin.
🎟️ Register now: form.typeform.com/to/j3BaW2OV

Discover how women’s roles in work and society have evolved and what challenges remain
More about the event: www.rfberlin.com/event/why-wo...

Why Women Won by Claudia Goldin

Following the success of our first public lecture, we are pleased to announce the next RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture, organized in collaboration with the Humboldt University of Berlin! This year, RFB...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Just one month left!
Don’t forget to submit your papers to the RFBerlin Migration Forum 📝
📅 Submission deadline: 2 Nov 2025
📍 Berlin | 26-27 Mar 2026
More details 👉 www.rfberlin.com/event/migrat...
#CallForPapers #MigrationForum2026

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Aug 11

📄📄📄Call for Papers is open!
RFBerlin invites submissions for the next Migration Forum "Migration: Drivers, Consequences, and Governance". Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79526...
#Migration #Governance #callforpapers

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass!

Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens.
www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker

This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 16d

📢 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...

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

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Joane Studnik @joane.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hier ein 🎁 Link zu diesem wirklich lesenswerten Artikel, der so ziemlich alles in Frage stellt, was derzeit in der Migrationsfrage als gegeben hingestellt wird.
Selbst die rechte Meloni-Regierung hat den hohen Bedarf an Niedrigqualifizierten erkannt. Deutschland irrlichtet dem Abschwung entgegen.

Migration: Der Wirtschaft fehlen die Flüchtlinge

In Deutschland fehlen immer mehr Arbeitskräfte für einfache Jobs. Bisher erledigten das oft Asylbewerber. Einen Plan für die Zukunft gibt es nicht. Unternehmen und Verbände schlagen Alarm.

www.faz.net

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Jakob Beuschlein @jakobbeu.bsky.social · Jul 17

There must be technical solutions to this that disguise you as a low willingness-to-pay customer? E.g. using a VPN from a LIC

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Fabian Hoffmann @frhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 6

That’s true for both Ukraine and Europe: there aren’t enough interceptors to sustain a missile defense-centric strategy.

Instead, they must shift to a deterrence posture in the missile domain that relies on the threat of imposing unacceptable costs rather than denial.

7/7

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The Economist @economist.com · Jul 7

Young people and city-dwellers are among those most likely to see one group’s gain as another’s loss

To understand America today, study the zero-sum mindset, writes Stefanie Stantcheva

Young people and city-dwellers are among those most likely to see one group’s gain as another’s loss

econ.st

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @CriClerici
@poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health

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Konrad Burchardi @konradburchardi.bsky.social · Jun 2

💥Research Assistant Positions💥

1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · May 22

There's a lotta concern about the short run (ie recession or not) implications of Trump's agenda. Dani is right to point to the long run as far far more consequential.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · May 22

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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Jakob Beuschlein @jakobbeu.bsky.social · May 18

„The IMF puts the hidden cost of trading goods inside the EU at the equivalent of a 45% tariff. For services the figure climbs to 110%“

www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-myth-o...

The myth of the single market

Why Europe’s internal barriers are higher than Trump's tariffs

www.siliconcontinent.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · May 5

US policy uncertainty right now is off the charts -- worse than during covid, 2008 financial crisis, debt limit showdowns, after 9/11, you name it.
www.policyuncertainty.com

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · May 4

US & EU GDP data are now in, which means another update to my G7 GDP chart

Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:

🇺🇸 +12.9%
🇨🇦 +8.7% (thru Q4)
🇮🇹 +5.9%
🇫🇷 +3.7%
🇬🇧 +3.4% (thru Q4)
🇯🇵 +0.9% (thru Q4)
🇩🇪 +0.0%

a graph of G7 GDP growth, as described in the tweet

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Jakob Beuschlein @jakobbeu.bsky.social · Apr 22

This seems like an issue. By @economist.com

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · Apr 17

Überfälliges Statement hochrangiger deutscher Diplomaten zum Krieg im Nahen Osten (FAZ, 17.4.25)

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Jonas Vlachos @jonasvlachos.bsky.social · Mar 13

Dear academic economists! Two weeks left to apply to a position as full professor at the Econ Dept @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. in Sweden, academic - and personal - freedoms are deeply respected. And the microdata is awesome! Deadline March 31! #econsky su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Professor in Economics

Department of Economics For more information about us, please visit: Department of Economics Subject/subject description Economics, with no restrictions on field of research. Main responsibilities Res

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Fabrizio Colella @fabricolella.bsky.social · Mar 12

📢 Join our labor team!
I am looking for two #predocs to work with me and my coauthors on applied labor economics projects in Switzerland!

Job Ad: bit.ly/PredocLaborLugano

Apply here: bit.ly/PredocLLCApply
#econra #USIecon #predoc

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Kurt Stukenberg @kstukenberg.bsky.social · Feb 27

Das ist wirklich ziemlich grotesk. Es geht hier um ≈ 5 Millionen Tonnen CO2, die jetzt aufgrund bürokratischer Probleme offenbar nicht eingespart werden. Zumal die Betreiber zudem noch 650 Millionen € Stilllegungsentschädigung bekamen.

taz.de/Emissionszer...

FREIBURG taz | Die Stilllegung von deutschen Kohlekraftwerken im Jahr 2021 war für den internationalen Klimaschutz offenbar
wirkungslos: Die Europäische Kommission hat es abgelehnt, die betreffenden Emissionszertifikate zu löschen, weil das formale Vorgehen der Bundesregierung nicht der Rechtsauffassung der EU entspricht.

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Feb 24

Remarkable: Merz wants to discuss reforming debt brake in the *outgoing* Bundestag, where CDU/CSU+SPD+Greens still have over 2/3 of seats, before new Bundestag is constituted by 25 March. Greens already signalled willingness this morning.

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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · Feb 19

🇩🇰 Denmark today increases the defence budget with 50bn DKK (6.7bn EUR) plus 10bn DKK (1.3bn EUR) extra per year until 2033 going 2.4% of GDP in 2024 to 3.2% in 2025. As discussed probably 50bn more is needed for acquisition.

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · Feb 17

What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Feb 15

Weil gerade die Linke so gehyped wird: Lest bitte einmal das Wahlprogramm hinsichtlich der Verteidigung.

Angesichts dessen, dass kürzlich die transatlantische Allianz & gemeinsamen Demokratie-Werte beerdigt wurden, stehen wir komplett wehrlos gegenüber Russland, China & Co da.

Hier das Programm:

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Feb 13

Among other things, the 🇩🇪 debt brake is bad for national security:

Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · Feb 13

Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds

IISS assessment lays bare challenges facing Europe should US cut back Ukraine military support
www.ft.com/content/93d4...

Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds

IISS assessment lays bare challenges facing Europe should US cut back Ukraine military support

www.ft.com

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Jakob Beuschlein @jakobbeu.bsky.social · Feb 9

Got them from Munich - East ;)

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