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Steffen Altmann

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Behavioral Economist | University of Wuerzburg & University of Copenhagen | IZA Research Fellow sites.google.com/site/steffenaltmann/

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social

#behavioraleconomics

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Bastian Schulz @bsecon.bsky.social · Aug 12

The 1st Aarhus Workshop on Labor Markets (AWLM 2025) happens from Oct 22-24 at Aarhus University, Denmark.

We are excited to receive papers that focus on understanding and analyzing labor market dynamics, policies, and outcomes. Both empirical research and structural work is highly welcome!

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 21

📣 We’re hiring! 📣

Join @woessmann.bsky.social and my team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social as a PhD student to conduct super-exciting field experiments in the Economics of Education 🤩🚀

Reach out if you have any questions! 💪🏻🙏🏻

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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · Mar 21

‼️We are hiring‼️

🧑‍🎓PhD position at ifo Center for Economics of Education

➡️Research on education, labor & behavioral econ
➡️Focus on field experiments & RCTs
➡ PhD program @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social & MGSE
➡️Starting Oct 1, 2025 or earlier

⏰Apply by Apr 20, 2025 (link below)

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Jul 21

[email protected] & IfW Kiel are jointly 🚨 recruiting a Professor of International Economics🚨 (Associate/Full).

👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Great opportunity to join Berlin's thriving econ community. No kings here.

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

Please share widely! #EconSky

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Jul 16

We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇

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Steffen Altmann @steffenaltmann.bsky.social · Jul 5

🎓 IEP Lecture: *Wissen und Wohlstand: Bildung als Schlüssel unserer Zukunftsfähigkeit*

📆 07 July 2025, 6 p.m.

🧭 Sparkassen Hörsaal, Neue Univerität, Sanderring 2, Würzburg

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Joschka Wanner @joschkawanner.bsky.social · May 31

Very happy to see my joint paper with Lisa Scheckenhofer and @feodorateti.bsky.social on sanction evasion for military goods published in this year's AEA P&P: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · May 20

🧵New paper out:

“Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load”

with Barigozzi, Monfardini, Montinari, @elenapisanelli.bsky.social @svevav.bsky.social

🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2505.11426

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Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load

This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load -- the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing household and childcare ta...

arxiv.org

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Didier Fouarge @dfouarge.bsky.social · May 20

In an RCT, we treat job seekers in slack occupations with information about the better prospects in other suitable jobs. Effects are large: employment, hours of work and labor income all improve by 5%/6% after 18 months, with limited externalities to other job seekers. docs.iza.org/dp17905.pdf

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CINCH @cinchessen.bsky.social · Apr 4

Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment.

Deadline: May 1, 2025
Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social
#healtheconomics
#econsky
#teachecon

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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · Mar 27

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

#EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

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Reposted by Ludger Woessmann, Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer , and 9 more Ludger Woessmann, Ludger Wößmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Robert Metcalfe, Ernesto Reuben, Marina Della Giusta, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Frauke Peter, Fabian Kosse, Steffen Altmann, Dietmar Fehr

Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 7

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻

Submission deadline 15 May 🚨

#EconSky

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · Mar 3

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1.

If two people give 2 each, it is €4.

If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million.

Let’s coordinate, here 👇

and please re-post to spread the word.

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Your Contribution Squared

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Nov 13

Consider doing a PhD in #EconSky? Interested in labor econ? Then you should definitively apply to @bseberlin.bsky.social's program👇

Berlin's large applied micro group recently won a @dfgpublic.bsky.social grant to study labor scarcity,skill mismatch & more. We can fund PhDs for 4 years!

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Nov 4

📯Call for Applications: 2025 PhD Program
Deadline: January 15, 2025
👇
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-programm...

@humboldtuni.bsky.social boldtuni.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, @hertieschool.bsky.social chool.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @rfberlin.bsky.social, @diw.de #phdjobmarket

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Almut Balleer @almutballeer.bsky.social · Nov 22

Doctoral students near and far: Submit your best work to our RGS Doctoral Conference. Great opportunity to get feedback on your work from peers and seniors and build your network This year, Michele Tertilt is giving the keynote. Details can be found here:
www.rgs-econ.org/research/rgs...

RGS Doctoral Conference - RGS Econ

www.rgs-econ.org

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Sebastian Siegloch @sigginho.bsky.social · Nov 3

RECRUITING: Post-Doc position (2 years) in Public/Urban/Labor Economics at @WiSoUniCologne / @ECON_tribute, no teaching.

@ERC_Research project: Housing, Inequality and Public Policy (HIPPO)

CGN Team: @Sigginho, @RaoulMaarseveen, Löffler, Gharbi, Reiners + many int'l colleagues

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Steffen Altmann @steffenaltmann.bsky.social · Nov 2

This is fantastic news! Congratulations!! Looking forward to catching up soon

Steffen Altmann @steffenaltmann.bsky.social · Oct 31

👇The conference where labor, education, and health economics meet. Keynotes by Carol Propper (Bristol), Casper Worm Hansen (Copenhagen), Johanna Rickne (Stockholm) and Anupam Jena (Harvard). Further information: udue.de/ehc2024

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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · Oct 30

Job alert! My department is hiring in macro! There are two positions: Assistant (tenure track) and Associate Professor. Please spread the word on Econ Bsky 📈📉. Deadline: 26. November. Job descriptions and other info in link.

Come to wonderful Copenhagen to a super Department!

Associate and/or Tenure-track Assistant Professorships in Macroeconomics

The positions are available from August 1st 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. An earlier start is also possible. Deadline for application is 23:59 CET November 26th 2023...

www.economics.ku.dk

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Steffen Altmann @steffenaltmann.bsky.social · Oct 26

🚨Are you doing a PhD in Economics? Do you want to get feedback on your latest research? Connect with other PhD students and learn more about their work? Attend a keynote by the great Uwe Sunde (LMU & @rationalitycrc.bsky.social)? Then this👇is the right conference for you! Further info: t.ly/e7z6d

RWI Leibniz-Institut @rwi.bsky.social · Oct 23

Call for Papers: The 17th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics will be held on site on February 27-28, 2024 in Essen. The headline topic is “Health and Demography”. Submissions by early-career researchers in all areas of Economics are welcome. Submission deadline: December 17, 2023.