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CESifo @cesifo.org · 2h

New Working Paper! 😀📢
“Workplace Peer Effects in Fertility Decisions”
by Maria De Paola @rnistico.bsky.social Vincenzo Scoppa

The findings highlight how changes in employment protection may have unintended fertility spillovers through workplace social interactions.💼👶
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

CESifo @cesifo.org · 4h

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CESifo Junior Workshop for the Economics of Education 2026 | ifo Institute

A €500 award will be given to the presenter of the best paper at the workshop.

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 5h

📣 Call for Papers out now: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
📆30 - 31 March 2026
⏳Submit by 11 January 2026

Organizers: @woessmann.bsky.social, @mtotarelli.bsky.social, @caterinapavese.bsky.social
Keynote: Michela Carlana @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
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Call for Papers: Junior Wokshop on Economics of Education

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 2d

🌟We have an exciting guest this week!
Gloria Moroni will be at the ifo Institute from October 6th to 11th!

Her research interests lie in the fields of labor economics, family economics and gender economics.
🔗 Her Website: gloriamoroni.wixsite.com/gloriamoroni
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 6d

🚨Working Paper Alert!
"Social Risk, Fairness Types, and Redistribution"
✍️ @bortolotti.bsky.social @felixkoelle.bsky.social Ivan Soraperra & Matthias Sutter

Findings show significantly less inequality acceptance, and thus much more redistribution, under social risk.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 7d

📢New Working Paper!
"News Customization with AI"
✍️ @felixchopra.bsky.social , Ingar K. Haaland, Fabian Roeben, Christopher Roth and Vanessa Sticher

The paper finds most users display a high and persistent demand for less opinionated and more fact-driven news.
🔎 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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Andreas Peichl @apeichl.bsky.social · 8d

Approval of Government Debt in Germany Rises When the Term “Kredite” Is Used Instead of “Schulden”

Press release on our new @cesifo.org WP w
@mathiasdolls.bsky.social @lisawindsteiger.bsky.social + Cevat & Justyna:
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 8d

New Paper Alert! 📢
"Trade and the Scopes of Pollution: Evidence from China’s World Market Integration"
✍️ Stefano Carattini, Hanwei Huang, Frank Pisch and Tejendra Pratap Singh

Find out more in the latest CESifo Working Paper!
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

CESifo @cesifo.org · 9d

Submit your paper by 30 September (23:59 CET) 👇

CESifo @cesifo.org · Aug 22

📣We will jointly organize the 1st Workshop on the 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 on 𝟱 - 𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Submissions are now open! Keynotes: @gathmannch.bsky.social & Tania Babina.

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 9d

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 9d

📣 We invite submissions to the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Papers may deal with any topic in public economics, with a preference to complete papers.

Organizer: 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗧. 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 (Copenhagen)
Keynote: 𝗝𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗿𝗼𝗱 (University of Michigan)

ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 13d

📣New Working Paper
“What Drives Refugees' Return After Conflict?”
✒️ @jopieboy.bsky.social @lchargaziia.bsky.social Yvonne Giesing, Sarah Necker & Panu Poutvaara

Insights into how conflict resolution, security, economics, and corruption influence return decisions.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 15d

New📝
Political Views and College Choices in a Polarized America
✍️Riley K. Acton, Emily Cook, Paola A. Ugalde

Findings show that US students prefer institutions with more like-minded peers, especially, with fewer students from the opposite side of the political spectrum.
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 16d

🚨We’re pleased to welcome @cipriandomnisoru.bsky.social !
Ciprian Domnisoru joins us this week as a guest researcher, from September 22nd to 27th!
His research areas are Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics and the Economics of Education.

ℹ️ www.cipriandomnisoru.net
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 19d

We are glad to announce that the 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 has been awarded to Nathaniel Hendren (MIT) by #CESifo and @iipf.bsky.social. He will deliver the 18th CESifo and IIPF Richard Musgrave Lecture on Wednesday, 15 April 2026 in Munich.
ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ri...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 20d

New Working Paper! 😀📢
“Demand for Green Skills in an Evolving Landscape”
by @estherarenasarroyo.bsky.social Jacob Fabian, Friederike Mengel, Bernhard Schmidpeter and Michel Serafinelli

This paper analyzes how hurricanes impact the demand for green skills.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 21d

🚨Working Paper Alert!
"What Works for Working Couples? Work Arrangements, Maternal Labor Supply, and the Division of Home Production"
✍️ Ludovica Ciasullo @martinauccioli.bsky.social

Find out more in the latest CESifo Working Paper!
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 22d

New Paper! 📢
“Unfair Chances and Labor Supply”
✒️ Nickolas Gagnon @kristbos.bsky.social Arno Riedl

The study finds that at a given wage, disadvantageous wage inequality reduces labor supply, but whether this inequality stems from fair or unfair chances does not matter.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 23d

Welcome, Dr. Martin Christopher Hänsel! 👋
We are delighted to announce him as our new network member. His research focuses on the economics of climate change and the sustainable management and valuation of natural resources.🌍

🏠 www.uni-leipzig.de/en/profile/m...
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

CESifo @cesifo.org · 27d

🗣️📣 New Working Paper
"Too Hot or Too Cold: Effect of Extreme Temperatures on Self-Reported Mental Health Outcomes in South Africa"

✒️ Odunola Oladeji and Ilan Noy
For further information, read the full paper:
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 29d

📣New Working Paper
“Should I Mail or Should I Go: Voting Behavior After a One-Time All-Postal Election”
✒️Marius Kröper @lindlacher.bsky.social

To see the results, read the full paper here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 29d

🚨Working Paper!
"Antidepressant Treatment in Childhood"
✍️ Sonia Bhalotra @meltemdaysal.bsky.social @tramir.bsky.social

The paper’s findings underscore the potential of early mental health treatment to improve longer term economic outcomes and reducing inequality.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · Sep 8

📢 We are excited to announce that Eya Hanefi will join us as a guest researcher this week from September 8th to 15th!
🔍 She is a member of the MASE Research Center, whose research focuses on the intersection of gender, climate change, and labor market dynamics.

🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...

CESifo @cesifo.org · Sep 8

👏Congrats @anaisfabre.bsky.social on winning the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 for her paper "The Geography of Higher Education and Spatial Inequalities" and to runners-up @mikkelhoumark.bsky.social &
Genia Rachkovski for great presentations!
@ifoeducation.bsky.social

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CESifo @cesifo.org · Sep 8

🌟 We have an exciting guest this week!
Amira Bouziri will be at the ifo Institute from September 8th to 15th! 🎉
Her research interests are, for example, within the field of international trade and labor economics.

🔍Her website: www.smu.tn/msb/faculty-...
More info: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...

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