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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 5d

German Reunification Day invites both gratitude and reflection.
Gratitude, because the peaceful revolution of 1989 was nothing short of a miracle — a bloodless dismantling of a repressive regime.
Reflection, because the wounds of the transition still mark the country —and because

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 5d

Link to paper: www.nber.org/system/files...

Link to non-technical summary: openai.com/index/how-pe...

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 5d

But: the consultant role (“how can I do this?”) tends to produce higher-quality output. Note: [educated] users in high-paying jobs lean more on the ChatGPT-as-consultant role, esp. for decision support.

👉 It’s not just if you use ChatGPT, but HOW you use it that shapes the value you get from it.

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 5d

1️⃣ ChatGPT is increasingly used for personal tasks – not just for work.

2️⃣ By July 2025, 56% of users employ ChatGPT as a “personal assistant” (e.g. “please edit this text”).

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 5d

How do people use ChatGPT?

A new NBER WP by researchers from OpenAI, Harvard & Duke analyzes millions of ChatGPT conversations since its launch, showing how usage patterns have shifted across work & personal contexts.

There are many interesting insights in here, but two findings stood out to me:

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 9d

War mit eine Freude ein paar Einschätzungen zum Artikel beitragen zu dürfen, insb. zum Spannungsfeld zwischen österreichischen und globalen Trends.

Die Presse @diepressecom.bsky.social · 9d

Arbeit soll sich lohnen. Die Realität sieht jedoch oft anders aus. In welchen Branchen und Berufen werden die höchsten Gehälter gezahlt?

In diesen Branchen verdient man in Österreich am meisten

www.diepresse.com

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Anna Goeddeke @annagoeddeke.bsky.social · 13d

Could anyone share examples of well-designed and practical LaTeX presentations that are suitable for lecture slides? I am looking for some inspiration. #TeachEcon

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 14d

Great news - congrats Patrick! 👏 👏 👏

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 25d

Please make a round of Rumpeldunk obligatory in all future NTNU events! ;)

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LISER's Labour Market department @liser-lm.bsky.social · 26d

🎬 The TASKS VII Conference #TASKSVII2025 has come to an end.

🤝 The conversations & collaborations sparked in #Luxembourg will continue well beyond today.

🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us — and we look forward to future editions of TASKS!

🔗 Event info: www.liser.lu/events/TASKS...

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Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 26d

EDIT:

The sky is (still) blue,
and (at times) we were too! 😉

Was a pleasure to be back in Esch. Thanks to all presenters for insightful presentations and the organizers for putting up a wonderful program ✌

See you soon!

Eduard Storm @edthestorm.bsky.social · 28d

Hello Luxembourg!

The sky is blue and, tomorrow, the regressions too!

Looking forward to the TASKS conference at @liser-lm.bsky.social with vibrant discussions at day and a fun time at night 😉

Especially looking forward to reconnecting with many great friends & colleagues in the biz! 😀

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thread of research relying on world-renowned data produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Please contribute

So much of my own research has used BLS data

Growing income inequality in who gets a college education - from NLSY79/97

www.nber.org/system/files...

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Christoph Thoenissen @thoenissenc.bsky.social · Jul 25

Germany’s lefties are European, if not world champions in being miserable. Here they are begrudging football fans waving flags.

Barbara Junge @junge.bsky.social · Jul 25

Ob Männer- oder Frauenfußball: Deutscher Nationalstolz ist immer gefährlich Eine Kolumne von Matthias Kalle
taz.de/Ob-Maenner--...

Ob Männer- oder Frauenfußball: Deutscher Nationalstolz ist immer gefährlich

Der Schwarz-Rot-Gold-Ekel wich während der Fußball-EM der Frauen einem koketten Patriotismus. Das ist nicht Fortschritt, sondern Regression.

taz.de

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎙️ Listen to @dacemoglumit.bsky.social talk about the implications of AI and technological development for labor markets in "Handbook Talks", our podcast series dedicated to the new volumes of the Handbook of Labor Economics.

2. Handbook Talks: Will AI replace jobs or improve them?

YouTube video by ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Jul 25

🆕 Chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics in our Discussion Paper Series: @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, Fredric Kong, and Pascual Restrepo review recent advances in the task model and show how it can be used to understand recent trends in the labor market. www.rfberlin.com/research/tas...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 24

Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him

"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."

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Martin Ertl @martinertl.bsky.social · Jul 12

Das IHS @ihs.ac.at präsentiert am Donnerstag im Rahmen der Mittelfristprognose in einem Sonderkapitel die Effekte der US-Zollpolitik auf die österreichische Wirtschaft, den Euroraum und die US-Wirtschaft. /1

DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · Jul 12

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat am Samstag neue Strafzölle in Höhe von 30 Prozent auf Importe aus der Europäischen Union angekündigt: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000279187/trump-kuendigt-30-prozentige-zoelle-gegen-eu-an

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · Jul 11

Very excited that our paper (joint with Jarkko Harju and ‪@schoefer.bsky.social‬) on "Voice at Work" is published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. We study what happened when workers in Finnish firms got a right to worker voice on the corporate board. 👇

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is a real tweet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

DHS Twitter account:
FIRE UP THE DEPORTATION PLANES!

Image of a skeleton doing squats with the text MY BODY IS A
THAT TURNS
MACHINE
ICE FUNDING
INTO
MASS DEPORTATIONS

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João Pereira dos Santos @joaopsantos.bsky.social · Jul 7

Join us this Friday!

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Harald Oberhofer @ho2604.bsky.social · Jun 28

Die @diepressecom.bsky.social versucht den Stimmungsaufheller. Gute Idee.

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jun 11

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:

"How to Write a Title and Abstract"

Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.

#EconSky #AcademicSky

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JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Jun 11

Only one week left to apply 👇

- Minimum gross salary €92,460 (overpayment customary)
- Generous leave: 5 weeks paid vacation minimum
- High living standards: public transport, healthcare, safety
- Access to EU funding, e.g., ERC, Horizon Europe

JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · May 8

📢 Come and work with us!

The Department of Economics at JKU Linz invites applications for a full 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀.

Apply by June 18, 2025.

Details: www.jku.at/en/the-jku/w...

Please share with your network!

#Econsky #Academicjobs

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Joel Stiebale @joelstiebale.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are hiring a #postdoc in international economics and/or economic policy at @dice.hhu.de to start in October.

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