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Bernhard Kasberger @b-kasberger.bsky.social · Jun 18

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🚨 Job Opening: Join us at Johannes Kepler University Linz! I'm hiring a Pre-Doc / PhD-track Research Assistant in microeconomic theory with a focus on market design & game theory.
Perfect for those considering a PhD or looking for a 1–2 year RA position.
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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · May 16

danke😊

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · May 16

danke, Michael! 😊

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · May 16

Thank you, Lucie!😊

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · May 16

Thrilled about my first publication! Couldn’t have wished for better coauthors on that journey 😊

JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · May 16

📢 We are proud to share a new publication by Gerald Pruckner, @florastiftinger.bsky.social, and Katrin Zocher in the 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨! 🥳

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Also, check out the great 🧵 on the working paper version below 👇

#EconSky

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · May 3

Super excited to share new work with Gerald Pruckner and Katrin Zocher (@zocherin)! The paper is called:
“When women take over: Physician gender and health care provision”
Let’s go on an adventure: a thread 🧵 https://t.co/WH8CaYCqWy

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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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JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Apr 4

We had a great couple of days with many engaging presentations at our annual staff retreat. Many thanks to @michaelirlacher.bsky.social for the organization!

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JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Dec 12

📢 Job opening:
Paid position in our PhD program (4 years fixed-term) with a very manageable teaching load.

Fields: Applied microeconomics, particularly labor economics.

Deadline 2025 Jan 29. Please share with your students and RT. #EconSky

Details:
karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

Graduate Teaching Assistant (must hold a Diploma/Master's degree)

karriere.jku.at

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JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Nov 27

We were very happy to host Joachim Winter today - thanks for the engaging talk and fruitful conversations!

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JKU Department of Economics @jku-economics.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hi Bluesky 👋 We are a young-ish economics department in beautiful Austria. We'll post here about research news and other things going on at our department.

www.jku.at/en/departmen...

Department of Economics

www.jku.at

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks for organizing this great academy, the last week was a blast! I had so much fun getting to know all of you and I'm very happy to share the best paper award with @LeveneurPauline. https://twitter.com/daniel_kuehnle/status/1827275416089903287

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

You can find the working paper here: http://www.economics.jku.at/papers/2024/wp2404.pdf
If you have any comments, we are excited to hear them.
The end! ✨ https://t.co/3c3oxtSIQj

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Overall, female PCPs have direct and indirect effects on the public health care system. They reduce costs by providing fewer services (which does not seem to affect patients negatively), but increase costs by leading to more patients changing their PCP (which is costly).

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

The difference in PCP fees is driven by a 27% gap of in the provision of health screening between male and female successors. The raw data shows that it is in fact male PCPs who increase health screening provision.

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

But patients are not more likely to exchange their female PCP for a new male PCP, so it does not look like discrimination. Instead, using a different data set suggests that female PCPs work 17% fewer hours than male colleagues, especially when they have children (30% gap).

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

After the replacement, revenues in practices taken over by a female PCP decrease by 15% (6,190 euros per quarter).

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Neither the exiting PCP nor the patients can influence who becomes the new successor and new female PCPs do not systematically apply to different positions than their male peers.

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Main message: Female PCPs generate lower revenues, which is driven by (a) them treating fewer patients and (b) them providing fewer services than their male peers. Our results do not hint at discrimination by patients but rather at female PCPs working fewer hours.

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Super excited to share new work with Gerald Pruckner and Katrin Zocher (@zocherin)! The paper is called:
“When women take over: Physician gender and health care provision”
Let’s go on an adventure: a thread 🧵 https://t.co/WH8CaYCqWy

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

As a young woman in economics, I have questions ... https://twitter.com/LibertadGonLu/status/1722901589151580534

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Excited to kick off the new semester with my grad school friends @jku_econ style

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

#eale2023 was a blast! Happy to have met old and new friends (and to have been able to present work on outside options and worker motivation 😄) @eale_sbe

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Had a wonderful time presenting work on outside options and worker motivation at #EEAESEM23 with the perfect location of Barcelona @bse_barcelona

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Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

https://t.co/raPt6KO2Wa

Flora Stiftinger @florastiftinger.bsky.social · Nov 19

I proudly present: my first working paper!
Stoked to be able to do such cool work with my two amazing coauthors. https://twitter.com/AhammerAlex/status/1684578191736971265

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