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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks to @bsoeberlin.bsky.social for this very nice coverage of our publication on AI and workers' well-being in Germany!

Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Jul 21

🏬 📄 Is AI Actually Hurting Workers? New Study on How AI Affects Workers' Wellbeing

👥👏Congratulations to @osea.bsky.social, @jkoenig.bsky.social & @lucastella.bsky.social

HRD article 👉 www.hcamag.com/us/specializ...

VoxEU 👉 cepr.org/voxeu/column...

📑 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#AIstudy

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our new VoxEU column on the fascinating link between AI and workers’ well-being and health is out!

#AI #FutureOfWork #Wellbeing #Health #Germany #PIPEON

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Jul 21

German survey data shows no evidence that #AI exposure has harmed workers' #mentalhealth or subjective #wellbeing. However, self-reported use of AI tools in the workplace points to indications of declining life and job satisfaction.
O Giuntella, L Stella, J König
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky

Artificial intelligence may reduce the need for physically demanding tasks, but it could also erode job satisfaction, intensify cognitive load, and amplify anxiety. This column reports research on survey data from Germany, which finds no evidence that AI exposure has harmed workers’ mental health or subjective wellbeing. But looking at self-reported use of AI tools in the workplace, there are indications of declining life and job satisfaction. This suggests the need to expand current debates beyond AI’s impact on employment, productivity and wages: if it transforms work in ways that affect stress, autonomy, purpose, or health, these dimensions must become central to technology policy and labour regulation.

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 Just out in Scientific Reports!
Our evidence on AI and worker well-being in Germany
🧠 No major drop in satisfaction
💪 Small health gains
⚠️ Self-reported AI → slight well-being decline
Still early days.
#AI#MentalHealth#EU#FutureOfWork#ScientificReports
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

Scientific Reports - Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

www.nature.com

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Feb 18

Very insightful presentation about political and policy behavior among low-income households by Lindsay Flynn @uni.lu and Giulia Buscicchio @liser.lu at the workshop on overcrowding at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

#EconSky #EconConf

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Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute @jfki-econ.bsky.social · Feb 14

🗓️ Next Monday and Tuesday:
We are very happy to host a workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

See all information about the workshop and program below
and feel free to join!

@steinhardt.bsky.social @sebastiankohl.bsky.social @lucastella.bsky.social

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Jan 23

It was great to take part in the kick off meeting
@sheffieldunitedfc.bsky.social of our EU-Horizon PIPEON grant project! I presented our plan to examine the impact of AI and robots on the physical and mental health of workers
@osea.bsky.social #MentalHealth #AI #Health #Robots
#UniversityofMilan

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢 Expression of Interest: Postdoc!
Join PIPEON, a Horizon Europe project on Robots & AI's impact on workers, at University of Milan with me & @osea.bsky.social!
🔹 Up to 3 yrs (€45k gross/yr)
🔹 Skills: Stata, R, Python (bonus: experiments)
📩 Send CV: [email protected]
#AI #PostdocOpportunity

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨Three days until deadline!
Apply until December 20 for our workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”.
All infos below ⬇️

Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Nov 26

📣 Call for papers for junior (non-tenured) researchers:

Workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”, March 6‐7 in Berlin

Keynote: Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University)

Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
#EconConf #Econsky

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢 Expression of Interest: Postdoc!
Join PIPEON, a Horizon Europe project on Robots & AI's impact on workers, at University of Milan with me & @osea.bsky.social!
🔹 Up to 3 yrs (€45k gross/yr)
🔹 Skills: Stata, R, Python (bonus: experiments)
📩 Send CV: [email protected]
#AI #PostdocOpportunity

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Nov 26

📣 Call for papers for junior (non-tenured) researchers:

Workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”, March 6‐7 in Berlin

Keynote: Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University)

Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
#EconConf #Econsky

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great initiative! Could you please add me to the list?

Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great initiative! Could you please add me to the list? Thanks

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 27

Could you please add me to the list? Thanks!

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 26

Could you please add me to the list? Thanks

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Nov 25

We’re proud to showcase the work of @danzernatalia.bsky.social , @garciatorres.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social and @steinhardt.bsky.social exploring the impact of women’s political representation during Covid-19.

🔗 Discover more on @voxeu.org : cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#politicalrepresentation

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 25

Great initiative! I'd like to be added, too

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Simon Voss @simonvoss.bsky.social · Nov 25

This paper is part of a project on housing space inequality in Germany funded by @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social. All infos to the project can be found under: www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/wohnraumm...

The Project

www.jfki.fu-berlin.de

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Simon Voss @simonvoss.bsky.social · Nov 25

Yesterday, I presented my paper "Crowding (at) the margins: Investigating the unequal distribution of housing space in Germany" (joint work with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @lucastella.bsky.social) at the Southern Economic Association (#SEA) conference in Washington DC.

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 22

Can you please add me? Thanks!

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 22

Great starter pack on economics of migration!

Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Nov 13

I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!

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Natalia Danzer @danzernatalia.bsky.social · Nov 17

Unsere zugrundeliegende Veröffentlichung in „Economic Policy“ mit @garciatorres.bsky.social
@steinhardt.bsky.social
@lucastella.bsky.social
„Women in political power and school closure during #COVID times“

Zu lesen hier ➡️ open access!
academic.oup.com/economicpolicy…
@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social

https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy…

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Luca Stella @lucastella.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just out @voxeu_org column with @danzernatalia.bsky.social, @garciatorres.bsky.social & @steinhardt.bsky.social on the link between female politicians and school closures during the #Covid crisis #econsky

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Nov 14

Higher female representation in government during #COVID-19 was associated with lower likelihood of schools being closed due to their heightened awareness of costs of school closures
@danzernatalia.bsky.social @garciatorres.bsky.social @steinhardt.bsky.social Luca Stella
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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Women's political representation matters: Evidence from school closures during the pandemic.
Natalia Danzer, Sebastian Garcia-Torres, Max Steinhardt, Luca Stella.
13 Nov 2024
The notion that politicians’ identity, including their gender, can influence policy outcomes is supported by a growing body of empirical research. This column reports a study exploring the extent to which the share of women members in national governments during the Covid-19 pandemic shaped the policy responses. Higher female representation was associated with a lower likelihood of schools being closed – not because women politicians were less concerned about the spread of the virus but due to their heightened awareness of the costs of school closures, notably for working mothers with young children. The results indicate the potential benefits of more gender-balanced governments in shaping policies that affect the wellbeing, education, and economic prospects of children and families.

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