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Alexander Hijzen
@ahijzen.bsky.social
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Senior Economist @OECD and Research Fellow @IZA, working on labour issues, mostly with admin data. Opinions my own.

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 21
Upjohn Institute's @martalachowska.bsky.social ’s paper will be presented at the @nberpubs Summer Institute 2025 Labor Studies conference in Cambridge, MA., on 7/22. The findings are based on “Firms and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison of Eleven Countries.” Conference runs 7/21–23.
#NBER #econsky
SI 2025 Labor Studies
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Jun 9
www.ft.com/content/5009...
Disrupted or displaced? How AI is shaking up jobs
New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment
www.ft.com

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Feb 12
Great article by Daron Acemoglu in the FT:
www.ft.com/content/4e3f...
The real threat to American prosperity
Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
www.ft.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Feb 7
Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs
on.ft.com/3WSCN6h
How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark
Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment
on.ft.com

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Jan 10
📢#cfp for the @iza_bonn @UniLeiden @OECD Workshop: "Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" 22-23 May in the Hague.
Keynote: @KSalvanes
Organizers: Jordy Meekes, Pierre Cahuc & Alexander Hijzen
Apply by 14 February: conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · Jan 10
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.

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Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · Jan 9
🧵 1/3 - Released today, fascinating new #OECD working paper on low-wage employment in #France 🇫🇷

Using linked employer-employee data, survey data, and tax-ben modelling, it shows:

1) France's high minimum wage leads to a broad coverage and compresses the wage distribution;

doi.org/10.1787/8253...

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Dec 17
🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data”

May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands

Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025

📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...
IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · Dec 4
🚨 We are hiring!

The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities.

The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025.

Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky

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Company Description: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of 38 member countries that works to build better policies for better lives. Our...
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 26
Nice article in the FT on the challenges to the green transition citing our work on job displacement #LinkEED2
www.ft.com/content/2d00...
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza
People understand that transitions are hard — politicians need to as well
www.ft.com

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
Big thanks to thank Marco Palladino, Cesar Barreto, Antoine Bertheau, Dogan Gülümser, @ansolassen.bsky.social, Balazs Muraközy, @oskarskans.bsky.social for their collaboration.

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
An academic version with extended country coverage will follow soon. For more information please visit: www.oecd.org/en/about/pro...
LinkEED 2.0
The objective of LinkEED 2.0 is to enhance our understanding of the role of policies in inclusive growth through innovative analytical work based on the use of linked employer-employee data in differe...
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
3. Cross-country differences in the importance of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap reflect differential wage-setting within firms and the scope for doing so due to the presence of persistent rents.

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
2. The role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap is more important in high-wage firms.

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
1. Bargaining and discrimination account for about 15 % of the gender wage gap in the countries analysed or 2 about percentage points.

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · Nov 19
🚨Out now: Our new OECD working paper on the gender wage gap and the role of bargaining and discrimination.
📄Read now: doi.org/10.1787/1fd6...
The role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France
This paper contributes to a better understanding of the role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France and four other European countries using comprehensive linked employer-emp...
doi.org