Professor of Labor Economics at Halle University & Senior Research Advisor at Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
affiliated w/ ifo, CESifo, IZA & ROA
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/simonwiederhold
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With this support, my team and I will further develop a digital mentoring platform 🙏🚀
#TechForGood #EducationalInnovation #Mentoring
@ifoeducation.bsky.social
@cesifo.org
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These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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Over the next five years, I’ll be working jointly with ROCK YOUR LIFE on a large randomized-controlled trial with disadvantaged adolescents to generate robust, policy-relevant evidence on how mentoring can be effectively scaled. [1/2]
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“Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital:
Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests”
w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social & Sancassani
💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US
👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...
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▶️ All details below and here: www.field-experiments.eu
#Conference #Research
Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻
Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨
#EconSky
The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia
Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations.
Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)
🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich
🧑🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social
👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026
🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...
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5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!
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It is a wonderful department - do get in touch.
The job ad is in German but we teach more and more in English, so we‘re flexible.
www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit...
The application deadline was yesterday but surely my colleagues allow a weekend application.
(„For people who decide swiftly (to make a change)“)
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Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper!
🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT)
📅 1-2 June 2026
🌍 University of Nottingham
Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a
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I've always loved the essay format. It helps me explore ideas more formally w/o the 5 year publishing gauntlet.
Consider subscribing:
open.substack.com/pub/aleximas...
Links to all posts below:
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Submit your work in the fields of health, labour or education by 🗓️ 31 January!
Further information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc26
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...
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We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
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🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
👇
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Our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business celebrates its 5th anniversary with FANTASTIC keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (UT Austin) and Esther Duflo (MIT) 🎉🙌
📍 Sept 7–8, 2026 at TUM Campus Heilbronn (pre-workshop get-together Sept 6).
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🎄Today, we’re highlighting article “Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects” by 𝗦. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗷, 𝗝. 𝗥𝘂𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, @woessmann.bsky.social &
@katharinawedel.bsky.social
👉 Das Erreichen der Ziele „Bessere Bildung 2035“ würde rund 21 Billionen Euro an zusätzlicher Wirtschaftsleistung bringen
"Volkswirtschaftliche Erträge besserer Bildung"
mit Katia Werkmeister für die @bertelsmannst.bsky.social
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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But since 2019, fast gains at the bottom have already reversed about 1/3 of the rise in pay inequality.
A 🧵 about my book: The Wage Standard.
It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳
I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.
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It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳
I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.
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@eeanews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat...
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The next edition will take place at CEBI, University of Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026).
Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley).
Call for Papers: sites.google.com/view/behavio...
Deadline: Jan 31, 2026