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Carl Gergs
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Economics PhD candidate @ University College London | Labor and Public Economics

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New market-level variation measures how Brazil's 1993 outsourcing legalization affected employment. Labor market frictions fell, benefitting some workers, but harming others, from Mayara Felix and Michael B. Wong https://www.nber.org/papers/w34172
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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martinfriedrich.bsky.social
Gestern berichteten die Tagesthemen über die Arbeitsbedingungen bei Lieferdienst-Plattformen und einen drohenden Warnstreik. Ich durfte kurz für @iabnews.bsky.social zu Wort kommen.

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Warnstreik bei Lieferando - Was die Fahrer wollen
Warnstreik bei Lieferando - Was die Fahrer wollen
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July 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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voxeu.org
Data from West #Germany from the 1960s to 2013 show that the child penalty has increased over time because women are earning more, so the opportunity cost of motherhood has grown.
Ulrich Glogowsky, Emanuel Hansen, Dominik Sachs, Holger Lüthen
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Graph showing that while the earnings gap between men and women has decreased over time, the percentage of gender inequality in earnings due to child-related inequality has risen over the years. Reductions in women's labour supply after childbirth remain a persistent driver of gender earnings inequality. Using data from West Germany from the 1960s to 2013, this column explores the evolution of the ‘child penalty’ – post-birth earnings reductions for mothers – in Germany. The child penalty increased over time because women are earning more, so the opportunity cost of motherhood has grown. Family policies can affect gender inequality through changing post-birth earnings decisions. Future research should examine how policies influence pre-birth choices and interact with gender norms over the long run.
May 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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sophie-piton.bsky.social
The call for papers for the workshop on "Firm Dynamics, Market Structures and Productivity in the Macroeconomy" closes on 14 April! This year's edition is co-organised by @qmul.ac.uk, @boeresearch.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social and @kent.ac.uk.
Details: sophiepiton.com/papers/2025_...
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March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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nikdatta.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

ZHCs are back in the news again. Some thoughts:

1. I wish people would stop calling this a ban. The policy is going to give a right to a regular hour contract, most likely determined by hours worked over a 12 week reference period. A lot of details are.. 1/n
UK ban on zero-hours contracts ‘to include agency workers’
Government to expand coverage of employment rights bill, according to report
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March 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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marv2punkt0.bsky.social
Fünf Jahre schon. #saytheirnames
February 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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zeit.de
Sie fühlen sich nicht mehr sicher: Fünf Jahre nach Hanau erzählen migrantische Menschen, wie dieser Tag sie prägt und wie sie auf Deutschland blicken.
Fünf Jahre nach Hanau: "Es hat meiner Mama das Herz gebrochen, dass ich so viel Angst habe"
Sie fühlen sich nicht mehr sicher: Fünf Jahre nach Hanau erzählen migrantische Menschen, wie dieser Tag sie prägt und wie sie auf Deutschland blicken.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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martinauccioli.bsky.social
✨✨Important Updates!✨✨

2nd Labour Workshop in Nottingham

🎵Amazing Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet
🗺️Where: @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📆When: 16-17 June

Submit by March 15 ➡️shorturl.at/TZqG0
text of the call for papers available at the link shorturl.at/TZqG0
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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mlubczyk.bsky.social
Happy to see this paper out @jpube.bsky.social

@lukasmergele.bsky.social @aaoritz.bsky.social and I compile new data to study the “Treuhandanstalt” and it’s management of the privatisation process after German reunification
jpube.bsky.social Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Feb 12
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy"

By @lukasmergele.bsky.social, Moritz Hennecke, & @mlubczyk.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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yreichlin.bsky.social
🚨 Updated WP

Ever wondered how financial aid - grants vs. loans - impacts students' college major choices? In a revised version of our paper, @adridefax.bsky.social and I provide answers using rich administrative data from Chile (link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).

Here is a summary:
January 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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martinfriedrich.bsky.social
📢 1st IAB Special Lecture of 2025!

We’re thrilled to host David Autor at IAB as he presents: “Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes.”

🕑 January 15, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CET

🔗 Register here for onsite or online participation: eveeno.com/iab-speciall...
The IAB Special Lecture Series 2023 / 2024 / 2025
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December 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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jakobwegmann.bsky.social
Hello #EconSky!

📢Excited to share my #JMP 📢

It provides a missing piece to understand how people react to income taxation.

Tldr: By changing tax pre-payments governments can - with almost no costs - increase perceived work incentives of secondary earners and reduce the gender gap.

Thread below👇🧵
To collect income taxes, almost all countries require employers to withhold monthly tax prepayments which are then fully credited against the final income tax liabilities of their employees. Despite being a fundamental component of income taxation systems worldwide, the impact of these withholding taxes on labor supply is poorly understood. We investigate their importance in the context of married couples in Germany where the withholding tax liability can be redistributed between spouses. We exploit a reform that reduced the withholding tax for some married women more than for others, while inducing no differences in income taxes. Using administrative data for the full population of German taxpayers, we estimate an elasticity of labor income with respect to the withholding tax eight years after the reform of 0.14. Additional evidence from a self-conducted survey suggests imperfect understanding of the tax system and limited pooling of resources within the household as the main mechanisms. As the majority of couples shift parts of the withholding tax liability from the husband to the wife, our results suggest that the increased withholding tax liability of married women contributes to their low labor supply. This highlights the need for governments to be aware of the distortion of labor supply incentives when the design of withholding taxes does not match actual income tax incentives.
November 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
cgergs.bsky.social
#econjmp How do less affluent students respond to student finance induced increases in cost?

🎓Move to full loan policy: ⬇️ enrolment rates of eligible pupils
⚙️Effect driven by ⬆️ costs but also heightened concerns with debt 💰
⚠️Overall: ⬇️teacher supply + narrowed access to university

#econjobmarket
cgergs.bsky.social Carl Gergs @cgergs.bsky.social · Nov 19
Hello #EconSky 👋 excited to share my JMP!

❓What are the impacts of offering student finance as a grant or a loan?

In the paper, I...
🎓 Study individual university enrolment, subject choice & career motivations
❗️Explore aggregate outcomes e.g. access to university & the occupational structure
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November 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
cgergs.bsky.social
Hello #EconSky 👋 excited to share my JMP!

❓What are the impacts of offering student finance as a grant or a loan?

In the paper, I...
🎓 Study individual university enrolment, subject choice & career motivations
❗️Explore aggregate outcomes e.g. access to university & the occupational structure
🧵👇
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM