Associate Professor of Economics, DEPS, University of Siena.
Affiliations: IZA, GLO, LUBS (UK) FCEA-UdelaR (Uruguay)
Researching on Labour, Organizations, Human Behaviour
https://sites.google.com/view/gabrielburdin
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@deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar!
@robertoiacono.org (NTNU)
"Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform"
🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.
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#Economics #Statistics #Siena #ResearchDay
👉https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5362985
💡 Low-cost informational interventions can boost societal support for employee ownership.
But belief updating alone may not trigger career choices → deeper barriers remain.
👉Demand effects: shift in policy preferences persists even in an obfuscated follow-up survey
👉(Non-preregistered) analysis of open-text responses with human coders + ChatGPT adjudication of disputes
👉Worker ownership has the potential to improve firm and worker outcomes
👉Uptake is low not only due to wealth constraints, risk aversion or decision costs, as emphasized by traditional explanations, but also due to biased priors and negative narratives.
Control: “exploitation,” “low pay,” “instability.”
Treatment: “solidarity,” “cooperation,” “jobs.”
Information reduced negative first-order concerns about cooperatives and increased positive ones.
Result:
✅ Beliefs shifted (more optimistic)
✅ Policy support ↑ (“govt should support the creation of co-ops”)
❌ BUT career intentions did not change
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🔍 Priors: Young adults were much more pessimistic than international experts about the relative performance of worker cooperatives.
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We asked: what do people believe about worker co-ops vs conventional firms (firm productivity, survival, inequality, employment stability)?
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Why are employee-owned firms with majority workforce control (e.g., worker cooperatives) so rare, despite evidence showing they perform at least as well as investor-owned firms in many contexts?
We argue: beliefs play a key role.
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Conduct research on Worker Voice, Wages & Technological Change: The Role of Collective Bargaining, Unions & Employee Representation.
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025 2 pm (CET)
Application procedure:
unisi.it/ricerca/dott...
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Conduct research on Worker Voice, Wages & Technological Change: The Role of Collective Bargaining, Unions & Employee Representation.
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025 2 pm (CET)
Application procedure:
unisi.it/ricerca/dott...
Still a working draft - comments are welcome!
Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change.
Apply by July 30, 2025 👉
phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
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“Incentive Pay, Managerial Skills and Span of Control”
w/ F. Landini & S. Dughera.
Why do some firms rely more on bonuses than others? We show that incentive pay is more likely when managers are better educated and hierarchies are wider.
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"Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social)
Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
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Our PhD students are presenting their research and receiving constructive feedback from discussants and faculty members.
#Pontignano #econsky
Our PhD Annual Meeting kicks off this week, 10–12 June!
We'll spend three days at the beautiful Certosa di Pontignano (Siena), sharing and discussing our PhD students' research and strengthening our community.
Program:
phdeconomics.unisi.it/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdín
Our PhD Annual Meeting kicks off this week, 10–12 June!
We'll spend three days at the beautiful Certosa di Pontignano (Siena), sharing and discussing our PhD students' research and strengthening our community.
Program:
phdeconomics.unisi.it/wp-content/u...
We welcome leading economists conducting broad and impactful research. The program offers fully-funded academic visits lasting 1–3 weeks.
More information 👇
www.deps.unisi.it/en/avvisi/ca...
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Reposted by Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdín
We welcome leading economists conducting broad and impactful research. The program offers fully-funded academic visits lasting 1–3 weeks.
More information 👇
www.deps.unisi.it/en/avvisi/ca...
#econsky
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Several fully funded scholarships available
Deadline: June 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST)
Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it
Call: phdeconomics.unisi.it/the-new-call...
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If you have ideas in labor and organizational economics and a credible research design in mind, I encourage you to apply. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. #econsky
Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdín
Several fully funded scholarships available
Deadline: June 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST)
Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it
Call: phdeconomics.unisi.it/the-new-call...
#econsky
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Prof. Matthew O. Jackson is discussing the relevance of different forms of social capital
#Inequality #SocialMobility #ConnectionsMatter
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