Georg Weizsäcker
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"
The sheer size of the child penalty in labor markets (worldwide) makes it so important. Here's a new study digging deeper.
@jonasjessen.bsky.social @kinnelavinia.bsky.social
@jonasjessen.bsky.social @kinnelavinia.bsky.social
Why the motherhood penalty persists: Our analysis shows that declines in general competencies like numeracy account for at most 10% of the long-term child penalty in earnings, suggesting that gender norms, not skill depreciation, remain the primary driver of inequality.
The Earnings Gap Isn’t a Skill Gap: Labor Market Skills Don’t Explain the “Child Penalty”
Jessen, Kinne & Battisti: "Child penalties in labour market skills" European Economic Review, Volume 184 (2026)
190researchblog.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The sheer size of the child penalty in labor markets (worldwide) makes it so important. Here's a new study digging deeper.
@jonasjessen.bsky.social @kinnelavinia.bsky.social
@jonasjessen.bsky.social @kinnelavinia.bsky.social
A top conference series
📢 The Call for Papers for the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized by @klaus-m-schmidt.bsky.social & Ernst Fehr is now open!
Keynotes: Supreet Kaur & @philippstrack.bsky.social
📆 𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/cesifo/f9G
In cooperation with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
Keynotes: Supreet Kaur & @philippstrack.bsky.social
📆 𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/cesifo/f9G
In cooperation with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
A top conference series
May be a question for political scientists: are there many countries where a head of the government comments names individual citizens who disagree with him/her? Some (good) reason appears to keep them from doing it, normally.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
May be a question for political scientists: are there many countries where a head of the government comments names individual citizens who disagree with him/her? Some (good) reason appears to keep them from doing it, normally.
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
It’s been a year since this post. Life is…so different now.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
IF YOU KNOW IF ANYONE PLANNING A SCIENCE RELATED PROTEST IN DC, PLEASE DM ME!
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It’s been a year since this post. Life is…so different now.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Ganz einfache Lösung: ETS nicht aufweichen
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Ganz einfache Lösung: ETS nicht aufweichen
The Trump family pockets a cool half billion dollars in order to turn over a technology in which US taxpayers invested tens of billions to the Emiratis—against the advice of the national security community. And US media decides it's nothing really worth talking about.
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Putin unterstützt die Rechtspopulisten in Westeuropa. Jetzt kommt Trump auch dazu. Die AfD freut sich drüber. Schließlich ist sie seit langem Sprachrohr für Putin und Trump. Wollen wir uns diese Einmischung aus dem Ausland in die deutsche Politik gefallen lassen?
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
$500 million bribe to a head of state who puts his country in crisis.
Lesson to 🇪🇺, don‘t allow it here, not a single €.
Lesson to 🇪🇺, don‘t allow it here, not a single €.
“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
$500 million bribe to a head of state who puts his country in crisis.
Lesson to 🇪🇺, don‘t allow it here, not a single €.
Lesson to 🇪🇺, don‘t allow it here, not a single €.
Cringe diplomacy is doing its bit
(but 👏 to @nroettgen.bsky.social‘s raction)
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
(but 👏 to @nroettgen.bsky.social‘s raction)
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump administration favored Germany’s far right in Washington visit
A planned meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German embassy it refused to meet with center-left German lawmakers.
www.politico.eu
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Cringe diplomacy is doing its bit
(but 👏 to @nroettgen.bsky.social‘s raction)
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
(but 👏 to @nroettgen.bsky.social‘s raction)
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
(report by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org whose account I recommend following for energy news)
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 AM
(report by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org whose account I recommend following for energy news)
New clean power coming online could reduce how often gas sets electricity prices – and cut exposure to future price shocks. Dr Simon Evans has the story
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills
High gas prices, not green policies, remain the main reason UK households are paying more for electricity
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Batteries give flexibility - also to the demand side
Don't look but after Solar boom, Batteries Hockey Stick of Hope is here.
Grid scale batteries are being installed at factories, farms, ports...
Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling renewables — it is actively replacing gas generation."
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene...
Grid scale batteries are being installed at factories, farms, ports...
Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling renewables — it is actively replacing gas generation."
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene...
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Batteries give flexibility - also to the demand side
Ich unterstütze die Kampagne „300 Warm Help Boxes“.
Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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vitsche.org/donate/
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
‚“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” they wrote. “Insane.”‘
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
‚“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” they wrote. “Insane.”‘
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
EU tech law
EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
ec.europa.eu
February 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM
EU tech law
EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Modern art, of a kind
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Modern art, of a kind
So true 👇🏻 that corruption makes you weak
We are one misstep away from major capital flight. And the promised foreign investment is never coming in. South Korea doesn't have to invest 60% of its annual GDP when they can pay 1/1000 of that amount to the Trump crypto coin to have Trump never mention it again.
February 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
So true 👇🏻 that corruption makes you weak
The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Auch das Berliner Büro der „Washington Post“ wird dichtgemacht.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Funny thing, corruption. It shows one’s weakness of mind and makes the mind even weaker.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Funny thing, corruption. It shows one’s weakness of mind and makes the mind even weaker.