Karim Bekhtiar
@kbekhtiar.bsky.social
Post-Doc Researcher IHS Vienna
Applied Labor | Demographic | Political Economics
https://www.ihs.ac.at/de/personen/Karim-Bekhtiar/
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Applied Labor | Demographic | Political Economics
https://www.ihs.ac.at/de/personen/Karim-Bekhtiar/
Views are my own.
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Karim Bekhtiar
@kbekhtiar.bsky.social
· Feb 4
🚨 New Publication 🚨
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
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Der 9. Workshop für Arbeitsökonomik wird von IHS, JKU, CEU und AK Wien organisiert und findet am 7.11.2025 an der CEU Wien statt. Beiträge bis 30.9. einreichen – zu Themen wie Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialpolitik, Bildung & mehr.
Mehr Infos: www.ihs.ac.at/de/aktuelles...
Mehr Infos: www.ihs.ac.at/de/aktuelles...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Der 9. Workshop für Arbeitsökonomik wird von IHS, JKU, CEU und AK Wien organisiert und findet am 7.11.2025 an der CEU Wien statt. Beiträge bis 30.9. einreichen – zu Themen wie Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialpolitik, Bildung & mehr.
Mehr Infos: www.ihs.ac.at/de/aktuelles...
Mehr Infos: www.ihs.ac.at/de/aktuelles...
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Thanks to @ingoisphording.bsky.social for an insightful IHS Talk about the mental health challenges among teachers!
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thanks to @ingoisphording.bsky.social for an insightful IHS Talk about the mental health challenges among teachers!
Happy to have you here!
Visiting the @ihs.ac.at in Vienna these days. Highly recommended office situation given the heat! Thank you, @kbekhtiar.bsky.social and Holger Bonin for the invitation.
June 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Happy to have you here!
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Just out: Our new paper addressing urgently needed clarity for the Paris Goals, given the imminence of the 1.5°C-crossing of the long-term global surface temperature anomaly.
These results further underscore the need for deep & rapid emission reductions worldwide.
These results further underscore the need for deep & rapid emission reductions worldwide.
Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based on a new benchmark timeseries from 1850 to 2034 that tracks global surface air temperature change.
Paper out now in Nature Comms Earth & Environment 👇
Paper out now in Nature Comms Earth & Environment 👇
A traceable global warming record and clarity for the 1.5 °C and well-below-2 °C goals - Communications Earth & Environment
Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris climate goals is proposed, based on 20-year means of a benchmark timeseries from 1850 to 203...
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just out: Our new paper addressing urgently needed clarity for the Paris Goals, given the imminence of the 1.5°C-crossing of the long-term global surface temperature anomaly.
These results further underscore the need for deep & rapid emission reductions worldwide.
These results further underscore the need for deep & rapid emission reductions worldwide.
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1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter 🧵, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter 🧵, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
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In Österreich haben Rechtsextreme systematisch und massenweise schwule Männer auf Dates gelockt um sie dann auszurauben und zu schikanieren. Sie haben dann davon noch Videomaterial produziert. Man kennt das aus Russland. Es ist gezielter rechtsautoritärer Terror 1/
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Österreichische Neonazis lockten Schwule für brutale Übergriffe in Falle
Ein Netzwerk junger, militanter Rechtsextremer soll schwule Männer zu vermeintlichen romantischen Treffen gelockt und dann gequält, beraubt und erniedrigt haben. Am Freitag nahmen die Behörden mindest...
www.derstandard.at
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In Österreich haben Rechtsextreme systematisch und massenweise schwule Männer auf Dates gelockt um sie dann auszurauben und zu schikanieren. Sie haben dann davon noch Videomaterial produziert. Man kennt das aus Russland. Es ist gezielter rechtsautoritärer Terror 1/
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Combating LGBTphobia: A recent study involving 10,000 students shows that school-based interventions can help, but real change in social norms requires repeated exposure and tailored approaches for particularly resistant groups. 🌈📚
New IZA World of Labor opinion piece:
wol.iza.org/opinions/wha...
New IZA World of Labor opinion piece:
wol.iza.org/opinions/wha...
What 10,000 students taught us about combating LGBTphobia in schools
School-based interventions can help, but repeated exposure and the ability to engage resistant groups are key to shifting social norms
wol.iza.org
March 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Combating LGBTphobia: A recent study involving 10,000 students shows that school-based interventions can help, but real change in social norms requires repeated exposure and tailored approaches for particularly resistant groups. 🌈📚
New IZA World of Labor opinion piece:
wol.iza.org/opinions/wha...
New IZA World of Labor opinion piece:
wol.iza.org/opinions/wha...
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🆕 RFBerlin - CReAM Discussion Paper: How do far-right protests affect the incidence of hate crimes? @sardoschau.bsky.social and Annalí Casanueva-Artís analyze the link between right-wing demonstrations and hate crimes in Germany. 🧵👇
March 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🆕 RFBerlin - CReAM Discussion Paper: How do far-right protests affect the incidence of hate crimes? @sardoschau.bsky.social and Annalí Casanueva-Artís analyze the link between right-wing demonstrations and hate crimes in Germany. 🧵👇
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New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
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🧵Thread
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🧵Thread
February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
osf.io/preprints/os...
🧵Thread
osf.io/preprints/os...
🧵Thread
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Deutschland hat gewählt, und die AfD gilt als die große Siegerin. Wie lässt sich ihr Ergebnis einordnen, und welche geografischen Merkmale prägen ihre Unterstützung? @hudde.bsky.social und ich haben das AfD-Zweitstimmenergebnis in den 299 Bundestagswahlkreisen ausgewertet. Ein Thread. 🧵👇
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Deutschland hat gewählt, und die AfD gilt als die große Siegerin. Wie lässt sich ihr Ergebnis einordnen, und welche geografischen Merkmale prägen ihre Unterstützung? @hudde.bsky.social und ich haben das AfD-Zweitstimmenergebnis in den 299 Bundestagswahlkreisen ausgewertet. Ein Thread. 🧵👇
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📢 We’re Hiring! 2 Doctoral Researchers – Labor Econ
💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets?
📈 Background in Econ/ STEM?
🖥️ Love working with large-scale data?
If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂
Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky
💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets?
📈 Background in Econ/ STEM?
🖥️ Love working with large-scale data?
If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂
Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky
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February 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 We’re Hiring! 2 Doctoral Researchers – Labor Econ
💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets?
📈 Background in Econ/ STEM?
🖥️ Love working with large-scale data?
If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂
Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky
💡 Interested in how global megatrends shape labor markets?
📈 Background in Econ/ STEM?
🖥️ Love working with large-scale data?
If 3xYes, then join my Research Group @ihs.ac.at in the heart of Vienna! 🙂
Apply by March 7: lnkd.in/egzuWgmC #EconSky
🚨 New Publication 🚨
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
February 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨 New Publication 🚨
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
Super hyped that my paper “The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social .
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#EconSky
A short 🧵
1/8
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Ohne #Migration kann Deutschland kein dauerhaftes Wirtschafts#wachstum haben und viele Unternehmen werden verschwinden. Die neue Bundesregierung muss sicherstellen, dass Deutschland eine offene Gesellschaft bleibt und attraktiv für Zuwanderung ist.
Unsere Studie:
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Unsere Studie:
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
January 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ohne #Migration kann Deutschland kein dauerhaftes Wirtschafts#wachstum haben und viele Unternehmen werden verschwinden. Die neue Bundesregierung muss sicherstellen, dass Deutschland eine offene Gesellschaft bleibt und attraktiv für Zuwanderung ist.
Unsere Studie:
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Unsere Studie:
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
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Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
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Willkommen auf Bluesky @ess-austria.bsky.social! Folgeempfehlung für alle, die an aktuellen Daten der Europäischen Sozialstudie (ESS) interessiert sind.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Willkommen auf Bluesky @ess-austria.bsky.social! Folgeempfehlung für alle, die an aktuellen Daten der Europäischen Sozialstudie (ESS) interessiert sind.
www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/nation...
www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/nation...
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Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence'' from Bhalotra, Britto, Pinotti and Sampaio:
www.restud.com/job-displace...
www.restud.com/job-displace...
January 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence'' from Bhalotra, Britto, Pinotti and Sampaio:
www.restud.com/job-displace...
www.restud.com/job-displace...
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Revised version of our paper with Bo Cowgill and Andrea Prat just out.
We document how mergers in the US are followed by large and persistent increases in lobbying activity. Firms with market power also try to gain political power.
www.nber.org/papers/w33255
We document how mergers in the US are followed by large and persistent increases in lobbying activity. Firms with market power also try to gain political power.
www.nber.org/papers/w33255
December 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Revised version of our paper with Bo Cowgill and Andrea Prat just out.
We document how mergers in the US are followed by large and persistent increases in lobbying activity. Firms with market power also try to gain political power.
www.nber.org/papers/w33255
We document how mergers in the US are followed by large and persistent increases in lobbying activity. Firms with market power also try to gain political power.
www.nber.org/papers/w33255
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
Does job training reduce workers’ automation risk? And does its effectiveness vary by country, gender, or training type? We study these questions in a new WP (w/ Oliver Falck, Mo Guo @christinalanger.bsky.social & @lindlacher.bsky.social). #EconSky
CESifo WP: bit.ly/3D4CDS5
🧵 👇
Does job training reduce workers’ automation risk? And does its effectiveness vary by country, gender, or training type? We study these questions in a new WP (w/ Oliver Falck, Mo Guo @christinalanger.bsky.social & @lindlacher.bsky.social). #EconSky
CESifo WP: bit.ly/3D4CDS5
🧵 👇
December 9, 2024 at 7:00 AM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
Does job training reduce workers’ automation risk? And does its effectiveness vary by country, gender, or training type? We study these questions in a new WP (w/ Oliver Falck, Mo Guo @christinalanger.bsky.social & @lindlacher.bsky.social). #EconSky
CESifo WP: bit.ly/3D4CDS5
🧵 👇
Does job training reduce workers’ automation risk? And does its effectiveness vary by country, gender, or training type? We study these questions in a new WP (w/ Oliver Falck, Mo Guo @christinalanger.bsky.social & @lindlacher.bsky.social). #EconSky
CESifo WP: bit.ly/3D4CDS5
🧵 👇
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New paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social with @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward about #immigration and voting for the #FarRight in #Switzerland
November 26, 2024 at 4:11 PM
New paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social with @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward about #immigration and voting for the #FarRight in #Switzerland
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Are low-skilled workers the losers of the green transition? My JMP tests the skill-bias of green technology. I show that firms increase their demand for highly educated workers in manufacturing and transportation – in most other sectors, green technology favours workers without higher education 1/3
November 23, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Are low-skilled workers the losers of the green transition? My JMP tests the skill-bias of green technology. I show that firms increase their demand for highly educated workers in manufacturing and transportation – in most other sectors, green technology favours workers without higher education 1/3
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Have you ever wondered:
What is your position in the distribution of wealth?
How would you be affected by a change in wealth taxes?
How would others be affected?
Find out at wealthometer.org!
Just updated with the most recent wealth data for AT, DE, ES, IT & GR!
What is your position in the distribution of wealth?
How would you be affected by a change in wealth taxes?
How would others be affected?
Find out at wealthometer.org!
Just updated with the most recent wealth data for AT, DE, ES, IT & GR!
September 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Have you ever wondered:
What is your position in the distribution of wealth?
How would you be affected by a change in wealth taxes?
How would others be affected?
Find out at wealthometer.org!
Just updated with the most recent wealth data for AT, DE, ES, IT & GR!
What is your position in the distribution of wealth?
How would you be affected by a change in wealth taxes?
How would others be affected?
Find out at wealthometer.org!
Just updated with the most recent wealth data for AT, DE, ES, IT & GR!
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What are the consequences of providing guaranteed jobs to unemployed workers? What can be done to widen access to job training?
The @ESRC has produced a short film on my doctoral research on the occasion of awarding its impact prize: www.youtube.com/watc...
The @ESRC has produced a short film on my doctoral research on the occasion of awarding its impact prize: www.youtube.com/watc...
Piloting a job guarantee scheme for long-term unemployed people | ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2023 - YouTube
Employment boosting interventions are being rolled out across Austria after a successful job-guarantee scheme pilot in the Austrian town of Marienthal. In th...
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November 21, 2023 at 6:41 AM
What are the consequences of providing guaranteed jobs to unemployed workers? What can be done to widen access to job training?
The @ESRC has produced a short film on my doctoral research on the occasion of awarding its impact prize: www.youtube.com/watc...
The @ESRC has produced a short film on my doctoral research on the occasion of awarding its impact prize: www.youtube.com/watc...
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Published today: Seasonal temperature variability and economic cycles
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this paper, I study a very fundamental question of macroeconomics: to what extent can seasonality in GDP time-series be attributed to fluctuations in temperature?
A thread:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this paper, I study a very fundamental question of macroeconomics: to what extent can seasonality in GDP time-series be attributed to fluctuations in temperature?
A thread:
Seasonal temperature variability and economic cycles
This study examines the role of temperature as a driver of seasonal economic cycles. The study first presents a novel dataset of seasonal temperature …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Published today: Seasonal temperature variability and economic cycles
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this paper, I study a very fundamental question of macroeconomics: to what extent can seasonality in GDP time-series be attributed to fluctuations in temperature?
A thread:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this paper, I study a very fundamental question of macroeconomics: to what extent can seasonality in GDP time-series be attributed to fluctuations in temperature?
A thread:
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🚨🚨Very excited to share my 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 "No Kids, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Adoption"
I show that shortages of young workers reduce firm investments in new technologies exploiting a natural experiment.
Full paper: caecilial.github.io/JMP/Lipowski...
I show that shortages of young workers reduce firm investments in new technologies exploiting a natural experiment.
Full paper: caecilial.github.io/JMP/Lipowski...
November 6, 2023 at 3:34 PM
🚨🚨Very excited to share my 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 "No Kids, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Adoption"
I show that shortages of young workers reduce firm investments in new technologies exploiting a natural experiment.
Full paper: caecilial.github.io/JMP/Lipowski...
I show that shortages of young workers reduce firm investments in new technologies exploiting a natural experiment.
Full paper: caecilial.github.io/JMP/Lipowski...
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Riesige Glückwünsche an Claudia Goldin zum diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften! Worum geht es bei ihrer Forschung? Ein paar Eindrücke aus ihrer Forschung zum Arbeitsmarkt (auf deutsch).
October 9, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Riesige Glückwünsche an Claudia Goldin zum diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften! Worum geht es bei ihrer Forschung? Ein paar Eindrücke aus ihrer Forschung zum Arbeitsmarkt (auf deutsch).