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We conduct independent research into significant challenges to the economy, society and the welfare state in a global world. Find more information on rfberlin.com.
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📢📄🩺 RFBerlin invites submissions for the upcoming conference on Health and Economic Well-Being.
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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Marco Schmandt, Constantin Tielkes & Felix Weinhardt show that even with random placement in groups such as schools or neighbourhoods, systematic bias can emerge, highlighting mechanisms behind unequal treatment.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla, Pia Heckl & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer a large-scale job guarantee program as a tool to reintegrate older long-term unemployed workers.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Hessel Oosterbeek, Tina Rozsos & Bas van der Klaauw analyze school choice and switching, developing insights into optimal student–school assignment.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@mettefoged.bsky.social, Teresa Freitas-Monteiro & @hasagerlinea.bsky.social study how harsh political labeling (Denmark’s “ghetto list”) affects cultural identity and triggers backlash responses.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@santiagohermo.bsky.social analyzes collective bargaining networks and how economic shocks propagate across connected firms and workers through wage-setting institutions.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Jonas Cederlöf revisits the cost of job loss, comparing individual redundancies and mass layoffs to better understand earnings, employment, and recovery dynamics.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Anthony Edo, Thomas Renault & Jérôme Valette study how the far right electoral success shapes mainstream politics, linking the emergence of France’s Front National to trace policy and rhetoric spillovers from mainstream parties.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Mette Foged, Jens Hainmueller,
@mstahlschmidt.bsky.social & Edith Zink show how initial accommodation conditions shape refugee integration, using quasi-experimental evidence from Ukrainians in Denmark.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Peter Arcidiacono, Attila Gyetvai, Arnaud Maurel & Ekaterina Jardim develop new methods to identify and estimate continuous-time job search models with preference shocks.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Michael Clemens‬ outlines how migration policy can move from root causes to shared gains, arguing for reforms that benefit low-income countries in a labor-scarce world.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Silke Anger, Bernhard Christoph, Agata Galkiewicz, Shushanik Margaryan, Malte Sandner & Thomas Siedler evaluate online tutoring in a randomized trial, tracking effects from school performance to school-to-work transitions.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On #InternationalMigrantsDay, we highlight the importance of evidence-based research on migration. At CREAM @rfberlin.bsky.social we study migration, integration, and mobility to inform public debate and policy with data and analysis. 👉 rfberlin.com/cream-rfberl...
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@jopieboy.bsky.social examines how expected asylum seeker arrivals affect far-right voting, using evidence from a dispersal policy that reallocates refugees across locations.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Julien Grenet, @hansgronqvist.bsky.social, Edvin Hertegård, @mnybom.bsky.social & Jan Stuhler study how early career choices respond to economic crises, with lasting effects on workers’ trajectories.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@amageh.bsky.social, Sebastian Becker, @jgeyer.bsky.social & Peter Haan analyze the incentive effects of disability benefits, examining how program design shapes labor supply and benefit take-up.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Francesco Fasani, Simone Ferro, Elisabetta Pasini & @alessioromarri.bsky.social al study whether the arrival of asylum seekers shifted voting behavior in the UK, shedding new light on immigration and political preferences.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
1/5 🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Jakob Beuschlein analyzes how the design of personal debt-restructuring programs affects labor market outcomes.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Mika Akesaka & @hitoshishigeoka.bsky.social show evidence from 22M students in Japan that heat harms learning far more for low-performing (and lower-SES) students, widening inequality.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Sofoklis Goulas, @rmegal.bsky.social & Tommaso Sartori explore the unequal distribution of teachers’ attention and its consequences for student achievement.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
David Gstrein, Florian Neumeier, @apeichl.bsky.social & Pascal Zamorski provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate tax incidence across capitalists, workers, and landlords.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Jan Bietenbeck, Matthew Collins, Petter Lundborg & Kaveh Majlesi find that exposure to inequality among schoolmates does not worsen education and labor market outcomes. Results suggest school-mixing policies carry no hidden costs.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Petra Persson & Barton Willage quantify the "menopause penalty" and its effects on earnings, job stability, and labor-market participation.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Gloria Moroni, Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes & Emma Tominey investigate how marriage contributes to gender equality, shaping labor-market and household outcomes.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Alexander Bertermann, Wolfgang Dauth, @suedekum.bsky.social & @woessmann.bsky.social: do firms retrain workers or offer early retirement when adjusting to trade and technology shocks? Find out here!
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December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
Meng Yu Ngov, @plvezina.bsky.social, Trang Thu Tran & Gaurav Nayyar analyze how foreign firms, inputs, and subsidies have shaped the development of Viet Nam’s solar panel industry.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM