Max Steinhardt
@steinhardt.bsky.social
Professor of Economics
Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Faculty Member: @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, @bsoeberlin.bsky.social, @jfki-econ.bsky.social
Fellow: @iza.org
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/maxfriedrichsteinhardt/
Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Faculty Member: @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, @bsoeberlin.bsky.social, @jfki-econ.bsky.social
Fellow: @iza.org
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/maxfriedrichsteinhardt/
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· Nov 10
Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany - Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events. An underexplored question is whether and how cli...
doi.org
🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” found a great home in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change!
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
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✨ As the year comes to a close, we send our warmest holiday wishes to our colleagues and students.
🙏 Thank you for your engagement, collaboration, and commitment throughout the year. We look forward to continuing our work together in the year ahead.
#HappyHolidays #BestWishes
🙏 Thank you for your engagement, collaboration, and commitment throughout the year. We look forward to continuing our work together in the year ahead.
#HappyHolidays #BestWishes
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
✨ As the year comes to a close, we send our warmest holiday wishes to our colleagues and students.
🙏 Thank you for your engagement, collaboration, and commitment throughout the year. We look forward to continuing our work together in the year ahead.
#HappyHolidays #BestWishes
🙏 Thank you for your engagement, collaboration, and commitment throughout the year. We look forward to continuing our work together in the year ahead.
#HappyHolidays #BestWishes
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📢 Call for papers 📢
Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7!
Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides.
Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7!
Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides.
Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
📢 Call for papers 📢
Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7!
Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides.
Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7!
Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides.
Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
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Interested in pursuing a PhD in Economics with a North American focus in Berlin?
The Graduate School of North American Studies at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its doctoral program.
The application portal can be accessed at www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduates...
The Graduate School of North American Studies at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its doctoral program.
The application portal can be accessed at www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduates...
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Interested in pursuing a PhD in Economics with a North American focus in Berlin?
The Graduate School of North American Studies at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its doctoral program.
The application portal can be accessed at www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduates...
The Graduate School of North American Studies at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its doctoral program.
The application portal can be accessed at www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduates...
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💬 Can a welfare reform meant to weaken a political rival actually make it stronger?
A new study by @felixkersting.bsky.social on Bismarck’s famous health insurance reform offers historical answers
🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social #socialpolicy #politicalecon
A new study by @felixkersting.bsky.social on Bismarck’s famous health insurance reform offers historical answers
🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social #socialpolicy #politicalecon
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
💬 Can a welfare reform meant to weaken a political rival actually make it stronger?
A new study by @felixkersting.bsky.social on Bismarck’s famous health insurance reform offers historical answers
🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social #socialpolicy #politicalecon
A new study by @felixkersting.bsky.social on Bismarck’s famous health insurance reform offers historical answers
🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social #socialpolicy #politicalecon
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Happy that our research is covered in the @theguardian.com . Hopefully next time our names make it in too 😉.
Our latest research on inequality in housing space highlighting the role of overcrowding and under-occupation by @steinhardt.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social & @sebastiankohl.bsky.social has been featured in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy that our research is covered in the @theguardian.com . Hopefully next time our names make it in too 😉.
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We got a new paper out on Ukrainian #refugee entrepreneurs in Poland, with Cevat Giray Aksoy and Piotr Lewandowski. Check it out here: cevatgirayaksoy.com/wp-content/u... and see below for a THREAD!!! 👇 #EconTwitter
cevatgirayaksoy.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We got a new paper out on Ukrainian #refugee entrepreneurs in Poland, with Cevat Giray Aksoy and Piotr Lewandowski. Check it out here: cevatgirayaksoy.com/wp-content/u... and see below for a THREAD!!! 👇 #EconTwitter
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🪙 First Internal Workshop of the DFG Research Unit “Labor Market Transformation: Scarcity, Mismatch, and Policy”
Topics 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
Research unit 🔗 www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/la...
@phaan.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#labormarkettransformation
Topics 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
Research unit 🔗 www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/la...
@phaan.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#labormarkettransformation
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🪙 First Internal Workshop of the DFG Research Unit “Labor Market Transformation: Scarcity, Mismatch, and Policy”
Topics 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
Research unit 🔗 www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/la...
@phaan.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#labormarkettransformation
Topics 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
Research unit 🔗 www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/la...
@phaan.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#labormarkettransformation
Looking forward to hosting @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social from @hertieschool.bsky.social at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social this week. #EconSky
🗓️ Thursday, December 4:
We are very happy to have Arianna Ornaghi at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. She will present her work on „Media Consolidation“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
We are very happy to have Arianna Ornaghi at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. She will present her work on „Media Consolidation“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Looking forward to hosting @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social from @hertieschool.bsky.social at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social this week. #EconSky
In a new policy with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social, we spotlight an overlooked side of housing inequality: how living space is distributed. Both overcrowded and under-occupied homes have been rising in Germany in recent years.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In a new policy with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social, we spotlight an overlooked side of housing inequality: how living space is distributed. Both overcrowded and under-occupied homes have been rising in Germany in recent years.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
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For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Happy to share that I just presented for the first time at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association. I’m grateful for everyone who offered comments and feedback in my session. Had a great time in Tampa☀️
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy to share that I just presented for the first time at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association. I’m grateful for everyone who offered comments and feedback in my session. Had a great time in Tampa☀️
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It was great to be in Tampa for the SEA 2025 conference and to present in such an interesting session. Many thanks for all the valuable comments! #SEA2025 #Economics
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It was great to be in Tampa for the SEA 2025 conference and to present in such an interesting session. Many thanks for all the valuable comments! #SEA2025 #Economics
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With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
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Excited to be attending the 95th Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Tampa, Florida, alongside @freya-rubel.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @yue-louise-hu.bsky.social from the Economics Department at Freie Universität Berlin.
#SEA2025 #Economics
#SEA2025 #Economics
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Excited to be attending the 95th Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Tampa, Florida, alongside @freya-rubel.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, and @yue-louise-hu.bsky.social from the Economics Department at Freie Universität Berlin.
#SEA2025 #Economics
#SEA2025 #Economics
Just arrived in Tampa for the 95th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association! Looking forward to great discussions and new ideas.
If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students.
#SEA2025
If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students.
#SEA2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just arrived in Tampa for the 95th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association! Looking forward to great discussions and new ideas.
If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students.
#SEA2025
If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students.
#SEA2025
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👇👇👇
📢 #CallForPapers 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration
CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome
Submit by 23 January
cepr.org/events/7th-w...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky
CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome
Submit by 23 January
cepr.org/events/7th-w...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
👇👇👇
Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network!
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network!
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
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🗓️ Thursday, November 20:
We are very happy to welcome Gregor Pfeifer at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
We are very happy to welcome Gregor Pfeifer at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🗓️ Thursday, November 20:
We are very happy to welcome Gregor Pfeifer at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
We are very happy to welcome Gregor Pfeifer at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” found a great home in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change!
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany - Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events. An underexplored question is whether and how cli...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” found a great home in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change!
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous disaster aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving.
doi.org/10.1007/s418...
Great opportunity to improve your knowledge about diff-in-diff.
Two-day online workshop offered by my colleague @janmarcus.de.
Two-day online workshop offered by my colleague @janmarcus.de.
Looking forward to teaching this training course on diff-in-diff.
Registration still possible!
Registration still possible!
*Foundations and Advances in Difference-in-Differences* by @janmarcus.de.
🗓️ 03 – 04 February 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
🗓️ 03 – 04 February 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Great opportunity to improve your knowledge about diff-in-diff.
Two-day online workshop offered by my colleague @janmarcus.de.
Two-day online workshop offered by my colleague @janmarcus.de.
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📢 Call for papers: Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Economics of Migration
🗓️ 6-7 May 2026📍University of Bristol
Confirmed speakers: Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, Caroline Theoharides
No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
🗓️ 6-7 May 2026📍University of Bristol
Confirmed speakers: Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, Caroline Theoharides
No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📢 Call for papers: Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Economics of Migration
🗓️ 6-7 May 2026📍University of Bristol
Confirmed speakers: Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, Caroline Theoharides
No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
🗓️ 6-7 May 2026📍University of Bristol
Confirmed speakers: Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, Caroline Theoharides
No parallel sessions. Plenty of discussions. Call: baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
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BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
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🗓️ Thursday, November 6:
We are very happy to have Matthias Doepke at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
We are very happy to have Matthias Doepke at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🗓️ Thursday, November 6:
We are very happy to have Matthias Doepke at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
We are very happy to have Matthias Doepke at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin
Congratulations and welcome, Philipp! Your innovative work at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning will be a fantastic addition to the research environment at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social and @bsoeberlin.bsky.social.
Excited to see the impact of your contributions!
Excited to see the impact of your contributions!
🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new tenure-track Assistant Professor @philippbach.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Congratulations and welcome, Philipp! Your innovative work at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning will be a fantastic addition to the research environment at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social and @bsoeberlin.bsky.social.
Excited to see the impact of your contributions!
Excited to see the impact of your contributions!