It was a pleasure to host Oliver Schlenker (ifo & @iabnews.bsky.social ) today @ihs.ac.at Vienna.

Oliver presented "The Deadly Consequences of Labor Scarcity: Evidence from Hospitals".

Setting: DE–CH border region, but w/ many lessons beyond. Very timely paper!

👉 Check it out: lnkd.in/eNyxXHNS

How do people use ChatGPT?

A new NBER WP by researchers from OpenAI, Harvard & Duke analyzes millions of ChatGPT conversations since its launch, showing how usage patterns have shifted across work & personal contexts.

There are many interesting insights in here, but two findings stood out to me:

EDIT:

The sky is (still) blue,
and (at times) we were too! 😉

Was a pleasure to be back in Esch. Thanks to all presenters for insightful presentations and the organizers for putting up a wonderful program ✌

See you soon!

Hello Luxembourg!

The sky is blue and, tomorrow, the regressions too!

Looking forward to the TASKS conference at @liser-lm.bsky.social with vibrant discussions at day and a fun time at night 😉

Especially looking forward to reconnecting with many great friends & colleagues in the biz! 😀

Puh... only Tuesday but I could use some weekend again. I guess I'm not the only one.

For my first post here a fitting scenery. Arrived to Luxembourg earlier today, nice colors, nice view. A bit of sightseeing as well.

Now looking forward to ELMI conference starting tmrw at LISER.

Will be great to see old and new friends & colleagues again!