Gabriel Burdin
@gabrielburdin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics, DEPS, University of Siena.
Affiliations: IZA, GLO, LUBS (UK) FCEA-UdelaR (Uruguay)
Researching on Labour, Organizations, Human Behaviour
https://sites.google.com/view/gabrielburdin
Affiliations: IZA, GLO, LUBS (UK) FCEA-UdelaR (Uruguay)
Researching on Labour, Organizations, Human Behaviour
https://sites.google.com/view/gabrielburdin
Wrapping up a great visit to CREM @rennesuniv.bsky.social — PhD committee, seminar, and now a day off in stunning Saint-Malo.
Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.
Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.
October 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wrapping up a great visit to CREM @rennesuniv.bsky.social — PhD committee, seminar, and now a day off in stunning Saint-Malo.
Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.
Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.
We also asked: “What’s the first word you think of when you hear co-op?”
Control: “exploitation,” “low pay,” “instability.”
Treatment: “solidarity,” “cooperation,” “jobs.”
Information reduced negative first-order concerns about cooperatives and increased positive ones.
Control: “exploitation,” “low pay,” “instability.”
Treatment: “solidarity,” “cooperation,” “jobs.”
Information reduced negative first-order concerns about cooperatives and increased positive ones.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We also asked: “What’s the first word you think of when you hear co-op?”
Control: “exploitation,” “low pay,” “instability.”
Treatment: “solidarity,” “cooperation,” “jobs.”
Information reduced negative first-order concerns about cooperatives and increased positive ones.
Control: “exploitation,” “low pay,” “instability.”
Treatment: “solidarity,” “cooperation,” “jobs.”
Information reduced negative first-order concerns about cooperatives and increased positive ones.
Left-leaning and more educated respondents hold more optimistic prior beliefs about cooperatives
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September 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Left-leaning and more educated respondents hold more optimistic prior beliefs about cooperatives
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We also asked a sample of international experts to evaluate existing evidence across similar performance dimensions.
🔍 Priors: Young adults were much more pessimistic than international experts about the relative performance of worker cooperatives.
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🔍 Priors: Young adults were much more pessimistic than international experts about the relative performance of worker cooperatives.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We also asked a sample of international experts to evaluate existing evidence across similar performance dimensions.
🔍 Priors: Young adults were much more pessimistic than international experts about the relative performance of worker cooperatives.
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🔍 Priors: Young adults were much more pessimistic than international experts about the relative performance of worker cooperatives.
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📢 Our new wp "Beliefs and Demand for Employee Ownership Among Young Adults" (with Fabio Landini) is out!
Still a working draft - comments are welcome!
Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a working draft - comments are welcome!
Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 Our new wp "Beliefs and Demand for Employee Ownership Among Young Adults" (with Fabio Landini) is out!
Still a working draft - comments are welcome!
Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a working draft - comments are welcome!
Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📢5 additional fully funded positions available in the PhD Programme in Economics of the Tuscan Universities (Florence, Pisa & Siena)!
One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change.
Apply by July 30, 2025 👉
phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
#econsky
One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change.
Apply by July 30, 2025 👉
phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
#econsky
July 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢5 additional fully funded positions available in the PhD Programme in Economics of the Tuscan Universities (Florence, Pisa & Siena)!
One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change.
Apply by July 30, 2025 👉
phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
#econsky
One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change.
Apply by July 30, 2025 👉
phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
#econsky
🚨New paper out!
"Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social)
Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
#econsky
"Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social)
Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
#econsky
June 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨New paper out!
"Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social)
Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
#econsky
"Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social)
Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
#econsky
Dreaming of advancing your research career in the heart of Tuscany? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie postdoc fellowship. Please send your expressions of interest by April 30th.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
#Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
#Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky
March 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Dreaming of advancing your research career in the heart of Tuscany? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie postdoc fellowship. Please send your expressions of interest by April 30th.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
#Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
#Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky
My paper with Jose Garcia-Louzao is forthcoming in Labour Economics
Using data from Spain, we show that having a first work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) reduces daily wages by 8% over the first 15 years in the labor market but enhances job stability
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Using data from Spain, we show that having a first work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) reduces daily wages by 8% over the first 15 years in the labor market but enhances job stability
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February 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My paper with Jose Garcia-Louzao is forthcoming in Labour Economics
Using data from Spain, we show that having a first work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) reduces daily wages by 8% over the first 15 years in the labor market but enhances job stability
1/2
Using data from Spain, we show that having a first work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) reduces daily wages by 8% over the first 15 years in the labor market but enhances job stability
1/2
January 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Suggestive evidence: ⬆️job quality for women.
While both female and male standard ('good') jobs were on the rise before the reform, the trend diverges post-reform.
⬇️ nonstandard ('bad') female jobs, with no similar changes for males."
10/13
While both female and male standard ('good') jobs were on the rise before the reform, the trend diverges post-reform.
⬇️ nonstandard ('bad') female jobs, with no similar changes for males."
10/13
December 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Suggestive evidence: ⬆️job quality for women.
While both female and male standard ('good') jobs were on the rise before the reform, the trend diverges post-reform.
⬇️ nonstandard ('bad') female jobs, with no similar changes for males."
10/13
While both female and male standard ('good') jobs were on the rise before the reform, the trend diverges post-reform.
⬇️ nonstandard ('bad') female jobs, with no similar changes for males."
10/13
Among male workers, we find ⬇️paid overtime was partially offset by an ⬆️ in unpaid overtime.
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December 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Among male workers, we find ⬇️paid overtime was partially offset by an ⬆️ in unpaid overtime.
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Did this firm-level adjustment lead to changes in workers’ subjective well-being, the ultimate goal of the policy?
⬆️ Life and leisure satisfaction, but only among female workers.
Why?
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⬆️ Life and leisure satisfaction, but only among female workers.
Why?
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December 30, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Did this firm-level adjustment lead to changes in workers’ subjective well-being, the ultimate goal of the policy?
⬆️ Life and leisure satisfaction, but only among female workers.
Why?
7/13
⬆️ Life and leisure satisfaction, but only among female workers.
Why?
7/13
Total earnings ⬇️ by 2% due to reduced overtime pay, while hourly wages remained unchanged.
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December 30, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Total earnings ⬇️ by 2% due to reduced overtime pay, while hourly wages remained unchanged.
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Results:
Reform ⬇️ average monthly overtime hours by 5 hours (-25%) and compresses the distribution of overtime within establishments.
Consistent⬇️ self-reported paid overtime in survey data.
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Reform ⬇️ average monthly overtime hours by 5 hours (-25%) and compresses the distribution of overtime within establishments.
Consistent⬇️ self-reported paid overtime in survey data.
5/13
December 30, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Results:
Reform ⬇️ average monthly overtime hours by 5 hours (-25%) and compresses the distribution of overtime within establishments.
Consistent⬇️ self-reported paid overtime in survey data.
5/13
Reform ⬇️ average monthly overtime hours by 5 hours (-25%) and compresses the distribution of overtime within establishments.
Consistent⬇️ self-reported paid overtime in survey data.
5/13
🚨New paper alert!🚨
Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research!
How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers?
In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan
🧵Summary: 1/13
#econsky
Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research!
How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers?
In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan
🧵Summary: 1/13
#econsky
December 30, 2024 at 11:40 AM
🚨New paper alert!🚨
Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research!
How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers?
In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan
🧵Summary: 1/13
#econsky
Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research!
How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers?
In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan
🧵Summary: 1/13
#econsky
Great to be back in Tokyo !
I will be presenting new research on the impacts of Japan's #WorkStyleReform on firms and workers (with R. Kambayashi and T. Kato)
Workshop on Well-Being and the Future of Industrial Relations (Teikyo University)
I will be presenting new research on the impacts of Japan's #WorkStyleReform on firms and workers (with R. Kambayashi and T. Kato)
Workshop on Well-Being and the Future of Industrial Relations (Teikyo University)
December 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Great to be back in Tokyo !
I will be presenting new research on the impacts of Japan's #WorkStyleReform on firms and workers (with R. Kambayashi and T. Kato)
Workshop on Well-Being and the Future of Industrial Relations (Teikyo University)
I will be presenting new research on the impacts of Japan's #WorkStyleReform on firms and workers (with R. Kambayashi and T. Kato)
Workshop on Well-Being and the Future of Industrial Relations (Teikyo University)
