Hannah Massenbauer
@hannahmassenbauer.bsky.social
Predoctoral fellow UZH econ
Research interests: inequality & labor
Research interests: inequality & labor
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Overleaf wrapped
They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Overleaf wrapped
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📣🚨New pre-doc position! Come work with Julia Fonseca and me on mortgage, housing, and labor markets. We'll be tackling policy-relevant questions with both empirical and structural methods. #econsky #economics -- Link: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Research Specialist
Duties & ResponsibilitiesIndependently cleaning, visualizing and analyzing data using programs such as Stata/Matlab/Python/R
Conducting research t...
illinois.csod.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📣🚨New pre-doc position! Come work with Julia Fonseca and me on mortgage, housing, and labor markets. We'll be tackling policy-relevant questions with both empirical and structural methods. #econsky #economics -- Link: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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“In the case of the US, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times”
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution
New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.
buff.ly
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“In the case of the US, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times”
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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October 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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My first paper is out - still cannot believe it.
Big thanks to this amazing team and super grateful to be part of this project!
Big thanks to this amazing team and super grateful to be part of this project!
New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
September 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My first paper is out - still cannot believe it.
Big thanks to this amazing team and super grateful to be part of this project!
Big thanks to this amazing team and super grateful to be part of this project!
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Did you see? Our program is live. Don‘t miss the ISI Wealth Conference 2025: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Did you see? Our program is live. Don‘t miss the ISI Wealth Conference 2025: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
inequalitylab.world
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
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Between World War II and the '70s, income disparities in the U.S. were relatively narrow. Today U.S. society is beset by extreme inequality, economic fragmentation, and class warfare. What happened? Read Part I of @pkrugman.bsky.social's series "Understanding Inequality."
bit.ly/4lgfOMo
bit.ly/4lgfOMo
Why Did the Rich Pull Away from the Rest? Paul Krugman, Understanding Inequality: Part I - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Part I of Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman’s series "Understanding Inequality," which originally appeared on his Substack newsletter.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Between World War II and the '70s, income disparities in the U.S. were relatively narrow. Today U.S. society is beset by extreme inequality, economic fragmentation, and class warfare. What happened? Read Part I of @pkrugman.bsky.social's series "Understanding Inequality."
bit.ly/4lgfOMo
bit.ly/4lgfOMo
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But wait...
There's more!
Did those who received cash get lazier and work less?
Nope!
"We find no evidence that people love doing nothing. This stereotype is not supported by research on basic income – or any other research."
There's more!
Did those who received cash get lazier and work less?
Nope!
"We find no evidence that people love doing nothing. This stereotype is not supported by research on basic income – or any other research."
April 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
But wait...
There's more!
Did those who received cash get lazier and work less?
Nope!
"We find no evidence that people love doing nothing. This stereotype is not supported by research on basic income – or any other research."
There's more!
Did those who received cash get lazier and work less?
Nope!
"We find no evidence that people love doing nothing. This stereotype is not supported by research on basic income – or any other research."
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
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Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy
February 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy
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A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points.
January 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points.
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Accidentally downloaded Daren Acemoglu’s CV
January 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Accidentally downloaded Daren Acemoglu’s CV
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Call for applications for the 2025 Max Planck Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution.
Organisers: Kai A. Konrad @maxplanck.de, Dan Kovenock (ChapmanUni), Dominic Rohner @gvagrad.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
Deadline: 31/3/25
👉 cepr.org/events/max-p...
#EconSky 📈📉
Organisers: Kai A. Konrad @maxplanck.de, Dan Kovenock (ChapmanUni), Dominic Rohner @gvagrad.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
Deadline: 31/3/25
👉 cepr.org/events/max-p...
#EconSky 📈📉
January 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Call for applications for the 2025 Max Planck Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution.
Organisers: Kai A. Konrad @maxplanck.de, Dan Kovenock (ChapmanUni), Dominic Rohner @gvagrad.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
Deadline: 31/3/25
👉 cepr.org/events/max-p...
#EconSky 📈📉
Organisers: Kai A. Konrad @maxplanck.de, Dan Kovenock (ChapmanUni), Dominic Rohner @gvagrad.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
Deadline: 31/3/25
👉 cepr.org/events/max-p...
#EconSky 📈📉
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Who Decides Matters: Female Representation and Academic Career Advancement: Marianna Brunetti; Annalisa Fabretti; Mariangela Zoli
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Who Decides Matters: Female Representation and Academic Career Advancement: Marianna Brunetti; Annalisa Fabretti; Mariangela Zoli
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Curious about Econ & Gender. Check out this session Sat 12:30pm at the Marker Hotel (location currently wrong in the #Assa2025 app) with work by @econprachi.bsky.social @bilgeerten.bsky.social and chaired by @olgashurchkov.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...,
January 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Curious about Econ & Gender. Check out this session Sat 12:30pm at the Marker Hotel (location currently wrong in the #Assa2025 app) with work by @econprachi.bsky.social @bilgeerten.bsky.social and chaired by @olgashurchkov.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...,
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Timely for the New Year, @theatlantic.com wrote about our findings on the detrimental consequences of Walmart Supercenter openings on poverty across the United States (with @zparolin.bsky.social Clemente Pignatti, Rafael Pintro Schmitt). #econsky
www.theatlantic.com/...
www.theatlantic.com/...
January 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Timely for the New Year, @theatlantic.com wrote about our findings on the detrimental consequences of Walmart Supercenter openings on poverty across the United States (with @zparolin.bsky.social Clemente Pignatti, Rafael Pintro Schmitt). #econsky
www.theatlantic.com/...
www.theatlantic.com/...
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The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.
American Economic Review
Vol. 114 No. 12 December 2024
aeaweb.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.
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Papers authored by Black, Hispanic or Asian economists receive 5.1% to 9.6% fewer citations than those by White scholars.
The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group).
www.nber.org/papers/w33150
The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group).
www.nber.org/papers/w33150
November 26, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Papers authored by Black, Hispanic or Asian economists receive 5.1% to 9.6% fewer citations than those by White scholars.
The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group).
www.nber.org/papers/w33150
The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group).
www.nber.org/papers/w33150
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I am very excited to share my #JMP with you all, which is titled:
"Unequal Access: How Public #Library Closures Affect Educational Performance". 📚
Together with Gregory Gilpin, I look at public library closures and how the loss of these public spaces impacts children in the United States. 1/5
"Unequal Access: How Public #Library Closures Affect Educational Performance". 📚
Together with Gregory Gilpin, I look at public library closures and how the loss of these public spaces impacts children in the United States. 1/5
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨
Lucia Ruggera, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & @janierola.net show that for cohorts 1951-1980 educational inequalities have decreased for both men and women in Finland while returns to education only decreased for men, not women.
Open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
#sociology #econsky
Lucia Ruggera, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & @janierola.net show that for cohorts 1951-1980 educational inequalities have decreased for both men and women in Finland while returns to education only decreased for men, not women.
Open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
#sociology #econsky
Intergenerational social mobility of cohorts born from 1951 to 1980 in Finland - Lucia Ruggera, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Jani Erola, 2024
Theories of change in social class mobility present contrasting expectations of either change or persistence in mobility as societies develop. This article exam...
doi.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨
Lucia Ruggera, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & @janierola.net show that for cohorts 1951-1980 educational inequalities have decreased for both men and women in Finland while returns to education only decreased for men, not women.
Open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
#sociology #econsky
Lucia Ruggera, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & @janierola.net show that for cohorts 1951-1980 educational inequalities have decreased for both men and women in Finland while returns to education only decreased for men, not women.
Open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
#sociology #econsky