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Henning Hermes
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Behavioral & Experimental Economist, focusing on education & human capital. Postdoc at ifo Institute & affiliated w/ FAIR NHH Bergen, DICE@HHU, CESifo, CEPR, HCEO & IZA

www.henninghermes.com

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Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍

Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏

To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀
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🆕Working Paper🚨

Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks📒
w/ A.Bertermann, @dauthecon.bsky.social & @suedekum.bsky.social

🤖 Robots ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬆️early retirement
🌏 Imports ➡️ ⬇️training & ⬆️early r.
🌎 Exports ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬇️e.r.

www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🎙️ Check out the ifo podcast on childcare shortages in Germany, where I was a guest.

Grateful to research this topic with Marina Krauß, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt.

Link 👇

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November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔍 Check out this video from the 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, co-organized with @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🫶

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GW1...

📢 Next edition will take place on September 7-8, 2026 📆✏️
Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business 2025
YouTube video by TUM Campus Heilbronn
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🔔 New working paper: “The Demand for Economic Narratives” with Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler & @henninghermes.com

We study whether households actually demand and value economic narratives — and how these narratives shape beliefs and understanding.

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October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
📢 New working paper alert! 📢

Super happy to share our new working paper, „The Demand for Economic Narratives“, with my great co-authors Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler, and @philippheil.bsky.social.

Check out the summary thread by Philipp below👇🏻🧵

@ifoeducation.bsky.social
@cesifo.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Join us!

@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!

Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.

No German required.

Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!

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Assistant Professor (W1) in Labor Economics
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
WOW, terrific news for @econ.uzh.ch and the wider European community 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats!
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

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October 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today I spent a wonderful day visiting the @iabnews.bsky.social, invited by Bernd Fitzenberger and Silke Anger 🤓🙏

Inspiring discussions and a very interactive seminar, lots of fun! 🫶

Thanks for organizing, @caspalh.bsky.social & @demirecon.bsky.social 💪🥳

@ifoeducation.bsky.social
@cesifo.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Great workshop and super interesting feedback! Thanks again for the fantastic organization!
Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍

Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏

To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀
September 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍

Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏

To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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🚨 85% (!) der Erwachsenen sind für ein Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media.
Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine relative Mehrheit dafür.

👉 Dies und mehr im neuen ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025:
www.ifo.de/fakten/2025-...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Can’t wait, this will be fantastic!!! 🤩
📢Our CESifo Conference on Economics of Education is about to start!🤩

This will be so exciting!!!🥳

🔗https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/event/2025-09-05/cesifo-area-conference-economics-education-2025

@raffasadun.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social @christinafelfe.bsky.social @singhabhi.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
⏰FINAL REMINDER⏰

Only two days left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position in the vibrant hub of Munich!🤩

Note that fluency in German is required for this position. Get in touch if you have any questions.🤓

@ifoeducation.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇
August 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⌛️ REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🙂

Deadline: August 17 ⏲️

IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑‍🏫

@woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇
August 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🚨Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) 16.-18. März 2026 in München‼️

Bin für Bildungsökonomik im Programmkommitee & freue mich über zahlreiche hervorragende bildungsökonomische Einreichungen!😊
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@henninghermes.com @simonwiederhold.bsky.social @lergetporer.bsky.social
Und schon geht's los: Ab heute können Beiträge für die #GEBF26 eingereicht werden! Den Call mit allen Informationen gibt es auf unserer Website www.gebf2026.de, eingereicht wird hier: www.conftool.com/gebf2026/. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Beiträge! #EmpirischeBildungsforschung #TUM
July 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Fantastic opportunity!!
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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📢 Job alert: Postdoc position 🧑‍🎓 (up to 6 years, non-tenure track)

In our Center, @henninghermes.com is looking to fill a research position in the economics of education, particularly to join in major field experimental work on mentoring

Come join our team!
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We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇
July 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀

Amazing team at @ifoeducation.bsky.social & the perfect place to thrive with ifo, @cesifo.org + @econmunich.bsky.social 🫶🏻🌟

Please share widely 🙏🙏

Link below 👇
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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🔍 We are looking for a student assistant! 🔎

If you...
▶️ are interested in empirical research
▶️ are enrolled in a Bachelor’s/ Master's program in economics, data or social sciences (or similar)
▶️ have knowledge in econometrics, scraping & Stata/R

...please apply!

👉 www.ifo.de/en/stellenan...
July 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🎉Our paper on within-country variation in student achievement and patience is now out in The Economic Journal!

🆕We use Facebook data to predict patience on a subnational level and validate this method extensively.

More info👇in the thread by my fantastic co-author @woessmann.bsky.social:
📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):

👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries

Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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June 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):

👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries

Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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June 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Over the moon to see our paper on "Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment" out in the June 2025 issue of @jeeanews.bsky.social today! 🤩🥳🥳🥳

What a journey – huge thanks to @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🙂
June 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM