Raffael Kind
@raffaelkind.bsky.social
Econ PhD candidate at @eui-eco.bsky.social in Florence. Interested in labor, inequality and political economy.
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💼 After the Berlin Wall fell, East Germany changed fast—but many workers lost social status.
Robert Schall @eui-eco.bsky.social studies how Treuhand-led privatisations hit labour markets. More closures meant steeper status drops, even as wages rose.
#MyPhDPitch
Robert Schall @eui-eco.bsky.social studies how Treuhand-led privatisations hit labour markets. More closures meant steeper status drops, even as wages rose.
#MyPhDPitch
June 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
💼 After the Berlin Wall fell, East Germany changed fast—but many workers lost social status.
Robert Schall @eui-eco.bsky.social studies how Treuhand-led privatisations hit labour markets. More closures meant steeper status drops, even as wages rose.
#MyPhDPitch
Robert Schall @eui-eco.bsky.social studies how Treuhand-led privatisations hit labour markets. More closures meant steeper status drops, even as wages rose.
#MyPhDPitch
Do inequalities in the labor market persist even after people have achieved social mobility? My research on the 'class pay gap' in Germany, conducted together with David Wittekopf, aims to answer this question. Find out more here:
"Individuals from a low family background earn generally less than those from a high family background."
Raffael Kind @eui-eco.bsky.social discusses how people’s socioeconomic family background has an impact on their work income, a phenomenon he refers to as the 'class pay gap'.
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Raffael Kind @eui-eco.bsky.social discusses how people’s socioeconomic family background has an impact on their work income, a phenomenon he refers to as the 'class pay gap'.
👉 buff.ly/d1gythC
April 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Do inequalities in the labor market persist even after people have achieved social mobility? My research on the 'class pay gap' in Germany, conducted together with David Wittekopf, aims to answer this question. Find out more here: