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Benjamin Schoefer
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Economics professor at UC Berkeley
https://eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/
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wirtschaftsdienst.bsky.social
#Labour #Hoarding verhindert, dass in einer konjunkturellen Krise viele Menschen arbeitslos werden. Das klingt vielleicht besser als es ist, schreiben Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln und
@schoefer.bsky.social im aktuellen #Wirtschaftdienst 👇
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Dynamik statt Stillstand: Arbeitsmarkt­institutionen als Schlüssel für Wachstum
Der Wirtschaftsdienst publiziert jeden Monat Beiträge von namhaften Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis zu aktuellen Themen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik in Deutschland und der EU.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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ippofficial.bsky.social
📊 Note IPP n°117 : Rupture conventionnelle et licenciement : conflit ou coopération?
✒️ @paulinecarry.bsky.social, A. Mangold, @schoefer.bsky.social
▶️ Lire la note : www.ipp.eu/publication/...

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November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Benjamin Schoefer
rfberlin.bsky.social
What happens when firms set wages outside of national agreements?

"The Winners and Losers from Collective Bargaining Decentralization", by Christian Dustmann, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato, @chiaralac.bsky.social, Vincenzo Pezone, Raffaele Saggio, and @schoefer.bsky.social.
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Authors Christian Dustmann(University College London & RFBerlin) Chiara Lacava(University of Naples Federico II) Benjamin Schoefer(University of California, Berk...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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rfberlin.bsky.social
We are delighted to conclude the RFBerlin Conference on Worker Co-Determination and Governance with a keynote lecture on “Eurosclerosis at 40: Labor Market Institutions, Dynamism, and European Competitiveness” by @schoefer.bsky.social.
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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simonjaeger.bsky.social
What does consulting do? Lots of strongly held views, very limited data to answer the question.

In new ‪‪NBER paper, Gert Bijnens, @schoefer.bsky.social and I shed light on this question using the first economy-wide data on consulting relationships (based on VAT-based B2B data).

More info👇
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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chiaralac.bsky.social
Collective bargaining shapes labor markets, yet we know little about its effects. In our new WP, we track workers shifted to contracts with lower wage floors: wages fall, but employment rises, suggesting adjustments along the firm's labor demand curve.
July 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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rfberlin.bsky.social
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Christian Dustmann, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato, @chiaralac.bsky.social, Vincenzo Pezone, Raffaele Saggio and @schoefer.bsky.social present micro-empirical evidence on the effects of wage-setting decentralization. 🧵👇
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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alexanderwulfers.com
Amerika hat Europa wirtschaftlich abgehängt. Viel ist schon über die Gründe philosophiert worden. Hier kommt ein neuer (aber eigentl. sehr alter) Vorschlag von @schoefer.bsky.social: Der Arbeitsmarkt ist das Problem. Europäer wechseln selten den Job. Der Staat gibt ihnen aber auch wenig Grund dazu.
Wie der Arbeitsmarkt in Europa das Wirtschaftswachstum verhindert
Amerika hat Europa wirtschaftlich abgehängt. Das hat damit zu tun, dass Europäer seltener den Job wechseln.
www.faz.net
July 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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iwh-halle.bsky.social
Das war er ‒ der 20. IWH/IAB-Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Arbeitskräfteknappheit und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen. Mit spannenden Präsentationen, regem Austausch und gelungener Keynote von @schoefer.bsky.social. Danke an alle Beteiligten, Gäste und unseren Mitstreiter @iabnews.bsky.social.
May 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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iwh-halle.bsky.social
20. IWH/IAB-Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Arbeitskräfteknappheit und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen

📍 @iwh-halle.bsky.social, Halle (Saale)
📅 15./16. Mai 2025

Keynote: Benjamin @schoefer.bsky.social (UC Berkeley)

➡ Infos & Programm: bit.ly/4i2FZVn
➡ Registrierung (bis 25. April): bit.ly/3PWtiir
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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peppeippedico.bsky.social
📢 *Updated* Call for Paper 📢

2nd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

When: June 16-17, 2025

Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet

Small workshop, great opportunity for feedback!

Submit by March 15 🗓️

Link: t.ly/e4dtL

#EconSky #EconConf
Call for Papers Picture from 1st edition
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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martinauccioli.bsky.social
✨✨Important Updates!✨✨

2nd Labour Workshop in Nottingham

🎵Amazing Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet
🗺️Where: @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📆When: 16-17 June

Submit by March 15 ➡️shorturl.at/TZqG0
text of the call for papers available at the link shorturl.at/TZqG0
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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simonjaeger.bsky.social
How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure?

A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer
@schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics.

Thread below. 👇
December 24, 2024 at 8:14 AM
schoefer.bsky.social
New paper
w/ @simonjaeger.bsky.social & Suresh Naidu

An attempt at an account of how unions/collective bargaining work and shape wages, across various international settings.

In prep for Handbook of Labor => please email us any feedback!
www.nber.org/papers/w33267
eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...
December 23, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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alexanderbusch.bsky.social
Don't miss this enormous overview of collective bargaining literature and institutions + a model of how unions shape wages applied to 26 countries! My final pre-doc RA'ed project is finally out - including a little preview of something that I've been working on :)

www.nber.org/papers/w3326...
Collective Bargaining, Unions, and the Wage Structure: An International Perspective
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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December 23, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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simonjaeger.bsky.social
Our paper (w/ Jarkko Harju and @schoefer.bsky.social ) on what happened when Finland introduced a right to worker representation on corporate boards, now in @aeajournals.bsky.social: Applied. 👇
December 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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paulinecarry.bsky.social
How do employers and workers behave during dismissals?

In a new paper with @schoefer.bsky.social, we test between cooperation and deliberate imposition of costs.

Summary 🧵:

1/9
nber.org NBER @nber.org · Dec 18
Why are dismissals so fraught with conflict? Evidence from the introduction of "Separations by Mutual Agreement" in France, from Pauline Carry and Benjamin Schoefer https://www.nber.org/papers/w33245
December 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
schoefer.bsky.social
Excited to share a new paper w/ Matthias Mertens:

From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth, Input Substitution, and Monopsony

Also: implications for firm-level labor share dynamics.

PDFs:
www.nber.org/papers/w33172
eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...

Longer Twitter summary:
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November 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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orenziv.bsky.social
Just in time for our departure en masse, REStat tweeted our article in the Sep issues. Cross posted for #econsky:
New fact: 75% of the differences in productivity across cities reflects plant-level idiosyncrasies.
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Lead article, so it’s open access!
https://zurl.co/YrxQ
t.co
November 14, 2024 at 11:05 PM
schoefer.bsky.social
New paper!
seimseim.bsky.social David Seim @seimseim.bsky.social · Oct 15
How many jobs are "deadwood"?
Which ones?
Where?
What role do firing costs and employment protections play?

In our new paper (w/ Benjamin Schoefer, Emmanuel Saez), we find some answers:

Deadwood Labor:
The Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection

PDF:

eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...
eml.berkeley.edu
October 15, 2023 at 3:09 PM
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seimseim.bsky.social
How many jobs are "deadwood"?
Which ones?
Where?
What role do firing costs and employment protections play?

In our new paper (w/ Benjamin Schoefer, Emmanuel Saez), we find some answers:

Deadwood Labor:
The Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection

PDF:

eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...
eml.berkeley.edu
October 15, 2023 at 3:01 PM