Sebastian Königs
@sebkoenigs.bsky.social
Senior Economist at #OECD working on #inequality, #socialmobility, #labourmarkets, #socialprotection | Research Fellow @IZA.org | Econ DPhil from @ox.ac.uk | all views my own
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📍Paris 18
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📍Paris 18
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
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‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
„Employers, having lost a way of telling strong from weak candidates, have cut all new hires’ pay, and more often end up recruiting worse candidates. For bosses, the fall in quality is more than compensated for by the fall in candidate wages.“
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
How AI is breaking cover letters
And leading to lower pay
economist.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
„Employers, having lost a way of telling strong from weak candidates, have cut all new hires’ pay, and more often end up recruiting worse candidates. For bosses, the fall in quality is more than compensated for by the fall in candidate wages.“
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
„These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8% […]. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%.“
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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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November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
„These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8% […]. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%.“
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
“[W]e found that women are represented as younger than men across occupations and social roles in nearly 1.4 million images and videos from Google, Wikipedia, IMDb, Flickr and YouTube, as well as in nine language models […]“
via @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
via @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differences in the workforce.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“[W]e found that women are represented as younger than men across occupations and social roles in nearly 1.4 million images and videos from Google, Wikipedia, IMDb, Flickr and YouTube, as well as in nine language models […]“
via @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
via @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🪜 Very happy to see @jterrerodavila.bsky.social‘s and my work on income mobility using tax record data from 🇦🇹, 🇧🇪, 🇨🇦, and 🇪🇪covered in the LSE #Inequalities blog
@oecdsocial.bsky.social
@oecdsocial.bsky.social
In our latest blog, Javier Terrero Dávila (@oecdsocial.bsky.social) asks how much income mobility do different countries exhibit?
And how does it vary across different groups relating to age, gender, education and where people live?
#LSEInequalitiesBlog
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And how does it vary across different groups relating to age, gender, education and where people live?
#LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/6Jo3KX7
Who climbs the income ladder? New evidence from tax records
Using surveys to track short-term social mobility – how much people move up or down the income ladder – has limitations. How can using administrative data help?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🪜 Very happy to see @jterrerodavila.bsky.social‘s and my work on income mobility using tax record data from 🇦🇹, 🇧🇪, 🇨🇦, and 🇪🇪covered in the LSE #Inequalities blog
@oecdsocial.bsky.social
@oecdsocial.bsky.social
„Paris is particularly ill-adapted to heat waves. A 2023 study published in the London-based medical journal The Lancet deemed it the European capital whose residents were most exposed to heat-related deaths.“ #Paris #climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...
Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
„Paris is particularly ill-adapted to heat waves. A 2023 study published in the London-based medical journal The Lancet deemed it the European capital whose residents were most exposed to heat-related deaths.“ #Paris #climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...
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We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work.
🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month
🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program
Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month
🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program
Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
June 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work.
🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month
🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program
Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month
🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program
Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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PhD students studying #inequality! Check out this online PhD Workshop, scheduled for July 2, 2025. Application deadline is June 8. Call-for-papers link below. Hosted by #ECINEQ. Direct questions to ecineqphd@gmail.com.
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/phdwork...
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
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Home
This workshop is designed to bring together PhD candidates from diverse fields to explore and discuss their latest research on economic inequality. The workshop provides a platform to share research i...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
PhD students studying #inequality! Check out this online PhD Workshop, scheduled for July 2, 2025. Application deadline is June 8. Call-for-papers link below. Hosted by #ECINEQ. Direct questions to ecineqphd@gmail.com.
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/phdwork...
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/phdwork...
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Just learned something new. You can buy spurious citations that will show up on Google Scholar -- and people do.
May 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just learned something new. You can buy spurious citations that will show up on Google Scholar -- and people do.
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As children’s digital lives evolve, so must our approach to their #WellBeing.
Discover the new OECD report that dives into how to empower kids to take advantage of new opportunities online, while protecting them from potential risks.
🔗 oe.cd/622
Discover the new OECD report that dives into how to empower kids to take advantage of new opportunities online, while protecting them from potential risks.
🔗 oe.cd/622
May 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
As children’s digital lives evolve, so must our approach to their #WellBeing.
Discover the new OECD report that dives into how to empower kids to take advantage of new opportunities online, while protecting them from potential risks.
🔗 oe.cd/622
Discover the new OECD report that dives into how to empower kids to take advantage of new opportunities online, while protecting them from potential risks.
🔗 oe.cd/622
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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You will not regret investing these two minutes of attention: Europe at its finest. 🫡🇪🇺🥲
(Sound on!)
(Sound on!)
Screeching contestants gathered in Belgium on Sunday for the fifth annual European Gull Scream Championship, a competition meant to see who could produce the best imitation of a sea gull.
Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M
Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You will not regret investing these two minutes of attention: Europe at its finest. 🫡🇪🇺🥲
(Sound on!)
(Sound on!)
📢 Great #internship opportunity in a wonderful team in @oecdsocial.bsky.social for students interested in #affordablehousing, #socialhousing and #homelessness 🏠
🙏 Please circulate and apply!
@alibargu.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/mariss...
🙏 Please circulate and apply!
@alibargu.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/mariss...
OECD housing internship_Summer-Fall 2025 | Marissa (Ellis) Plouin
We're looking for a top-notch #intern to join the housing team in OECD Social, ideally based in Paris from summer through fall 2025. We're looking for someone who is:
🏠 interested in #afforda...
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April 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📢 Great #internship opportunity in a wonderful team in @oecdsocial.bsky.social for students interested in #affordablehousing, #socialhousing and #homelessness 🏠
🙏 Please circulate and apply!
@alibargu.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/mariss...
🙏 Please circulate and apply!
@alibargu.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/mariss...
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Rainfall distribution across Europe. London not so bad.
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Rainfall distribution across Europe. London not so bad.
„We find that [future] elites implement more unequal earnings distributions than the average American, are highly sensitive to both merit-based inequality and efficiency costs of redistribution, and are less likely to hold strict meritocratic views.“ #inequality @iza.org
www.iza.org/publications...
www.iza.org/publications...
Are Elites Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking? Evidence from MBA Students
Elites disproportionately influence policymaking, yet little is known about their fairness and efficiency preferences–key determinants of support for...
www.iza.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
„We find that [future] elites implement more unequal earnings distributions than the average American, are highly sensitive to both merit-based inequality and efficiency costs of redistribution, and are less likely to hold strict meritocratic views.“ #inequality @iza.org
www.iza.org/publications...
www.iza.org/publications...
Striking cleavage in the results of the recent #Paris referendum on further greening the city: 🗳️ 🌳
In the (left-leaning) 10e and 11e arrondissement 83% and 79% of votes in favour of the motion; in the (right-leaning) 7e and 16e arrondissement 66% and 73% against it.
www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
In the (left-leaning) 10e and 11e arrondissement 83% and 79% of votes in favour of the motion; in the (right-leaning) 7e and 16e arrondissement 66% and 73% against it.
www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
Votation du 23 mars : 65,96% des votants pour piétonniser et végétaliser 500 nouvelles rues
La troisième votation organisée à Paris portait sur la végétalisation et la piétonnisation de 500 nouvelles rues. Les habitants de sept arrondissements étaient par ailleurs invités à répondre à des qu...
www.paris.fr
March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Striking cleavage in the results of the recent #Paris referendum on further greening the city: 🗳️ 🌳
In the (left-leaning) 10e and 11e arrondissement 83% and 79% of votes in favour of the motion; in the (right-leaning) 7e and 16e arrondissement 66% and 73% against it.
www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
In the (left-leaning) 10e and 11e arrondissement 83% and 79% of votes in favour of the motion; in the (right-leaning) 7e and 16e arrondissement 66% and 73% against it.
www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
„In #Paris könnten 500 Straßen autofrei werden. Zigtausend Parkplätze könnten wegfallen – und die Menschen mehr Grün gewinnen: Am Sonntag findet in Paris eine Abstimmung statt, die das Antlitz der Stadt verändern könnte.“
www.spiegel.de/auto/paris-r...
www.spiegel.de/auto/paris-r...
Paris: Referendum könnte mehr als 500 Straßen autofrei machen
Zigtausend Parkplätze könnten wegfallen – und die Menschen mehr Grün gewinnen: Am Sonntag findet in Paris eine Abstimmung statt, die das Antlitz der Stadt verändern könnte.
www.spiegel.de
March 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
„In #Paris könnten 500 Straßen autofrei werden. Zigtausend Parkplätze könnten wegfallen – und die Menschen mehr Grün gewinnen: Am Sonntag findet in Paris eine Abstimmung statt, die das Antlitz der Stadt verändern könnte.“
www.spiegel.de/auto/paris-r...
www.spiegel.de/auto/paris-r...
„Mean distance from employee home to employer worksite rose from 15 miles in 2019 to 26 miles in 2023. Twelve percent of employees hired after March 2020 live at least fifty miles from their employers in 2023, triple the pre-pandemic share.“
www.nber.org/papers/w33582
www.nber.org/papers/w33582
The New Geography of Labor Markets
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...
www.nber.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
„Mean distance from employee home to employer worksite rose from 15 miles in 2019 to 26 miles in 2023. Twelve percent of employees hired after March 2020 live at least fifty miles from their employers in 2023, triple the pre-pandemic share.“
www.nber.org/papers/w33582
www.nber.org/papers/w33582
„This paper investigates self-reported wedges between how much people work and how much they want to work, at their current wage. More than two-thirds of full-time workers in German survey data are overworked—actual hours exceed desired hours.“
March 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
„This paper investigates self-reported wedges between how much people work and how much they want to work, at their current wage. More than two-thirds of full-time workers in German survey data are overworked—actual hours exceed desired hours.“
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If you're young and are interested in international development, it is hard to beat doing an ODI Fellowship
careers.odi.org/postings/71e...
It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country
Why is this a good idea? 👇
careers.odi.org/postings/71e...
It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country
Why is this a good idea? 👇
ODI Fellowship Scheme 2025-27
Job Opening: ODI Fellowship Scheme 2025-27 at ODI Global in Global.
careers.odi.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you're young and are interested in international development, it is hard to beat doing an ODI Fellowship
careers.odi.org/postings/71e...
It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country
Why is this a good idea? 👇
careers.odi.org/postings/71e...
It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country
Why is this a good idea? 👇