Professor of Economics, University of Munich
Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education
https://sites.google.com/view/woessmann-e
Ludger Woessmann
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"Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich?"
📺 Spannende Doku im BR
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
Auch mit kurzen Statements von mir (ab Min 10:00, 16:30, 24:30 und 27:15)
📢 Call for papers:
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)
🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich
🧑🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social
👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026
🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...
📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn.
Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻
Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨
#EconSky
Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person.
Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful:
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R.I.P., dear Jon.
🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal:
“Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital:
Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests”
w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social & Sancassani
💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US
👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...
🚨 Deadline on Sunday:
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
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