Munich in September, great colleagues, and a field that matters. If you're working on economics of education, please join us at the CESifo Economics of Education conference!
Rick and Ludger (woessmann.bsky.social) always put together a very stimulating conference.
In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵
🚨 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...
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:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
R.I.P., dear Jon.
"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)
📣 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
Our 1st event of the year just finished, the Junior Workshop on Economics of Education. Hosted by @woessmann.bsky.social, @caterinapavese.bsky.social, @mtotarelli.bsky.social, we saw a fine selection of papers from young economists.
🙏 Michela Carlana, @harvard.edu for an inspiring keynote speech!
🚨 Deadline on Sunday:
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
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📢 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...