I'm visiting @rfberlin.bsky.social this summer and will present new research on unions & labor markets at seminars & conferences in Berlin. Reach out if you want to chat!
This looks very helpful for anyone working with US union data!
Good article, but blurs the distinction between ESOPs & cooperatives: In both cases workers own their firm, but only cooperatives put workers in control (ESOPs often have voluntary voice mechanisms). ESOP ownership can also be highly dispersed betw. workers. Still, good to see this debate in EU!
Got a signed copy at Harvard book store, very excited to read @arindube.bsky.social new book!
New Substack Post.
These Republican-leaving States Went Big on Minimum Wages.
Here's What Happened to their Restaurant and Retail Jobs.
Interesting workshop on inequality & labor at WU Vienna, submission deadline end of June! www.wu.ac.at/ineq/ws26
Here’s What Happened to their Restaurant and Retail Jobs.
open.substack.com
The announcement is up for for the Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality: September 10th and 11th at Nuffield College, Oxford.
Submissions are due by 22 May 2026; decisions will be communicated by 8 June 2026. The call is here:
atkinsonconference.github.io
📢New WP: Minimum Wages and Workplace Injuries
Using California state and local minimum wage increases 2000-2019, we find minimum wage hikes increase workplace injury rates for low-wage workers. A plausible mechanism is work intensification
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w/ @rjisungpark.bsky.social & Michael Davies
We're hiring!
@ineq-wu.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is looking for a Pre-Doc Researcher to study wage inequality using Austrian administrative microdata alongside @lukaslehner.bsky.social and me.
Details and application:
wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Project-staf...
