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Alex Busch

@alexanderbusch.bsky.social

PhD Student @MIT Sloan // Studying labor & industrial relations 🌹 // he, they https://www.alexander-busch.eu/

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Vincent Heddesheimer@vheddesheimer.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 New GERDA update: - Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states) - Landrat elections - Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW) - Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis) - 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local More info below and here: www.german-elections.com

GERDA: German Election Database

Comprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...

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AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 2w ago

Forthcoming in the AER: "Union Bargaining Power and the Amenity-Wage Tradeoff" by Lorenzo Lagos.

Union Bargaining Power and the Amenity-Wage Tradeoff

(Forthcoming Article) - This paper studies how collective bargaining affects wages and amenities. By merging collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) to linked employer-employee data in Brazil, I combine rich contracted amenities with wage information. I implement a difference-in-difference strategy that exploits a court ruling enforcing CBA continuation (i.e., ultractivity) to estimate the effects of union bargaining power. Strengthening unions raises wages and amenities without reducing employment—increasing retention despite some labor-labor substitution. A revealed preference approach shows that amenities account for 45% of total compensation gains. These findings suggest that collective bargaining can offset monopsony power, but employers retain the right-tomanage workforce composition.

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Severin Rapp@severinrapp.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 Call for Submissions: III/LIS Comparative Inequality Conference If you're doing research on economic inequality, the call for submissions for the third III/LIS Comparative Inequality Conference is now open. The conference will take place in London in February 2027. Submit by Sept 15th 2026

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Janet Gornick@janetgornick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality

A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.

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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research FIT@verotutkimus.fi · 4mo ago

📣Labour economists, ahoy! Submit your research paper to WEI IV now - the DL is March 30! The workshop has secured an outstanding lineup of speakers: @simonjaeger.bsky.social @lenahensvik.bsky.social Anna Salomons Alexander Willén #wages #employment #inequality verotutkimus.fi/en/wei-2026/

» Call for Papers: Workshop in Labor Economics: WEI IV in Uppsala on 4 – 5.9.2026

<p>The fourth Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality (WEI IV) will be organized in Uppsala, Sweden, on September 4 – 5, 2026. The workshop has secured an outstanding lineup of s...

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Alex Busch@alexanderbusch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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!

Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin@surplusmagazin.de · 5mo ago

Unternehmen, die den Arbeitenden gehören: Das könnte in der EU bald immer häufiger eingeführt werden.

Daniele Girardi@dgirardi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 PSA for #EconSky & #RStats: The GitHub repo for our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper now has example scripts for R! If you're looking to implement LP-DiD in R, these are for you Here: github.com/danielegirar... #Econometrics #CausalInference @arindube.bsky.social

GitHub - danielegirardi/lpdid: Implementing Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) estimators

Implementing Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) estimators - danielegirardi/lpdid

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Barry Eidlin@eidlin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Useful report from @epi.org on US unionization trends. Interesting to see that US union density actually rose in 2025. Just by 0.1 percentage points, but still, it’s the first time since 2020 that union density has gone up. And even more interesting, 1/ www.epi.org/publication/...

Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025

In 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. These 16.5 million ...

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Martina Uccioli@martinauccioli.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Good news against January blues: 🏹 the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop is back! 🏹 Small in-person workshop; plenty of interactions. Submit your best labo(u)r paper! 🗣️ Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and Anna Stansbury (MIT) 📅 1-2 June 2026 🌍 University of Nottingham Apply by March 1st! ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a

University of Nottingham CampusCall for papers, available at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3kdpb64aParticipants to the 2nd edition of the Nottingham GEP Labour Workshop, June 2025
Per Engzell@pengzell.bsky.social · 7mo ago

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic OpportunityIntergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.
Anna Stansbury@annastansbury.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am very much looking forward to the Nottingham Labour Economics workshop this summer! Submissions invited 👇

Giuseppe Ippedico@peppeippedico.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 🏹 Call for Papers 🏹📢 3rd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP When: June 1-2, 2026 Keynotes: Gordon Dahl (UCSD) and @annastansbury.bsky.social (MIT) Small, in-person workshop; plenty of interactions! 🗓️ Submit by March 1 🗓️ Link: tinyurl.com/3kdpb64a #EconSky #EconConf

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join RFBerlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow! ✔️ Leading faculty and global network ✔️ Vibrant group of junior researchers ✔️ Mentoring opportunities ✔️ Research and admin support ✔️ No teaching obligations Apply now: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics

The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin) invites applications for postdoctoral fellow positions in economics. The initial contract is for two years, with the possibility of renewal for up to six year...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 #CallforPapers - We are hosting the RFBerlin - @cepr.org Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026. 📄 Submit your paper or express interest before January 31st, 2026: cepr.org/events/event...

RFBerlin-CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026

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Centre for Economic Policy Research@cepr.org · 9mo ago

📢 #CallforPapers - RFBerlin-CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2026 Submit a paper or express interest in attending the 2026 @rfberlin.bsky.social - CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 Organisers: Hyejin Ku & Jérôme Adda cepr.org/events/rfber... #EconSky