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Assistant Professor
Project title: A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries (WELLSIM) CHANSE "Enhancing well-being for the future"
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🚨 We’re hiring! A post-doc opportunity in an international team working on a life course microsimulation modelling of multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries Apply here 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/347427 #EconSky #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #JobAlert #Microsimulation #WellBeing
Assistant Professor
Project title: A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries (WELLSIM) CHANSE "Enhancing well-being for the future"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67. The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth. But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon. Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
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Are young men and women in Europe becoming more polarized in their political ideologies? It depends. Across 32 countries: 14 show no meaningful gender gap 7 have a stable small to medium gap with women leaning more left 11 show widening modern gender gaps osf.io/preprints/os...
Can a public wealth transfer to young people reduce inequality? New article out in the Journal of European Social Policy with Andreas Thiemann, Leire Salazar and @josenoguerauab.bsky.social! 🧵 Thread 👇
What explains recent declines in income inequality in the European Union? Despite rising within-country inequality from 2007-2019, EU-wide inequality declined sharply due to upward convergence in market earnings among its poorest member states. More here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🇪🇺 Country heterogeneity in acceptance: 🌟 Highest acceptance (2023): Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Belgium. 🚩 Lowest acceptance: Greece, Hungary, Slovakia. 📉Recent declines were most pronounced in Poland, Portugal, and the UK.
New paper: We combine evidence from a survey (correlational), bank spending data, and online experiments to show that job loss increases risk taking. Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences@pnas.org · 2y agoJob loss increases financial risk-taking. People who lost their jobs during the pandemic were more likely to gamble and purchase more lottery tickets, on average, than people who had not lost their jobs. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Już w przyszły wtorek 17.12 zapraszamy na dyskusję z aktywistkami i związkowcami nt. problemu nierówności ekonomicznych w Polsce 🗓️ KIEDY? Wtorek, 17 grudnia, o godz. 18:30 📍 GDZIE? Sala im. J. Wiadernego, OPZZ (ul. Kopernika 36/40, Warszawa) @opzzcentrala.bsky.social @krytykapolityczna.bsky.social
4/ Key finding 1: Sentiment toward finance varies starkly across countries and over time. English texts (US/UK) show the most positive sentiment, while Russian texts are consistently negative. Historical events (crises, wars) visibly influence trends.
This paper is fascinating. A three-year field experiement in which a 1000 low income Americans get $1000 a month. The tl;dr conclusion is that it basically has zero effect on their political views or participation. www.nber.org/papers/w33214
The Causal Effects of Income on Political Attitudes and Behavior: A Randomized Field Experiment
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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