🧠 Research Insights Class doesn't stop mattering once you reach an elite university or job. Research by Stansbury & Rodriguez shows that first-generation graduates are less likely to secure top academic positions, earn less, and report lower job satisfaction. 🔗 : www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

We're excited to welcome Martin Wiegand to RFBerlin on his first day! 🎉 Martin technically joined us on Saturday, but since the office was rather quiet, we thought a Monday welcome might land a little better. Welcome to the team. Great to have you with us! 👋

A special one for our French-speaking followers: our deputy director of CReAM Prof. Tommaso Frattini spoke to @rfi.fr about the latest CReAM report on immigrant employment in the EU. Immigrant employment has reached a record high, though significant gaps remain. 🎧 youtu.be/QqmYmKexV3U?...

Prof. Tommaso Frattini chez Radio France Internationale

Le professeur Tommaso Frattini (Université de Milan et RFBerlin) s'entretient avec Radio France Internationale (RFI) au sujet des conclusions du dernier rapport du CReAM, intitulé « L'emploi des…

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1/4 New jobs pay more. When firms expand into occupations they have never employed before, they face greater uncertainty about whom to hire and what makes a good match. A new Discussion Paper by @dgulumser.bsky.social examines how firms respond. 🧵

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Has generative AI changed what workers earn? 🤖 Two years after ChatGPT's launch, research by Humlum and Vestergaard on 25,000 Danish workers finds widespread AI use reshaping tasks and occupations, but no measurable effect on wages or hours. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

⚠️ Three days left to apply for the RFBerlin Masterclass! Spend two days with Christopher Stanton (Harvard Business School) and Guido Friebel (Goethe University) on the frontiers of personnel economics. Apply: form.typeform.com/to/mITebJI2 Learn more: www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

RFBerlin Masterclass "People, Practices, and Productivity: A Review of New Advances in Personnel Economics" by Christopher Stanton

Apply now to join the masterclass. Deadline: 30 July 2026

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🎉 This Friday marks a milestone for RFBerlin: our 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 Brown Bag Seminar!To celebrate, we're delighted to welcome David Berger (Duke University), who presented 𝘈 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬-𝘪𝘯? 100 seminars, countless ideas, and many lunch discussions, we're looking forward to the next 100!

📰 Our latest CReAM@RFBerlin report on immigrant employment in the EU has been featured by international media including @reuters.com, @tagesschau.bsky.social, @fr-zeitung.bsky.social, @internazionale.it, EconomicTimes and more. Read the report➡️ www.rfberlin.com/cream-report/06-2026/

Employment of Immigrants in the European Union: Progress, Persistent Gaps, and Untapped Potential

Employment among immigrants in the European Union has reached its highest level since 2017, yet important differences remain across origin groups, countries and demographic characteristics. While EU…

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Europe has made great progress in integrating immigrants into work. But talent remains untapped. CReAM@RFBerlin has published a new report by Christian Dustmann, Tommaso Frattini, and Camilla Piovesan on employment outcomes across the EU. Read more ➡️ www.rfberlin.com/cream-report/06-2026/

Employment of Immigrants in the European Union: Progress, Persistent Gaps, and Untapped Potential

Employment among immigrants in the European Union has reached its highest level since 2017, yet important differences remain across origin groups, countries and demographic characteristics. While EU…

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🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You can find them here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

One week left to apply for a two-day masterclass for those interested in personnel economics. Free for early-career researchers and PhD students:

People, Practices, and Productivity: A Review of New Advances in Personnel Economics

We are continuing the RFBerlin Masterclass Series, based on the Handbook of Labour Economics. In this series we invite contributed authors of handbook chapters to Berlin for in-depth, two-day…

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Workers are less covered by collective bargaining than 10 years ago. And the most exposed ones are at the bottom of the wage distribution. A new Discussion Paper from Lutz Bellmann (IAB) Christian Dustmann (RFBerlin) and Bernd Fitzenberger (IAB) document this trend for German workers.

Alles Gute zum Belgischen Nationalfeiertag! Ob Sie „Bonjour“, „Hallo“ oder „Goedendag“ sagen – Belgiens Vielfalt geht weit über seine drei Amtssprachen hinaus. Entdecken Sie weitere Daten zu Belgien und vielen anderen Ländern in unserem Global Migration Dashboard! 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/cream-rfberlin/

Bonne fête nationale ! Que vous disiez « Bonjour », « Hallo » ou « Goedendag », la diversité de la Belgique va bien au-delà de ses trois langues officielles. Découvrez davantage de données sur la Belgique et bien d'autres pays dans notre Global Migration Dashboard !🔗 www.rfberlin.com/cream-rfberlin/

Fijne Belgische Nationale Feestdag! Of je nu „Bonjour”, „Hallo” of „Goedendag” zegt, de diversiteit van België gaat veel verder dan de drie officiële talen. Ontdek meer gegevens en inzichten over België en vele andere landen in ons Global Migration Dashboard! 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/cream-rfberlin/

📰 The Insight on The Renegotiation Gap by Fredriksson, Gülümser and Hensvik was featured in multiple international media outlets! From Germany to New Zealand, the US and Sri Lanka, check the insight and the press mentions here🔗: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Research Insight on The Renegotiation Gap featured in Worldwide Media

RFBerlin's latest Research Insight "The Renegotiation Gap: Why Outside Job Opportunities Widen the Gender Wage Gap" (Peter Fredriksson, Dogan Gülümser and Lena Hensvik), got picked up by multiple…

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🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Women earn less than men even in the same job at the same workplace. Research by Fredriksson, Gülümser & Hensvik shows why: men use outside job offers to negotiate higher pay. Women don't — even when the offers are of equal quality. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Our project leader Hanna Wang was featured in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland with her op-ed piece on Germany's parental allowance reform. 🔗 Read it here: www.rfberlin.com/rfberlins-ha...

RFBerlin’s Hanna Wang on Parental Allowance Reform in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland

RFBerlin Project Leader Hanna Wang has published an op-ed in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), one of Germany's leading news networks, with regional publication in the Hannoversche Allgemeine…

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🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Could hay fever be causing traffic accidents and economic losses? A study by Akesaka and Shigeoka finds that doubling daily pollen counts increases accidents by 0.7%, including traffic crashes, workplace injuries and fatal accidents. 🔗: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

📰 📢 Our latest Research Insight "Who Is Left Out? Collective Bargaining and Low-Wage Workers in Germany" has been featured in multiple German media outlets! Read the insight and press mentions here: 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Research Insight on Collective Bargaining Featured in German Media

The latest RFBerlin Research Insight "Who Is Left Out? Collective Bargaining and Low-Wage Workers in Germany" by Lutz Bellmann, Christian Dustmann and Bernd Fitzenberger has attracted media attention…

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🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

As France celebrates #BastilleDay, here are some key facts about its foreign-born population. Check our Global Migration Dashboard for more data and insights on France and many other countries: 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/cream-rfberl...

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Germany's collective bargaining system stopped reaching the workers who need it most. Research by Bellmann, Dustmann and Fitzenberger shows coverage has dropped from 68% to 49% since 2000, and only 34% of low-wage workers are covered today. Read: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

🗞️ The weekly release of our Discussion Paper Series! You find more here: www.rfberlin.com/discussion-p...

And so all good things come to an end, even the ones about non-wage amenities and the labour market as an equilibrium newsvendor problem. Huge thanks to everyone who took part, and above all to Alexandre Mas for two excellent days. Stick around for more research!

For the first time during the masterclass, we welcomed two poster sessions: by @jakobbeu.bsky.social (RFBerlin) and Lennert Peede (IAB).

For those who rather join online: the RFBerlin Masterclass stream “Non-wage amenities” by Alexandre Mas starts now! Join: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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🧠 Research Insight! Job seekers send 25% fewer applications after one year of unemployment. Not laziness — discouragement. Employers increasingly screen out the long-term unemployed, and workers respond by giving up. Research unpacks the vicious cycle, read here: www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...