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Alexander Ahammer

@ahammeralex.bsky.social

Associate Professor Johannes Kepler University Linz, health/labor/risky behavior, https://www.alexander-ahammer.com

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AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Outside Options and Worker Effort" by Alexander Ahammer, Matthias Fahn, and Flora Stiftinger.

Outside Options and Worker Effort

(Forthcoming Article) - We study how outside options affect workers’ incentives to exert effort. We exploit quasiexperimental variation from age- and experience-based cutoffs in Austria’s unemployment insurance (UI), and proxy effort with absenteeism. Extending potential UI benefit duration increases absenteeism, with larger effects for workers facing higher unemployment risk, those employed at declining or low-wage firms, or those on flatter wage profiles. These results are consistent with a relational contracting model where effort reductions caused by higher outside options are more pronounced if the perceived relationship value is small.

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Bernhard Kasberger@b-kasberger.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵 1/ 🚨 Job Opening: Join us at Johannes Kepler University Linz! I'm hiring a Pre-Doc / PhD-track Research Assistant in microeconomic theory with a focus on market design & game theory. Perfect for those considering a PhD or looking for a 1–2 year RA position. 👇

Flora Stiftinger@florastiftinger.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled about my first publication! Couldn’t have wished for better coauthors on that journey 😊

JKU Department of Economics@jku-economics.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 We are proud to share a new publication by Gerald Pruckner, @florastiftinger.bsky.social, and Katrin Zocher in the 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨! 🥳 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Also, check out the great 🧵 on the working paper version below 👇 #EconSky

Ines Helm@ineshelmecon.bsky.social · 2y ago

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JKU Department of Economics@jku-economics.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Job opening: Paid position in our PhD program (4 years fixed-term) with a very manageable teaching load. Fields: Applied microeconomics, particularly labor economics. Deadline 2025 Jan 29. Please share with your students and RT. #EconSky Details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...