Simon Wiederhold
@simonwiederhold.bsky.social
Professor of Labor Economics at Halle University & Senior Research Advisor at Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) affiliated w/ ifo, CESifo, IZA & ROA Website: https://sites.google.com/view/simonwiederhold
📢New working paper:🚨 “Integrated vs. Separated Schooling for Refugee Children: Long-Term Effects on Education and Assimilation” w/ @caterinapavese.bsky.social and @meulensimon.bsky.social 👉 Does direct integration into native schools or temporary placement in separate schools … 1/5
Did a (very scientific, much unbiased) poll of the audience at the <<Empirical Methods in the Age of AI>> conference I just attended. Here were the results! hai.stanford.edu/events/empir...
Why do inequalities endure, and what does “fairness” really mean? A Focus issue published by Nature Human Behaviour — Inequality and Fairness in a Complex World — explores these questions and their implications for research and policy. go.nature.com/4rr87ae 🧪
📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📢 How can field experiments help us understand and reduce inequality? Read the Introduction to a Special Issue in the European Economic Review: 👉 lmy.de/WbNTc
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Submissions are open for SOLE! I’m on the scientific committee and I can’t wait to see all the cool papers that apply. www.sole-jole.org/upcoming-mee...
The workshop was organized by @henninghermes.com, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social and hosted by the TUM Global Center for Family Enterprise.
The programme featured two outstanding keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (@utaustin.bsky.social) and 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗳𝗹𝗼 (@mit.edu and 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵).
🚀 On 7–8 September 2026, the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 brought together researchers to discuss exciting developments and exchange ideas in the field. 📸 Maximilian Föll
ifo Institut: PISA-Abstieg gefährdet unseren Wohlstand Der eklatante Abstieg der PISA-Ergebnisse muss zu einem Umdenken in der Bildung führen. Die Vermittlung der Basiskompetenzen muss höchste Priorität haben. Link zum ausführlichen Statement im Kommentar 👇🏻
*When unions increase wages, who pays?* It's normally hard to answer this Q: unions don't behave randomly, they respond to firm conditions, & firm data is hard to get. Our setting in Norway tackles both... 🧵on our paper (@microsamonomics.bsky.social Alex Willen) academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...
The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky www.economist.com/letters/2026...
📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22
Female #students taught by same #gender professors in smaller classes are more likely to receive a top exam grade, but no such effect is found in larger classes. @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, Guido Schwerdt & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social suggest why: Close interaction matters. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
Joint work with @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🙂 Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Ungated version: rdcu.be/fji4V
Time to close the socioeconomic gap in access to childcare - Nature Human Behaviour
Socioeconomic inequalities shape who accesses early childcare, even in countries that claim universal provision. This entrenched inequality limits child development, women’s employment and gender equa...
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🚨 New piece in @nathumbehav.nature.com: We show that socioeconomic gaps in childcare access across the OECD are not mainly about lower demand. Many disadvantaged families want childcare but face barriers such as scarcity, costs, and complex procedures. Main takeaway: make access easier 📣
Here is a figure showing the various OECD countries minimum wages as a ratio of median. Average around 60%. But many at or above 2/3. Then there is an outlier, the US.
Price shocks are passed on to consumers when positive, but hardly passed on when negative. Source: Goldman Sachs
🚨 FINAL REMINDER: THREE more days to submit, deadline 15th of May 🚨 We're looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🙏 All infos 👇 #FieldExperiments
Vielen Dank für die spannende Diskussion bei unserem #ReStart Talk „Kita ist für alle da? Zwischen Wunsch & Wirklichkeit?“ mit @simonwiederhold.bsky.social! Den Vortrag gibt’s auf unserem YouTube-Kanal: youtu.be/eqvNqmC2Hcw @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @iwh-halle.bsky.social
Kita ist für alle da? ReStart Talk Simon Wiederhold
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REMINDER: Less than three weeks left to submit for our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, featuring keynotes by @peterbergman.bsky.social and Esther Duflo 👏 💪 🚀 Please send your best papers! 🙏 All infos 👇 #AcademicConference #CallForPapers #ResearchCommunity #EconResearch
Henning Hermes@henninghermes.com · 8mo ago📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨 #EconSky
My friend is teaching to his Economics Ph.D. students and explaining why they should be interested in topics that are not in their subfield. The friend asked for statements about why learning from other fields is good. Here was my answer: " Five things:
Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.
Finally updated the search engine behind econlit-db to Meilisearch. Everything should be quite fast now -- under a second or two. Let me know if you have any bugs. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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🔜 Our ECONtribute research seminar series, organized by @hornungerik.bsky.social, @danielmetzger.bsky.social, @raoulmaarseveen.bsky.social and @johanneswohlfart.bsky.social, starts again tomorrow. @unicologne.bsky.social @wisocologne.bsky.social #EconSky
Ein sehr hörenswerter Podcast zum Forschungsdatengesetz, den Ursula Weidenfeld mit Regina Riphahn, Kerstin Schneider und Christoph Schmidt geführt hat. Es wird hier sehr gut erklärt, warum wir dieses FDG dringend brauchen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Wozu brauchen wir ein Forschungsdatengesetz?
Podcast Episode · Tonspur Wissen - der Podcast von Rheinischer Post und Leibniz-Gemeinschaft · April 9 · 32m
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Congratulations to Botond Kőszegi for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in theory, behavioral, and experimental econ. His term will start on January 1, ‘27. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in Jan ‘27): Robert Clark, Klaus Desmet, Joshua Goodman (@joshua-goodman.com), Melanie Morten, Luigi Paciello, Wing Suen, and Thomas Wollmann. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Congratulations to Barbara Petrongolo for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in labor and related fields. Her term will start on September 1. I’m delighted to have her on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Welche Familien haben Zugang zu einem Kita-Platz – und welche nicht? Darüber diskutieren wir mit @simonwiederhold.bsky.social bei unserem virtuellen #ReStart Talk, organisiert von @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social & @econtribute.bsky.social, am 5. Mai! Anmeldung 👉 econtribute.de/de/event/res...
