📢 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

Our first 2026 newsletter is out📬 Topics: 🧒 Effects of age at school entry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Children’s preferences & parental mental health 🎓 Relative feedback & university completion ⬆️ Role models & students’ educ. aspirations 💡 Information framing & university dropout & more! 👉 www.sendlx.com/admin/index....

"Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich?" 📺 Spannende Doku im BR www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD... Auch mit kurzen Statements von mir (ab Min 10:00, 16:30, 24:30 und 27:15)

mehr/wert: Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich? - hier anschauen

Der Traum vom sozialen Aufstieg wird auch in Bayern geträumt. Doch kann er Wirklichkeit werden? Können es Kinder aus sozial schwachen Familien ganz nach oben schaffen? Immer wieder hört man, dass er ...

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🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal: “Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests” w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani 💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

New WP! We study whether telling first-year students about the earnings they forgo by delaying graduation changes their choices. Framing salaries as opportunity costs does not speed up progress but increases early dropout among students who are likely to exit eventually. www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

📣 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

🚀 KICK-OFF 🚀 Over the next five years, I’ll be working jointly with ROCK YOUR LIFE on a large randomized-controlled trial with disadvantaged adolescents to generate robust, policy-relevant evidence on how mentoring can be effectively scaled. [1/2]

📣SAVE-THE-DATE 📣 Our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business celebrates its 5th anniversary with FANTASTIC keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (UT Austin) and Esther Duflo (MIT) 🎉🙌 📍 Sept 7–8, 2026 at TUM Campus Heilbronn (pre-workshop get-together Sept 6).

🚨 Deadline on Sunday: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 👇

Ludger Woessmann@woessmann.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢 Call for papers: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 @caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

📢Our piece on @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social's "After Babel" Substack: Strong public support to restrict social media for children in Germany www.afterbabel.com/p/strong-pub... A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media

Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany

A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.

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🚨 Unsere neue Studie zeigt: 👉 Das Erreichen der Ziele „Bessere Bildung 2035“ würde rund 21 Billionen Euro an zusätzlicher Wirtschaftsleistung bringen "Volkswirtschaftliche Erträge besserer Bildung" mit Katia Werkmeister für die @bertelsmannst.bsky.social www.ifo.de/publikatione... 1/3

🎅🎁Our last newsletter of 2025 is out! ✨What Facebook data reveal about patience & educational achievement ✨Religious education has long-term effects ✨Good schools help disadvantaged children ...& more! 👉 sendlx.com/display.php?M=111332033&C=ff6ce63f422bb23d840c4ce5648c1c70&S=201333&L=1198&N=111605

I'm very happy that this paper has found a home and has been published just in time for the holidays. Free access for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mI6Bc24bB...

Absolutely thrilled to be joining this fantastic group of researchers 🤩 🥳 🤓 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Economics LMU Munich@econmunich.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎁 ECONM Advent Calendar – Day 11! 🎁 Meet new members of our senior faculty! 🚀🌟 🎄 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 joined the faculty in March 2025 🎄 @henninghermes.com joined the faculty in December 2025

1/ 📣 BIG News! It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳 I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.

Our fantastic workshop with @davidautor.bsky.social on Skills, Tasks & Technologies in the AI Era has come to a close. What a blast of outstanding research, new insights & lively discussion! Tremendous thanks to all contributors! Check out the exciting program: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Can schools change faith? Benjamin Arold, @woessmann.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow find that ending mandatory #ReligiousEducation reduces adult #religiosity by 7%. Students earn more, work longer hours, but pray less and skip church. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

🆕Working Paper🚨 Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks📒 w/ A.Bertermann, @dauthecon.bsky.social & @suedekum.bsky.social 🤖 Robots ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬆️early retirement 🌏 Imports ➡️ ⬇️training & ⬆️early r. 🌎 Exports ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬇️e.r. www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo... 🧵1/9

🎙️ Check out the ifo podcast on childcare shortages in Germany, where I was a guest. Grateful to research this topic with Marina Krauß, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, @simonwiederhold.bsky.social, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt. Link 👇 1/2

📢 New working paper alert! 📢 Super happy to share our new working paper, „The Demand for Economic Narratives“, with my great co-authors Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler, and @philippheil.bsky.social. Check out the summary thread by Philipp below👇🏻🧵 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

Philipp Heil@philippheil.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🔔 New working paper: “The Demand for Economic Narratives” with Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler & @henninghermes.com We study whether households actually demand and value economic narratives — and how these narratives shape beliefs and understanding. Thread following below👇 1/10

Bildung ist die Grundlage unseres Wohlstands. Wie Nationen dieses Kapital vermehren können: Mein Interview zu meinem Vortrag bei der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social (ÖAW-/Statistik Austria-Lecture) www.oeaw.ac.at/news/wie-hae...

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Wissen ist die Grundlage unseres Wohlstands. Wie Nationen dieses Kapital vermehren können, stellte Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Ludger Wößmann im Rahmen einer gemeinsamen Vorlesung von ÖAW und Statistik...

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🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources: ⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow 👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives 🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... A 🧵 1/6

📢 Call for papers: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 @caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

Check out the current edition of our newsletter. Topics: 🔷What adolescents and adults think about social media 🔷Socioeconomic gap in child care 🔷Peers at college entry improve performance ... 👉http://sendlx.com/display.php?M=111124773&C=71415e53f9fcb9e9f5c8facfea005ae8&S=198827&L=2481&N=109616

Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍 Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏 To a 5th edition in 2026! 🚀

Ich freue mich schon riesig auf das 🚨Bildungspolitische Forum 2025🚨 in das ich in diesem Jahr einführen darf! Es geht um ➡️Bildung in Zeiten von Transformation und beruflichem Wandel⬅️ Im Video reiße ich schon mal die Themen an, um die es geht: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuA... 1/2

LERNBPF25 - Bildung in Zeiten von Transformation und beruflichem Wandel - Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann

YouTube video by Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Bildungspotenziale

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Digitale Welt, geteilte Meinungen Das ifo-Bildungsbarometer zeigt: Erwachsene wollen strenge Regeln, Jugendliche sind gespalten. Politik und Wissenschaft suchen derweil nach einer Balance zwischen Schutz und Chancen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/09...

85 Prozent der Erwachsenen wünschen sich ein #Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für die Einrichtung eines eigenen Social-Media-Accounts, so die Ergebnisse des repräsentativen #Bildungsbarometers 2025 des @ifoeducation.bsky.social. bildungsklick.de/schule/detai...

ifo-Institut: Mehrheit will Mindestalter für Social-Media-Nutzung

Eine deutliche Mehrheit der deutschen Bevölkerung spricht sich für eine stärkere Altersbeschränkung bei der Nutzung von Social Media aus: 85 Prozent der Erwachsenen wünschen sich ein Mindestalter von ...

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66% der Jugendlichen und 46% der Erwachsenen sind dafür, dass der Umgang mit KI im Unterricht gelehrt wird. 7/7