🎓 Future economists outside the EU/EEA Two international Master Degrees (entry in March 2027): 🔹Economic & Business Analytics 👉 lnkd.in/dTRqDGds 🔹Economics (Policy Analysis) 👉 lnkd.in/dQ57rNkf 🗓 Apply Sep 6-Oct 31 | 📍 Linz, Austria ⏰ Early application strongly recommended (for visa processing!)
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
@winterebmer.bsky.social
Economist, University of Linz, Austria, Research Scientist @IHS_Vienna, Country Team Leader @SHARE_MEA , #NOeG, @cepr_org, @iza_bonn Labor & Applied Micro web: https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/team/rudolf-winter-ebmer/
Excited to open the 3rd Joint User Meeting of ESS Austria, @share-eric.bsky.social & @ggp.bsky.social at Institute for Advanced Studies @ihs.ac.at . Programme & abstracts: share-austria.at/vienna-2026/ #ESS #SHARE #GGP #SocialScience
Does liquidity unlock labor mobility? Mitigating Mobility Frictions by Karim Bekhtiar & @winterebmer.bsky.social www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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Energy shock from the Iran war → higher electricity prices in Austria. JKU economists @b-kasberger.bsky.social and Simon Finster in @derstandard.at outline concrete policy options to mitigate the impact on households. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Der Irankrieg verteuert Strom in Österreich. Doch Ökonomen haben nun einen Plan dagegen
Verbraucher und Unternehmen könnten sich eine halbe Milliarde Euro an Stromkosten durch einen gezielten Preiseingriff über die Börse ersparen, heißt es in einem Paper. Angesetzt werden soll bei CO2-Ze...
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Nicht wirklich überraschend, trotzdem eindrucksvolle Grafik: Der Algorithmus drüben bei Musks X lenkt den Verkehr massivst auf ultrarechte Accounts - und besonders auf den eines bestimmten Mannes.
These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken. Original post
Our Nicole Schneeweis Seminar was a great success! 🌟 Thanks to all presenters & to @michaelirlacher.bsky.social for the excellent organization. The keynote by @cacilialipowski.bsky.social on “Expertise at Work” sparked great discussions. Highlight: our sunny hike along the Austrian-Czech border.
📣Call for papers ESS Austria, SHARE Austria and GGP Austria are organizing the 3rd Joint User Meeting at IHS Vienna on 8th of May 2026. The meeting highlights comparative and longitudinal ESS, SHARE, and GGP research. 📝Abstracts due 15th March 2026 👥Apply to attend by 27th April 2026
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🎓 Future economists outside the EU/EEA Two international MSc (entry in October): 🔹Economic & Business Analytics 👉 lnkd.in/dTRqDGds 🔹Economics (Policy Analysis) 👉 lnkd.in/dQ57rNkf 🗓 Apply Feb 6-Mar 31 | 📍 Linz, Austria ⏰ Early application strongly recommended (for admission & visa processing!)
happy to hand out 2025 publication premia at @jku-economics.bsky.social to @ahammeralex.bsky.social, S Finster, D Pennerstorfer, G Andreottola, G Pruckner, K Zocher, @uglogowsky.bsky.social, @florastiftinger.bsky.social, @b-kasberger.bsky.social, @michaelirlacher.bsky.social
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🎓 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 für JKU Dissertation Herzliche Gratulation an @florastiftinger.bsky.social! Ihre Dissertation “𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺“ wurde mit dem Award of Excellence ausgezeichnet, einem Staatspreis für herausragende Dissertationen in Österreich.
We’re excited to host Simon Jäger (Princeton University, @simonjaeger.bsky.social) for the 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗪. 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: “Varieties of Collective Bargaining: An International Perspective.” December 10, 2025, at @jku.at Details & registration: www.jku.at/kurt-rothsch...
Heute findet im Kepler Salon die Veranstaltung "Nobel erklärt. Frieden und Wirtschaftswissenschaften" statt. Professor Johannes Schneider (@jsndr.bsky.social) wird einen Impulsvortrag zum diesjährigen "Nobelpreis für Ökonomie" halten. Infos und Livestream (ab 19:30 Uhr): www.jku.at/kepler-salon...
NOBEL ERKLÄRT. FRIEDEN UND WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTEN
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❓How do mothers’ and fathers’ paid work lives unfold together after the birth of their first child in DE? ✨ This new preprint takes a longitudinal, dynamic, couple-level perspective. ✨ Big differences by East & West German background, periods and couple-level education 🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We are pleased to announce the addition of @jsndr.bsky.social to our faculty! 🎉 Johannes is the new Professor of Microeconomics at @jku.at. His research focuses on Economic Theory and applications to: - Innovation - Technological Change - Law Johannes's website: jsndr.com
Trump on President Zelensky: “He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
📢VACANCY @b-kasberger.bsky.social is hiring a Pre-Doc on his DFG project “Strategic Uncertainty in Market Design.” Candidates are expected to conduct their own research in (applied) micro theory, with an interest in writing a PhD thesis. Deadline: July 9 Details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...
Who benefits from trade wars? Government-linked firms.
Die gesamte 🇦🇹-Wissenschafts-Community, die mit Daten arbeitet — insbesondere d. SozWi — kann sich freuen: Die Daten-Infrastruktur #AMDC #ASEP wird verbessert! Ein großes Danke an d. Verhandlerinnen, die sich für dieses vermeintliche Nischenthema eingesetzt haben. Enorme Bedeutung für d Wissenschaft!
#Registerforschung im #Regierungsprogramm: 1️⃣ Alle Register bis Juli 26 im #AMDC. 2️⃣ Erhöhung der Basisfinanzierung des AMDC bei gleichzeitiger Senkung der Projektkosten auf int. Niveau. 3️⃣ Langfristige Absicherung des ASEP im Falle einer positiven Evaluierung. @registerforschung.bsky.social
@jku-economics.bsky.social Very proud to announce new department members in 2024/25: Ines Helm sites.google.com/site/ineshel... and @b-kasberger.bsky.social as Professors and Carola Stapper from Cologne and Simon Finster from CREST Paris as PostDocs. Welcome to @jkulinz.bsky.social