📢 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 1st event of the year just finished, the Junior Workshop on Economics of Education. Hosted by @woessmann.bsky.social, @caterinapavese.bsky.social, @mtotarelli.bsky.social, we saw a fine selection of papers from young economists. 🙏 Michela Carlana, @harvard.edu for an inspiring keynote speech!

"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...

📣 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

Munich in September, great colleagues, and a field that matters. If you're working on economics of education, please join us at the CESifo Economics of Education conference! Rick and Ludger (woessmann.bsky.social) always put together a very stimulating conference.

Ludger Woessmann@woessmann.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 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...

📢 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...

In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵

Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person. Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... R.I.P., dear Jon.

I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences…...

I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences ...

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

Ludger Woessmann@woessmann.bsky.social · 10mo 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

📣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).

🎅🎁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...

📢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

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.

Ich freue mich, wieder beim “Top of the Table” von Bildung.Table dabei zu sein! "Bildungsökonomen, so sagt es zumindest der Soziologe Aladin El-Mafaalani, seien derzeit die lautesten Bildungsaktivisten." table.media/heads/ludger... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @table.media

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...

How much does out-of-school learning influence foreign-language acquisition? Our new analysis shows that historical national decisions to subtitle imported TV content systematically result in a large positive effect on English-language skills. open.substack.com/pu...

🆕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

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....

And oh boy, "Adam's Research Minute" is a banger. The @benjaminarold.bsky.social, @woessmann.bsky.social, Zierow research on how schooling affects religiosity is super important and interesting. Here's the link to the journal article: jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... 6/n

⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018: Mathe -24⬇️ Bio -24⬇️ Chemie -24⬇️ Physik -23⬇️ Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends. Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren. 1/3

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...

Wohlstand durch Bildung

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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Wie müssen sich Lernen und Unterrichten verändern in Zeiten von KI und Niedergang traditioneller Industrien? 🎙️ Mein Interview in der Welt darüber, was die aktuellen Transformationsprozesse für die Bildung bedeuten. www.welt.de/politik/deut...

Zukunft des Lernens: „Testpersonen schneiden bei sprachlichen Aufgaben bereits ab Anfang 30 schlechter ab als Jüngere“ - WELT

Wie müssen sich das Lernen und das Unterrichten verändern in Zeiten von Künstlicher Intelligenz und dem Niedergang traditioneller Industrien? Ludger Wößmann ist Bildungsökonom am Ifo-Institut und erkl...

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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

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

📢 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

🌍 Haben oder Nichthaben: Chancengleichheit und sozialer Aufstieg 🔎 Eine aktuelle OECD-Studie wirft einen Blick auf die Frage, inwieweit wirtschaftliche Ungleichheit von Startbedingungen beeinflusst wird, die die Menschen nicht kontrollieren können. (1/3)

In Zeiten von ständigen Transformationen sollten wir Bildung als Befähigung zu stetigem Wandel verstehen. Mein Einleitungsvortrag in das Bildungspolitische Forum 2025 des @leibnizbildung.bsky.social Livestream: www.youtube.com/@Leibniz_bil... www.leibniz-bildung.de/veranstaltun...