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Raphael Brade
@raphaelbrade.bsky.social
Econ postdoc @ifo_Institut @ifoeducation.bsky.social. Interested in Economics of Education, Public Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. Views are my own.
https://sites.google.com/view/raphaelbrade/
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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...
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Herzliche Einladung:

"Unter Druck: (Rechts-)Extremismus als Bedrohung für die Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre"

Dienstag, 29.9. um 14 Uhr in Düsseldorf

Neben den beiden Panels freue ich mich besonders auf die gemeinsame Herausarbeitung konkreter Lösungsansätze!

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September 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Interested in spending up to a year in Heilbronn and experiencing our emerging AI ecosystem first-hand? Our new AI Fellowship is now open (link below)!

If you have a strong PhD from a leading university and work closely on causal AI, get in touch. I’d be happy to explore hosting you at TUM.
August 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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The Society of Labor Economists is piloting a new mentoring program intended to provide small group mentoring, providing advice on how to improve research and navigate the publishing process. We are seeking both mentors and mentees--apply here!
www.sole-jole.org/sole-mentoring
SOLE Mentoring
www.sole-jole.org
August 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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⏳ Only a few days left to submit!
📢 CfP: 16th ifo Dresden Workshop on Regional Economics
📅 Sept 8-9, 2026 | 📍 Dresden 🇩🇪
Topics: regional structural change, development econ, public econ & more.
Deadline: 5 June 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
www.ifo.de/veranstaltun...
16th ifo Dresden Workshop on Regional Economics | ifo Institut
www.ifo.de
June 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Very happy to share that I am going to be the new Director of the Democracy unit at the @wzb.bsky.social Berlin Social Science Center. I am excited to form a new research unit on democratic politics and to engage with people in Berlin and elsewhere to make liberal democracy more resilient.
April 23, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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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 📣
May 26, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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📆 One week left to apply!

We are still looking for excellent PhD students and postdocs to join us at the TUM Heilbronn Data Science Center (HDSC).
🏁 We’re hiring at the TUM Heilbronn Data Science Center (PhD & Postdoc).

Focus: econometrics, innovation policy, and technology management—with a particular interest in the societal and managerial implications of #causalAI.

Join a highly interdisciplinary, research-driven environment at TUM. 👇
3 PhD Positions in Empirical Economics & Data Science - Technische Universität München (TUM)
Technische Universität München (TUM) bietet Stelle als 3 PhD Positions in Empirical Economics & Data Science in Heilbronn - jetzt bewerben!
www.academics.de
May 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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🚨 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
May 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Simon Johnson and I are hiring a postdoc at MIT to research the history, social implications, and future of technology. The job description and application link are available here: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/jame...
May 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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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
📣 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
April 29, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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📢 Call for Papers! Join us for the MPI / ECONtribute Workshop on Human Capital & Education.
📍 Bonn, Germany | 📅 Oct 1–2, 2026
⏳ Deadline: May 31, 2026
🔗 Submit: forms.gle/D1K3ewLMJZpJ...
More info in the attached CfP!
#EconTwitter @econtribute.bsky.social
April 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Post Doc at Uni Tübingen! 100% position for 3 (+3) years; they're looking for somebody to analyze large-scale longitudinal datasets in education research.

Expertise in machine learning is an advantage, commitment to research transparency desirable 😌 proficiency in German beneficial but not required
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (100%, E 13 TV-L)
uni-tuebingen.de
April 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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one must always reblog this
March 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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4. As Jevin West and I have been saying for several years now, because a seemingly credible message no longer implies a human sender, LLMs will push us toward more emphasis on reputation and status — and as such serve as an anti-egalitarian force in all aspects of society, science included.
March 16, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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Friedrich Merz hat erst vor 6 Tagen gesagt: «Wir werden mit dieser Partei nicht zusammenarbeiten.»

Nun kommt raus, dass sein Parteifreund Manfred Weber im Europaparlament gezielt mit der AfD & anderen Rechtsextremen zusammen arbeitet.

Hat Merz noch die Macht in der Union - oder wusste er Bescheid?
Bericht: Interne Chats belegen Kooperation der EVP mit rechten Parteien
Die Brandmauer zur AfD stehe auch im Europaparlament – das beteuerte CSU-Politiker Manfred Weber noch vor Kurzem. Eine Whatsapp-Gruppe und ein Treffen lassen daran Zweifel aufkommen, wie die Nachricht...
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March 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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🚨Replication alert🚨
I'm pleased to announce that my replication of Moretti (2021) is now accepted as a comment at AER.

I find ten issues in the paper. My comment focuses on two major problems; in the appendix, I document eight (relatively) minor problems.

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March 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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🚀 Come work with us: 7 PhD positions in #InequalityResearch at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, @uni-konstanz.de

Fully funded (TV-L E13, 75%, 4 years) Start: 1 Oct 2026
Application deadline: 15 Apr 2026

ℹ️ t1p.de/j3vk5, apply here: t1p.de/h5mz9
March 4, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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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...
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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...
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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📣 Come join a top-5 strategy department in Europe and work with me on an exciting topic at the intersection of causal AI and strategy 🤖📈

I'm recruiting a PhD student as part of my Sapere Aude Research Leader Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. (1/3)
January 26, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”
Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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📢 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...
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Der SVR Wirtschaft sucht für den neuen Standort Berlin eine Ökonomin oder einen Ökonomen mit einem großen Interesse an Wirtschaftspolitik - Schwerpunkt „Öffentliche Finanzen“.

👉 Reposts willkommen!
Hier die Stellenausschreibung: www.sachverstaendigenrat-wirtschaft.de/karriere.html
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM