Sona
@sonabadalyan.bsky.social
Postdoc at U-Bonn. Social safety net programs and (internal) labor markets
https://www.sonabadalyan.com/
https://www.sonabadalyan.com/
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"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age" is now available: www.crctr224.de/research/dis...
www.crctr224.de
June 23, 2026 at 9:09 AM
"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age" is now available: www.crctr224.de/research/dis...
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🧵 The new #IABDiscussionPaper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting — a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders — to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace networks. (1/5)
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🧵 The new #IABDiscussionPaper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting — a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders — to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace networks. (1/5)
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Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Sona Badalyan
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Sona Badalyan
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Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Badalyan, Sona
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Badalyan, Sona
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Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Sona Badalyan
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
June 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age: Sona Badalyan
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In a new #discussionpaper IAB researcher Sona Badalyan studies how delayed retirements reshape firms internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised womens early #retirement age by at least three years. (1/5)
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
In a new #discussionpaper IAB researcher Sona Badalyan studies how delayed retirements reshape firms internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised womens early #retirement age by at least three years. (1/5)
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🎓 Congratulations to our #PhD graduate, Sona Badalyan! She successfully defended her dissertation, “Essays in Personnel Economics: Aging Workforce and Worker Substitutability,” and joined @unibonn.bsky.social, Institute for Applied Microeconomics, as a postdoc researcher.
#proudofouralumni #cergeei
#proudofouralumni #cergeei
May 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
🎓 Congratulations to our #PhD graduate, Sona Badalyan! She successfully defended her dissertation, “Essays in Personnel Economics: Aging Workforce and Worker Substitutability,” and joined @unibonn.bsky.social, Institute for Applied Microeconomics, as a postdoc researcher.
#proudofouralumni #cergeei
#proudofouralumni #cergeei
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What happens inside a firm when retirement is delayed?
Read our new blog post on the latest Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode with Sona Badalyan.
👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5060
Read our new blog post on the latest Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode with Sona Badalyan.
👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5060
March 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
What happens inside a firm when retirement is delayed?
Read our new blog post on the latest Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode with Sona Badalyan.
👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5060
Read our new blog post on the latest Talking Economics Emerging Scholars episode with Sona Badalyan.
👉 blog.cerge-ei.cz?p=5060
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Meet Sona Badalyan, one of CERGE-EI's job market candidates and our next guest on the Talking Economics: Emerging Scholars series.🎙
🎧Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube
🎧Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube
February 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Meet Sona Badalyan, one of CERGE-EI's job market candidates and our next guest on the Talking Economics: Emerging Scholars series.🎙
🎧Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube
🎧Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube
Now my JMP is also available as an IAB Discussion paper. Link to the WP: doku.iab.de/discussionpa...
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Now my JMP is also available as an IAB Discussion paper. Link to the WP: doku.iab.de/discussionpa...
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When temporary foreign workers in Canada obtain permanent residency it leads to increased job mobility, earnings, and sorting into high-wage firms, from Kory Kroft, Isaac Norwich, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Stephen Tino www.nber.org/papers/w34630
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
When temporary foreign workers in Canada obtain permanent residency it leads to increased job mobility, earnings, and sorting into high-wage firms, from Kory Kroft, Isaac Norwich, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Stephen Tino www.nber.org/papers/w34630
🧵w working paper! (new updated version)
"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age"
In this paper, I study how delayed retirement reshapes firms’ internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised women’s early retirement age by at least three years.
"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age"
In this paper, I study how delayed retirement reshapes firms’ internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised women’s early retirement age by at least three years.
December 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🧵w working paper! (new updated version)
"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age"
In this paper, I study how delayed retirement reshapes firms’ internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised women’s early retirement age by at least three years.
"Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-Firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age"
In this paper, I study how delayed retirement reshapes firms’ internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised women’s early retirement age by at least three years.
Reposted by Sona
There is growing recognition of regional inequality in poverty calculations. However, incorporating such adjustments in multi-tier segmented programs is difficult: cross-selection + fiscal externalities. My #JMP considers whether or not it makes sense to do so in health insurance programs!
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
There is growing recognition of regional inequality in poverty calculations. However, incorporating such adjustments in multi-tier segmented programs is difficult: cross-selection + fiscal externalities. My #JMP considers whether or not it makes sense to do so in health insurance programs!
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Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women
1/4 Two new IAB discussion papers! (adjusted for visually impaired readers)
I study a reform that raised the age at which women could claim pensions by 3 years in Germany.
I study a reform that raised the age at which women could claim pensions by 3 years in Germany.
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
1/4 Two new IAB discussion papers! (adjusted for visually impaired readers)
I study a reform that raised the age at which women could claim pensions by 3 years in Germany.
I study a reform that raised the age at which women could claim pensions by 3 years in Germany.
1/4 I wish Edward Lazear received the Novel prize. Lazear’s pioneering work laid the foundation for personnel economics—the systematic study of incentives, compensation, promotions, and productivity within firms using economic and empirical tools.
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
1/4 I wish Edward Lazear received the Novel prize. Lazear’s pioneering work laid the foundation for personnel economics—the systematic study of incentives, compensation, promotions, and productivity within firms using economic and empirical tools.
1/3.🧵
New working paper!
"Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women"
WP: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp800...
This paper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting—a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders—to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace network
New working paper!
"Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women"
WP: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp800...
This paper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting—a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders—to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace network
cerge-ei.cz
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
1/3.🧵
New working paper!
"Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women"
WP: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp800...
This paper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting—a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders—to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace network
New working paper!
"Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women"
WP: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp800...
This paper exploits a unique norm-shifting setting—a German pension reform that equalized retirement ages across genders—to examine how old-age employment propagates through workplace network
Reposted by Sona
Incredible feeling to finally see it published 🤩
What are the macro effects of making UI more generous?
In this paper we seek to answer this contentious question 📝
We find increases in aggregate unemployment, driven by both longer UI durations & increased inflows 💡
What are the macro effects of making UI more generous?
In this paper we seek to answer this contentious question 📝
We find increases in aggregate unemployment, driven by both longer UI durations & increased inflows 💡
"What is the effect of extending unemployment benefits on unemployment? How relevant are different channels for the total effect: search effort, separations and spill-over?"
From Jonas Jessen, @robinj.bsky.social, Gałecka-Burdziak, Góra & Kluve:
www.restud.com/the-micro-an...
#econtwitter
From Jonas Jessen, @robinj.bsky.social, Gałecka-Burdziak, Góra & Kluve:
www.restud.com/the-micro-an...
#econtwitter
August 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Incredible feeling to finally see it published 🤩
What are the macro effects of making UI more generous?
In this paper we seek to answer this contentious question 📝
We find increases in aggregate unemployment, driven by both longer UI durations & increased inflows 💡
What are the macro effects of making UI more generous?
In this paper we seek to answer this contentious question 📝
We find increases in aggregate unemployment, driven by both longer UI durations & increased inflows 💡
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Männer erhalten im Schnitt 52 Prozent mehr Rente. Unsere exklusiven Daten zeigen, in welchen Landkreisen die Rentenlücke noch größer ist. Vergleichen Sie Ihre Region.
Rentenverteilung in Deutschland: Wo Männer doppelt so viel Rente bekommen wie Frauen
Männer erhalten im Schnitt 52 Prozent mehr Rente. Unsere exklusiven Daten zeigen, in welchen Landkreisen die Rentenlücke noch größer ist. Vergleichen Sie Ihre Region.
www.zeit.de
July 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Männer erhalten im Schnitt 52 Prozent mehr Rente. Unsere exklusiven Daten zeigen, in welchen Landkreisen die Rentenlücke noch größer ist. Vergleichen Sie Ihre Region.
One day left to apply for the "Workshop on Urban Labor Markets and Local Income Inequality", organized by the Regio department at IAB. Deadline: June 30 (tomorrow!) Great committee, keynote, and networking opportunity.
iab.de/en/iab-veran...
iab.de/en/iab-veran...
2nd Workshop on Urban Labor Markets and Local Income Inequality - IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
The workshop brings together junior and senior researchers working on issues about Urban Labor Markets and Local Income Inequality.
iab.de
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
One day left to apply for the "Workshop on Urban Labor Markets and Local Income Inequality", organized by the Regio department at IAB. Deadline: June 30 (tomorrow!) Great committee, keynote, and networking opportunity.
iab.de/en/iab-veran...
iab.de/en/iab-veran...
@rfberlin.bsky.social Meet me on June 5, at “RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging”!
I am presenting my paper about firm perspective on raising women’s retirement age in Germany, worker substitutability, and direct and spillover effects of raised retirement ages on the workforce.
I am presenting my paper about firm perspective on raising women’s retirement age in Germany, worker substitutability, and direct and spillover effects of raised retirement ages on the workforce.
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@rfberlin.bsky.social Meet me on June 5, at “RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging”!
I am presenting my paper about firm perspective on raising women’s retirement age in Germany, worker substitutability, and direct and spillover effects of raised retirement ages on the workforce.
I am presenting my paper about firm perspective on raising women’s retirement age in Germany, worker substitutability, and direct and spillover effects of raised retirement ages on the workforce.
New working paper "Retirement Age Reforms and Worker
Substitutability: Implications
for Employment of Older Workers"! Paper link: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp794...
How do firms respond when early retirement options vanish? I study a German reform that raised the early retirement age for women.
Substitutability: Implications
for Employment of Older Workers"! Paper link: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp794...
How do firms respond when early retirement options vanish? I study a German reform that raised the early retirement age for women.
May 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New working paper "Retirement Age Reforms and Worker
Substitutability: Implications
for Employment of Older Workers"! Paper link: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp794...
How do firms respond when early retirement options vanish? I study a German reform that raised the early retirement age for women.
Substitutability: Implications
for Employment of Older Workers"! Paper link: cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp794...
How do firms respond when early retirement options vanish? I study a German reform that raised the early retirement age for women.
I am presenting my paper "Firm Responses to Raising Women's Retirement Age" at the 21st International Conference on Pensions, Insurance and Savings on Thursday, May 29, 2025- stop by if you are around Lisbon!
May 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I am presenting my paper "Firm Responses to Raising Women's Retirement Age" at the 21st International Conference on Pensions, Insurance and Savings on Thursday, May 29, 2025- stop by if you are around Lisbon!
I am presenting my paper "Firm Responses to Raising Women's Retirement Age" at the "IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" this Friday, May 23, 2025.
conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
#izaOECD @iza.org
conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
#izaOECD @iza.org
IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
conference.iza.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I am presenting my paper "Firm Responses to Raising Women's Retirement Age" at the "IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" this Friday, May 23, 2025.
conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
#izaOECD @iza.org
conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
#izaOECD @iza.org
Intl. PhD students in the EU often need separate visas for UK/US/Canada—unlike their EU peers. Even early visa applications can fail due to 300+ day wait times.
We need structural fixes. Talent is everywhere—mobility should be too.
#AcademicMobility #VisaInequality #PhDLife #ECRvoices
We need structural fixes. Talent is everywhere—mobility should be too.
#AcademicMobility #VisaInequality #PhDLife #ECRvoices
May 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Intl. PhD students in the EU often need separate visas for UK/US/Canada—unlike their EU peers. Even early visa applications can fail due to 300+ day wait times.
We need structural fixes. Talent is everywhere—mobility should be too.
#AcademicMobility #VisaInequality #PhDLife #ECRvoices
We need structural fixes. Talent is everywhere—mobility should be too.
#AcademicMobility #VisaInequality #PhDLife #ECRvoices