📢 We are excited to share a new JKU Linz Working Paper:
"The Color of Knowledge: Impacts of Tutor Race on Learning and Performance" by @vojtabartos.bsky.social, @uglogowsky.bsky.social, and Johannes Rincke
Link: ideas.repec.org/p/jku/econwp...
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🚨 Job Opening: Join us at Johannes Kepler University Linz! I'm hiring a Pre-Doc / PhD-track Research Assistant in microeconomic theory with a focus on market design & game theory.
Perfect for those considering a PhD or looking for a 1–2 year RA position.
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👋 A big LISER welcome to Prof. Martin Halla (@mhalla.bsky.social) who is presenting at our FLARE LISER Research Seminar Series
🗣️ Today, Martin presents "Son Preferences and #MentalHealth of Fathers”, co-authored w/ @uglogowsky.bsky.social & Johanna Reuter
ℹ️ Learn more: www.liser.lu/events//RSS_...
📢 We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (@iabnews.bsky.social) for our research project on the gig economy! #EconSky
Link: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
start date: October 2025
Some German knowledge is required.
The rising cost of motherhood in Germany cepr.org/voxeu/column... via @voxeu.org @dominiksachs.bsky.social, Emanuel Hansen, Holger Lüthen
„The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark”: On 14 May 2025, @uglogowsky.bsky.social (@jku.at) spoke at a #WIFO Research Seminar about parenthood and mental health.
🔽 Watch the video here buff.ly/QRbuX5k
I truly enjoyed every minute of my stay! Thanks so much for having me and for all the discussions!
Thank you for a fantastic visit. I really enjoyed my stay with many great conversations and a very welcoming atmosphere! Hope to see you all again soon.
Linz is a great city and a great econ department!
📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz!
Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ.
Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor
Please help us spread the word and RT.
💫💫💫 We invite applications for a full Professorship in Labor Economics.
Apply by June 18, 2025
More info: www.jku.at/en/the-jku/w...
Please share widely!
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📢Heavily revised working paper on AI + Zoning —
with @alexbartik.bsky.social and Dan Milo, we have a new draft of our paper which expands on our method to understand housing regulations with AI.
Incudes a new public data release with more housing regulation data:
Grundsicherung, aber wie?
Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...
This is getting out of control
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Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social.
My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here:
👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_...
Feedback very welcome!
📢 New publication by @uglogowsky.bsky.social, E. Hansen, @dominiksachs.bsky.social, and H. Lüthen in the European Economic Review!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also, check out the great thread 🧵 below 👇
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Markus Nagler @fau.de delivering the keynote at our JKU Linz staff retreat.
📢 Another new JKU Linz Working Paper by @rboheim.bsky.social, @dapichler.bsky.social, and Christine Zulehner (WIFO, @wifo.bsky.social):
"Gendered labour market dynamics across generations: Parental and local determinants of the daughter-son pay gap"
Link: ideas.repec.org/p/jku/econwp...
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We had a great couple of days with many engaging presentations at our annual staff retreat. Many thanks to @michaelirlacher.bsky.social for the organization!
Thanks so much. It took some time :)
👉 For all the details (data, methods, and more findings), check out the full paper published in European Economic Review. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
#GenderEquality #Economics
Better news: smart policy can help! In 2007, Germany overhauled parental leave (introducing Elterngeld) to encourage quicker returns to work. It worked – the long-run motherhood penalty fell by ~5–10%, helping to stop the gender gap from growing further.
Policy matters: 1979–1992, Germany expanded paid parental leave from 2 months to 36 months! Well-intended, but longer breaks kept moms out of work. We find these reforms alone explain ~1/3 of the rise in child-related gender inequality over that period.
📈 Particularly, the 'motherhood penalty' has ballooned over time. In the 1960s, 10 years after having a child, a German mother's earnings were ~35% lower than if she never had kids. By the 2000s, due to children, moms' earnings were ~60% lower a decade after birth.
Drivers of the increase: Fewer women having kids (✅ small gap reduction), bigger child penalty (❌ gap widens), higher moms' earning potential (❌ gap widens). The last two forces dominate, causing child-related inequality to surge.
🔬 How do we pinpoint why the gap grew? With a new method that decomposes child-related inequality into three parts: (1) the share of women who become mothers, (2) the income loss per mother due to kids (the 'child penalty'), and (3) potential earnings of mothers (absent children).
🚨 New #Publication: We tracked how policy and parenthood reshaped gender inequality in Germany from the 1960s to today. In early decades, only 14% of the gender gap was due to kids—now it's 64%.
How did children become the biggest factor? Thread🧵
🧑🤝🧑 with Hansen, @dominiksachs.bsky.social & Lüthen
📢 New Research Publication 📢
The paper “The evolution of child-related gender inequality in Germany and the role of family policies, 1960–2018” by @uglogowsky.bsky.social, E. Hansen, @dominiksachs.bsky.social, H. Lüthen, is now published in the European Economic Review!
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Die Steuerpläne der Parteien laut Wahlprogrammen:„Hier wie da wirft das Fragen auf.“ (FAZ) Und die Wende der USA zu Russland ist noch nicht berücksichtigt. (Quelle: Daten des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft IW, 18. Februar 2025 in Berlin)
