Together w/ the Department of Economics at University of Mannheim, we are happy to announce our job market candidates 2023-24. In the following thread, we introduce each economist's JMP. You can also find a full list of our candidates here: uni-mannheim.de/gess/programs/… #EconTwitter

My friend and co-author David Koll is on the market. Everyone seeking to hire in Macro/Public/Family/Labor Economics should take a close look at him. See Dominik’s thread below.

If you are hiring in development, take a look at Laura Montenbruck. She conducted an interesting field experiment in Sierra Leone nudging people into property tax compliance by telling them about local public goods. She is also a coauthor on my JEEA paper on women's rights.

Special Issue of the European Economic Review in memory of Nora Szech

In der heutigen FAZ Wirtschaft berichtet Katja Gelinsky über die Verleihung des Ludwig- #Erhard -Preises an Markus Brunnermeier (@MarkusEconomist) in Berlin und seine Dankesrede unter dem Motto „Resilienz für alle“.
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtschaft…

Jacopo Gambato has an exciting job market paper on consumer search and a portfolio of other interesting research projects. An excellent candidate in my opinion.

See the resignation letter of Josh Dean of Chicago Booth, who served on the briq task force meant to address the crisis x.com/josh_t_dean/st…. Dean resigned because briq and IZA had lost his trust

As of now, 678 IZA Fellows have pledged to resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024 if Armin Falk becomes its head bit.ly/47dfWFv

Armin Falk brushes off these concerns bit.ly/49UNhaf

His view appears to be that the ship must go down with its captain. Is that leadership?

Die GVG veranstaltet nächste Woche neben ihrer jährlichen Mitgliederversammlung eine Fachkonferenz zur Transformation der Arbeitswelt💻. Wir diskutieren u.a. mit Bettina Kohlrausch Stefan Kolev Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Enzo Weber von IAB. ZEW Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
gvg.org/de/article/397…

Job alert: Would you like to join our research unit ZEW? Opportunity for 6-Year Postdoc w Tenure Option in Health and Labour/Education #JMC aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

If you have questions don't hesitate to contact me, Nicolas R. Ziebarth, or any other ZEW-colleague #EconTwitter

Der #Jugendschutz für E-Zigaretten wirkt! Das zeigt #ZEW -Ökonom Nicolas R. Ziebarth in einer neuen Studie, in der er die Dampfer-Quoten von US-Bundesstaaten mit und ohne Mindesalter vergleicht. Das Ergebnis ist auch auf Deutschland übertragbar. zew.de/PM8840/?twt=1

I am a signatory to this letter. If you are an IZA affiliate and you would like to add your name please contact me or @belotmichele. Thank you to Michele, Libertad González, M.Claire Villeval, kjell g salvanes, David Autor, and Alex Mas for all of their hard work.

An open letter from 436 Fellows of IZA to the Deutsche Post Foundation + the Rectorate of the University of Bonn objecting to the appointment of Armin Falk as IZA's head. If the appointment stands, all 436 Fellows will resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024

bit.ly/47dfWFv

This is an open letter from 436 IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation and the Rectorate of the University of Bonn, in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA. docs.google.com/document/d/1kZ…

Prof. Claudia Olivetti will help direct a new working group on Gender in the Economy (GITE) at NBER with research associates Jessica Goldberg and Claudia Goldin. They will draw together researchers to study the role of gender in both developed and developing economies.

We're hiring! Looking broadly in micro, including labor, PE, devo, etc. Please share with your interested PhD students.

USC Marshall has been a great place to start my career plus hiking/surfing/arts/etc all at your fingertips in sunny LA. [1/2]

Apply: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele…

Medicaid policy researchers:

On Nov. 28, the Medicaid Data Learning Network is hosting an 'in-the-weeds' webinar on the pros/cons of different claims sources.

Register: academyhealth.org/events/2023-11…

Co-sponsored w/ the AcademyHealth State Health Research + Policy Interest Group!

Please have a close look at this super interesting paper on online recruitment and the geography of the labor market by my fantastic former colleague Maria Balgova! By the way, she is on the Econ job market and therefore ready to make a move across space with a job at hand!

Some detail on governance at IZA. I'm not an affiliate and the following is based on public information.

IZA a for-profit company (GmbH ~= LLC); in contrast to briq, which is a non-profit LLC (gGmbH). More on this difference below.

California Expands Paid Sick Leave Entitlements, Effective Jan. 1, 2024
bit.ly/40aLw3W #California #PaidSickLeave #LaborLaw GreenbergTraurig LLP