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Alexander Hijzen

@ahijzen.bsky.social
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Senior Economist @OECD and Research Fellow @IZA, working on labour issues, mostly with admin data. Opinions my own.

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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Yesterday our column “The gender wage gap and what firms have to do with it” was published at EU VOX | CEPR. Read it here: share.google/NOefC0E5aJrb... Full paper: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Upjohn Institute's @martalachowska.bsky.social ’s paper will be presented at the @nberpubs Summer Institute 2025 Labor Studies conference in Cambridge, MA., on 7/22. The findings are based on “Firms and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison of Eleven Countries.” Conference runs 7/21–23. #NBER #econsky
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
www.ft.com/content/5009...
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Disrupted or displaced? How AI is shaking up jobs
New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Great article by Daron Acemoglu in the FT: www.ft.com/content/4e3f...
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The real threat to American prosperity
Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs on.ft.com/3WSCN6h
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How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark
Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment
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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Excellent visualization of a dreadful set of facts.
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
📢#cfp for the @iza_bonn @UniLeiden @OECD Workshop: "Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data" 22-23 May in the Hague. Keynote: @KSalvanes Organizers: Jordy Meekes, Pierre Cahuc & Alexander Hijzen Apply by 14 February: conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_202...
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IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🧵 1/3 - Released today, fascinating new #OECD working paper on low-wage employment in #France 🇫🇷 Using linked employer-employee data, survey data, and tax-ben modelling, it shows: 1) France's high minimum wage leads to a broad coverage and compresses the wage distribution; doi.org/10.1787/8253...
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data” May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025 📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...
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IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop: Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Sebastian Königs @sebkoenigs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🚨 We are hiring! The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities. The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025. Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky smrtr.io/pfCMb
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Economist(s) / Policy Analyst(s)
Company Description: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of 38 member countries that works to build better policies for better lives. Our...
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Nice article in the FT on the challenges to the green transition citing our work on job displacement #LinkEED2 www.ft.com/content/2d00...
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Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza
People understand that transitions are hard — politicians need to as well
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Alexander Hijzen @ahijzen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🚨Out now: Our new OECD working paper on the gender wage gap and the role of bargaining and discrimination. 📄Read now: doi.org/10.1787/1fd6...
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The role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France
This paper contributes to a better understanding of the role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France and four other European countries using comprehensive linked employer-emp...
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