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IZA@LISER @iza.org · 21/07/2026

📢 Call for Papers: Inaugural IZA@LISER Conference in Labour Economics #IZAatLISER 🗣️W/ Keynotes from Patricia Cortes & @schoefer.bsky.social 🗓️ 10-11 Dec. 2026 in #Luxembourg 📖 Topics include #Education #Inequality #Migration #GenderEconomics etc. ⌛ Submit by 31/08 👉 www.iza.org/news/inaugur...

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IWH_Halle @iwh-halle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New IWH #DiscussionPaper 💡 Off the #Labor Supply Curve: The Zero #Employer Size #Wage Effect Within Large #Firms 🎓 By André Diegmann, Steffen Müller and Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social 🔍 Full paper: doi.org/10.18717/dph... #research #economics #labour #labourmarket

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Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

New paper: Monopsony, Markdowns,and Minimum Wages w/E.Faia & B.Lochner 1st direct test of: Firms exploit monopsony (wage setting) power to "mark down" wages<MRPL =>Minimum wages restore "wage taking"=>curb markdowns But: not in data Weak links? Monops model? MD measures? Research design? #Econsky

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NBER @nber.org · 23/01/2026

Examining whether measured wage markdowns reflect monopsony power by studying the minimum wage introduction in Germany, from Ester Faia, Benjamin Lochner, and Benjamin Schoefer www.nber.org/papers/w34699

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 20/11/2025

@paulinecarry.bsky.social & @schoefer.bsky.social show that France's 2008 introduction of separation by mutual agreement failed to improve employer-employee relations during separations and added costs to the unemployment insurance scheme. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Share of SMAs among all open-ended contract terminations between 2007 and 2022. Open-ended contract terminations include quits, economic, or personal dismissals, and SMAs.
Source: Carry and Schoefer (2024).

Dismissals are costly and are often subject to stringent employment protection regulations. This column explores how France’s 2008 introduction of separation by mutual agreement affected separation patterns. Despite fast and wide adoption of such agreements, they only replace a small share of dismissals and substitute more for quits rather than dismissals. Highly conflictual dismissals remain unchanged. The reform failed to improve employer–employee relations during separations and added costs to the unemployment insurance scheme.

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Malte Jacob Rattenborg @malterattenborg.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢 The next edition will take place at CEBI, University of Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026). Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley). Call for Papers: sites.google.com/view/behavio... Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

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PhD Workshop

Next Edition: 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics June 8/9, 2026 Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) University of Copenhagen Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026

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Institut des politiques publiques @ippofficial.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

📊 Note IPP n°117 : Rupture conventionnelle et licenciement : conflit ou coopération? ✒️ @paulinecarry.bsky.social, A. Mangold, @schoefer.bsky.social ▶️ Lire la note : www.ipp.eu/publication/... Show translation

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

What happens when firms set wages outside of national agreements? "The Winners and Losers from Collective Bargaining Decentralization", by Christian Dustmann, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato, @chiaralac.bsky.social, Vincenzo Pezone, Raffaele Saggio, and @schoefer.bsky.social.

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Authors Christian Dustmann(University College London & RFBerlin) Chiara Lacava(University of Naples Federico II) Benjamin Schoefer(University of California, Berk...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We are delighted to conclude the RFBerlin Conference on Worker Co-Determination and Governance with a keynote lecture on “Eurosclerosis at 40: Labor Market Institutions, Dynamism, and European Competitiveness” by @schoefer.bsky.social.

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

What does consulting do? Lots of strongly held views, very limited data to answer the question. In new ‪‪NBER paper, Gert Bijnens, @schoefer.bsky.social and I shed light on this question using the first economy-wide data on consulting relationships (based on VAT-based B2B data). More info👇

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Chiara Lacava @chiaralac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Collective bargaining shapes labor markets, yet we know little about its effects. In our new WP, we track workers shifted to contracts with lower wage floors: wages fall, but employment rises, suggesting adjustments along the firm's labor demand curve.

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Christian Dustmann, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato, @chiaralac.bsky.social, Vincenzo Pezone, Raffaele Saggio and @schoefer.bsky.social present micro-empirical evidence on the effects of wage-setting decentralization. 🧵👇

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Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 27/07/2025

Amerika hat Europa wirtschaftlich abgehängt. Viel ist schon über die Gründe philosophiert worden. Hier kommt ein neuer (aber eigentl. sehr alter) Vorschlag von @schoefer.bsky.social: Der Arbeitsmarkt ist das Problem. Europäer wechseln selten den Job. Der Staat gibt ihnen aber auch wenig Grund dazu.

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Wie der Arbeitsmarkt in Europa das Wirtschaftswachstum verhindert

Amerika hat Europa wirtschaftlich abgehängt. Das hat damit zu tun, dass Europäer seltener den Job wechseln.

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IWH_Halle @iwh-halle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Das war er ‒ der 20. IWH/IAB-Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Arbeitskräfteknappheit und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen. Mit spannenden Präsentationen, regem Austausch und gelungener Keynote von @schoefer.bsky.social. Danke an alle Beteiligten, Gäste und unseren Mitstreiter @iabnews.bsky.social.

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IWH_Halle @iwh-halle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

20. IWH/IAB-Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Arbeitskräfteknappheit und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen 📍 @iwh-halle.bsky.social, Halle (Saale) 📅 15./16. Mai 2025 Keynote: Benjamin @schoefer.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) ➡ Infos & Programm: bit.ly/4i2FZVn ➡ Registrierung (bis 25. April): bit.ly/3PWtiir

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Giuseppe Ippedico @peppeippedico.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

📢 *Updated* Call for Paper 📢 2nd workshop in Labour Economics at Nottingham GEP @uniofnottingham.bsky.social When: June 16-17, 2025 Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet Small workshop, great opportunity for feedback! Submit by March 15 🗓️ Link: t.ly/e4dtL #EconSky #EconConf

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Martina Uccioli @martinauccioli.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

✨✨Important Updates!✨✨ 2nd Labour Workshop in Nottingham 🎵Amazing Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet 🗺️Where: @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 📆When: 16-17 June Submit by March 15 ➡️shorturl.at/TZqG0

text of the call for papers available at the link shorturl.at/TZqG0

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure? A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics. Thread below. 👇

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Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

New paper w/ @simonjaeger.bsky.social & Suresh Naidu An attempt at an account of how unions/collective bargaining work and shape wages, across various international settings. In prep for Handbook of Labor => please email us any feedback! www.nber.org/papers/w33267 eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...

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Alex Busch @alexanderbusch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Don't miss this enormous overview of collective bargaining literature and institutions + a model of how unions shape wages applied to 26 countries! My final pre-doc RA'ed project is finally out - including a little preview of something that I've been working on :) www.nber.org/papers/w3326...

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Collective Bargaining, Unions, and the Wage Structure: An International Perspective

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Our paper (w/ Jarkko Harju and @schoefer.bsky.social ) on what happened when Finland introduced a right to worker representation on corporate boards, now in @aeajournals.bsky.social: Applied. 👇

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Pauline Carry @paulinecarry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

How do employers and workers behave during dismissals? In a new paper with @schoefer.bsky.social, we test between cooperation and deliberate imposition of costs. Summary 🧵: 1/9

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Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Excited to share a new paper w/ Matthias Mertens: From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth, Input Substitution, and Monopsony Also: implications for firm-level labor share dynamics. PDFs: www.nber.org/papers/w33172 eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc... Longer Twitter summary: x.com/Schoefer_B/s...

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Oren Ziv @orenziv.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just in time for our departure en masse, REStat tweeted our article in the Sep issues. Cross posted for #econsky: New fact: 75% of the differences in productivity across cities reflects plant-level idiosyncrasies. t.co/fo633CbMXU Lead article, so it’s open access!

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David Seim @seimseim.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

How many jobs are "deadwood"? Which ones? Where? What role do firing costs and employment protections play? In our new paper (w/ Benjamin Schoefer, Emmanuel Saez), we find some answers: Deadwood Labor: The Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection PDF: eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/sc...

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