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Maximilian Longmuir

@smaexie.bsky.social
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Research Officer at UNSW. Associated Researcher @stone_lis @GC_CUNY, before @HumboldtUni, PhD @FU_Berlin. Applied Economist, mostly economic inequality, and mobility. German based in AUS. sites.google.com/view/maxlongmuir

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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@brucebradbury.bsky.social, they called us "...“very clever” academics". I don't know if I like the quotation marks, but I have been called worse before. 😉 www.heraldsun.com.au/business/its...
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I had a look at the new 2026-27 NSW Intergenerational Report, which projects demographic, economic and fiscal trends to 2065–66 under “no policy change”. Three things stood out to me on housing, inequality and the state budget. 🧵 1/5
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Statistical fallacies that you will want to avoid. Source: buff.ly/2YCJBHK
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The announcement is up for for the Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality: September 10th and 11th at Nuffield College, Oxford. Submissions are due by 22 May 2026; decisions will be communicated by 8 June 2026. The call is here: atkinsonconference.github.io
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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality
A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.
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Severin Rapp @severinrapp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The paper is available open access 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wealth Composition, Distribution, and Transmission: The Graduate Center Wealth Project Data Warehouse - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Wealth Composition, Distribution, and Transmission: The Graduate Center Wealth Project Data Warehouse
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Severin Rapp @severinrapp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We published a paper on the GC Wealth Project in @springernature.com Scientific Data, describing our extensive public data base on private wealth. In this blog article, we give some insights about the work behind the paper communities.springernature.com/posts/mappin...
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Mapping Private Wealth: A New Data Warehouse for Researchers and Public Use
We introduce a new data warehouse on private wealth. Drawing on 350+ sources across countries, it offers researchers, policymakers, and the public tools to study the evolution and persistence of wealt...
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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW JOB AD - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) 2 positions (Deadline May 17 2026) sites.google.com/site/salvato...
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Salvatore Morelli - Announcements
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - Deadline May 17 2026 (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) University of Roma Tre - Department of Law The Department of Law at the...
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Kudos to Salvatore Morelli and his tremendous team, at both Roma Tre and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for their incomparable contribution to #wealth research. @morellisal.bsky.social @ignacioflores.bsky.social @smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @schechtlm.bsky.social and many more.
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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Written by M. Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social, F. Disslbacher, @severinrapp.bsky.social, F. Di Biase, G. Rella, F. Subioli, A. Rego Johnson, M. Targa, S. Morelli @morellisal.bsky.social, M. Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social, T.Asher, L. Giangregorio & I. Flores @ignacioflores.bsky.social
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Very happy to be a little part of it, I learned a lot during my time @stone-lis.bsky.social. The GC Wealth Project provides a carefully curated data warehouse on wealth topography, wealth inequality and taxation, and it keeps on growing. Check it out👇
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
With yet again escalating fossil fuel prices, the distributional implications of heating policy deserve renewed attention. In our new Energy Policy Paper we address the question “Does buildings modernization protect against energy cost shocks?”. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026
Interesting working paper on wealth mobility in Germany by Markus Grabka, @pmlersch.bsky.social, @smaexie.bsky.social, and @drschnitzlein.bsky.social population-economics.committee.socialpolitik.de/sites/defaul...
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This paper provides the fi rst systematic evidence on intergenerational wealth mobility in Germany 
using newly harmonized wealth data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) spanning nearly 
three decades (1988–2017). Linking parents and their adult children, we estimate intergenerational 
rank–rank correlations (IRRC) in net wealth to assess the persistence of relative wealth positions 
across generations. We fi nd substantial wealth persistence in Germany, with an IRRC of around 0.25. 
Strikingly, this association remains highly stable across two observation windows (1988–2002 and 
2002–2017), despite pronounced changes in the macroeconomic and institutional environment. 
Mobility curves indicate that the rank–rank relationship is approximately linear and exhibits little 
evidence of strong non-linearities at the top or bottom of the parental wealth distribution. We 
further document limited heterogeneity by off spring gender and birth cohort, and show that 
controlling for parental income and education attenuates the IRRC only modestly, suggesting that 
wealth captures an additional dimension of socioeconomic advantage beyond standard indicators of 
parental background. In an international perspective, Germany exhibits lower intergenerational 
wealth persistence than the United States. Exploratory evidence suggests that cross-country 
diff erences in homeownership may account for a sizable part of this gap, highlighting the potential 
role of housing-related institutions in shaping intergenerational wealth mobility. scatter plot titled “The Great Gatsby Curve in Wealth.”
X-axis: Wealth inequality in 2005 (more inequality to the right).
Y-axis: Intergenerational wealth correlation (higher values mean less mobility).
Countries country United States, Sweden, Italy, Taiwan, Norway, Germany, South Korea, Denmark, France, Australia, Japan
inear trend line (slope ≈ 0.46) shows a positive relationship: countries with greater wealth inequality tend to have higher intergenerational wealth correlation, meaning lower wealth mobility.
The United States and Sweden toward the upper-right; Denmark and France are lower-left; Germany in the right-middle.
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New WP alert!👇👇👇
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Excited to share that I’ve joined the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW as a casual Research Officer. I’ll be working with @brucebradbury.bsky.social on his ARC project on inequality, prosperity and the Australian welfare state.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“Ever greater disparities between the rich and the poor lead to a dangerous weakening of the fabric that holds communities together” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in out latest blog post. What needs to be done? #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗 buff.ly/ge4V2ZL
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The psychological impact of inequality – and how it destroys our communities
Inequality has a profound impact on opportunities, health and the environment. But ultimately it weakens the very social fabric that holds communities together
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
For six months, I've said that threats to economic data have been more collateral damage than intentional harm. No longer. Firing the head of the BLS is five-alarm intentional harm to the integrity of US economic data and the entire statistical system.
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I wrote a little piece based on the GC Wealth Project. #econsky
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
It was great to meet many old and new friends at #ECINEQ2025. 😊
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The GC CUNY Stone Center community showed up! Max Longmuir and Severin Rapp - current Postdoctoral Scholars and members of the GC Wealth Project team - presented ongoing research projects on wealth. @smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
More from Max! Economic causes of rising wealth inequality have received widespread attention, but how have demographic shifts influenced this trend? A new WP by Lisa Klein, @pmlersch.bsky.social & @smaexie.bsky.social looks at Germany's changing demographics & wealth inequality. bit.ly/3Ilvn6S
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I shared some thoughts on researching #wealth #inequality and intergenerational #mobility. Happy for any feedback. 😊 #econsky
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New Working Paper Alert! Joint work with my amazing co-authors Lisa Klein and @pmlersch.bsky.social! We show how demographic changes contributed to #wealth #inequality in #Germany from 1988 to 2017. #econsky
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Philipp Lersch @pmlersch.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
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DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I’m very happy to share that our new discussion paper with Sophie Behr, Merve Kucuk, and @karstenneuhoff.bsky.social off has been published by DIW Berlin! www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... #EnergyPoverty #RetrofitPolicy #Decarbonization #EPBD #CarbonPricing #ClimateJustice #DIWBerlin
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DIW Berlin: Prioritize to Decarbonize : Thermal Retrofits, Carbon Prices, and Energy Inequality
The energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the heightened vulnerability of low-income households to rising heating costs, particularly those in energy inefficient buildings. Usin...
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
In April, GC-CUNY's Stone Center hosted a 2-day workshop on socio-economic inequality in China. The 20+ presentations were fascinating, covering multiple facets of inequality and assessing a vast array of Chinese & cross-national data sources. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social 👇👇👇
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Heading to the @popassocamerica.bsky.social meeting in DC, always happy to connect over coffee.
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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 27/03/2025
April 10th marks 100 years since F. Scott Fitzgerald's #TheGreatGatsby was published, which for me adds a bit of spice to this presentation I will give @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social The talk will include a bit of biography on how the #GreatGatsbyCurve got its name! #EconSky #TeachEcon #Econ4All
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Two weeks left to apply! This year's Inequality by the Numbers research workshop will be held in person at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social from June 9 to 13. Apply by March 31!
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The GC-CUNY Stone Center invites applications for our annual research workshop, *Inequality by the Numbers*, June 9-13 in NYC. Deadline March 31. Details 👇👇👇. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social @milescorak.com @lisdata.bsky.social
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
An interesting read on How Americans Feel About Tariffs. I like the clear description of how different framing/response options in the polls change the outcome. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Americans Feel About Trump’s Tariffs
Trump loves tariffs. Do Americans? It depends how pollsters ask the question.
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Carolin Hoeltken @caroehoeltken.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I am looking for an RA for a very small project (50-70 hours, with a possibility of extension) on historical house prices. Please share widely with candidates you think might be interested, or get in touch if you'd like to know more! sites.google.com/view/carolin... #econsky
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Dr Carolin Hoeltken - RA jobs
Applications are invited for a short- and fixed-term, part-time Research Assistant (RA) to support a historical finance and housing research project. The RA will assist in preparing a dataset on histo...
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Severin Rapp @severinrapp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I am looking forward very much to welcoming @leastnngr.bsky.social tomorrow at the @stone-lis.bsky.social Spring 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series. She will be speaking about the functional income distribution at the firm level - and how it is affected by monetary policy. bit.ly/SCMDSS-S25
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Spring 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...
All seminars will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM in hybrid format. Schedule: February 6th: "Understanding Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: Self-Selection and Income Inequality" with Swapn...
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Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #EconSky
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 New Research Alert! I am very pleased that my co-authered work with @jkoenig.bsky.social is now published in the International Review of Financial Analysis. 📖 Open access link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kb7N3mS%7... #HouseholdFinance #WageRisk #InvestmentBehavior #PortfolioChoice #Econsky #Wealth
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 07/02/2025
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
A line graph depicting the average number of days it took to install a gigawatt of solar energy capacity worldwide from 2001 to 2023. The vertical axis represents the number of days on a logarithmic scale, spanning from 1 to 1000 days. The horizontal axis indicates the years from 2001 to 2023. 

In 2004, the average time was about 1 year, which is marked on the graph. A downward trend shows significant decreases in installation time over the years. By 2010, it took under 30 days, and by 2015, just over 7 days. The most notable point is in 2023, where it dropped to about 1 day on average for installation. 

The data source is attributed to IRENA (2024), with calculation by Our World in Data, and the chart is identified as CC BY, indicating it is licensed for sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit.
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Paul Krugman on how rejecting science and undermining the belief that government can be a force for good can have disastrous effects on health policy. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
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RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
The war on science is turning deadly
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 04/02/2025
This is effectively a ban on sociology. Banned words include "inequality" (and "inequalities" just in case), "socioeconomic," "status," "gender," "race and ethnicity," "institutional," "systemic," "biases," "polarization," and even "sense of belonging." Is there any subfield left?!
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Most researchers working with #income or #wealth infos have come across this kind of brackets. But little is known about how the number of brackets or the upper cut-off point influence the quality of a metric approximation. We looked into this: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/... #econsky A 🧵
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I am looking forward to attending the @assameeting.bsky.social. Always happy to meet up for a chat. Also, San Francisco is beautiful in January. Great way of starting into the new year. #econsky #assa2025
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Severin Rapp @severinrapp.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hot off the press by @margitschratz.bsky.social: A review article on the behavioural responses to inheritance taxation. Some takeaways: Real responses are smaller than avoidance, responses are smaller in more recent studies, tax design matters, ... worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Behavioral Responses to Inheritance Taxation – A Review of the Empirical Literature
Increasing wealth inequality and concentration, together with the search for options to secure long-term sufficiency of tax systems in face of ageing …
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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 29/11/2024
Recently, UOW hosted Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, who delivered the Annual Economic and Social Policy Lecture. Terrific insights on income and wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility in Australia. Thanks, Danielle, and thanks to all attendees!
Alfredo Paloyo, Danielle Wood, Eileen McLaughlinAlfredo PaloyoDanielle WoodDanielle Wood, Alfredo Paloyo
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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
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Maximilian Longmuir @smaexie.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The great @pmlersch.bsky.social is here 🥳 🙌
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Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Please apply!
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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hey @mubashariqbal.com please add: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 14/11/2024
I created a Public Econ (broadly defined) starter pack (I didn't see one - let me know if I'm wrong), starting from those I am following, or who are following me. I missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourselves #econsky #publiceconomics #econ go.bsky.app/EcFdNWG
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Severin Rapp @severinrapp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A concise overview of our working paper with P. Fessler on biased perceptions of #inequality and savings behaviour. We find that individuals misperceive how wealthy they are compared to others. Wealthy individuals who underestimate their wealth rank oversave #EconSky
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