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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 06/05/2026

Average CEO age at appointment has risen sharply over recent decades. Rising uncertainty & economic complexity increase demand for generalist human capital, prompting firms to prioritise accumulated experience. @vkecht.bsky.social, A Lizzeri, @farzado.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

The plot shows the average age of CEOs over time, separately for sitting CEOs and CEOs at appointment. The sample includes 50,510 CEOs in the United States.

The composition of Western workforces has shifted toward older workers, and this trend is particularly strong at the very top of business organisations. This column uses newly assembled data spanning a wide range of firms to document that average CEO age at appointment has risen sharply over recent decades. This increase is concentrated outside of large, listed firms and driven by longer, more diverse career paths prior to appointment. Demographics, schooling, and tenure cannot explain these patterns. Instead, rising uncertainty and economic complexity have increased demand for generalist human capital, prompting firms to prioritise accumulated experience over innate ability and incentivising prospective CEOs to broaden their skill portfolios in response.

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Valentin Kecht @vkecht.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨 Very excited to co-organize the 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Copenhagen (June 8-9, 2026) Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅ Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅ Do not miss the chance to apply!

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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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Farzad Saidi @farzado.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Join us @unibonn.bsky.social! The finance group within the economics department is looking to hire an assistant professor (tenure track): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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Farzad Saidi @farzado.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Paper with Alessandro Lizzeri and @vkecht.bsky.social can be found here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3sje7...

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Farzad Saidi @farzado.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Our explanation: they are generalists, and that skill set is in high demand given high industry uncertainty. Generalists are good at curbing volatility, but tend to be old unless they come from a consulting background. Consultant CEOs‘ young age may thus be a contributing factor to firm growth.

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 21/03/2025

Trump has made clear: the EU is on its own to defend itself & support 🇺🇦. But the EU controls an important asset: foreign reserves by the 🇷🇺 Central Bank. It is imperative not to give this asset up in a lopsided deal on Trump’s & Putin’s terms but to use it for rebuilding 🇺🇦. www.ft.com/content/3cab...

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Europe is about to make its biggest strategic mistake

Control over Moscow’s blocked foreign reserves empowers the EU to shape how the Ukraine war ends

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Valentin Kecht @vkecht.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One week left to apply for our PhD Workshop in June 2025 at @iza.org, but why wait? We will bring together a group of outstanding PhD students working in applied behavioral and labor economics! conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBeh...

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Valentin Kecht @vkecht.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🚨 We are hosting the 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Bonn (June 12-13, 2025)🚨 🗣️ Keynotes by @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) and Chris Roth (U Cologne) 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBeh... Please share and apply!

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