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Ludger Woessmann

@woessmann.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics, University of Munich Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education sites.google.com/view/woessmann-e

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 14/09/2026
We had a great CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education on 11 -12 September. Thanks to our scientific organizers, @woessmann.bsky.social and Rick Hanushek and to keynote speaker @johnlist.bsky.social! The event was once again supported by @rationalitycrc.bsky.social and CREDO Stanford 🙏
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ifo Institut: PISA-Abstieg gefährdet unseren Wohlstand Der eklatante Abstieg der PISA-Ergebnisse muss zu einem Umdenken in der Bildung führen. Die Vermittlung der Basiskompetenzen muss höchste Priorität haben. Link zum ausführlichen Statement im Kommentar 👇🏻
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑‍🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 31/03/2026
Our 1st event of the year just finished, the Junior Workshop on Economics of Education. Hosted by @woessmann.bsky.social, @caterinapavese.bsky.social, @mtotarelli.bsky.social, we saw a fine selection of papers from young economists. 🙏 Michela Carlana, @harvard.edu for an inspiring keynote speech!
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich?" 📺 Spannende Doku im BR www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD... Auch mit kurzen Statements von mir (ab Min 10:00, 16:30, 24:30 und 27:15)
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mehr/wert: Von ganz unten an die Spitze · Ist sozialer Aufstieg möglich? - hier anschauen
Der Traum vom sozialen Aufstieg wird auch in Bayern geträumt. Doch kann er Wirklichkeit werden? Können es Kinder aus sozial schwachen Familien ganz nach oben schaffen? Immer wieder hört man, dass er ...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🚨 Now out in the Economic Journal: “Patience and Subnational Differences in Human Capital: Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests” w/ Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social ‪& Sancassani 💡 Patience accounts for ¾ of regional achievement diffs in Italy, ⅓ US 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 28/01/2026
📣 Thrilled to announce our 5th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 7-8 Sept 2026, @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: @peterbergman.bsky.social (University of Texas at Austin) & Esther Duflo (@mit.edu, University of Zurich) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline May 15, 2026 🚨 #EconSky
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John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Munich in September, great colleagues, and a field that matters. If you're working on economics of education, please join us at the CESifo Economics of Education conference! Rick and Ludger (woessmann.bsky.social) always put together a very stimulating conference.
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person. Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... R.I.P., dear Jon.
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I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences…...
I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences ...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🚨 Deadline on Sunday: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 👇
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 23/12/2025
📣SAVE-THE-DATE 📣 Our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business celebrates its 5th anniversary with FANTASTIC keynote speakers: @peterbergman.bsky.social (UT Austin) and Esther Duflo (MIT) 🎉🙌 📍 Sept 7–8, 2026 at TUM Campus Heilbronn (pre-workshop get-together Sept 6).
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🎅🎁Our last newsletter of 2025 is out! ✨What Facebook data reveal about patience & educational achievement ✨Religious education has long-term effects ✨Good schools help disadvantaged children ...& more! 👉 sendlx.com/display.php?M=111332033&C=ff6ce63f422bb23d840c4ce5648c1c70&S=201333&L=1198&N=111605
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Raphael Brade @raphaelbrade.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I'm very happy that this paper has found a home and has been published just in time for the holidays. Free access for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mI6Bc24bB...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📢Our piece on @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social's "After Babel" Substack: Strong public support to restrict social media for children in Germany www.afterbabel.com/p/strong-pub... A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media
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Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany
A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨 Unsere neue Studie zeigt: 👉 Das Erreichen der Ziele „Bessere Bildung 2035“ würde rund 21 Billionen Euro an zusätzlicher Wirtschaftsleistung bringen "Volkswirtschaftliche Erträge besserer Bildung" mit Katia Werkmeister für die @bertelsmannst.bsky.social www.ifo.de/publikatione... 1/3
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 10/12/2025
1/ 📣 BIG News! It’s finally official: I’m starting a new job – and it’s the BEST! 🥳 I’ve joined the ifo Institute Munich as Deputy Director of the @ifoeducation.bsky.social (tenured) and have been appointed Associate Professor (tenure-track) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social / @econmunich.bsky.social.
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Ich freue mich, wieder beim “Top of the Table” von Bildung.Table dabei zu sein! "Bildungsökonomen, so sagt es zumindest der Soziologe Aladin El-Mafaalani, seien derzeit die lautesten Bildungsaktivisten." table.media/heads/ludger... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @table.media
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our fantastic workshop with @davidautor.bsky.social on Skills, Tasks & Technologies in the AI Era has come to a close. What a blast of outstanding research, new insights & lively discussion! Tremendous thanks to all contributors! Check out the exciting program: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
How much does out-of-school learning influence foreign-language acquisition? Our new analysis shows that historical national decisions to subtitle imported TV content systematically result in a large positive effect on English-language skills. open.substack.com/pu...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🆕Working Paper🚨 Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks📒 w/ A.Bertermann, @dauthecon.bsky.social & @suedekum.bsky.social 🤖 Robots ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬆️early retirement 🌏 Imports ➡️ ⬇️training & ⬆️early r. 🌎 Exports ➡️ ⬆️training & ⬇️e.r. www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo... 🧵1/9
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The JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Can schools change faith? Benjamin Arold, @woessmann.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow find that ending mandatory #ReligiousEducation reduces adult #religiosity by 7%. Students earn more, work longer hours, but pray less and skip church. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
Benjamin W. Arold, Ludger Woessmann and Larissa Zierow
We study whether compulsory religious education in schools affects students’ religiosity as adults. We exploit the staggered termination of compulsory religious education across German states in models with state and cohort fixed effects. Using three different datasets, we find that a reform abolishing compulsory religious education significantly reduced the religiosity of affected students in adulthood. It also reduced the religious actions of personal prayer, church-going, and church membership. Beyond religious attitudes, and consistent with a shift towards worldly norms and economic activities, the reform led to higher labor-market participation and earnings. By contrast, the reform did not affect ethical and political values or non-religious school outcomes.
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
And oh boy, "Adam's Research Minute" is a banger. The @benjaminarold.bsky.social, @woessmann.bsky.social, Zierow research on how schooling affects religiosity is super important and interesting. Here's the link to the journal article: jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... 6/n
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Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
We study whether compulsory religious education in schools affects students’ religiosity as adults. We exploit the staggered termination of compulsory religious education across German states in model...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018: Mathe -24⬇️ Bio -24⬇️ Chemie -24⬇️ Physik -23⬇️ Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends. Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren. 1/3
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Bildung ist die Grundlage unseres Wohlstands. Wie Nationen dieses Kapital vermehren können: Mein Interview zu meinem Vortrag bei der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social (ÖAW-/Statistik Austria-Lecture) www.oeaw.ac.at/news/wie-hae...
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Wohlstand durch Bildung
Wissen ist die Grundlage unseres Wohlstands. Wie Nationen dieses Kapital vermehren können, stellte Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Ludger Wößmann im Rahmen einer gemeinsamen Vorlesung von ÖAW und Statistik...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Wie müssen sich Lernen und Unterrichten verändern in Zeiten von KI und Niedergang traditioneller Industrien? 🎙️ Mein Interview in der Welt darüber, was die aktuellen Transformationsprozesse für die Bildung bedeuten. www.welt.de/politik/deut...
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Zukunft des Lernens: „Testpersonen schneiden bei sprachlichen Aufgaben bereits ab Anfang 30 schlechter ab als Jüngere“ - WELT
Wie müssen sich das Lernen und das Unterrichten verändern in Zeiten von Künstlicher Intelligenz und dem Niedergang traditioneller Industrien? Ludger Wößmann ist Bildungsökonom am Ifo-Institut und erkl...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources: ⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow 👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives 🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl... A 🧵 1/6
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Check out the current edition of our newsletter. Topics: 🔷What adolescents and adults think about social media 🔷Socioeconomic gap in child care 🔷Peers at college entry improve performance ... 👉http://sendlx.com/display.php?M=111124773&C=71415e53f9fcb9e9f5c8facfea005ae8&S=198827&L=2481&N=109616
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📢 Call for papers: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 @caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
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IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🌍 Haben oder Nichthaben: Chancengleichheit und sozialer Aufstieg 🔎 Eine aktuelle OECD-Studie wirft einen Blick auf die Frage, inwieweit wirtschaftliche Ungleichheit von Startbedingungen beeinflusst wird, die die Menschen nicht kontrollieren können. (1/3)
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In Zeiten von ständigen Transformationen sollten wir Bildung als Befähigung zu stetigem Wandel verstehen. Mein Einleitungsvortrag in das Bildungspolitische Forum 2025 des @leibnizbildung.bsky.social Livestream: www.youtube.com/@Leibniz_bil... www.leibniz-bildung.de/veranstaltun...
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Statistik Austria @statistik.at · 29/09/2025
AVISO: Am 2. Oktober spricht Ludger Wößmann @woessmann.bsky.social​ im Rahmen einer Veranstaltungsreihe von ÖAW @oeaw.bsky.social​ und Statistik Austria über Bildung und Wohlstand. ​📅 02.10.2025 🕕 18.30 Uhr 🏢 ÖAW, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Wien ℹ️ bit.ly/42NUs1G
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Ich freue mich schon riesig auf das 🚨Bildungspolitische Forum 2025🚨 in das ich in diesem Jahr einführen darf! Es geht um ➡️Bildung in Zeiten von Transformation und beruflichem Wandel⬅️ Im Video reiße ich schon mal die Themen an, um die es geht: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuA... 1/2
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LERNBPF25 - Bildung in Zeiten von Transformation und beruflichem Wandel - Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann
YouTube video by Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Bildungspotenziale
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Mehrheit für klare Regeln bei Social Media #Bildung #SocialMedia #Umfrage
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Mehrheit für klare Regeln bei Social Media
Sogar die jungen Leute wollen Grenzen, zeigt eine Umfrage des Münchner ifo-Instituts.
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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Digitale Welt, geteilte Meinungen Das ifo-Bildungsbarometer zeigt: Erwachsene wollen strenge Regeln, Jugendliche sind gespalten. Politik und Wissenschaft suchen derweil nach einer Balance zwischen Schutz und Chancen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/09...
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 09/09/2025
Soziale Netzwerke erst ab 16: Das finden die meisten Befragten in Deutschland gut. Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine Mehrheit dafür. Den Nutzen solcher Medien beurteilen sie jedoch unterschiedlich.
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Social Media: Mehrheit in Deutschland will Mindestalter - auch viele Jugendliche dafür
Soziale Netzwerke erst ab 16: Das finden die meisten Befragten in Deutschland gut. Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine Mehrheit dafür. Den Nutzen solcher Medien beurteilen sie jedoch unterschiedlich.
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🚨 85% (!) der Erwachsenen sind für ein Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media. Selbst unter den Jugendlichen ist eine relative Mehrheit dafür. 👉 Dies und mehr im neuen ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025: www.ifo.de/fakten/2025-... 1/7
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Abhijeet Singh @singhabhi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn) @karthik-econ.bsky.social & I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 06/09/2025
Day 2 of our 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, the 16th edition, has started. Great presentations, lively discussaions and many familiar faces. Looking forward to @raffasadun.bsky.social keynote speech this afternoon! www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... @ifoeducation.bsky.social
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
📢Our CESifo Conference on Economics of Education is about to start!🤩 This will be so exciting!!!🥳 🔗https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/event/2025-09-05/cesifo-area-conference-economics-education-2025 @raffasadun.bsky.social @sandramcnally.bsky.social @christinafelfe.bsky.social @singhabhi.bsky.social …
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 03/09/2025
🎙Neue Folge des @excinequality.bsky.social Podcasts: „Wie gerecht ist unser Bildungs-system?“ mit @woessmann.bsky.social. Die #UniKonstanz Hosts @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabriele Spilker sprechen über Chancengleichheit, Reformen und Bildungserfolg. 🎧 ungleichheit.uni.kn/podcast
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
"Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital" Final version now out in Vol. 17 of the Annual Review of Economics (Open Access): www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 04/08/2025
⌛️ REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifoeducation.bsky.social 🙂 Deadline: August 17 ⏲️ IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑‍🏫 @woessmann.bsky.social @cesifo.org
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LERN @leibnizbildung.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#LERNBPF25: „Bildung in Zeiten von #Transformation und beruflichem #Wandel“ 📣 Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann (ifo Institut): „Bildung muss zur Anpassung und Gestaltung befähigen – Basiskompetenzen sind entscheidend.“ Am 1.10. führt er in Berlin ins Thema ein. 🔗 Anmeldung: www.leibniz-bildung.de/bpf25
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
‼️Neuer ifo Schnelldienst-Artikel‼️ von Florian Schoner, Larissa Zierow & Vera Freundl 💡Verhaltensnoten in der Schule (sog. „Kopfnoten“) sind... ➡️bedeutungslos für Bildungserfolg und Berufseinstieg 📚❌ ➡️kosten jährlich ca. 206 Mio. € 💸 www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🚨Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) 16.-18. März 2026 in München‼️ Bin für Bildungsökonomik im Programmkommitee & freue mich über zahlreiche hervorragende bildungsökonomische Einreichungen!😊 👇 @henninghermes.com @simonwiederhold.bsky.social @lergetporer.bsky.social
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📢 Job alert: Postdoc position 🧑‍🎓 (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) In our Center, @henninghermes.com is looking to fill a research position in the economics of education, particularly to join in major field experimental work on mentoring Come join our team! 👇
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The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Don't miss the last colloquium talk of the summer semester! @woessmann.bsky.social from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social will speak about “Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap.” Tuesday, 15 July | 11:45 | Y213 @uni-konstanz.de or online: t1p.de/z6cff
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ifo Education @ifoeducation.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🔍 We are looking for a student assistant! 🔎 If you... ▶️ are interested in empirical research ▶️ are enrolled in a Bachelor’s/ Master's program in economics, data or social sciences (or similar) ▶️ have knowledge in econometrics, scraping & Stata/R ...please apply! 👉 www.ifo.de/en/stellenan...
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