Gender convergence has stalled in high-income countries. Goldin: further progress requires changes in firm practices. But we know little about what makes firms adopt such practices or how effective they are. New WP👇studies this. w/ A. Raute, U. Schönberg, J. Costas-Fernández

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21499 Family-Friendly Workplace Policies Julian Costas-Fernandez @UniOfSurrey @economicssurrey, Sebastian Findeisen @UniKonstanz @RF_Berlin, Anna Raute @QMUL @qmuleconomics @CESifoNetwork @RF_Berlin, Uta Schönberg @HKUFBE @RF_Berlin ow.ly/7jQE50Z1Ehk #CEPR_LE #CEPR_PE

Fantastic Job Opportunity for Behavioral Economists: Research Group Leader - 5year Ass Prof Position (non TT) PhD Position Research Allowance Access to Funding Opportunities at the Excellence Cluster The Politics of Inequality! More details here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobp…

Why isn’t there a central webpage, whereby all job market candidates can upload a link to their papers, websites & topics? Departments could then search for desired specialisms. This would be a fantastic public good, Expanding on the initiative of @jenniferdoleac.

Hey #econ and #laborecon community, the 7th edition of the Bank of Italy and CEPR labour workshop is approaching! Great lineup, starting with keynotes by Claudia Olivetti and @davidautor: bancaditalia.it/media/agenda… @raffaelesaggio @bancaditalia @cepr_org #econtwitter

25% of German firms provide childcare (on site!). This seems to provide retention benefits to firms: mothers are more likely to return to work AT the firm they were previously employed at. (It doesn’t seem to affect the return to work decision overall)

Bildung: Wem der soziale Aufstieg gelingt @Dominik__Sachs @SebastianFind @SchuelePaul faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/b…

The effects of workplace digitalisation are well studied on workers’ wages and economic inequality. But how does technological progress affect workers’ health? @SebastianFind, @maurer_se & @SchlenkerOli review new evidence. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi…

Join my outstanding research team in Zurich as a #predoc research associate in fall 2024! We conduct empirical analyses of labor markets, globalization, technology and politics. More info and link to application: 🔗ddorn.net/ @econ_ra @predoc_org @econ_uzh

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18913 Are We Yet Sick of New Technologies? The Unequal Health Effects of #Digitalization M Arntz @zew_en, S Findeisen @SebastianFind @UniKonstanz, S Maurer @EdinburghUni, O Schlenker @UniKonstanz ow.ly/OZH850QRWWE #CEPR_LE, #CEPR_OE #economics

New working paper out! Melanie Arntz, @SebastianFind @SchlenkerOli and I use a novel 🇩🇪 dataset that links firm and worker questionnaires with social security data and allows us to document how the latest wave of technological progress has changed the workplace and worker health

🏆 We are delighted to announce @simon_jaeger as the winner of the In_equality Research Award 2024! The award ceremony will take place during the opening event of the #InequalityConf on 10 April at @Bodenseeforum. More info: t1p.de/r1zuu #EXCInequality @UniKonstanz