Professor of Behavioral Applied Microeconomics at the University of Amsterdam
Joined October 2009
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3 Sep 2019
I have been awarded an @ERC_Research Starting Grant! I will look into willingness and ability to perform in competitive environments, to work under time pressure, to speak in public and to multitask. Can these traits help us understand career decisions and labor market outcomes?
3 Sep 2019
Read more about all the projects of our ERC Starting Grant laureates: go.uva.nl/2HH8jNP
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7 Oct 2025
💡 Do financial advisors charge sustainable investors a premium?
Our new paper, accepted in Management Science, explores this question. 🧵
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17 Sep 2025
"Fairness and willingness to compete" - new publication by Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden (both @NHHEcon, @NHHnor & @TheChoiceLab) and @ThomasBuser in Experimental Economics: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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9 May 2025
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by @JohnHolbein1 alerted me, @OlleFolke, and Joop Adema (@Jopieboy) to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
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30 Apr 2025
Research by @thomasbuser & Sangi suggests a sizeable minority of people (30-40%)—more likely male, younger, or lower-educated individuals) is willing to engage in ‘dirty competition’ (sabotaging opponents, lying about their performance etc):
buff.ly/rUc9jnE
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1 Apr 2025
Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace. Paper link in comments and results summarized below.
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6 Mar 2025
🚨Thrilled that our🆕paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in @ScienceAdvances
💡Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests strongly differs by skill usage
science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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4 Mar 2025
📢Call for papers:📢
@CESifoNetwork Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with @EricHanushek)
5-6 Sept 2025, Munich
Keynote: @raffasadun
👉cesifo.org/en/event/2025-09-…
Submission deadline: 18 May 2025
Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessm…
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27 Feb 2025
📄 New study in JEEA! Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform boosted education, income & Labour Party support.
✨ Kjell G. Salvanes, Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen & Matti Sarvimäki show how education shapes mobility & politics.
🔗 nhh.no/en/research-centres/f…
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University peers shape personality development with lasting effects on conscientiousness and competitiveness. Just Accepted new paper by Xiaoyue Shan (@_XiaoyueShan_) and Ulf Zölitz (@uZoelitz) zurl.co/wJHG2
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27 Jan 2025
Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with @PedroSant_Anna and @bruno_ferman is now forthcoming in the
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American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals)
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3 Dec 2024
Most gender inequality in the labor market emerges at parenthood. But does parenthood cause it? My JMP introduces a new method to answer this question. I find that at least half of the observed gender gaps in work hours and income would emerge even without children. 🧵
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25 Nov 2024
@Lina_loz studies labor market disparities using lab and online experiments. Lina's JMP shows how gender differences in workers' attribution of credit for their team's success/failure contribute to hiring disparities, particularly when gender is unknown. sites.google.com/view/linama…
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20 Nov 2024
🚨💃🏻 PLEASE SHARE💃🏻🚨
Im on the JM 2 move closer 2 family in Lyon- all jobs with direct flight / train to Lyon are interesting. I’m currently working on 3 funded promising projects on AI 🤖
My JMP is under review at QJE has been covered by the Economist etc
more info->
20 Nov 2024
Job Market Candidates 2024: @NHHEco, @TheChoiceLab and @FAIR_CELE proudly presents @dorotheafrenkel, @dannielduque, @Paula_Navarro1 and @TtacWang as candidates @EconJobMarket 2024/2025. Read more about them here: nhh.no/en/departments/econom…
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31 Oct 2024
Paper out: Teenagers have improved well-being, conscientiousness, and emotional stability if their mothers had longer paid parental leave, which likely delayed children’s entry into formal care. With @MikkelHoumark @idalykkekr @ceciliemarieloechte 🧵1/6 tinyurl.com/5xp4vnux
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14 Nov 2024
cool study by E Plug @TheChoiceLab questioning the idea that child penalties explain the labor market gender gap by using IVF success as an IV- cool & important work If I hear one more time that we don’t have to study gender gaps cause it’s all children I’m gonna show this! 🥳🤝
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14 Nov 2024
For a full look at my findings and policy implications, check out my paper maddalenatotarelli.github.io…. 8/8
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8 Nov 2024
and in my paper with @pereztruglia, we study people's attitudes toward taxing billionaires.
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23 Jul 2024
🚨New Research Alert🚨
In America, there are 741 billionaires with a combined net worth of $5.2 trillion.
Do Americans want to tax billionaires? Why?
In a new working paper, @pereztruglia and I provide some answers.
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8 Nov 2024
🚨Job Market Paper Alert 🚨
A significant part of inequality stems from market forces beyond individual control - what we call *market luck*.
In meritocratic societies, this raises a key question: Do people perceive these inequalities as fair?
Read on to learn more. 👇
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7 Nov 2024
🤔How does being around more girls in primary school affect later careers and wages?
Women earn more after going to school with more girls. And, they choose less gender stereotypical jobs
“Early Socialization and the Gender Wage Gap” shorturl.at/SiXp2
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6 Nov 2024
I've been incredibly lucky to have met inspiring role models throughout my career.
Now, I am excited to share our working paper exploring the impact of role models, co-authored with @pietrobiroli, @ami_digi, and @giu_sorrenti.
Check it out below!
5 Nov 2024
📢📢📢New WP alert : In my new work with @pietrobiroli, @ami_digi and @mtotarelli we design and evaluate an online 💻 role model mentoring program for middle school students🏫. Does it work? Click on the link below to discover it... 😎drive.google.com/file/d/16ih…
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