📢 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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Ludger Woessmann
Профиль VivelyProfessor of Economics, University of Munich Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education https://sites.google.com/view/woessmann-e
"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)
🚨 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...
📢 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...
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.
🚨 Deadline on Sunday: 🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩 👇
Ludger Woessmann📢 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
📢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
🚨 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
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
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...
🆕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
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...
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...
🚨 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
📢 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
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...