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ifo Center for the Economics of Education - Director: Prof. Dr. Ludger Woessmann - German at @ifo_Bildung Find us on Bluesky @ifoeducation.bsky.social
Munich, Bavaria
Joined September 2016
🚨 New working paper: Worker Beliefs about Firm Training (w/ Hanna Brosch and @florian_schoner) How do workers’ beliefs about returns to training in terms of outcomes like pay, promotion chances, or task enjoyment shape their decision to take part? WP: https://t.co/IeWMlCw2T9
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🚨Now out in @J_HumanResource: ⛪️Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education w/ @BenjaminArold & @LarissaZierow 👉Religious education in school affects students’ adult lives 🔗 https://t.co/LByJjPpH14 A🧵 1/6
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📢Call for papers: 🚀4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education🤩 30-31 March 2026, Munich Keynote: @michelacarlana (Harvard) PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! https://t.co/mQIXPqx7Xv Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 Co-organizers @CaterinaPavese1 @mtotarelli
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Check out the current edition of our newsletter. Topics: 🔷What adolescents and adults think about social media 🔷Socioeconomic gap in center-based child care 🔷Peers at college entry improve performance ... 👉 https://t.co/0pDHCmcG5l
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Looking back to a wonderful 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments earlier this week – what an amazing crowd 😍 Thank you all for coming and making this event possible – special shoutout to our keynotes, Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🙏 To a 5th edition in 2026🚀
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📢Our CESifo Conference on Economics of Education is about to start!🤩 This will be so exciting!!!🥳 🔗 https://t.co/Lby6JO69qd
@EricHanushek @raffasadun @singhabhi @Lnavarrosola @jmontalbancas @Sandra_McNally @turnersarahe @MeulenSimon @uZoelitz @anaisfabre_econ …
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📺 Wenn Filme & Serien untertitelt statt synchronisiert werden, verbessert das die #Sprachkompetenz in Englisch. Das zeigt eine Studie von @Woessmann et al. anhand eines Vergleichs europäischer Länder. Zum @CESifoNetwork Working Paper (EN) https://t.co/vZlFF1ysmq
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⌛️REMINDER: Two weeks left to apply for this fantastic postdoc position at @ifo_Education & @ifo_Institut 🙂 Deadline: August 17 ⏲️ IMPORTANT: The position requires fluent German skills 🧑🏫 @Woessmann @CESifoNetwork
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀 Amazing team at @ifo_Education & perfect place to thrive with @ifo_Institut, @CESifoNetwork + @ECONMunich 🫶🏻🌟 Please share widely 🙏 Link 👇
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📢 Job alert: Postdoc position 🧑🎓 (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) In our Center, @henninghermes 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! 👇
We are looking for a postdoc to work on exciting RCTs circling around scaling up mentoring interventions, starting in July 2026 💪🏻🚀 Amazing team at @ifo_Education & perfect place to thrive with @ifo_Institut, @CESifoNetwork + @ECONMunich 🫶🏻🌟 Please share widely 🙏 Link 👇
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We are looking for a student assistant🔎 If you... ▶️ are interested in empirical research ▶️ are enrolled in a Bachelor’s/Master's program in econ, data/social sciences, or similar ▶️ have knowledge in econometrics, scraping & Stata/R ...please apply! 👉 https://t.co/93xqr5bUQ8
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❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French? ➡️New Working Paper: Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek https://t.co/5NBogfqLia A🧵1/12
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Wish to stay up to date with our work? Subscribe to the ifo Education Newsletter 💌 👉 https://t.co/pwZyIK9ApA
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Check out the current edition of our newsletter - now in a new design🪄✨ Topics: 🔹Working-memory training & children's skills 🔹Technological change & equality of labor market opportunities 🔹 Negative mental health effects of working from home ... 👉 https://t.co/0kKmv3ZU9i
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📢New paper in the Economic Journal @EJ_RES: 👉Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience https://t.co/gvNFfGQ2BI A🧵 1/9
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Over the moon to see our paper on "Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment" out in the June 2025 issue of @JEEA_News today! 🤩🥳🥳🥳 What a journey – huge thanks to @lergetporer Frauke Peter & @SimonWiederhold 🙂 Now off to new adventures! 😜
Check out the June 2025 issue (23,3) of @JEEA_News Journal of @EEANews @OUPAcademic
https://t.co/ClS8d0lwlx Teaching materials available: https://t.co/tCzfSWh4Lu
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When I was in my late twenties, I remember reading a pop science article which told me that I had already passed my cognitive peak. I had barely started my career and already my brain was...
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We're hiring! I'm looking for a PhD student in Economics (75%, E13) to join my team at TUM Campus Heilbronn starting Oct 2025. Work on field & survey experiments in applied micro, behavioral econ & econ of education. Deadline: June 30. Please share! Call: https://t.co/R4TX7lXPu2
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@Woessmann & Oliver Falck from @ifo_Institut focus on these questions 💡How do transformative technologies affect the labor market? 💡Which new challenges arise for skills & qualifications? 💡How can we detect transformative technologies at an early stage, e.g. by using big data?
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🎉We are part of the Cluster of Excellence “TransforM”, funded by @dfg_public! 🎉 Jointly with @TU_Muenchen, @LMU_Muenchen, @zew_en & @mpi_inno_comp, the aim is to better understand how new technologies transform society & economy 🧑💻 More: https://t.co/80iExwlhPu
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A new working paper by UBS Foundation Professor @ProfDavidDorn and co-authors @florian_schoner, @SeebacherMoritz, @thelisaksimon and @Woessmann uncovers what your @LinkedIn profile might say about your paycheck. And why it matters more than you think. https://t.co/T0BY3gxy7F
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