Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Professor of Economics, @LMU_Muenchen; Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education, @ifo_Institut
❓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 nber.org/papers/w33984 A🧵1/12
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! 👉 ifo.de/en/stellenange…
📢 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 👇
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 ... 👉sendlx.com/display.php?M=…
Skills are valuable signals of worker abilities that power modern organizations, yet most workers slow their skill development after their early career years. Lisa Simon analyzes how different skills offer vastly different payoffs in the labor market. Her research shows that…