ifo Education

@ifo_Education

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

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ifo Education@ifo_Education · Jul 8

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…

ifo_Education's tweet image. 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 &amp; Stata/R
...please apply!
👉 ifo.de/en/stellenange…

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ifo Education@ifo_Education · Jun 15

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FFT Opinion@ftopinion · Jun 10

Who are you calling over-the-hill? The truth about cognitive peaks - Sarah O' Connor on.ft.com/4kw2dQL

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ifo Education@ifo_Education · Jul 16

📢 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! 👇

HHenning Hermes@henninghermes · Jul 16

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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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · Jul 7

❓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

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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · Jun 23

📢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 academic.oup.com/ej/advance-art… A🧵 1/9

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ifo Education@ifo_Education · Jun 18

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! 😜

JJEEA@JEEA_News · Jun 18

Check out the June 2025 issue (23,3) of @JEEA_News Journal of @EEANews @OUPAcademic academic.oup.com/jeea/issue Teaching materials available: eeassoc.org/teaching-mater…

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Philipp Lergetporer@lergetporer · Jun 7

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: tinyurl.com/msdsrhv6

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Economics. For Society.@ubscenter · May 23

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. ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_events……

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CEPR@cepr_org · May 20

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20258 Multidimensional Skills on #LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap @ProfDavidDorn, F Schoner & M Seebacher @ifo_Institut @LMU_Muenchen, L Simon @RevelioLabs, @Woessmann ow.ly/Hory50VUSU4 #CEPR_LE #EconTwitter

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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · May 9

👇See the program of our 📢3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🚀Starting on Monday! Keynotes: @ALPWillen & @alexeble What a tough choice from 160 submissions ifo.de/en/cesifo/even… @CaterinaPavese1 @CESifoNetwork @ifo_Institut

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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · May 8

🆕🔥 "Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap" w/ @ProfDavidDorn, @florian_schoner, @SeebacherMoritz & @thelisaksimon ifo.de/sites/default/… 🚀Skills from 9M LinkedIn profiles explain important labor-market patterns! 1/🧵

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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · Apr 29

🚨Just published in the Annual Review of Economics @AnnualReviews: 👉Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital👈 annualreviews.org/content/journa… My review of what we know so far about the role of multidimensional skills for earnings 1/9

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VoxEU@voxeu · Apr 15

Use it or lose it: How cognitive skills change with age @EricHanushek, @KinneLavinia, Frauke Witthoeft @ifo_Institut @LMU_Muenchen, @Woessmann ow.ly/vJev50VzNT6

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Ludger Woessmann@Woessmann · Apr 14

New on @voxeu: "Use it or lose it: How cognitive skills change with age" w/ Eric Hanushek, @KinneLavinia + Frauke Witthöft 🔗cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… 👉Skills decline at older ages only for those with below-average skill usage

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ifo Education@ifo_Education · Apr 1

📩The newsletter of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education is out! Topics: 🔹Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it 🔹Personality traits and academic achievement 🔹Data release: ifo Education Survey 2022-2024 🔹... ➡️ifo.de/ifo/newsletter…

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