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Parental Gender Stereotypes and Student Well-Being: Paper now published OPEN ACCESS Online First in Kyklos – Math Stereotypes of Parents Increase Student Misery!

Across the world, a well-known gender stereotype suggests that boys are better at learning mathematics than girls. Using rich data on Chinese school kids, the study demonstrates that this parental stereotype has a very strong and robust negative impact on … Continue reading

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Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants: Lessons from Sweden. New paper published & available free access.

Christopher F. Baum, Hans Lööf, Andreas Stephan & Klaus F. Zimmermann (2024), “Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants: Lessons from Sweden”. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. PDF of published version. OPEN ACCESS.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00197939241261640 Experimental: a NotebookLM-generated Podcast about this paper Abstract: This article … Continue reading

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How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?

The Economist this week asks: “How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?” In a related academic article in the China Economic Review, the rise of China in economics research was analyzed: Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Klaus F. Zimmermann … Continue reading

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Back to Berlin for EBES 47 and GLO Berlin 2024

Back to Berlin for EBES 47 and GLO Berlin 2024 to organize a strong academic conference in collaboration with FOM University of Applied Sciences and the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) on April 18-20. For the final GLO – JOPE … Continue reading

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Celebrating 150 Years of Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association) at Regensburg/Germany.

On September 24-27 the 2023 Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS; German Economic Association) took place to celebrate the 150 anniversary of its creation and to discuss new research. The event was directed by its Chairwoman, Regina Riphahn. … Continue reading

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Gender equity and the gender gap in STEM: is there really a paradox? Free access to a new article published in the Journal of Population Economics.

Results cast doubt on the existence of a gender-equity paradox between culturally-inherited beliefs about gender equality and women’s representation in STEM. Jergins, W. Gender equity and the gender gap in STEM: is there really a paradox?. Journal of Population Economics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-023-00959-9 … Continue reading

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Maternity benefits and marital stability after birth: evidence from the Soviet Baltic republics. Free access to a new article published in the Journal of Population Economics.

Maternity benefits decrease divorce within the first year after birth. Brainerd, E., Malkova, O.: Maternity benefits and marital stability after birth: evidence from the Soviet Baltic republics. Journal of Population Economics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-023-00958-w Free to read: https://rdcu.be/dgKqX JOPE has CiteScore 9.2 MORE … Continue reading

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Changes in parental gender preference in the USA: evidence from 1850 to 2019. Free access to a new article published in the Journal of Population Economics.

The paper finds a preference for having a mix of genders with only a small preference for sons.  Jones, T.R., Millington, M.J. & Price, J. Changes in parental gender preference in the USA: evidence from 1850 to 2019. Journal of Population … Continue reading

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Can conflict affect individuals’ preferences for income redistribution? A new paper published.

Residing in war-affected regions increases individuals’ support for income redistribution. Shai, O. Can conflict affect individuals’ preferences for income redistribution?. J Popul Econ (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-023-00963-z Free to read: https://rdcu.be/dfyF1 JOPE has CiteScore 9.2 (2022) MORE Info & Impact Factor 4.7 (2021) Vol. … Continue reading

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CNKI Lecture on Social Identity and the Chinese Labor Market on June 20, 2023 by Klaus F. Zimmermann.

The lecture is given on 20 June 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm (Berlin time) and 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm (Beijing time). Ends;

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