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jakobwegmann.bsky.social
Applied Labor and Public Economist, PhD Student University of Bonn. On the job market 2024/25 https://jakobwegmann.github.io/
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The German income tax system is too complicated. What could we do to improve it? Nadine Riedel, Martin Jacob and I wrote down a few ideas for @taxfoundation.bsky.social Europe. taxfoundation.org/blog/germany...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Gestern in der FAZ in einem gemeinsamen Artikel mit Katharina Spieß: "Deutschland uneinig Mutterland" 35 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung bestehen nach wie vor Unterschiede zwischen Ost & West bei der mütterlichen Erwerbstätigkeit, Bezahlung & Kinderbetreuung ⚖️ Vieles ist jedoch in Bewegung!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The details of tax policy implementation matter, folks.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Hello #EconSky 👋 excited to share my JMP! ❓What are the impacts of offering student finance as a grant or a loan? In the paper, I... 🎓 Study individual university enrolment, subject choice & career motivations ❗️Explore aggregate outcomes e.g. access to university & the occupational structure 🧵👇

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

Hello #EconSky! 📢Excited to share my #JMP 📢 It provides a missing piece to understand how people react to income taxation. Tldr: By changing tax pre-payments governments can - with almost no costs - increase perceived work incentives of secondary earners and reduce the gender gap. Thread below👇🧵

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

To all the new #EconSky people whi may be dealing with the Econ Job Market: *There is an #EconJMP feed *I have a PhD Job Market Starter Pack go.bsky.app/4icnwxi. If you are a candidate or an institution posting *many* openings, reach out and I will add you.

submitted 103 days ago • 17 comments

I created an IZA @iza.org Network Fellows/Affiliates starterpack, starting from those I am following, and who are following me. I surely missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourself and your fellow Fellows! #econsky #laboreconomics #econ go.bsky.app/5NP4VCb

submitted 105 days ago • 48 comments

I started a starter pack of economists working on gender. It's sparsely populated, so please point out people I've missed. go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe

submitted 106 days ago • 77 comments