economist. postdoc @stone_lis. interests: household finance/demography/inequality. tweets in eng & deu.
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Most researchers working with #income or #wealth infos have come across this kind of brackets. But little is known about how the # of brackets or the upper cut-off point influence the quality of a metric approximation. We looked into this: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/a… #EconTwitter 🧵
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Only a few days left to apply!
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS
(“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”)
Application deadline: 3 Jan 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted remotely by video starting February, 2025.
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS
(“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”)
Application deadline: 3 Jan 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted remotely by video starting February, 2025.
econjobmarket.org/positions/…
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RT @stone_lis: At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance t…
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Severin Rapp retweeted
New job post (please RT) 👇📢POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) Come and work with us in the InequalityInRome Research team sites.google.com/view/inequa……Deadline 3 Jan 2025!
More info here: sites.google.com/site/salvat…
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RT @stone_lis: An incentivized redistribution experiment with elite university students in China and France reveals differences in the way…
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Severin Rapp retweeted
Just published in @JPubEcon:
"Labor supply effects of a universal cash transfer"
By Jan Gromadzki (@wu_vienna, @iza_bonn)
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A concise overview of our working paper with P. Fessler (@oenb) on biased perceptions of #inequality and savings behaviour. We find that individuals misperceive how wealthy they are compared to others. Wealthy individuals who underestimate their wealth rank oversave #econTwitter
The subjective wealth distribution: how do individuals misperceive their relative wealth, and how do misperceptions affect savings behavior? Read the spotlight on the new WP by the OeNB's Pirmin Fessler & @GC_CUNY Stone Center postdoc @severin_rapp bit.ly/3YViWTZ
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The effects are sizable: People who underestimate their rank in the wealth distribution save on average 50% more than those who have accurate perceptions. Our novel instrumental variable approach suggests that misperceptions have a causal impact on behaviour.
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Read the most recent @stone_lis working paper here: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/rese…
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Severin Rapp retweeted
📢 We are recruiting a #ResearchAssociate for our department.
💡The successful candidate is expected to develop a research agenda fitting one or more of the following areas: #Inequality #poverty #GenderEconomics #SocialProtection and more...
🔗Learn more jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur-A…
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RT @JanetGornick: Deadline is tomorrow (Oct 30)! The Stone Center at GC-CUNY has openings for two postdoctoral scholars. One position is fo…
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Mit @f_disslbacher ein paar Gedanken zur Besteuerung von Erbschaften hier:
diepresse.com/19002591/wie-v…
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1 ausführlicher 🧵zu unserem paper vom @mom_inst
Aktuell werden neue #Steuern als Maßnahme zur Budgetsanierung diskutiert. Die #Erbschaftssteuer geht dabei im Diskurs oft unter. Im #PaperderWoche analysieren @f_disslbacher und @severin_rapp die Vermögensverteilung zum Todeszeitpunkt in Wien. Präsentiert von @sonja_fes. 1/
ALT Leaving legacies and liabilities: The distribution of wealth at death. Issue date: September 30, 2024.
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RT @stone_lis: Applications close one week from today! The @GC_CUNY Stone Center has openings for two postdoctoral scholars. One position i…
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Open call for applications, Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Wealth and Income Inequality. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on December 5, 2024. More information: nber.org/career-resources/ca…
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