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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/article/vi… #EconTwitter 🧵

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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/11312

At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance taxes? A new WP on data from 6 rich countries by @MorelliSal, Brian Nolan, @J_C_Palomino & Philippe Van Kerm. bit.ly/3OHw0Yw

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/inequalit……Deadline 3 Jan 2025! More info here: sites.google.com/site/salvatore…

An incentivized redistribution experiment with elite university students in China and France reveals differences in the way merit- and luck-based inequalities are perceived. Read the WP by @BelguiseMargot, Yuchen Huang, and Stone Center postdoc @ZhexunMO. bit.ly/4fQ1DLp

Just published in @JPubEcon: "Labor supply effects of a universal cash transfer" By Jan Gromadzki (@wu_vienna, @iza_bonn) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Read the most recent @stone_lis working paper here: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/the-s…

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.

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

📢 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…

Deadline is tomorrow (Oct 30)! The Stone Center at GC-CUNY has openings for two postdoctoral scholars. One position is focused on wealth, the other more generally on economic inequality. Scholars from underrepresented groups encouraged. @GC_CUNY @lisdata stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications-a…

Mit @f_disslbacher ein paar Gedanken zur Besteuerung von Erbschaften hier: diepresse.com/19002591/wie-v…

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Applications close one week from today! The @GC_CUNY Stone Center has openings for two postdoctoral scholars. One position is focused on wealth, the other on economic inequality. Scholars from underrepresented groups encouraged. Apply by October 30! bit.ly/4dsY6RJ

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-resourc…