RFBerlin Podcast Series
Welcome to the RFBerlin Podcast Series, presented by the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin, dedicated to disseminating cutting-edge research on the economy and labour market to the academic community and beyond.
We invite leading economists to discuss the key challenges the labour market and its workers are facing. Hear what they think about recent economic trends; the impact of new technologies, outsourcing, or migration; and what governments can do to mitigate turbulences. The podcast brings you up to date with the latest empirical research without asking you to move, do math or touch data, but by meeting you where you are.
Episodes
19 episodes
9. Handbook Talk with Suresh Naidu: How do unions affect wages and inequality?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Suresh Naidu from Columbia University discusses the recent resurgence of union p...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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13:41
8. Handbook Talk with Stephen Machin: How does crime impact the economy and society?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Stephen Machin from the London School of Economics discusses t...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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9:16
7. Handbook Talk with Kathryn Shaw: What do managers do, how do they do it, and what is their impact on productivity?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Katherine Shaw from Stanford Graduate School of Business discuss...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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11:01
6. Handbook Talk with Barbara Petrongolo and Jessica Pan: Which policies were effective in narrowing the gender gap over the last 50 years?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, professors Barbara Petrongolo and
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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18:37
5. Handbook Talk with Patrick Kline: What are the consequences of monopsony for the labour market?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Tim Phillips speaks with Patrick Kline, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, about mono...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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10:59
4. Handbook Talk with Gordon Hanson & David Dorn: What is the future of globalization and trade?
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Gordon Hanson (Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School) and David Dorn (UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Mark...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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13:18
3. Handbook Talk with Arindrajit Dube: What are the effects of raising minimum wages?
In this episode of our podcast series dedicated to the new editions of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Arindrajit Dube, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, tackles the contentious issue of raising the min...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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11:37
2. Handbook Talk with Daron Acemoglu: Will AI replace jobs or improve them?
How will the rise of AI change our jobs? Should workers have a say in how and when AI is deployed? In this episode of our podcast series, dedicated to the new editions of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Daron Acemoglu clarif...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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11:43
1. Handbook Talk with David J. Deming: What is the college wage premium and how will AI change college education?
Labor earnings for college-educated workers are about 65-70% higher than for workers without college education. Why do college graduates earn more? How will the emergence of AI shape the college wage premium and college education in the y...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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15:39
10. Project Leader Andrea Weber on International Migration in the European Union
Project leader Andrea Weber, a professor of economics at the Central European University in Vienna, brings the first season of RFBerlin Talks to a close with her work on intra-European Union migration, specifically between Austria and Germany. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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4:56
9. Project Leader Jan Nimczik on Workplace connections, Migration, and Firm quality: Evidence from German Reunification
Project leader Jan Nimczik, an assistant professor of economics at the European School of Management Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, discusses his research on labor markets and migration. How did the German reunification, a major shock to the East...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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5:43
8. Project Leader Albrecht Glitz on Globalisation, Welfare and Economic Espionage
In this podcast, project leader Albrecht Glitz, an associate professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, shares his journey as a labor economist with a unique twist: a research interest in espionage. Albrecht's research is based on a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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6:25
7. Project Leader Guido Friebel on Boosting Business: the Impact of Worker Representation
Project Leader Guido Friebel, professor of human resources at Goethe University in Frankfurt, discusses his research on co-determination within firms with a focus on Denmark's model of worker committees. These committees, distinct from tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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7:25
6. Project Leader Sascha Becker on Understanding Regional Inequalities: Technology, Education and Policies for Levelling Up
Project Leader Sascha Becker is a professor of economics and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, Melbourne and part-time professor at the University of Warwick in England. In this podcast, Sascha discusses project...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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8:02
5. Project Leader Thomas Cornelissen on Knowledge Spillover and Individual Careers
In this podcast, Project Leader Thomas Cornelissen, Professor of Economics from the University of Essex, discusses his research project funded by the ROCKWOOL Foundation. Thomas is motivated by the evolving nature of work and the increasing imp...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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5:57
4. Project Leader Jérôme Adda on Globalisation and the Spread of Diseases
In this podcast, we explore the research of Jérôme Adda, an Economics professor at Bocconi and Project Leader at RFBerlin. Jérôme discusses his ROCKWOOL Foundation-funded projects, combining his background in biology with economics. The first p...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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8:15
3. Deputy Director Tommaso Frattini on the Global Migration Information Hub
Tommaso Frattini is a Deputy Director of RFBerlin and a Professor of Economics at University of Milan. In this episode he introduces Global Migration Information Hub (GMIH), an initiative to disseminative knowledge on migration. By piecing toge...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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8:51
2. Deputy Director Alexandra Spitz-Oener on technology adoption and the changing nature of work
Alexandra Spitz-Oener, Deputy Director of RFBerlin, Professor of Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and a research associate at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, talks about her research on how machines and wor...
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Episode 2
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7:02
1. Director Christian Dustmann on our new research institute in Berlin
Christian Dustmann, Director of ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin), Professor of Economics at University College London, Director at Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), open...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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6:20