🧠Research Insight
Can competitive classmates shape students’ career choices?

Research by Samuel Lüthi, Claudio Schilter & Stefan C. Wolter finds that Swiss students with more competitive classmates choose higher-paying, more academically demanding occupations, and enter the

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We all know research involves a lot of reading. But what books do our researchers recommend outside of economics? RFBerlin's Project Leader Prof. Sascha O. Becker shares with us what he's been reading lately:

"As I was travelling up and down

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When are firms willing to take a chance on workers switching occupations?

Research by Jeremias Klaeui, Daniel Kopp, Rafael Lalive & Michael Siegenthaler finds that occupation switchers are less likely to be contacted by employers, but

There's a better job in another city. Higher pay, and you're qualified for it. Do you move?
Most people don't. Even when everything says they should.
Alexandra Spitz-Oener and Jan Nimczik use German reunification data to show it comes down to one very specific kind of connection.