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Research
The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin) engages in research designed to raise the standard of public debate and create the best possible basis for policy making.
Discussion papers
No. 128/25 - November 2025
The Rules of the Game: Local Wage Bargaining and the Gender Pay Gap
Maria Olsson, Oskar Nordström Skans
No. 127/25 - November 2025
No. 126/25 - November 2025
Leave and Let Leave: Workplace Peer Effects in Fathers’ Take-up of Parental Leave
Alessandra Casarico, Edoardo Di Porto, Joanna Kopinska, Salvatore Lattanzio
No. 125/25 - November 2025
Do Test Scores Help Teachers Give Better Track Advice to Students? A Principal Stratification Analysis
Andrea Ichino, Fabrizia Mealli, Javier Viviens
Research Insights
Concise, research-based articles for scholars,
policymakers, and anyone curious about the world.
News
RFBerlin research and researchers are regularly featured in the press.
Tweets by @RF_Berlin
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@Marius_Brulhart, Aurélien Eyquem, @IZMartinez86, & Enrico Rubolino quantify the cost of inheritance, showing how wealth transfers decrease labor participation, affecting productivity, and aggregate economic performance.
🔗 https://www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/25119.pdf
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@_LukasFreund_ & @lukasfmann study how AI transforms jobs, shifting tasks, increasing specialization, and altering skill demand. They document who gains, who loses, and how labor markets adapt as AI reshapes work. 🔗 https://www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/25117.pdf
Upcoming events
RFBerlin hosts a wide array of events aimed at fostering academic research and collaboration.
RFBerlin Applied Economics Seminar
2 December 2025
The Impacts of Negative Income Tax on Labor Market and Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment
Handbook of Labor Economics – Chapter Previews
In anticipation of the upcoming Handbook of Labor Economics, we offer early access to select chapters through our Discussion Papers series. Following our 2023 conference on this new edition, first chapters are now available for preview, featuring insights from leading research in economics and labor.
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