PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics
June 8/9, 2026
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 26, Room 35.3.13
Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)
Keynote Speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH), Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley)
Organizers: Simon Cordes (Bonn), Ida Maria Hartmann (Copenhagen), Valentin Kecht (Bonn), Malte Jacob Rattenborg (Cologne)
Monday, June 8
08:30–09:00 Registration
09:00–09:15 Welcome
09:15–10:30 Session A: Expectations and Preferences in Labor Markets
Luca Michels (Bonn): Do People Hold Economic Expectations?
Malte Rattenborg (Cologne): Self-Image Concerns and Job Search
Sara Rabino (Zurich): Making a Difference? The Role of Social Impact in College Major Choice
10:30–11:15 Coffee Break
11:15–12:30 Session B: Gender and Discrimination
Till Wicker (Tilburg): Discrimination as Retaliation
Pauline Madies (Sciences Po): Working Together: Gender Segregation Within Firms and Labor Market Outcomes
Antonia Bleser (Bonn): Uncertainty about Amenities and Gender Inequality
12:30–13:45 Lunch Break
13:45–15:00 Session C: Behavioral Economics
Francesco Bilotta (Bocconi): Imperfect Metacognition in Standardized Tests
Matteo Saccarola (Berkeley): Geographic Price Extrapolation, Learning, and Housing Search: Evidence from Danish Movers
Renjie Bao (Princeton): “Just One More Clip”: Short Videos, Big Self-Control Problems
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–16:45 Keynote 1: Ingar Haaland (NHH)
Tuesday, June 9
09:00–10:15 Session D: Labor Market Institutions and Inequality
Hannah Farkas (Columbia): The Economic Incidence of Schedule Unpredictability in Hourly Work
Omry Yoresh (LSE): Inequality in Internships
Johanna Roth (Sciences Po): Homelessness and Labor Market Dynamics
10:15–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–12:15 Keynote 2: Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley)
12:15–13:45 Lunch Break
13:45–15:00 Session E: Firms I
Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco (Cornell): Migration, Market Power, and Firms
Violetta van Ween (LSE): The Economic Consequences of Retirement: How Firms Respond When Workers Retire
Simon Cordes (Bonn): Do Firms Know What Workers Want?
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–16:45 Session F: Firms II
Dominik Wehr (Stockholm): Firm Pay Premia and On-the-Job Search: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data
Valentin Kecht (Bonn): Start-Up Investors and Internal Labor Markets
Meghana Gaur (Princeton): Robots, Jobs, and Organized Labor
16:45–17:00 Closing