RFBerlin Podcast Series
Episodes
Migration Talks: Forced or free to move? Insights from Finland and Mozambique on displacement, climate and the cost of starting over.
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Migration Talks, researchers Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics) and Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich) take us into two very...
Migration Talks: Who Gets to Rise? Immigrant mobility through the lens of data, history, and policy.
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Migration Talks, Professor Leah Boustan (Princeton University) explores what shapes upward mobility for immigrants and who actually...
Migration Talks: Who Stays, Who Returns? What Ukrainians and other refugees do after forced migration
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Panu Poutvaara (ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics) and Damla Buyuktaskin (UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency) discuss what...
Migration Talks: Securing borders to secure votes? Public perception and EU Migration Policy
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christian Dustmann (UCL, RFBerlin) and Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan, RFBerlin) discuss the politics of EU border control. As...
9. Handbook Talk with Suresh Naidu: How do unions affect wages and inequality?
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Suresh Naidu from Columbia University discusses the...
8. Handbook Talk with Stephen Machin: How does crime impact the economy and society?
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Stephen Machin from the London School of Economics ...
7. Handbook Talk with Kathryn Shaw: What do managers do, how do they do it, and what is their impact on productivity?
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Professor Katherine Shaw from Stanford Graduate School of Bus...
6. Handbook Talk with Barbara Petrongolo and Jessica Pan: Which policies were effective in narrowing the gender gap over the last 50 years?
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, professors Barbara Petrongolo and Jessica Pan discuss the pro...
5. Handbook Talk with Patrick Kline: What are the consequences of monopsony for the labour market?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Tim Phillips speaks with Patrick Kline, Professor of Economic...
4. Handbook Talk with Gordon Hanson & David Dorn: What is the future of globalization and trade?
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Gordon Hanson (Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Ha...
3. Handbook Talk with Arindrajit Dube: What are the effects of raising minimum wages?
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our podcast series dedicated to the new editions of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Arindrajit Dube, Provost Professor of Economic...
2. Handbook Talk with Daron Acemoglu: Will AI replace jobs or improve them?
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
1. Handbook Talk with David J. Deming: What is the college wage premium and how will AI change college education?
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
 Labor earnings for college-educated workers are about 65-70% higher than for workers without college education. Why do college graduates earn more? ...
10. Project Leader Andrea Weber on International Migration in the European Union
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project leader Andrea Weber, a professor of economics at the Central European University in Vienna, brings the first season of RFBerlin Talks to a clo...
9. Project Leader Jan Nimczik on Workplace connections, Migration, and Firm quality: Evidence from German Reunification
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project leader Jan Nimczik, an assistant professor of economics at the European School of Management Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, discusses his resear...
8. Project Leader Albrecht Glitz on Globalisation, Welfare and Economic Espionage
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, project leader Albrecht Glitz, an associate professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, shares his journey as a labor econ...
7. Project Leader Guido Friebel on Boosting Business: the Impact of Worker Representation
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Leader Guido Friebel, professor of human resources at Goethe University in Frankfurt, discusses his research on co-determination within firm...
6. Project Leader Sascha Becker on Understanding Regional Inequalities: Technology, Education and Policies for Levelling Up
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Leader Sascha Becker is a professor of economics and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, Melbourne and part-tim...
5. Project Leader Thomas Cornelissen on Knowledge Spillover and Individual Careers
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Project Leader Thomas Cornelissen, Professor of Economics from the University of Essex, discusses his research project funded by the ...
4. Project Leader Jérôme Adda on Globalisation and the Spread of Diseases
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we explore the research of Jérôme Adda, an Economics professor at Bocconi and Project Leader at RFBerlin. Jérôme discusses his RO...
3. Deputy Director Tommaso Frattini on the Global Migration Information Hub
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tommaso Frattini is a Deputy Director of RFBerlin and a Professor of Economics at University of Milan. In this episode he introduces Global Migration ...
2. Deputy Director Alexandra Spitz-Oener on technology adoption and the changing nature of work
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Spitz-Oener, Deputy Director of RFBerlin, Professor of Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and a research associate at the Institu...
1. Director Christian Dustmann on our new research institute in Berlin
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Dustmann, Director of ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin), Professor of Economics at Univ...