Was fun and super interesting to visit Berkeley for a couple of days and present my project. Thanks for having me and all the great meetings!
@jklaeui
Economics post doc at CREST (ENSAE / IP Paris), previously uni lausanne, visited ETH and LSE. Labour econ, job search, using data from online platforms jklaeui.github.io π our real-time indicator of job posting by π¨π firms swissjobtracker.ch
Was fun and super interesting to visit Berkeley for a couple of days and present my project. Thanks for having me and all the great meetings!
Here are some areas in which I've seen a shift in the discourse within labor economics over the past decade:
* Labor markets are often monopsonistic
* Full employment is an important objective
* Minimum wages are a good tool to use
* Unions can play an important positive role
Data source: openrouteservice.org Thanks for the researcher-access to the super cool api :)
And yes, train trips would also be super interesting, but they require more data. Maybe one day
Travelling distances between all Swiss municipalities (histogram)
By-product of some of my research:
Travelling distances between all Swiss municipalities π
14% are below one hour
Longest is Samnaun (GR) <-> Evolène (VS): 6h 55 min
Shortest center to center trip is between Lavertezzo and Cugnasco-Gerra in Ticino and it's under a minute β‘