Felix Koenig

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Vol. 17 No. 4 October 2025

The October 2025 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (17, 4) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/820.

People value workplace safety more than traditionally believed - LSE Business Review During COVID some workers chose to forgo earnings to protect themselves, avoiding exposure to the virus. People value workplace safety highly. .

How much do we value #safety at work?

@massimo-anelli.bsky.social and @koenig-felix.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social looked at workers' behaviour during #COVID19 and found that many chose to forgo earnings to protect themselves rather than risk exposure to the virus @lsebr.bsky.social.

People value workplace safety more than traditionally believed - LSE Business Review During COVID some workers chose to forgo earnings to protect themselves, avoiding exposure to the virus. People value workplace safety highly. .

How much would you need to be paid to stay in a job that became more risky? @koenig-felix.bsky.social and @massimo-anelli.bsky.social

#economics

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🚨New Predoc Posting Alert!🚨

@koenig-felix.bsky.social and I are looking to hire a full-time predoctoral fellow to work with us on projects about the economics of labor markets and the future work at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social

Please share and/or apply!

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Labor Supply and Entertainment Innovations: Evidence From the U.S. TV Rollout (Forthcoming Article) - We study the impact of entertainment technology on labor supply. Using Social Security work histories and a natural experiment arising from the regulated U.S. rollout of televi...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Labor Supply and Entertainment Innovations: Evidence From the U.S. TV Rollout" by George Fenton and Felix Koenig. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Just joined bsky - I'd be happy to be part of the labor list & community! Thanks for organizing this!