Mathematician/Technologist/Economist. Head IDSC - RDC of IZA, Coordinator Data & Technology @iza_bonn. Fellow @ifo_Institut. Academic Editor @PLOSONE. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Bonn, Germany
Joined June 2009
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On my way to ZĂĽrich for the 8th and last edition of the workshop Peter Kuhn and I have been running for the last years. This is my last "public appearance" for IDSC and for IZA before leaving at the end of October 2025.
Program looks fun.
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The Behavioral Signature of GenAI in Scientific Communication ifo.de/en/cesifo/publication…
The Behavioral Signature of GenAI in Scientific Communication iza.org/pub/uxJA8Z4M via @iza_bonn
The program for the 8th issue of our "Matching Jobs and Workers Online" workshop is now online
conference.iza.org/DATA_2025…
This year co-organized with and hosted at @KOFETH in Zurich.
Toll Index April 2025 askitas.com/toll-index-april… via @askitas
Cool inter-angency workshop I was happy to be a part of over the last couple of days in Turin Italy (Catch my slides).
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Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980—years before the internet existed
fortune.com/2025/03/17/compu…
Nikos Askitas retweeted
Die Unternehmen in 🇩🇪 planen mit weniger #Personal. Das #ifoBeschäftigungsbarometer sank im Febr. auf 93,0 Punkte (93,4 im Jan.). „Die Lage am Arbeitsmarkt bleibt angespannt – auch wegen des Strukturwandels in der Wirtschaft.“ @KlausWohlrabe. #ifoUmfragen ifo.de/fakten/2025-02-26/unt…
Toll Index in January 2025 (German border crossing activity of Long Vehicles) only marginally better than December 2024 and 2.6% down year-over-year.
askitas.com/toll-index-janua…
Flash IZA/Fable SWIPE consumption index at over 7% yer over year in February 2025
askitas.com/flash-iza-fable-…
Acting autocratically and evidence-free is not enough for the Trump nuts. Now they are attacking the data!
With AFD at 20% and cosying up to Musk the specter of German official (micro-)data getting in the wrong hands is on the horizon as well...
spglobal.com/market-intellig…
IZA/Fable SWIPE Consumption Index: Final January 2025 Consumption Data Shows Stronger Growth Than Initial Estimate. Notable rebound from December’s performance.
askitas.com/flash-iza-fable-…
Flash IZA/Fable SWIPE Consumption Index in January 2025 at +5.31% year-over-year, based on a 14-day month-to-date comparison. askitas.com/flash-iza-fable-…
Toll index for December 2024 down 2.6% year over year
askitas.com/toll-index-decem…
December IZA/Fable SWIPE Index rests at -3.34% askitas.com/december-iza-fab… via @askitas
Recent recordings of negative consumer sentiment appear to be translating into consumption restraint this past December, as our SWIPE index shows a -3.34% year-over-year drop for December 2024. askitas.com/december-iza-fab… via @askitas
December IZA/Fable SWIPE Index at +9.9% askitas.com/december-iza-fab… via @askitas
AI industry is tapping out on new data to train on, forced to shift away from the way models are trained today. Like with fossil fuels: just as oil is a finite resource, the internet contains a finite amount of human-generated content.
theverge.com/2024/12/13/2432…
A continuing and pronounced decoupling between border crossings of heavy vehicles and industrial production. Driven by value to weight ratio drop driven e.g. by energy intensive industry slow down?
askitas.com/toll-index-novem…
destatis.de/DE/Presse/Presse…
