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Hosted by Telecom Paris, this two-day international workshop will gather doctoral students involved in research in the field of the economics of digitization with both theoretical and empirical focus.

While at CESifo, Kristian Behrens will present and continue his work on a recent project that documents and tries to understand the drivers in the changes in the distribution of jobs in all major urban areas in the US between 1990 and 2020 (“The evolution of the residential-employment mix within U.S. cities”, joint with Julien Martin, Florian Mayneris, and Farid Toubal).

Kristian’s research mainly focuses on urban economics (spatial sorting, agglomeration economies), regional economics (spatial distribution of economic activity, changes in the spatial structure of cities and regions), international trade (impacts of trade integration, trade frictions, transport costs), and theoretical developments in monopolistic competition.

During his stay at CESifo, Denvil Duncan will advance his work on a research project that examines public sector wage structures and disparities. He and his coauthors constructed an expansive longitudinal database of public sector payroll records, encompassing over 40 U.S. states from 2010 to 2025. The data includes granular demographic identifiers for race and sex for a subset of 10 states, allowing for precise tracking of individual worker trajectories.

He is a ZEW Research Associate, Associate Editor of Public Finance Review, on the Editorial Advisory Board of the National Tax Journal, and on the Editorial Board of Public Budgeting and Finance.

During his visit to CESifo, Menusch Khadjavi will work on a research project on climate change, load-shedding and solar technology adoption. 

Menusch conducts research in behavioral and experimental economics, with a particular focus on the environment and sustainable development. His work has been published in journals such as the Economic Journal, Management Science, the Journal of Public Economics, PNAS, Games and Economic Behavior, the European Economic Review amongst others.

The CESifo Working Paper Series offers a wide range of economic research across diverse topics. Here are the papers that recently garnered the most attention, based on download figures.

Can artificial intelligence (AI) revive the long-declining productivity of European firms and boost the continent's economic growth? How well are EU economies positioned to leverage AI while mitigating risks such as job displacement and algorithmic collusion? The answers largely depend on the business ecosystem, the speed of adoption, and – ultimately – balanced regulation and policy: Upskilling workers, strengthening digital infrastructure, and deepening the EU single market are some of the priorities discussed in this Forum.