CESifo Network

Matthew Collins is an applied microeconomist with overlapping interests in the economics of education, gender economics and development economics. Much of his work investigates the determinants of and returns to human capital formation, as well as inequalities in parental investments in human capital. More recently, Matthew’s work has focused on culture and gender inequality. During his visit to CESifo, he will continue to work on projects in these domains.

Gordon B. Dahl is a labor economist whose research focuses on families, public policies and the labor market in both the U.S. and throughout Europe. His research spans a wide range of issues, including how family income affects child achievement, peer effects among coworkers and family members, the impact of incarceration on recidivism and employment, the early-life integration of immigrants, and intergenerational links in welfare use. 

Gordon Dahl is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He is the Area Director for Labor Economics for the CESifo Research Network, a Research Professor at the ifo Institute, and a CESifo Research Fellow.

During his CESifo visit, Ro’ee Levy will focus on studying the demand and supply of news slant. The internet and social media have dramatically transformed the news landscape. The abundance of online news options, recommendations of social media algorithms, and changes in news production may have segregated individuals into echo chambers, environments where people mostly consume like-minded news. Such echo chambers could exacerbate polarization, distort perceptions of reality, and threaten democracy. However, a gap remains between these grave concerns and the limited evidence on echo chambers.