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Ludger Woessmann

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Ludger Woessmann

@Woessmann

Professor of Economics, @LMU_Muenchen; Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education, @ifo_Institut

Munich

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Joined September 2020

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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jul 7, 2025
❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French? ➡️New Working Paper: Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek nber.org/papers/w33984 A🧵1/12
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
May 6, 2021
🚀What a unique source on economic history for years to come: 👇 The Handbook of Historical Economics is out! sciencedirect.com/book/978012815… @albertobisin @essobecker @jaredcrubin @DrNathanNunn @andreamatranga @sararlowes @felipev84 @joachim_voth @DrDaronAcemoglu @snaidunl @GalorOded
Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Dec 5, 2023
📢Die neuen PISA-Ergebnisse:☹️ 📉Leistungen der 15-Jährigen sind noch unter das Niveau gefallen, das vor gut 20 Jahren den 1. PISA-Schock ausgelöst hat❗️ ➡️Wir brauchen einen neuen PISA-Schock! ➡️Als Gesellschaft wieder vollen Fokus auf Lernergebnisse legen! Ein Thread🧵 1/5
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jan 19, 2023
It’s out!🚨 Handbook of the Economics of Education Volume 6 Edited with @EricHanushek and @s_machin_ Super chapters on several of the most pressing topics in the economics of education by leading scholars Have a look at the content! 👇 …iencedirect-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org/handbook/handb… 1/11
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jul 1, 2022
📢Gerade veröffentlicht: Der neue @IQB_media-Bildungstrend ➡️Unsere Grundschüler:innen (4. Klasse) liegen in Mathe+Lesen ¼-⅓ (!) Schuljahr hinter dem Niveau von vor 5 Jahren Sogar ½ Schuljahr (!) hinter 2011 Das ist verheerend! Und keiner will es hören Ein Thread🧵 1/5
Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Oct 17, 2022
🚨At least ⅔ ‼️ of the world’s youth do not reach even basic skill levels That’s the bottom line of our new paper: “Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development” w/ @sarages & @EricHanushek Out @ NBER: nber.org/papers/w30566 A🧵1/10
Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jul 24, 2023
🚨Now "just accepted" @JPolEcon: Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects w/ @SvenRes @JRuhose @SimonWiederhold @katharina_wedel 👉Strong 3-year effects of mentoring RCT journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72… 🧵 1/9
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jan 4, 2021
Ein Thread zu möglichen Schulschließungen. 1) Solange wir keinen harten Lockdown für alle haben (keine Kontakte, keine Reisen, kein Rodeltourismus, nur Notbetriebe), müssen wir auch bei den Schulen abwägen: Was bringt es? Was sind die Nachteile?
Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Oct 4, 2023
🚨 New Working Paper: Religion and Growth w/ @essobecker & @jaredcrubin We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology—to frame the role of religion in economic growth. monash.edu/__data/assets/… 🧵1/9
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
May 9, 2023
📢Beyond grateful that our “Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence?” found a home at the @JPolEcon 👉Mentoring improves labor-market prospects of low-SES adolescents w/ @SvenRes @JRuhose @SimonWiederhold @katharina_wedel Details later – I’m off enjoying…🥳
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Apr 18, 2023
NEU NEU NEU 🚨Der ifo-„Ein Herz für Kinder”-Chancenmonitor Wie (un-)gerecht sind die Bildungschancen von Kindern aus verschiedenen Familien in 🇩🇪verteilt? ‼️Je nach familiärem Hintergrund variiert die Wahrscheinlichkeit ein Gymnasium zu besuchen von 21% bis 81%‼️ Ein🧵1/7
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Nov 21, 2023
📢Just out in the Journal of Development Economics: “Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development” w/ @sarages & @EricHanushek 👉At least ⅔ of the world’s youth do not reach even basic skill levels😢 🔗authors.elsevier.com/a/1i7UZ_6wyKpd… 🧵1/7
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Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Jan 11, 2022
📢New WP🚨 “Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education” w/ @BenjaminArold & @LarissaZierow Short answer: YES Slightly longer answer in this🧵 👉cesifo.org/DocDL/cesifo1_… 1/10
Ludger Woessmann
@Woessmann
Nov 3, 2023
🚨Volume 7 is out! Handbook of the Economics of Education Edited with @EricHanushek and @s_machin_ Great overview chapters on cutting-edge topics in the economics of education by top scholars Have a look! 👇 sciencedirect.com/handbook/handb… 1/7
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