Nikos Askitas

Mathematician/Technologist/Economist. Head IDSC - RDC of IZA, Coordinator Data & Technology @iza_bonn. Fellow @ifo_Institut. Academic Editor @PLOSONE. 🇪🇺🇺🇦

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

On my way to Zürich 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.
https://t.co/2WnCeQaSpU

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Notes on a World with Generative AI https://t.co/1WkxT7SHU0

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

The Behavioral Signature of GenAI in Scientific Communication https://t.co/SuHmwjQVbZ

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

The Behavioral Signature of GenAI in Scientific Communication https://t.co/Kp1frRXCAn via @iza_bonn

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

The program for the 8th issue of our "Matching Jobs and Workers Online" workshop is now online

https://t.co/2WnCeQaSpU

This year co-organized with and hosted at @KOFETH in Zurich.

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Toll Index April 2025 https://t.co/0qjRlPUWki via @askitas

[Nikos Askitas @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).

https://t.co/wGCWODHVRd

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980—years before the internet existed

https://t.co/3Hkcpxm77d

[ifo Institut @ifo_Institut]

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 https://t.co/25HHTOKkI6

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

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.

https://t.co/SU71nBUFLk

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

Flash IZA/Fable SWIPE consumption index at over 7% yer over year in February 2025

https://t.co/waEmm2ELLV

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

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...

https://t.co/aNskzATCKW

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

IZA/Fable SWIPE Consumption Index: Final January 2025 Consumption Data Shows Stronger Growth Than Initial Estimate. Notable rebound from December’s performance.
https://t.co/M0t9O7qvId

[Nikos Askitas @askitas]

Flash IZA/Fable SWIPE Consumption Index in January 2025 at +5.31% year-over-year, based on a 14-day month-to-date comparison. https://t.co/NTGerdZonu

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Toll index for December 2024 down 2.6% year over year
https://t.co/LHJLP58eun

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December IZA/Fable SWIPE Index rests at -3.34% https://t.co/e87Wn3n32C via @askitas

[Nikos Askitas @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. https://t.co/e87Wn3n32C via @askitas

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December IZA/Fable SWIPE Index at +9.9% https://t.co/ISbkDGOKgw via @askitas

[Nikos Askitas @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.

https://t.co/wbFO2duTdR

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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?
https://t.co/XwaqmVxg8l
https://t.co/xeBRUI3OVA