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We ask about cause and effect more often than we realise. Will a university degree get me a better job than an apprenticeship? Will my child do better at school after joining a sports club or learning an instrument? And in policy: do training programmes of the Public Employment Service help unemployed people find jobs? Does voting change in a municipality when refugees are housed there? Over the past decades, research has developed methods and a language to think about such questions more systematically.

Many thanks to Andreas Sator for having me on a podcast I enjoy listening to myself. And here is a joke that makes more sense after listening to the episode:

Thirteen participants from the University of Innsbruck and LMU Munich discussed empirical projects on migration and integration, labor markets and active labor market policy, health and human capital, and public finance and political economy. A plenary discussion focused on the use of AI in empirical economic research. We thank the Research Area Economy, Politics and Society (EPoS) for its financial support.