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💠 My complete productivity system: https://fokus.so Dr. Seegers and I discuss the problems of our school system, the usefulness of women's quotas, discrimination in the labor market, artificial intelligence as a solution and much more. Playlist with all podcast episodes: https://bit.ly/2U4DLyE Dr. Philipp Karl Seegers is a labor market economist. After he has already supported me intensively in the creation of two YouTube videos (high school grades and university rankings), we are now discussing in direct conversation the problems of the German school system, the usefulness of women's quotas, the use of IQ and personality tests and even artificial intelligence in the recruitment of employees and much more. Follow Philipp: ► / pkseegers 📢 Viewer survey: https://forms.gle/p8xZt3Ag2LYZGewq9 💌 Newsletter: https://niklassteenfatt.com/ ▬ Sources mentioned in the podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ (1) Weichselbaumer D.: Multiple Discrimination against Female Immigrants Wearing Headscarves, in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 73, No. 3, Page(s) 600-627, 2020 (2) Kübler, Schmid, Stüber: Gender discrimination in hiring across occupations: a nationally-representative vignette study, Labour Economics, Volume 55, 2018, Pages 215-229 (3) https://www.candidate-select.de/uploa... (4) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c... Video on the topic of university rankings: • How important is the reputation of the university? (The... ▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Welcome and introduction 2:47 - The problems with our education system 13:44 - Governments keep data under lock and key 16:50 - Costs of dropouts 18:18 - Studying in Maastricht 22:32 - Semester abroad as a requirement 26:32 - Semester abroad as a career boost - a fallacy? 30:28 - Personality tests - science or hocus-pocus? 37:25 - CASE - comparing degrees fairly 40:43 - How does his CASE algorithm really work? 48:14 - Comparison of specialized degree programs 50:52 - Artificial intelligence decides who gets hired? 53:26 - Can AI be sexist or be racist? 55:45 - Discrimination in the job market 1:03:41 - Do women's quotas make sense? 1:13:43 - Scientists as a hobby on the side 1:14:56 - Isn't it a conflict of interest to validate your own product? 1:19:07 - University rankings 1:23:47 - Closing words Achieve your goals now: https://fokus.so