Bruce Wydick

Development Economist at University of San Francisco; Research affiliate Notre Dame & Berkeley CEGA. Lifelong attempt at Christianity with intermittent success.

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Excited to present the introduction to my book released this month, #ShrewdSamaritan, posted on my blog site. Intended for ordinary people who wish to engage global poverty in ways that are both meaningful and effective.
https://t.co/xHdeNZKHlM

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

@scitube_social Check out this very cute but highly informative sci-tube animated cartoon with results from our clubfoot impact study in Ethiopia! @CEGA_UC @KelloggInst

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Looking to change a life on @GivingTuesday? The $500 @hopewalksorg intervention to free children in LMICs from clubfoot is truly life-changing: nearly 1sd increase in human flourishing. See our August 2025 article in Health Economics & give generously: https://t.co/f0kuSlurI5

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

New article in @vox_dev based on our research investigating increases in infant mortality from the introduction of Nestlé infant formula into low- and middle income countries. We estimate 10.9 million infant deaths between 1960 and 2015.
https://t.co/Mxst7psr6i @CEGA_UC @USFCA

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

What many people don't know: recent decades have seen incredible reductions in poverty. The poverty rate has *never before* been this low in human history.

What new data is now revealing: after the setback from Covid, poverty reduction now continues!
https://t.co/RJEfQE7PRm

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

@deandulay @cps_journal Yes, Peter, really interesting piece of research--very much along the lines of some of Nathan Nunn's work.

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Compelling new article "Why do People Stay Poor?" accepted at the @QJEHarvard by Balboni, @orianabandiera, Burgess, @maitreesh, and Heil finds evidence for poverty traps and threshold asset accumulation for escape from poverty.
https://t.co/Je0QJG6mf8

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

My two cents FWIW: Having a field called "development economics" makes no sense. It is essentially all fields of economics related to the 84% of people in the world who don't live in high-income countries. It is good to see it gradually absorbed into the other fields of econ.

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

My USF colleague Alessandra Cassar's research on women's competitiveness is attracting lots of attention this week. Bottom line: women can be just as competitive as men when they are competing for their kids or sharing the winnings: @Cassar_Ale @CEGA_UC
https://t.co/2NiRDHtSZi

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Super cool new paper by Blair et al. finds that messages by religious leaders promoting forgiveness in Nigeria increased reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria. @poverty_action @CEGA_UC @IDEC_usfca
https://t.co/0hRfLxKpnM

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

A short piece I wrote for the lay person on why the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics is so important:
https://t.co/L3Yu0SHWxL

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

This graphic in the NYT today is striking, but what is even more so is that it is the counties in the northwest corner of the scatterplot that voted to remove Gov. Newsom in the #CaliforniaRecallElection yesterday because of his strong COVID masking and vaccine policies.

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

More evidence new in the @QJEHarvard that the minimum wage does not seem to increase unemployment a la Econ 101. https://t.co/Ukc9P0d9lh

[Michael Weintraub @miweintraub83]

Este estudio está muy en línea con la gran mayoría de la literatura sobre el tema: la llegada de refugados de Siria de hecho tenía un efecto NEGATIVO sobre el crimen en Turquía.

Importante para Colombia en este momento, cuando la xenofobia parece ser la salida fácil.

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Why I Cannot (Fully) Embrace Effective Altruism. (And discussing the Human Dignity perspective as an alternative.) New post on https://t.co/5KNsMPoOjq: https://t.co/QMoojYX7zl

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

What a cool sight in the western sky tonight! (Could even see it pretty clearly with binoculars.)

[Meer @HusamuddinMeer]

The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
(with the Galilean Moons of Jupiter)

#jupitersaturnconjunction #thegreatconjunction
Shot on Canon Eos 200D at 250mm

[Danila Serra @danilaserra_eco]

- @jhaushofer and Fehr (2014) "On the psychology of poverty" https://t.co/1b3jzj4xrD

- @TravisLybbert & @BruceWydick (2018) on "Poverty, aspirations and the economics of hope" https://t.co/PU3SFH9iOi
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[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

On being a #ShrewdSamaritan during the pandemic: Some reflections on responses and meaningful impacts.
https://t.co/BfOFQP91Mp

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Love this study by @PJakiela et al (Especially since we have an older sister in our house!)

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

Older sisters boost their younger siblings' vocabulary and motor skills.

New evidence from Kenya in "Big Sisters" by @PJakiela, @OwenOzier, @LiaFernald, & Knauer

Paper: https://t.co/zjqNjlC3z5

Summary blog post: https://t.co/3AqmlZ3ZnI

[Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick]

Fighting the pandemic with our hearts and our smarts: What it means to be a #ShrewdSamaritan during COVID. Piece @kentannan and I wrote for @CTmagazine appearing online today.
https://t.co/0z4qzuPQTt

[scott cunningham @causalinf]

Preorder my Mixtape — it’s cheaper than some of the alternatives, including Mostly Harmless Econometrics ($35 vs $40). If it does well enough, Yale may do a comic book. You thought Frank Miller’s run into Daredevil was great — just wait.