📢 Calling research institutions in LAC: submit proposals on demographic transition and development to the IDB Research Network. Deadline: Nov 3. Info & submission: https://t.co/eF4uw7sniD #DemographyLAC#IDBResearch
📢 Calling research institutions in LAC: submit proposals on demographic transition and development to the IDB Research Network. Deadline: Nov 3. Info & submission: https://t.co/eF4uw7sniD #DemographyLAC#IDBResearch
The Call for Papers for the 4th meeting of LACEA's Urban Economics Network is out!
FGV São Paulo, Dec 5-6, 2025
Keynotes: Gilles Duranton (Wharton) & Ingrid Gould Ellen (NYU)
Deadline for submission: Jul 15th
Big thanks to our local organizers @DaMataDan & @cirobiderman!
Thrilled to welcome Laura Alfaro as our new Chief Economist at @the_IDB. Research is critical to improve our work and Laura will help bring rigor and depth to our operations and in our policy conversations with countries. ¡Muy bienvenida al equipo, Laura!
Today (Monday) at 12 PM EST @NinaBuchmann6 (@YaleEGC) will present the paper "Paternalistic Discrimination" (joint with C. Meyer and C. Sullivan) at the @the_IDB Research Department's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/bt7vgPWmKe
Today (Monday) at 12 PM EST Prof. Sarah Cohodes (@fordschool) will present "Different Paths to College Success: The Impact of Massachusetts' Charter Schools on College Trajectories" at the @the_IDB Research Department's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/GoIbDePr2t
Today (Monday) at 12 PM EST Prof. Andrea Velasquez @a_velasquezg (@CUDenver) will present "Universal Health Insurance and Child Health: Evidence from Seguro Popular" at the @the_IDB Research Department's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/GP0W6nAFeI.
Join our team and help us analyze the effects of Quito's first Metro line using causal inference techniques and spatial models, suing census data, administrative records, satellite imagery, and official surveys. #QuitoMetro#SpatialAnalysis@the_IDB
https://t.co/X1emG5a8ae
🚀 Exciting Research Opportunity! 🚀
We're hiring Research Fellows at the IDB Research Dept in DC! If you have (or are finishing) your Master’s in Econ & have a passion for impactful research, apply now 👉 https://t.co/tDDPmJwq3I #IDBJobs#Economics#Research#econtwitter
Today (Thursday) at 12 PM EST Prof. Mariaflavia Harari (@Wharton) will present "Residential Patterns and Local Public Goods in Urban Brazil" at the @the_IDB Research Department's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/QXtBkKkDdq
EconNet is back! Today (Wednesday) at 12 PM EST Ricardo Dahis (@MonashUni) will present "The Political Consequences of Structural Transformation: Agro-business, Misallocation, and Deforestation" at the @the_IDB's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/T1zc2hBuBr
🚨New dataset alert 🚨
In collaboration with a stellar team at Banxico, Harvard, the World Bank, and ITAM, we built a dataset of demographics and labor market variables at the local-labor-market level for Mexico!
Download here:
https://t.co/pucivtZgFA
#EconTwitter#Mexico
📢✨ I'm excited to see my JMP now published in REStud! 🚀It is motivated by hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies facing increased competition from the entry and expansion of large firms offering similar products https://t.co/STUhPiCJeA. #econtwitter
Today is the launch of the IDB’s flagship DIA (Development In the Americas) report: “Expanding Opportunities: Policies for Gender Equality and Inclusion” https://t.co/7XDXaqMNrS are 10 of my favorite figures/tables. 🧵
Addressing the underrepresentation of women in leadership and the stagnant gender wage gap is crucial. Our new report outlines how closing these gaps can enhance economic outcomes and drive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
https://t.co/QZpCLDaGW2
📢TE INVITAMOS AL LANZAMIENTO DE LA NUEVA PUBLICACION de @el_BID
*Sembrar inclusión: Qué sabemos y qué falta saber sobre políticas de discapacidad*
🗓️3 de diciembre
⏲️ 11am ET
Regístrate: https://t.co/zctRPLulxW
@DaveEvansPhD@F_Regalia
Today (Monday) at 12 PM EST Prof. Breno Sampaio @Brenorsampaio (@pimes_em UFPE) will present "Let the Water Do the Work: Climate Adaptation Policies and the Formal Labor Market" at the @the_IDB Research Department's EconNet seminar. Join us at: https://t.co/D31FCBusVa