Viola Asri

Development Economist, Senior Researcher @cmi_no, PI @EXCInequality & @InclusionIndia, PhD @UZH, public economics & labour economics

[Development Innovation Lab @DILatUChicago]

Our partner is hiring!

The Development Innovation Lab (DIL)- India, based at the UChicago Trust in India, is expanding its research team and recruiting for several exciting roles working on cutting-edge development research. 1/3

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Can school-based career guidance increase young women’s labour force participation?

Today on VoxDev, @asriankush (@cmi_no), @ViolaAsri (@cmi_no) & @AnkeHoeffler (@Konstanz_Pol_PA) outline research on India: https://t.co/NBtLE3JtGO

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

We're hiring a research associate & a research intern for a field project on taxation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A great opportunity for anyone interested in gaining hands-on research & work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government.

[Olle Hammar @ollehammar]

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We'll be hosting the 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) at @linneuni in Växjö, Sweden, on June 16-17, 2026. Keynote speakers: @HjortJ & Rohini Somanathan 🤩 Submit your papers here (deadline February 28): https://t.co/YPXhTXQEq0

[Olle Hammar @ollehammar]

🚨 Our comment on Begum, Grossman & Islam (2018) is now out in Demography @ReadDemography (w/ Bonander, @gunther_bensch, @nikljako & Brodeur @I4Replication): https://t.co/XohwN5X4Oj

[Julia Seither @juliaseither]

We have 2 postdoc positions to work with @Econ_4_Everyone's Experimental Econ team:

1 to be involved with @_jilaee (see details below) based in Buenos Aires and Chicago &

1 based at @UChicago (https://t.co/ECTUGLay71)

Apply if you want to work on the frontier of exp econ!

[Zaeem-Al Ehsan @zaeemal_]

If you are planning on applying to PhD in Economics/Public Policy programs for Fall 2026 in the US, I would be happy to look over your SOP + other application materials. Email me! [email protected]

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @nikita_sang at Queen's University Belfast who works on topics related to education, gender + environment

[sara lowes @sararlowes]

RA position for research on culture and development. Please consider applying @econ_ra https://t.co/xjSSiFbyPD

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Fascinating new paper shows that papers reporting statistical significance get at least 60% more media attention #econtwitter #econsky: from
Brodeur Cook @nikolaimcook @taylor_wright, a short 🧵

[Viola Asri @ViolaAsri]

@kaushikcbasu If it’s Düsseldorf then you made it too easy 😅

[Gabrielle Lynch @GabrielleLynch6]

A 3-year teaching fellowship at Warwick to teach my modules on "Politics in Eastern Africa" and "Violence and Reconciliation in Eastern Africa". Please do share! https://t.co/zyeHl8GY92

[Toman Barsbai @TomanBarsbai]

@deanyang @karsha @jorgeghombrados @ViolaAsri @warwickecon Thanks to all participants for a fantastic development economics workshop! The 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM) are not over yet. Tomorrow we continue with the meeting on “Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital.”

[Suzanna Khalifa @khalifa_suzanna]

I’m hiring a full-time predoc in @sciencespo Paris to work on labour & violence against women in MENA. Ideal before a PhD in economics. Flexible start (Jul–Sept 2025) & open to international applicants. Info: https://t.co/4U46AOWvyt
@predoc_org @econ_ra

[Toman Barsbai @TomanBarsbai]

Welcome to the 2025 Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! We’re kicking off with Development Economics. We have an exciting lineup of speakers, incl. @sararlowes as keynote and Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang as invited speakers. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk.

[Raavi Aggarwal @raavi_aggarwal]

Urgently looking for #data on #electricity prices for #Malawi for the 2004-2020 period for a paper revision. Any leads will be appreciated!

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

My occasional reminder that NBER working papers are not open access: "All visitors to the NBER website are eligible for 3 free downloads each year."

Be a sport; post a version on your website rather than just link to the NBER website.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

“We have now incorporated all of the reviewer feedback…”

[NHH Department of Economics @NHHEcon]

"Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda" - new paper by Kjetil Bjorvatn, @VincentSomville (both @NHHEcon, @NHHnor & @TheChoiceLab), @arnenasgowitz, Denise Ferris, Selim Gulesci & Lore Vandewalle @AEAjournals:
https://t.co/jucaus3Cw2

[Nishith Prakash @Prof_Nishith_P]

We are looking for a strong #RA! Please apply! @econ_ra @econ_ra_india @JPAL_SA @nberpubs @EconAtAshoka @EconomicsShiv @AEAjournals