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
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.
🚨 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
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!
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]
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter#econsky is @nikita_sang at Queen's University Belfast who works on topics related to education, gender + environment
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 🧵
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
@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.”
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
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.
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.
"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