Excited to share that our paper "The Economics of Abduction Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia" is out at the Journal of Development Economics. Joint work with @LindseyKNovak.
This is one of the projects I've enjoyed the most. Let me tell you a bit about the paper 🧵
📌 Save the Date: 30 January 2026 | LSE
We are pleased to share the preliminary programme for the LSE–PEPS Early Career Workshop. The workshop features an excellent line-up of speakers, and we warmly welcome attendees.
🔗 Registration: https://t.co/xWLvTda4zX
Can civic education transform gender norms?
Our new article with @hectorgalindos in Journal of Comparative Economics shows how Colombia’s 1991 Constitution shaped attitudes toward equality.
https://t.co/uc0CHdG9KY
My JMP “Representation from Below” is first view @apsrjournal - https://t.co/uL5l05i2JC - I show causally that women’s grassroots party activism links descriptive representation —> women’s political participation in India (& other democracy + development outcomes) 🧵(1/n)
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Diffusion of Policy to Address Violence Against Women" @hanabast, @JacquiTrue, Astghik Mavisakalyan & @AsherFlynn look to the case of Indonesia 🇮🇩 to understand the dynamics of local policy implementation on VAW.
https://t.co/L22bBAyV6r
👩🦰Do women politicians address violence against women more effectively?
➡️Using data from Mexico and a RDD, @Marco_Alcocer1 R. Skillman & @angietorresbel find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women https://t.co/ZhBTMwk9ic #FirstView
This would be CATASTROPHIC. Data from @Guttmacher suggests that after one week of the freeze, 912,720 women and girls will have been denied essential contraceptive care. After the full 90-day period, it'd be about 11.7 MILLION.
We CANNOT allow this:
https://t.co/nA6bzzJznr
Just published on APSR First View: "Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia" by Erica DeBruin (@esdebruin), Gabriella Levy (@levy_gabriella), Livia Schubiger (@liviaisabella13) & Michael Weintraub (@miweintraub83). https://t.co/44ZpIea7tU
Mala Htun was a tremendous political scientist!
Together with @SLaurelWeldon, they demonstrate the importance of feminist mobilisation for pushing states to enact substantive action on male violence. ✊
We are greatly indebted to her brilliant scholarship.
🎓 The application period for the Master's in Social Sciences at IC3JM is now OPEN!
🌍 Join a top-tier program with international faculty, rigorous training, and a vibrant academic community in Madrid.
🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/N1mlXvSkWZ
#SocialSciences#UC3JM
Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence'' from Bhalotra, Britto, Pinotti and Sampaio:
https://t.co/8exXp2LuT7
🚨 New Publication in @EJPGjournal! 🚨
Together with @BCaihuelas, we explore ‘The Gender Gap in Policy Responsiveness in Spain’.
📊 Do politicians address the political preferences of women and men equally? Our key findings below ⬇️
Read more: https://t.co/6NLGpwvFCm
Do women earn less than men because they are less competitive? This awesome paper by @ErnestoReuben, Paola Sapienza, and @zingales shows that once we measure earnings some years after graduation, competitiveness does not explain the gender gap (or predict earnings) 🧵1/7
Hi #EconTwitter! I'm on the #EconJobMarket and happy to share my #JMP "The Impact of Weather Shocks on the Effectiveness of Child Marriage Bans"
Laws banning child marriage often fall short outside urban areas. I show that economic shocks explain the limited impact of these bans
🧵(1/15)
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
#NobelPrize
📢Check out the new issue of Regulation & Governance!
Issue 4 (Volume 18) is now available online here: https://t.co/oVgik8YEzm
#RegGov @WileyPolitics
I’m excited to share that I’m starting a DPhil in Politics at @UniofOxford and @NuffieldCollege as an @ESRC scholar! Many thanks to the @ic3jm community in Madrid for their incredible support. Looking forward to advancing research on legislation addressing violence against women.