Alex Eble

Associate Professor of Economics and Education @Columbia @TeachersCollege. Development economist, enthusiast.

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

This🧵is about a tricky problem in education

The problem: despite growing global wealth and technological progress, there are extremely poor parts of the world where most children grow up illiterate and innumerate

We have two new papers showing that this can be changed

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[Carolina Concha-Arriagada @ConchaArriagada]

📢 Call for submissions: Columbia Gender in the Global Economy Conference!

For economists in any subfield working on the role of gender in the economy.

📍 Columbia University, NYC
🗓️ Oct 30, 2026
⏰ Deadline: July 15, 2026

Assistant profs & postdocs especially encouraged 👇

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@singhabhi Awww, shucks!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

I'm hiring a research manager to run fieldwork for follow-up studies in Guinea Bissau and The Gambia

Info on original studies here: https://t.co/elWe8YdZsY

Job advert attached; email CV and cover letter to [email protected] and [email protected], hiring asap!

cc: @econ_ra

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

This🧵is about a tricky problem in education

The problem: despite growing global wealth and technological progress, there are extremely poor parts of the world where most children grow up illiterate and innumerate

We have two new papers showing that this can be changed

1/n

[Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch]

The @aefpweb EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group fall season kicks off this Friday Sept 13 at 11am ET!

Join us to hear Serena Canaan & Josep Nadal-Fernandez present work in progress.

All are welcome! Contact me for Zoom link.

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@DanielGraeber @Jess_Hoel @paulnovosad 👀

[Minahil A. @asim_minahil]

📣 The #EdDev community group
@aefpweb 2024-25 Updates!

@toddpugatch and I are excited to co-chair this year!

We will meet online on the second Friday of every month at 11am ET. Two presenters will share their work-in-progress followed by quick reflections from two volunteers.

[Nishith Prakash @Prof_Nishith_P]

Alex Eble is speaking at @GAP_NU_ next week. Anyone interested can register and attend online! @alexeble @JPAL_SA @econ_ra_india @WBG_Education

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@tmcgav 😂

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@Prof_Nishith_P An alternative to Twitter with less bad stuff!

Many economists (including me!) now post primarily there. Come join us!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

I've got two more codes for the other place.

DM me!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@Prof_Nishith_P For setting up a bluesky account. Do you have one? Happy to share!

[Saloni Gupta @salonigupta435]

Ecstatic to see my job market paper on the development impact blog. I study how we can teach innovation in schools https://t.co/uYdRVriWeh via @worldbank

[Michael Kofoed @mikekofoed]

Take a look at the great job market candidates from @EPSAatTC. Got to work with some of these great PhD students during my sabbatical year at Columbia. So excited to see where they land!!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

Also, if you made to the second tweet -- I have four invite codes for the other, blue-er place up for grabs.

DM me!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

Breaking my silence here to tell you to check out the amazing econ job market candidates from @TeachersCollege @EPSAatTC here: https://t.co/adSx9V4a1i

I'm the placement director/DGS and happy to field all/any inquiries.

They are objectively great!!!

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@estebanjq3 Yes! First paper here https://t.co/kNCMO1i4v9 by the great @MariaAMartinez3

[Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd]

From a recent interview:

Ashenfelter: "how do you feel about the way you historically were treated in the profession as a woman?"

Goldin: "I spent six years at Princeton, and not once in the six years that I spent at Princeton was I asked to give a seminar"

[Riley Acton @riacton]

JOB ALERT! 🚨 My dept. is hiring an AP in public, enviro, and/or IO.

Miami is an awesome place to work. True research/teaching/life balance. Great colleagues & students. Affordable COL in either a charming college town or nearby Cincy.

Apply & share! https://t.co/XypzerP1Nx

[Robert Metcalfe @RDMetcalfe]

Anybody need codes?

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

@Adrian_HaminsP In this, one for one! Hat tip to Morgan Hardy (she’s on here but can’t find her - new Twitter algo sucks!) for teaching me this

[Alex Eble @alexeble]

I’m going to start being over there more than over here. Same handle. Same content. See you there!