Hosam Ibrahim

PhD candidate @ApEcMN | Ag & Development, labor & education | Causal inference | Job market 2025.

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

🚨 #JMP Alert 🚨

I am on the #EconJobMarket!

In my JMP I study how new mines affect nearby farms through labor-market reallocation vs. environmental degradation using farm microdata and two complementary designs. [1/13]

Link: https://t.co/Q7xkTpAieZ

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

I’m excited to share that I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota!

I’m deeply grateful to my advisor, Paul Glewwe, and committee members Ragui Assaad, @raamadhok and Rebecca Thornton. Excited for the next chapter!

@ApEcMN

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

Website: https://t.co/My1i81xSo8
#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #DevEcon #AgEcon #Mining #Agriculture

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

🚨 #JMP Alert 🚨

I am on the #EconJobMarket!

In my JMP I study how new mines affect nearby farms through labor-market reallocation vs. environmental degradation using farm microdata and two complementary designs. [1/13]

Link: https://t.co/Q7xkTpAieZ

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

🧩 Mechanism

Evidence points to labor-market competition, not pollution as the short- to medium-run primary mechanism.

Contrast with Ghana (Aragón & Rud) likely reflects timing & measurement. [13/13]

[Raahil Madhok @raamadhok]

The Department of Applied Economics at University of Minnesota is proud to announce our 2025/26 Ph.D. job market candidates! #econtwitter

Meet the stellar candidates and view their profiles here: https://t.co/oWP3KT5s7g

[Hosam Ibrahim @HosammIbrahim]

It was a privilege to present my JMP on mining and agriculture at NEUDC last weekend. I appreciate all the comments and feedback! Detailed summary thread incoming.

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@TuftsEconomics @melesemesay @Katlamity @Sarah_Winton_ @NKarachiwalla @eb_mensah @kunalsen5 @hagen_kruse @KaOrtizb @TilmanGraff @mmalloush @Prof_Nishith_P @shwetlena @sandipz @karthik_econ @PaulFNiehaus @Jeff_Weaver_ @robertogillmore @josueawonon @IFPRI @JEAllenIV @AditiSingh095 @saritaoreq @wsandholtz @XuanLi_1994 @CMichaudLeclerc In the final session on ag + structural change, Ibrahim shows that farms proximate to mines in SSA show some evidence of labor-switching out of ag

[Tufts Economics @TuftsEconomics]

Hosam Ibrahim presents " Input Competition vs Pollution: The Effect of Mining on Agriculture in Africa".
Session 36: Agriculture and Structural Change

Chaired by Douglas Gollin
#NEUDC 2025 #Tufts University