Jonathan Weigel

Assistant professor @BerkeleyHaas. Development, political economy, PF-dev.

[Anja Benshaul-Tolonen @TolonenAnja]

Join our team as a Postdoctoral Scholar, Mining and Local Development in Zambia
Apply here:
https://t.co/nIdixKUsfr

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)!

2-year predoc RA: https://t.co/qOHU4ffcm9

1-year predoc RA: https://t.co/eltVHeRfnf

1-year intern: https://t.co/JdwUVp94zz

@econ_ra

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)!

2-year predoc RA: https://t.co/qOHU4ffcm9

1-year predoc RA: https://t.co/eltVHeRfnf

1-year intern: https://t.co/JdwUVp94zz

@econ_ra

[Eva Davoine @EvaDavoine]

🚨New working paper🚨
“The Political Costs of Taxation” with
@EnguehardJoseph & @IgorKol52824963

When a state has low capacity and legitimacy, attempts to enforce unfair taxation can fuel social conflict!

Some key findings:
🧵 1/10

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Can we use experiments to understand institutions?

In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas spoke to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change:
https://t.co/GO6KYSc20v

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Can we use experiments to understand institutions?

In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas speak to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change:
https://t.co/GO6KYSc20v

[Augustin Bergeron @ABergeron_econ]

🚨Exciting Opportunity! 🚨We're looking for a Predoc RA + Intern to join projects on state capacity and economic development in the DRC

Apply now if you're passionate about Dev/PF/PE!

👉 Research Associate: https://t.co/Pf4gceVuuN
👉 Research Intern: https://t.co/xwrsDIl5Sb

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Projects with @ABergeron_econ, @DinaPomeranz, @gabezt, @DrMarinaNgoma, Binta Zahra Diop, James Robinson, Joana Naritomi, Sam Kapon, and others

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Looking for Predoc RA + intern to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)!

DRC-based research associate:
https://t.co/wMxmyTkHoM

DRC-based research intern:
https://t.co/B98R3SefvY

@econ_ra

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE).

Two-year DRC- and Berkeley-based predoc: https://t.co/GcmWROOhJ8

One-year DRC-based research intern: https://t.co/cMG8kcfaex

@econ_ra

[Guo Xu @guoxu_econ]

Hi everyone, I am looking to hire a pre-doc to work on topics in political economy and economic history. Please RT and share with anyone who might be interested! More details below - apply here: https://t.co/D2Nzmg10cu @econ_ra

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

@AnneBrockmeyer @BerkeleyHaas @UCBerkeley @Sam_Kapon @lindaawuu @J_C_Suarez Thanks for making the trip! So nice to have you and fascinating presentation.

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Come work with us! Looking for French-speaking RAs for research projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development.

Predoctoral RA: https://t.co/GsmpeeuiWA

RA: https://t.co/oht8HKPjK3

Intern: https://t.co/WpxHWHXuCq

@econ_ra

[Nick Tsivanidis @NTsivanidis]

🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨

Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries?

Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

According to a field experiment in DR Congo, property tax rates are above the revenue-maximizing rate. The government could increase revenue by (i) lowering tax rates or (ii) investing in enforcement capacity, which shifts up the revenue-maximizing rate https://t.co/ZemEudcGBd

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

@CHEN_Cai_Anthro @econ_ra Yes of course! Thanks very much.

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

Come work with us! Looking for French-speaking RAs for research projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development.

Predoctoral RA: https://t.co/GsmpeeuiWA

RA: https://t.co/oht8HKPjK3

Intern: https://t.co/WpxHWHXuCq

@econ_ra

[Jonathan Weigel @JonathanWeigel]

@JustineKneb @sciencespo @ScPoEcon Congrats Justine!

[NBER @nberpubs]

RA review of literature that examines changes to institutions, consists of real-time studies of plausible critical junctures, and exploits field experiments, from Michael Callen, @jonathanweigel, and Noam Yuchtman https://t.co/mmp3gsv7he

[Justine Knebelmann @JustineKneb]

🚨Excited to present my JMP! "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal"

https://t.co/ypSFPoZKv7

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