My great-grandfather's phrase has been running through my head the past few days: "Small favors gratefully received, larger ones in proportion"

Excited to share a new paper: bit.ly/Agency5Q One contribution is on methods for designing survey modules: We propose to use qualitative interviews as a "gold standard" measurement and choose survey questions that best match them. cc: w/ Monica Biradavolu Jan E. Cooper

Just saw this cool paper on it! nber.org/papers/w28399 Is this for you or for undergrads?

"I learned not to take initial rejections as being permanent obstacles to moving ahead." When Elinor Ostrom applied for a PhD in economics she was turned away. Undefeated she took on a different doctorate and in 2009 was the first woman to receive the Prize in Economic Sciences.

Looking forward to participating in this event on Women & Girls in Science with multiple generations(!) of women scientists! Note: I, and IFPRI will be at 1pm EST on Feb 11

Call for papers SIOE 2021 -- deadline Feb 25th!! Please send us your papers and help spread the word.👇 sioe.org/conference/2021

Check out CWAE - Women in Ag. Econ COSBAE - Minorities in Ag. Econ.'s new program for URMs interested in PhDs in ag/applied econ - travel support to AAEA annual meetings, research opportunities, and training in best practices for mentoring. Applications due April 30! Econ RA Listings bit.ly/3khHwdc

Important visualizations of worsening disparities during the pandemic, and it is neat to see work by @JoakimWeill et al. cited in it! We Did Not Suffer Equally nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Thrilled to announce I'll be joining the department of economics at Villanova this fall as an assistant professor! I cannot thank my advisors enough for their support throughout: Michael Carter, Arman Rezaee, Steve Boucher, and Diana Moreira 🇺🇦. So, any Philadelphia recs?

Fundraiser for six outstanding students from Makerere University in Uganda, to attend the MA in economics at the City University in New York, with an eye on a future PhD in economics. Help if you can! Let's expand access into the econ profession. gofund.me/822bccd9

This just in! The Makerere Six have been told that if they raise another $15,000, a donor will match that amount! This will get them to their goal. Please consider donating. They have until August 20th!

I'm honored to chair this fascinating session w/ Jill McCluskey & Susan Offutt. Great title & great paper

Lessons from econ/academia pt2: My Nigerian/African self is always happy to see carefully done economics work on African countries. But also need 4 regular reminders for students/colleagues/myself that: 1.There is, in fact, no such thing as an Africa expert 1/n

4. Careful qualitative/historical research, citing African scholars, is a necessary component of good economics research in African countries #EconTwitter

I put my first “Introduction to statistics in R” workshop on YouTube! It directs you to my GitHub where there are data and rmarkdown documents that are interactive and help guide you! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Meet JMC Karen Ortiz-Becerra Karen Ortiz-Becerra! She examines the impact of the consolidation of agricultural land on local labor markets & finds that consolidation shifts labor out of agriculture but lowers rural workers’ income.More at: karenortizbecerra.com #EconJMP #EconJMC

Literally dancing in my chair as I put these lectures into my calendar

Recommendations for films/shows/episodes that I could give my senior seminar on Political Economy of the Global South? The goal is mostly to orient students who haven't travelled to life in the rest of the world. Thanks!

New initiative #EconTwitter, short 🧵!  Lots of information circulating about hidden curriculum here – very welcome. Sometimes more personalized information is needed, particularly for students at institutions outside of the U.S.

Excited to see customary tenure (and the power dynamics) in The Economist! economist.com/middle-east-an…