Excelente producción del Inter-American Development Bank sobre nuestros artículos sobre #desigualdad en #salud en #Latinoamérica. Formato muy llevadero, intercalando voces de los investigadores con la de diversos actores. Muchas gracias a Ana María Ibáñez por conducir la conversación de manera magistral.

📣Good news for everyone who missed the deadline to register for #ALAP2024 in Bogotá! You still have time to enroll in the different schools until Sept 10. MPIDR is part of two schools! Learn more here: congreso.alapop.org/alap-2024/page….?lang=es and here: congreso.alapop.org/alap-2024/page… 🧵1/3

New oped about Trump’s threat to democracy The Trump Threat to Democracy Has Only Grown by Daron Acemoglu - Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/commentary/tru…

📢Cornell Pop Center is hiring its next Rhodes Postdoc! 📢 This is a great program to develop research and collab w/ CPC faculty. Plus, Ithaca is Gorges! Please share widely with your networks and students! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28204

Greetings from #YourFavoriteProgramManager. Have you completed your #PAA2025 submission, or will I see you on procrastination bus Sunday night?

Using DHS & nighttime light data for 57 LMICs, in “The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa” Büttner, Grimm et al explore whether the slow transition in SSA “can be explained by slow structural economic change.” ETH Zürich ETH Zurich Universität Passau Uni Göttingen ow.ly/ggNN50TAf54

#JOB - We’re hiring for an open-ranked faculty position to lead ColumbiaPublicHealth ColumbiaPopFam’s Forced Migration Program. Seeking for a visionary leader to build on a 25-year legacy and take it to the next phase. #globalhealth #globaldev Please apply: apply.interfolio.com/154354

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

Dream postdoc! The Bell Fellowship at Harvard Pop Center (@HarvardPopCenter on bsky) accepts applications from eligible U.S. and international candidates until Dec 3. Areas include social mobility, work, policy, climate, and aging. hsph.harvard.edu/population-dev…

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

Birth rates are plummeting, The UN and other forecasters keep missing the mark Fertility in Latin America has dropped off a cliff. Do we need to update our models? Asks John Burn-Murdoch

How do women's contraceptive preferences change over time? A new study reveals insights into the dynamic nature of reproductive health priorities, desires, and needs. PFRH's Carolina Cardona details the findings in this Population Council blog post: popcouncil.org/insight/the-dy…

Goldin Claudia Goldin remains the goat. Extremely insightful piece: nber.org/papers/w33311?…

In partnership with Schmidt Sciences, David Autor, Simon Johnson and I are seeking funding proposals from early career researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest are due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-propo…

New research paper with Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University) and Nicolas Cabra (Princeton University). How does forced displacement shape development in origin countries? We focus on the case of Venezuela, where nearly eight million people have been forcibly displaced.