Allgemeine Metaanalyse der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik findet man zum Beispiel hier von David Card, Jochen Kluve und Andrea Weber: ftp.iza.org/dp4002.pdf

🚨I am delighted to share our paper which evaluates the impact of a regional employment subsidy in Turkey using a rich administrative dataset. This is joint work with Laurent Bossavie Efşan Nas Özen Metin Nebiler Ana Maria Oviedo and Jochen Kluve. Here is the link to our paper:

Considering applying for an economics PhD? The student-led MIT and Harvard Application Assistance and Mentoring Program helps students from underrepresented groups connect with a grad student mentor. Applications are open until July 17! Learn more at economics.mit.edu/academic-progr…

Trade not aid? In the early 2000s, the African Growth & Opportunity Act, aka #AGOA, unleashed a brief boom in African manufacturing. The China shock killed it. As Congress debates renewing AGOA, can it be revived? New paper w/ Arvind Subramanian: cgdev.org/publication/lo… 1/

Industrial policy isn't a one-time static intervention but a dynamic & iterative process... The implication is that governments must inculcate a range of capabilities to play this role effectively | My piece (with Kartik Akileswaran) in ProMarket promarket.org/2024/04/04/ind…

🆕 Reexamining whether, when and how developing country governments should provide job training and job search support Today on VoxDev, Eliana Carranza WB Social Protection & David McKenzie World Bank Research examine new evidence & outline lessons from recent research: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

I’m sure it will be a great disappointment for the advocates to learn that industrial policy is no magic bullet. Can you imagine the IMF summarizing another study as “central bank independence is no magic bullet…”.? That’s how your ideology shows.

Hello! Please consider applying to a year-long RA position with me, Nathan Nunn Awa Ambra Seck and Jacob Moscona. Project involves ethnographic and historical work on culture and institutions in SSA. Deadline 6/3/24. Econ RA Listings employment.ucsd.edu/research-data-…

The Handbook on Aid and Development (bit.ly/3xlllh4), co-edited by Raj Desai, Jennifer Tobin and me, is out. Ungated overview chapter: bit.ly/3z2cRMl

If you are a junior researcher (including post docs and final year Phds) working on spatial and urban topics (e.g. migration or commuting :) submit your abstract or paper here sciencespo.fr/department-eco… Deadline is in two days!

Interested in #Economics research, #ImpactEvaluation & #GenderEquality? The World Bank’s #Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is hiring an ETC Economist w/expertise in firms, labor markets, capital, and/or agriculture. PhD preferred. 🗓️Apply by June 20! worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite…

Eco reality of 🇮🇳 labour market. The demand-side story in 4 graphs. 🧵 1/4: Female LFP declined bet 2004/5 & 2017-18. Rate of growth of agri emp was negative during this period. Largest % of fem emp is in agri. Eeshani Kandpal Indermit Gill Vijayendra Rao S Anukriti Rachel Glennerster

🆕 Industrial policy for micro, small & medium-sized enterprises Today on VoxDev, Dani Rodrik Harvard Kennedy School & Rohan Sandhu Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School outline why the tools of industrial policy must be oriented to smaller firms to promote economic growth & inclusion: voxdev.org/topic/firms/in…

Call for papers for the 17th annual conference on migration and development, this year to be held in Bologna on Dec 9/10. Submissions due Sept 20. Always an excellent conference & has featured some of the best work on the topic. Keynotes are Dean Yang & Sandra.Sequeira

How do algorithms shape market power in the digital economy? Our latest research with Ilan Strauss and Tim O'Reilly in Science & Technology Law Journal examines Amazon's $37.7bn advertising business, revealing how platforms leverage information asymmetries to extract rents from users. Read our findings ➡️

I've just done the annual update of the curated posts on the Development Impact blog: 1) Technical topics and methods for experiments and non-experimental analysis, and how to publish 1/3 (blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…)

Excited to present brand new work on how to design field experiments to test for both direct and spillover effects of interventions! Come see it Friday afternoon (session 6H) if you're interested, we'd love your feedback. And more broadly, don't hesitate to say hi!

I am recruiting for a fully funded, 4-year PhD position in economics focused on migration&human capital, involving an impact evaluation of a major migration-related project in Central America. The application deadline is September 29. See details here: rug.nl/about-ug/work-….