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Very happy that this paper is out after a long time in the making. Many thanks to participants, RAs, advisory board members, and coauthors.

Fellowship for early-career researchers from the global south for a 3-month visit at RWI Leibniz Institute in Germany!

🚨 Apply for internships at Open Philanthropy by 12 Jan 🚨 7-9 interns in 3 research teams: - global health + wellbeing (GHW) - global catastrophic risks (GCR) - farm animal welfare (FAW) Research track (masters/phd) Strategy track (policy/consulting/similar) Details in

We kicked off 2025 with the full Malengo team in Nairobi—diving into strategy, culture, scholar & staff welfare, and more. We also made time to connect, relax, and have fun! Excited to share more in 2025 🎉 Learn more: malengo.org #Malengo #Education #Migration

At Malengo, we involve families in every scholar’s journey to Europe. 🌍 During onboarding, we help them support their loved ones studying abroad. Their support has proven vital to student success in Germany. ✨ Learn more: malengo.org #Malengo #Education #Migration

Congratulations to Colleen Carey, associate professor of economics and public policy at the Cornell Brooks School, on being named a 2025 @NIHCM Research Award finalist!

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Siddharth George NUS who works on topics related to development, political economy + labor

amazing news for those living in extreme poverty, and for everyone else

New paper out in Science Magazine! Brain drain or brain gain? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? "The weight of the evidence suggests that migration opportunities often increase human capital stock in origin countries and produce downstream beneficial effects." I love Figure 3, which summarizes the mechanisms.

One day, in Econ textbooks and Google search results, the words "brain drain" will invariably be followed by "fallacy"

Our new published work on how to help long-term unemployed identify suitable jobs with online recommendations. It worked amazingly well! academic.oup.com/ej/article-abs…

Wer möchte mein Kollege/meine Kollegin in Ingolstadt werden? Wir haben eine Professur für Statistik und quantitative Methoden in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften zu besetzen. (Bitte teilen!)

I missed this excellent thread by Paul Novosad at the time

We're hiring a Program Officer to build our new Livelihoods grantmaking portfolio, focusing on increasing income and consumption for people in extreme poverty. We're looking for 10+ years of relevant experience. Remote eligible and $205-$228k. More here: grnh.se/8a5e081d8us

Really excited! We're spinning out livelihoods portfolio into its own team GiveWell. Looking for someone w quant background to build out portfolio. Remote, great comp. Please share with your networks!