Spatial misallocation in Chinese housing and land markets are pervasive, distorting market prices, leading to more rapid housing price hikes, from Yongheng Deng, Yang Tang, Ping Wang, and Jing Wu nber.org/papers/w27230

Hey #econtwitter ! Gaia Dossi and I have put together a (very un-exhaustive) list of best practices for Applied Micro RAs - feel free to use it, share it and contribute! 👇 dropbox.com/s/eej9n1ywknlz…

Reed Walker and I are seeking a full-time research assistant / #predoc. Know an outstanding student interested in econ PhD? Experience in environmental econ great, not required. Encourage them to apply or let me know. joseph-s-shapiro.com/Shapiro_Walker…

I'm hiring pre-doctoral research assistants for a new Sustainable Economy Lab starting summer 2022! Rigorous economics with a social mission. Want to do an econ PhD? Have background in econ/stats/CS? Please apply! Info: sites.google.com/site/allcott/p… Econ RA Listings

#HIRING: A Research Associate to work w/ Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus & Sandip Sukhtankar on research projects under our Payments & Governance Program. You will: 👉Design surveys 👉Manage field teams 👉Supervise data collection Learn more: j-p.al/y4e Econ RA Listings

🚨 NOW HIRING: The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research at the VSE is recruiting 5 full-time pre-docs/research assistants to start this summer. A great opportunity for those considering a PhD in Economics. More info here: bit.ly/CIDERpredocs #EconJobs Econ RA Listings

#predoc alert! 🚨🚨 If you are looking for a predoc for next year in topics around labor, development, gender and have strong Stata skills could you please DM your CV? I might have an opportunity for you! Cc: Econ RA Listings PREDOC.org

We have decided to make the GRE non-required but optional for this year applications to MA and PhD at UBC Economics. Hope it helps to reduce barriers for some people and does not backfire. We will examine the results carefully after this pilot year

With PhD applications due soon, thousands of young people are currently beginning their statements of purpose with the same cliché story, or the same anodyne statement Stop right now! Here are 10 thoughts for doing this right. Helps you, and helps admissions committees.👇

I am very happy to share that the IMF's Operational Guidance Note for IMF Engagement on Social Spending Issues was published today by IMF (1/5) imf.org/en/Publication…

Joint predoc alert! Work with Profs. Matthew Denes (Carnegie Mellon University), Spyros Lagaras (University of Illinois), and Margarita Tsoutsoura (Margarita Tsoutsoura) (WashU Olin Business School) on research projects using US administrative tax data. Apply at: bit.ly/4feGZoX