Next week, April 28 and 29th, Universidad de Montevideo and Empresas y Economia will host the workshop Recent Advances in School Choice. Great lineup of speakers, including a keynote talk by Christopher A. Neilson . Check the details on sites.google.com/view/schoolcho… Don't hesitate to come if you're around

Nuestros investigadores Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia Antonio Campos Santiago Cueto Alan Sánchez examinan las tendencias de la #interrupciónescolar en secundaria, sus principales causas y las políticas públicas implementadas en Perú y AmLat para mitigar este problema. editoracrv.com.br/produtos/detal…

🧵New survey paper: "Inference with Few Treated Units" Alvarez (Luís A. F. Alvarez), Ferman (Bruno Ferman) and Wüthrich Tired of referees saying your standard errors are wrong? This survey will help you understand if you really have a problem — and, if so, how to fix it!

Scandal erupts at Vatican as an Opus Dei cardinal who was ousted by Pope Francis amid accusations of sexual abuse is spotted taking part in the pre-conclave, as the horse-trading begins to elect the next Pope A THREAD 🧵 cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…

Lacea IEN 2025 will take place in Lima 14-15 of may 2025 during the RIDGE forum. Please find attached the program and link to register to join in person. sites.google.com/view/impact-ev…

How many kids are bullied, beaten, or sexually abused at school? My colleagues Gabriela Smarrelli & Yi Ning Wong have been building a website documenting what we know and don't know.

¿Trabajas en investigación, incidencia o políticas públicas? Las bases de datos de Niños del Milenio tienen +20 años de información sobre niñez, adolescencia y pobreza en Perú. 📂 Datos abiertos y gratuitos 👉 bit.ly/4jJ4vMf Santiago Cueto Antonio Campos

Quién es el cardenal Cipriani, sancionado por el papa, que se ha colado en el Vaticano tras su muerte El cardenal Juan Luis Cipriani, sancionado por el papa Francisco por un presunto caso de abuso sexual y que no puede entrar en el cónclave para elegir al nuevo pontífice por su

How can we reduce the SES gap in demand for elite schools? For low-SES students, learning from the experience of a schoolmate can make a big difference. We explore this question in a joint paper with Jérémie Gignoux and Agustina, now published in The Economic Journal!

Are teachers on temporary contracts less effective? It depends. In Latin America & the Caribbean, “temporary” can mean many things. Our latest note unpacks these differences and how they may affect teacher effectiveness across the region: publications.iadb.org/en/temporary-t…

Another big day for Young Lives! We're thrilled to be heading to the University of Oxford VC Awards, where we've been shortlisted in the Excellence in Research and Innovation – Research Engagement category. Wish us luck! 🤞🍀

📢 #CallForPapers Policy Research Workshop: #WomenAndJobs in Latin America and the Caribbean #LAC 📍 Bogota, Colombia | 📅 October 6–7, 2025 🔗 Details & submission: bit.ly/4jVWjs2 ✈️ Travel support for selected presenters (priority: early-career researchers) 🗓

My new article shows that high-speed internet access worsens adolescent mental health, especially for girls. It increases screen time, reduces sleep, studying, and socializing, and encourages online coping with emotional distress. Available at the Journal of Health Economics 👇

📣 Call for papers 📆 Deadline: May 30 The EGC & International Growth Centre #FirmsTradeDev Conference 2026 Presenters receive funding for travel & accommodation Submit your papers now: theigc.org/call-papers-ig… #EconTwitter

Mothers exposed to depressed peer in their mother group have a higher uptake of mental health-related care. Just Accepted new paper by Anne Toft Hansen, Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, and Miriam Wüst zurl.co/5imVG

🌍 Join us at the #RightHereRightNow Climate Summit University of Oxford! ☀️ Here Comes the Sun 📅 6 June, 12–2pm 📍 St Cross + online 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/here-comes-t… 📸 Photo Exhibition 📅 6 June, 7–10pm 📍 Pitt Rivers Museum 🔗 oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/climate-… #ClimateChange #OxfordClimate

#NormasLegales 📍Congreso oficializa nombramiento excepcional para docentes de colegios públicos. Esta norma dispone que quienes aprobaron las dos etapas del concurso de 2022 —pero no alcanzaron plaza— ya no rindan evaluación e ingresen directamente. Ejecutivo la había observado.

A los economistas peruanos: hay 3 Universidades (2 Arg, 1 Bra) sudamericanas en el Top 20 de admisiones a programas doctorales. Las Universidades peruanas deben apuntar a eso, quizas uniendo fuerzas, con una maestria conjunta. La materia prima existe.

"La evidencia de Estudio Longitudinal Niños del Milenio encuentra ejemplos de inversiones de calidad que tienen un impacto real en la reducción de la #pobrezainfantil en el Perú". Escucha el ep46 del podcast Poverty Unpacked sobre el reporte de Global Coalition to End Poverty: on.soundcloud.com/oEk8eIY93pKb3t…

📢 Call for Papers! CAF and WELAC (LACEA) invite submissions for the Workshop on Gender, Households, and Inequality (Dec 16–17, Buenos Aires). 📄 Call: caf.com/media/4677150/… 📅 Deadline: August 3 Vox.LACEA CAF