Does providing information on mortality risks translate into less risky sex? That’s what we find in Malawi. Our latest article explores the impact and emphasizes the need for expectations data to understand behavioral change pathways. doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea…

We're super excited about the second cohort of J-PAL MENA Scholars. This program provides funding, mentorship, a well-designed skills building program, integration into J-PAL activities and the ability to get grants for your own RCTs. Recent PhDs and PhD students are eligible.

Looking forward to it too! Thank you for organizing Laura Muñoz-Blanco Sonia Oreffice Sanchari Roy & Javier Garcia-Brazales

Standard survey questions can overstate women's desire to avoid becoming pregnant, with important implications for targeting limited FP resources A new PNASNews paper with Wen Qiang Toh, Inuwa Jalingo, Aurelia Lepine, Aureo de Paula and Grant Miller growkudos.com/publications/1…

Wanted to do a short, belated #EconTwitter / #econsky 🧵on this fascinating PNASNews paper from Christine Valente Aureo de Paula + others exploring errors in standard survey measures of fertility preferences pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

An interview with Jules Gazeaud, former JPAL MENA postdoc and all around awesome person about his experiences in the position.

The The Econometric Society has some great new initiatives to nurture African talent. Thank you for leading on this! Current call for applications for an online causal machine learning and big data training worth checking out africaeconometricsociety.com/aftw-2-2024

Jeff Weaver I appreciate the work that you put into this and your public service, but the profession's obsession with just 5 journals is not healthy. Let's not promote that. There's plenty of overlap in quality between papers published in these 5 journals and elsewhere!

HERE WE GO!!! Today marks a historic milestone as ASE Nigeria welcomes its inaugural cohort of students! As we open our doors for the first time, we're excited to embark on this incredible journey with our founding #students.

Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts: - US gov costs are just 10% - Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies - ~10% goes thru foreign organizations cgdev.org/blog/no-90-per…

Job🚨! Apply for a 6-month Bristol-based research associate FT post to support the implementation and data analysis of our RCT on demand for contraception in Nigeria! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT104/res… Deadline: February 20 Aureo de Paula Development Economics X

Two weeks left to submit your papers to the BÆM development workshop in Bristol! 👉baem.info

3 days left to apply!

The US government freezes international aid indiscriminately. Then the US government stops funding dhsprogram.com, the main source of data that would allow an accounting of the dire consequences of this decision and an understanding of how to address them. What next?

Centre for the Study of African Economies at University of Oxford will automatically consider all applicants from Africa for full funding for the MPhil in Economics - we have new scholarships for eligible students. Apply asap: deadline 4th March (extended deadline): see below

I had to sign this letter to the UK PM on the aid cuts. National Security is a public good: people rightly expect the state to provide it. How to fund it is a key public finance decision. Sensible public financial management is all about trade-offs. This was the wrong one.

🚨 I am looking to hire 1-2 pre-docs at the University of Toronto. Some things you could work on: forecasts of research results, guaranteed income, evidence-based policy, AI. Deadline: March 31. Please share! #predoc Econ RA Listings Economics U of T

Our #YoungEconomistoftheYear competition, sponsored by @KPMGUK, is back! Who? Y10 - Y13 students (or equivalent), no need to study econ When? Closes 29th June Why? Learn more about econ, have amazing experiences get published in the FT! Find out more 👉 buff.ly/0VKVsO5

Thank you for having me! For those who have never visited, I highly recommend ADE: excellent research from local and international researchers, a constructive audience, warm hospitality and a beautiful city. What more to ask for?!

Submit your paper to the 2026 edition of the Bristol Applied Econ Meetings!