Social divisions are a huge burden around the world. We know that intergroup conflict has large welfare costs and can stunt long-run development. What policies and institutions have been effective at fostering a cohesive society? 🚨Job Market Paper Thread🚨

What fresh experiment is this? #EconTwitter

The PSTC is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Spatial Analysis who holds a PhD in #Anthropology, #Economics, #Sociology, #Demography or related discipline by start of appointment--as early as July 1, 2023. More info here: tinyurl.com/t5pk5374

How to address the global housing affordability crisis? Albert Saiz’s latest working paper outlines the tradeoffs between different housing policy objectives of governments and the public while discussing their main caveats and advantages. Link: ssrn.com/abstract=44023…

Excited to present my Job Market Paper looking at the affordability implications of a zoning deregulation in Mumbai at the UEAs today! #UEA2023

Thanks Alex Tabarrok 🛡️ for featuring my JMP which looks at the effects of the FAR relaxation in Mumbai in Marginal Revolution JMP thread coming soon! Paper here: papers.geetika-nagpal.com/Nagpal_JMP.pdf marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

paper on the effects of a zoning reform in India that increase housing supply and lowered prices through a mechanism that I don't think has gotten as much attention previously: increased investment in shared amenities allows smaller unit sizes

My wonderful co-author Geetika Nagpal is on the market and studies a critical aspect of the housing debate ! Her JMP shows that relaxing height constraints leads to investments in shared amenities and smaller units size, resulting in lower income households accessing housing!

In her JMP, Geetika (Geetika Nagpal) studies the effects of relaxing building height constraints in Mumbai, India. Using granular housing data and a structural model, she shows how increasing heights may actually make apartments smaller, attracting more lower-income households.

Please share widely with your networks or apply! Nikhil Datta and I are looking for one or two RAs (need to be UK based unfortunately) for six months who are awesome at webscraping and/or text analysis and want to work on important questions in housing! Details in posting below.

Affordable Skylines: Unpacking the Impact of Zoning Relaxation in India. Guest post by Geetika Nagpal -- our 25th in this year's series of posts by students on the job market. blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

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Great opportunity to join the DIME team as a fellow on government analytics. You are still in time to apply! worldbank.org/en/publication…

Our spring recruitment drive just went online! Join the fantastic DIME team. We put research and creativity to the service of people, prosperity and the planet. worldbank.org/en/research/di…

Research on private sector development is right up your street? Our research unit IFC is hiring RAs. A great chance to work with researchers of various sub-fields (finance, entrepreneurship, trade etc.) on a range of interesting topics: digital, inclusion, climate and more.

PhD students: Apply to join us in Geneva for summer school June 24-26. 🚨The application deadline is April 8th.🚨 Learn from leading scholars, get feedback on your research, and meet other urban economists. urbaneconomics.org/workshops/summ…

📢 NEW #STEG funding for PhD students! 🎉 Doctoral student seeking funding for your research on structural transformation and economic growth? Apply for a STEG PhD Research Grant up to £15k here: steg.cepr.org/call-for-propo… Deadline: 20 May 2024 #EconTwitter FCDO Research

📅 Call for Papers! The 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference is now inviting paper submissions on "Public Finance and Structural Transformation." Keynote address by Chicago Booth’s Chang Tai Hsieh. Deadline: April 15! wrld.bg/ChFr50QUiws

🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨 Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries? Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.

Thanks to The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU Johns Hopkins SAIS for the opportunity to present, receive feedback, and interact with academics and policymakers at the Cities and Development conference in DC!